-- World Health Organization Honors Mayor Bloomberg and City of New York for Championing an Age-Friendly New York -- NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- AARP was joined by Mayor Michael Bloomberg, City Council Speaker Quinn, and representatives from the World Health Organization and international governments to launch the new edition of its international policy publication - The Journal.

NEW YORK, May 7 /PRNewswire/ -- Former Senator George McGovern was the featured speaker at the New York City Coalition Against Hunger (NYCCAH) Spring Event, honoring Gary Davis, Founder of the got breakfast? Foundation, Christine Quinn, Speaker of New York City Council and Melissa Russo, WNBC Anchor.

By VERENA DOBNIK NEW YORK - Protesters joined bagpipers, marching bands and thousands of flag-waving spectators at the St. Patrick's Day parade Friday after the parade's chairman compared gay Irish-American activists to neo-Nazis, the Ku Klux Klan and prostitutes.

By Dan Janison, Newsday, Melville, N.Y. Jan. 5--Christine Quinn wiped away tears of pride and joy as she spoke yesterday for the first time from the lectern of the City Council as the city's second most powerful person in municipal legislation and budgeting.