Sunday, May 22, 2011

True News Sunday Updated



Yeah right family, more likely the open seat in 2016 looks better

Mitch Daniels Not Running For President In 2012

Ind. Gov. Mitch Daniels will not enter GOP race for president (CBS) * Daniels Out, GOP Field Opens Even Wider - Chris Cillizza, Washington Post


V SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads(Huff Post)

 








The Elephant in the Green Room The circus Roger Ailes created at Fox News made his network $900 million last year. But it may have lost him something more important: the next election. (NY Magazine)

Epic New York Mag. Profile Of Fox News Chair Roger Ailes Suggests He Thinks 'Palin Is An Idiot'(Mediaite)



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Vito Lopez:  Fails to File His Non Profit's Tax Returns

New woe for Vito charity Vito's troubled nonprofit Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council has fail to file its tax returns with the IRS (NYP)

More on Vito Lopez's Government Funded Machine (True News)


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For 8 Years Bloomberg Was Used to A Press That Reported Everything He Said As Truth

 $#*! my mayor says Does Bloomberg live in the same city we do? (NYP)

 The Press Spoiled Bloomberg
There aren’t very many panhandlers left, c’mon.” * “Women could walk in virtually every neighborhood in this city during the day and not look over her shoulder, and most neighborhoods at night.” * “President Obama doesn’t get paid that much. He’s on a budget, too.” * “You know, the last time I checked, pharmaceutical companies don’t make a lot of money, their executives don’t make a lot of money.” * On cars getting tickets after the blizzard: “It was easy to move your car. I don’t like to get up early in the morning and have to do anything either — I’d like to sleep in, too — but it was the right thing to do.” * Mitchell Moss High Paid Flunky Bloomberg Rudin Family $elling Lie!!! NY Post busted again lack of integrity
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Shame on The New York Times


A Commentary By Susan Estrich






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Schneiderman and DiNapoli New Sheriffs in Town

Under the agreement, the comptroller and the attorney general will establish a joint task force on public integrity. Mr. Schneiderman’s prosecutors will work with Mr. DiNapoli’s investigators and auditors looking into legislative earmarks, state pensions and government contracts. 

Accord With Comptroller Will Help Attorney General Pursue Corruption Cases(NYT)

 

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City Takes Back Firefighters Disabilities Pension

City 'disables' pension KOs 'ill' FDNY boxer In an explosive development for the city's crippling pension crisis, doctors have determined that a firefighter who retired on a $75,000-a-year disability pension in 2003 -- and went on to compete in brutal kickboxing competitions -- is no longer disabled.(NYP)





Indian Point Inadequate Fire Equipment

Indian Point nuke plant lacking firefighting equipment, officials say public doesn't understand(NYDN)





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 Will Bloomberg's Cuts Make the Defense Rest for Good?
The Defense Can’t Afford to Rest With the economic downturn and well-paying clients harder to find, lawyers appointed to defend the poor say they are struggling, and fear a Bloomberg plan may affect their livelihood.(NYT)








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Park Smoking Ban But Who Will Enforce
City parks and beaches ready for smoke ban that begins Monday(NYDN)







Rickshaws are back on its famed boardwalk for the first time in nearly 50 years

Coney Boardwalk Rollback (NYP)












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Is the NYT Trying to Tell Us the Real Bloomberg is A Creep, Elitist or Pig?

Spontaneity Again Causes Mayor Trouble A comment by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg that some parents “never had a formal education” and “don’t understand the value of education” prompted a call for an apology. (NYT)

More on the City Cuts

Mike to kindergarten teacher: You're safe(NYP) *  Mayor defends plan to close 2 Island fire units(SI Advance)Battle Heats Up Over Cuts to Culture Groups(WSJ) * Caution Urged on N.Y. Budget (WSJ)

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If the Mayor proceeds with his plan to close 20 fire companies, response times in 18 of the affected neighborhoods would fall below the national standard

'Alarm' over Bloomy plan's siren slowdown (NYP)

NYC Public Advocate fired up over firehouse closings(WABC) * Public Advocate: Fire Response Times To Lag Following Companies' Closings (NY1)

 

 

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It's turning out to be another bad year for deadly fires in illegal apartments in the city

