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Reports on the effectiveness of New York City Transit’s customer assistance representatives. Role of the volunteer employees to deal with the unruly people in and around the New York subway stations; Focus on the skills of veteran transit worker Dorothy Rivera assigned to the Grand Central station; Strategy used to calm people down.

The article reports on the move made by New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio to negotiate with police union leaders over the shooting deaths of two city officers. It states that the meeting had placed the mayor face to face with the most strident detractors of the administration officials. It also notes that the meeting highlights the mayor's reservation about a City Council bill requiring officers to identify during exchanges with civilians for the encounters.

This article focuses on the political tactics of New York City Councilor John C. Liu and his ability to get media coverage of his press conferences and accomplishments. Liu will go out of his own district for a press conference on a matter that involves an Asian-American issue. He has been criticized by some councilors as a grandstander and Councilman Tony Avella was upset that he was not invited to a Liu news conference in Avella's district.

The article features the web page owned by the library of the City University of New York's Brooklyn College in the popular social-networking site MySpace. Brooklyn College uses MySpace mainly as a way to stay connected to students and to send out announcements about events, workshops, and work opportunities in the library. It features electronic bulletin boards and messaging tools through which a user an communicate with friends. The library's web page has about 1,700 users, most of them current or former Brooklyn College students.

The article focuses on men about town, or male socialites, who appeared at Christie's Black and White Ball, an attempt to recreate Truman Capote's legendary party in 1966. These celebrities included Christian Leone, Giorgio Armani's vice president of public relations; Cinema Society founder, Andrew Saffir; jewelry executive Luigi Tadini; chairman of Lucy Sykes New York, Euan Rellie; and freelance writer Derek Blasberg.

The article reports that New York Governor George E. Pataki and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg are in favor of building a Metro-North Railroad station near the site of the proposed new stadium for the New York Yankees. They hope the train station will reduce parking and congestion problems on game days. The Yankees' "Community Benefits Agreement" is also discussed.

The article reports that the first Harlem, New York City-based bowling alley in more than thirty years opens its doors on Saint Patrick's Day. The entertainment center is spread over two floors of a corner building. Harlem Lanes will be open seven days a week, 365 days a year and is one of four bowling centers in Manhattan. It is the only one above 42nd Street. Before a room of journalists, supporters and members of the area business community, the two women held a press conference about the bowling center. The Harlem-based Clinton Foundation provided support towards the realization of Harlem Lanes.

Focuses on La Esquina, an exclusive downtown restaurant in New York City. How, unlike many other restaurants, La Esquina's owners have chosen to announce its presence by not announcing it; Issue of the restaurant's non-public relations policy; How the dungeonlike restaurant can be reached through a taqueria; The owners and their passion for anonymity.

Describes the career and daily life of Howard J. Rubinstein, renowned New York public relations practitioner, who is New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner's spokesman. Rubinstein's relationship with Steinbrenner; Steinbrenner's desire to be less boisterous; How the Yankees take up more of Rubinstein's time than any other client; Some of Rubinstein's other clients; Description of a recent Yankee meeting in Tampa, Fla.

Examines the significance of a statement by New York Yankees owner George Steinbrenner, in which he criticized the performance of the team. Report that Steinbrenner issued the statement through his public relations executive, Howard Rubenstein; Key quotations from Steinbrenner's statement; Description of Steinbrenner's management style and his impact on the Yankees' performance; Potential for publicity surrounding Steinbrenner's statement to detract from the recent success of the New York Mets; Comments on the success of the Mets in the 2005 season; Criticism for the performance of Mets player Kazuo Matsui.

Profiles Ron Torossian, New York City-based publicist and founder of 5WPR public relations firm. Reputation as a publicist; Business style; Career history; Major clients.

Focuses on the theme of the series of movies called "Selling Democracy: Films of the Marshall Plan 1948-53" shown as part of the New York Film Festival in New York City. Clue to the reasons for the public relations debacle offered by "Me and Mr. Marshall"; Focus of the videos on extolling American values and society; Story of "Without Fear."

The article reports on the public statements issued by Gigi Jordan, the multimillionaire woman who is on trial for poisoning her eight-year-old disabled son, and her public relations efforts in New York City.

The article offers information on the annual meeting of the Council of Public Relations Firms in New York City to be held on October 29-30, 2014.

The article reports on the marketing strategies of several firms in the U.S. following the Hurricane Sandy. It states that some firms were criticized for capitalizing on the hurricane by launching advertisements that were deemed insensitive by consumers including one by American Apparel Inc. which launched a Hurricane Sandy sale on Twitter. It details Procter and Gamble Co.'s decision to dispatch a truck in New York City that offers free batteries and access to mobile device chargers.

Late in his first term, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg suffered a stinging defeat when, after an extensive planning and public relations effort, New York City lost its bid to host the 2012 Summer Olympics. Now, though, a vibrant neighborhood is rising in the area where the Olympic stadium and complex would have stood on the Far West Side of Manhattan. As a result, officials, developers and urban planners are embracing an unlikely notion: the Olympic bid's defeat may have been one of the best things to happen for the city's growth in recent memory. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For public relations professionals, the protesters in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan must inspire mixed feelings. The location works, and the crowd makes for good television, but crunchy sound bites are hard to find. The movement's anticorporate rant lumps together complaints as varied as mortgage foreclosure wrongs and torture. And the idea of ''a feeling of mass injustice'' is less compelling than the Tea Party's clear ''taxed enough already.'' Breakingviews offers a practical and sharper, if only partial, manifesto for Occupy Wall Street. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

For a city struggling to win respect and attract visitors, a reality television show might seem like a good thing. But to this city's boosters, ''Parking Wars,'' now in its second season on the A&E cable network, has been a public relations disaster. On the show, teams of parking attendants on Philadelphia's mean streets are seen ticketing, booting and towing cars. Hapless owners, some with hundreds of dollars in unpaid tickets, rant, plead or cry as their vehicles are impounded. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Katherine Jeehae Park and Robert David Price were married Saturday at Ici restaurant in Brooklyn. Jesse D. Hendrich, a minister of the Church of Spiritual Humanism, officiated. Mrs. Price, 34, works in Manhattan as the vice president of public relations at Harper's Magazine. She also owns a media consultancy in Manhattan. She helps executives and professionals prepare for media interviews. She graduated from Emory and received an M.B.A. from Fordham. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The dark days are over at Wal-Mart, or at least that was the message at the retailer's relentlessly upbeat shareholder meeting here Friday. After three tumultuous years filled with embarrassing public relations dust-ups and sluggish business performance, the nation's largest private company relished a turnaround on both fronts. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article reports that Monica Hand and Debra Hawkins, managers at the U.S. Postal Service served as hosts at the P.R. Professional Experience Awards Ceremony Program that was held on May 15, 2006 in Manhattan, New York City. Hand said that the contest was to serve as the pilot program for strategies that the Postal Service is looking to hold in the future. Geniece Sergeant, an African American graduate student said that the contest was a wonderful opportunity for public relation students.

The article reports on the series of media talk with actor Jeremy Piven about his film "Keeping Up With the Steins" in the motion picture industry in New York City.

Solicits the opinion of several individuals posted in various Web sites regarding the social image of the borough, Queens, New York City.

Reports on the relationship between New York Jets quarterback, Chad Pennington, and the press. His refusal to answer questions which led to an unflattering portrait of him by the media; Pennington's reasons for not wanting to answer questions; Pennington's frustration with the press.

Reports on the cessation of the print advertisement for the Simon Malls division of Simon Property Group Inc. in New York City.