Former Governor David Paterson has high praise for the budget battle being waged by his successor, Andrew Cuomo. "I really like the task forces he put together to give people a chance to air their differences to each other personally, which I think is actually brilliant," Paterson said yesterday in... MORE»
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Brooklyn Congressman Ed Towns said today that the only thing that could keep him from winning his son's seat as district leader is a bloc of at-large committee members, who were appointed by county chair Vito Lopez last... MORE»
A number of members of the New York City Congressional delegation gathered at City Hall this afternoon to discuss with Mayor Bloomberg and members of his administration strategies to blunt some of the cuts being proposed by the Republican House of Representatives. "These cuts are real and they are deep and they are going to hurt people," Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney said. "It is a serious time for the city and we are talking about ways we can combat... MORE»
Military Trials: Underway again. [Bloomberg] Gillibrand: Fighting for women. [WNYC] Polls: Christie, warmer than Obama; cooler than Clinton. [Aaron... MORE»
Earlier today we reported about how Congressional Democrats from New York City disapproved of Peter King's hearings on Muslim radicalization. Since King is a Republican, and the White House is similarly concerned about the hearings, it was not too much of a surprise that local Dems wouldn't back their longtime colleague. But now it appears that even local G.O.Pers have... MORE»
"You think I'm a softie…You think I'm a softie?" --Governor Andrew Cuomo when questioned about how vociferously he'll push for his ambitious agenda. [via Celste... MORE»
Members of the New York City Congressional delegation were at City Hall today and several of them expressed concern to The Observer about Rep. Peter King's upcoming hearings on Muslim radicalization. "I don't where that is all coming from and I am not supportive of polarizing any community within our country," said Rep. Joe Crowley of Queens. "I think it's unfortunately been divisive and I would prefer that our government not be engaged in these kinds of hearings." The Bronx's Jose Serrano... MORE»
A few hundred people rallied against Congressman Peter King's upcoming Muslim radicalization hearings in Times Square yesterday, cheering a litany of interfaith speakers and carrying signs that said: "Today I am a Muslim too." One person who wasn't in attendance: Mayor Michael... MORE»
Not as funny as the guy who took Rahm Emanuel's Twitter handle, but the person behind Anthony Weiner's campaign Twitter is dusting it off for the first time since... MORE»
The New York Times editorial this morning has some harsh words for Mayor Bloomberg's plan to change teacher seniority rules, calling it "almost unintelligibly complex." Evidence of that is in their news pages, where a seemingly hard-working teacher is, based on the evaluation system, going to be shoved out the... MORE»
As he plans to lay off thousands of public school teachers, Mayor Bloomberg says he wants officials to decide which educators to keep and which to get rid of based on a new, "merit-based" evaluation system, not, as the current law mandates, based on seniority. But in an interview this weekend, Bloomberg described the new evaluation system as akin to what workers in the private sector face, which the mayor described as "subjective." The... MORE»
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she won’t march in Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day parade anymore because, for the first time, they barred participation from LGBT parade-goers. Quinn, who is Irish and openly gay, made the announcement Sunday surrounded by NYC Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Stringer and others, before the start of the all-inclusive St. Patrick's Parade in Sunnyside... MORE»
Parade Politics: "[P]arade organizers and police swarmed the group...when it started marching wearing rainbow pins." [Daily News] Parade Reception: Cat calls, explicates, rude hand gestures.... MORE»
Anthony Weiner is trying hard to make Israel palatable to progressives. The outspoken congressman has long been one of that country's most ardent defenders in Congress. He has steadfastly pleaded its case through a series of damaging p.r. incidents--most recently, last year's deadly incident aboard the Mavi Marmara flotilla--and has frequently criticized President Obama for not being a staunch enough supporter of Israel's... MORE»
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