New York City mayoral race: here we go again, with breakdown services for the cast of characters courtesy of HuffPo. Political consultant James Carville is shilling for Miracle... MORE»
The way Charlie Rangel interprets the events in Wisconsin, Republicans would like to get rid of unions altogether. "There's no question about it," Rangel told Brother Bill from the Voice of Harlem. "This is not been the first time that we had heard that the Teabag Party--or the Tea Party--rather and some of the Republicans have wanted to drive the unions out of business." Without unions, Rangel went on to say, America's middle class would not... MORE»
Crisis averted: it looks like a potential collision between Governor Andrew Cuomo and Assembly Democrats over the Medicaid redesign proposal may not happen, after all. Speaker Sheldon Silver has released a statement in support of the plan, and Assemblyman Richard Gottfried--the proposal's most outspoken opponent thus far--has reconsidered his position, and now says that he approves of the redesign plan as... MORE»
Anthony Weiner is putting his own ad for a naked man on Craigslist. The wiry congressman was at Queens Borough Hall this afternoon, calling for a twenty-foot marble statue of a nude man--standing atop two women--to be removed and placed on the "free stuff" section of Craigslist. "It doesn't represent civic virtue of any sort, it represents an eyesore," said Weiner, who called the statue sexist and complained that he can see it from his office... MORE»
Gawker, which brought us the emails and shirtless photo that brought down Congressman Chris Lee's career, is out today with another bombshell, and one that helps explain why Lee resigned so... MORE»
Earlier this month Anthony Weiner promised via a Twitter that if he were to hit 10,000 followers he would release a photograph of his 1977 Bar Mitzvah. Well, a deal is a deal and apparently Weiner has now reached that social media plateau, he has to pay up. And Weiner, ever the master media manipulator, wisely chose to blast out that photo on a Friday afternoon, just the moment when the press isn't paying... MORE»
The election is long since over, but Carl Paladino continued to keep the hear on Andrew Cuomo, accusing him in a Facebook post published today that slammed him for accepting a plea deal from former Comptroller Alan Hevesi and going above the head of the state's judicial system. The release accuses Cuomo of corruption during his time as Attorney General and vilifies the "shallow press" for its lack of scrutiny into the... MORE»
UPDATE: Eliot Spitzer will have his own show, called "In the Arena," with rotating guests and in the same timeslot. reports The... MORE»
In the wake of Glenn Beck's comparison of the Bronx Co-op City to a failed socialist state and American Idol's unflattering portrayal of the borough, Bronx nonprofit group Bronxnet has released a music video with an "Original Bronx Anthem" calling on borough residents to support and defend their... MORE»
Governor Cuomo went on Talk 1300's Fred Dickers show today to discuss Medicaid reform and opposition from Assembly Democrats, saying the opponents of his reform plan just want to preserve the status... MORE»
A coalition of grassroots groups released a report today accusing the Andrew Cuomo-allied Committee to Save New York of taking billions of dollars in government subsidies and of trying to shirk paying taxes. The Public Accountability Initiative says that businesses affiliated with the committee have been approved for $2 billion in state and local subsidies and that annually these businesses receive $5 billion in tax expenditures, money that could have been used for New York's budget... MORE»
Wisconsin Assembly members passed the controversial bill this morning that would limit bargaining rights for public-sector unions. Predicting a nasty Senate fight in 3...2...1... State Sen. John J. Flanagan has a bill that would make it easier to figure out which teachers to dismiss under a merit-based... MORE»
Governor Andrew Cuomo officially accepted a plan submitted by his Medicaid Redesign Team today that proposed a total of $2.3 billion in Medicaid savings for FY2011-12, half of which are tied to reform... MORE»
The anti-abortion billboard in Soho is coming down. A look at Adriano Espaillat's... MORE»
Yesterday civil rights hearts were cheered when President Barack Obama announced that the Department of Justice would no longer defend the Defense of Marriage Act in federal court and would press Congress to repeal the act altogether. Today west side Congressman Jerry Nadler sent out word to his email list announcing that he is introducing legislation that would do just that, and that California Senator Dianne Feinstein would take the cause in the... MORE»
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