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A Flack Pushing the Mayor's Controversial Bike Paths Gets Story About Him Riding A Bike to Work in the NYT 

A Commute, by Bike, That Allows a Deputy Mayor to Mix Exercise With Politics(NYT)

 

 

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Gov Comptroller DN Push on Budget & Ethics

Controller DiNapoli says state budget still too risky(NYDN) * School administrator costs taxpayers an outrageous $541,245 a year in pay and pension(NYDN Ed) Gov. Cuomo delivers ethics message to lawmakers(NYDN)











Insiders Paterson and Harding Get Away With Facing the Music This Week

New York's Protected Connected Class Grows 

Former Gov. Paterson won’t face perjury charges in the Yankees tickets case, even though it’s “reasonably likely”, according to Albany DA David Soares, that he did in fact lie under oath himself.

Former Gov. Paterson in the clear over World Series tickets rap(NYDN) Former Gov. David Paterson will not be prosecuted for lying about taking free World Series tickets from the Yankees while in office, the Daily News has learned.  Albany County District Attorney David Soares sent a letter Wednesday telling Paterson's lawyer his office will not pursue perjury charges. * Report: Paterson Won't Face Perjury Charges (NY1) * Ex-Governor of New York Will Not Face Perjury Charge(NYT) 

NY Dishonor List: The Politically Connected Who Get Away Crime (True News)

 












Accused French pervert, under house arrest, nowhere to be seen(NYDN)

Strauss-Kahn 'scrambling' to find more permanent residence(NYP)

Ex-IMF Leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn Remains In Pricey, Temporary Lower Manhattan Digs(WCBS)

Strauss-Kahn made advances on two hotel staffers, flight attendant(NYP)

* Dominique Strauss-Kahn the latest example of how it pays to be rich(NYDN)

Exclusive: New Details on Dominique Strauss-Kahn's Maid's Trauma (The Daily Beast)





In N.Y.C., DSK falls victim to NIMBY

 

Feds alerted to Gabrielle Giffords shooter three months before Tucson massacre The Tucson community college that booted attempted assassin Jared Lee Loughner asked federal firearms agents to check his background three months before his shooting rampage. (NYDN)




Empire State leads nation in job creation (NYP)


In an Unlovely, Old Market, Bonds Run Deep (NYT)



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Fat Lady Sings for NYC Opera At Lincoln Center

New York City Opera to Leave Lincoln Center In a bid to cut costs, the financially troubled New York City Opera wants to move out and perform in various places around New York, officials said.(NYT) * City Opera Swan Song at Lincoln Center (WSJ) * Imperiled New York Opera moving from Lincoln Center home (NYDN) * New York City Opera leaving Lincoln Center, searching for smaller venue (NYP)New York City Opera To Leave Lincoln Center, Cut Staff(WCBS) *  NYC Opera Union Seeks Unfair Labor Practice Charge (WCBS)


Appeals court rightly upholds decision that Constitution doesn't guarantee right to peddle in parks(NYDN Ed)






Years After Two of Fire Dept.’s Saddest Days, a Third Mourners remembered a retired lieutenant, a survivor of 9/11 and the Deutsche Bank blaze, who took his own life. (NYT)

 

 

 

No restrooms at 9/11 Memorial and Museum(NYP)

WTC Memorial To Not Feature Bathrooms This Fall(NY1)

 


Law and Order 

Video: Crook shocked when caught on camera(NYDN) *'Vinny Gorgeous' may beat feds' death row try(NYDN) * Suspect takes leap of faith(NYP) * Rikers 'alien' probes on ICE (NYP) * Hunt on for Bx. deli robber (VIDEO) * Police Use DNA to Solve 2004 Cold Case(NBC) * Baby Boy Found in Garbage at Walt Whitman Houses: (Fort Green Patch) * UPDATE: Police Arrest Mother of Newborn Found in Trash Compactor (NBC) * Newborn Brooklyn baby thrown out with trash, mom arrested (NYP) *  Man Held In Times Square Car Bomb Probe Deported To Pakistan(WCBS) * Police Seek Female Burglar Caught On Surveillance Video In Astoria(WCBS)

 


Police Release Sketch Of Man Wanted In MTA Bus Shooting (NY1)

Bomb-Making Charges in the Bronx (NYT) * 'Bomb maker' boom and busted in Bronx sale(NYP) * Thief slips out of stationhouse, quickly corralled by NYPD(NYDN) * Judge revokes bail for alleged cop shooter in Brooklyn(NYDN) * Mother of girl killed in crash confronts drugged-up driver in court(NYDN) * Mother of girl killed in crash confronts drugged-up driver(NYDN) * B'klyn hit & run(NYP) * Ma pain in auto slaying Yells at drug driver(NYP) *  NYPD stalls stable move (NYP) *  

Hunt on for Bx. deli robber (VIDEO)(NYP)* Hit man's cry: Dad did not beat me(NYP) * Drug kingpin caught in Times Square with $1.3 mil in cocaine (NYDN) * Million dollar drug bust at Times Square hotel (WABC) 

Jury deliberations head to day 3 in NYPD rape trial(WABC) * "Bath Salts" Drug Now Illegal (NBC)  * NYPD Rape Trial Deliberations To Continue Monday (NY1) * New Lawsuit Targets Iranian Officials For Role In 9/11 (NY1)

Police Make $1 Million Cocaine Bust After Times Square Arrest(NY1) * More Evidence Surfaces In Bronx Explosives Arrest(NY1)

 

A Case That Put a System on Trial  Books revisit the Central Park jogger case, examine the role of the health department and make city zoning understandable.(NYT)

 












The assault on Israel (The Jerusalem Post)

Israeli Leader, Obama Clash(WSJ) * Greenman: This is your mess President Obama and here's how to fix it (NYDN) * Michael Tomasky: Bibi’s White House Tantrum Over Obama's Mideast Speech (The Daily Beast) * Washington Post fact checks the claim that Obama 1967 language is nothing new-- and finds that claim to be incorrect.  * Promise of Arab Uprisings Is Threatened by Divisions (NYT) *  They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?The Syrian regime that has been so accustomed to being in control is getting a taste of what it’s like to lose it (Freedman, NYT) * President Obama looks to reassure Jewish lobby group(NYDN At AIPAC, Obama reiterates call for 1967 borders as 'foundation' for Middle East peace deal (The Hill) * US cable: Saudi, Emirati donors provide $100 million to radical Islamic schools in Pakistan (Wash Post) *  Obama Challenges Israel to Make Hard Choices (NYT) * 67 Borders: White House won’t say if top adviser Dennis Ross backs Obama’s position. * Israel PM Responds Positively To Obama’s Well-Received AIPAC Speech (Mediaite) *  Mayor Ed Koch [Democrat] Says He Will Change Parties Due to Obama Israel Policy

 

NY Public Library turns 100, not just with books

Its collection totals more than 50 million items, including more than 20 million books(NBC)

 

 

Howard Kurtz: CNN Leaving Spitzer Out Of Political Sex Scandal Story Is ‘Airbrushing History’

 


 

Blogger Update  Men in Black 3 Invades Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn Heights Blog) * Brooklyn Fire Company Map to Change (Mcbrooklyn) * "Star Of The Gowanus": An Official Superfund Clean-Up Surface Sediment Sample Now On Display At Proteus Gowanus (Pardon Me for Asking)m * After Hundreds Of Millions Of Dollars Of Public Subsidies, Barely Used Yankees Parking Garages Face Financial Collapse (No Land Grab) * Battle For Brooklyn (Atlantic Yards) Makes Theatrical Debut at Cinema Village Starting June 17th (Develop Don't Destroy) * The Miscalculations Encouraged By the Fuzzy Math of Subsidies: Yankee Stadium Bonds on Verge of Default- A Case Study (Noticing NY) * THE PEREZ NOTES: Annabel Palma on THE PEREZ NOTES  * Groups to Defend Law Ending Prison Based Gerrymandering (Reform NY) * Educators' pensions posted online (Data Detectives)

 


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Live Coverage of the End of the World (Gawker)Bloomy: If world ends Saturday, parking rules suspended(NYDN)Judgement Day in New York: Alternate Side Parking Suspended (WSJ) * Doomsayer confused as world doesn't end (NYP)