Chairman of the State's Hospital Closing Group Illegal Fed Off the Corrupt State Pension System
Berger: I Got Mine No Health Care 4 You
Stephen Berger, the Brooklyn work group’s chairman of the hospital closing group has made a living off of the state's corrupt pension funds. Many people who pension funds Berger company Illegal obtained will no longer have less heath care once Berger closes his hospitals. Hospitals in Brooklyn Defended at Hearing State officials looking for savings suggested that the borough had too many hospital beds and said more patients should be using outpatient clinics. The Berger Commission was against the closing of St.Vincent’s Hospital before the Rudin's got involved. For some reason the political powerful family that pays for campaigns got the Berger committee to agree to the closing of the hospital.
Stephen Berger Paid Off Hank Morris for Pension Funds and Paid A Fine
Berger is also on the tit of the state pension funds and payed off convicted fellon Hank Morris. "Sometimes Morris drummed up new business on his own. In 2004, investigators say, Morris contacted Odyssey Investment Partners. One of the firm’s founders, Stephen Berger, had long been active in Democratic politics. Odyssey had hired CSFB, the large investment bank, to serve as its placement agent with the state pension fund—until Morris allegedly told Berger that the fund had its “own” placement agent, Searle. Odyssey switched to Searle and soon received $20 million from the state pension fund." NY Magazine. Odyssey was fined for its participation in the pension corruption
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Boehner Own Caucus Threw Him UnderA Bus
Update 6:25PM House passes Boehner bill, 218-210
Poll: 46% of Americans believe most of Congress is corrupt Just 29% said they believed most lawmakers weren't corrupt, and 25% said they weren't sure.(NYDN) * President Obama’s approval rating has hit 40 percent for the first time ever in a Gallup poll.
Tea Party Vs. James Madison
To minority of t party who oppose Boehner spending cuts, your feud is not w Boehner, Reid or Obama. It's w James Madison (Twitter) * NYT NEWS ALERT: .S. Economy Slowed Sharply in Second Quarter With 1.3% G.D.P. Growth
There Goes the Hood - Slow Racial Change in City
Slower Racial Change Found in Census of City Compared with census figures from the 1990s, the numbers of Hispanic and Asian New Yorkers grew more slowly; blacks recorded their first population loss since the Civil War; and non-Hispanic whites, who registered their smallest population loss in decades, also logged the biggest gains of any group among young children, the New York Times
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Vito's Bushwicked By Poor Ratings Lose $$$
The Ridgewood Bushwick Senior Citizens Council, which has ties to Brooklyn Democratic boss Vito Lopez, won't be eligible to run 10 new enhanced senior centers because the agency received a rarely issued "poor" rating by the city last year Poor ratings sink bids by Vito-linked group
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Redistricting and Control of the Senate is All About the Prisoners
Oh, Is That the Law? The redistricting panel in New York State has shamelessly violated the prison gerrymandering law. (NYT Ed)
State Broke$$$
The state can’t afford to pick up the $95 million tab for its federal unemployment insurance interest, despite the stronger-than-expected first quarter revenue numbers, Cuomo said.
Thousands of employees of smaller bargaining unions operating under expired contracts are closely watching to see how the state's two largest unions, CSEA and PEF, vote on a five-year contract agreement with the Cuomo administration, (Times-Union)
City Hall News WINNERS & LOSERS: We ignore the polls for our weekly look at who's up and who's down. Happy winners are Greg Ball, Robert Duffy, Janette Sadik-Khan, Jerry Goldfeder and Michael Grimm; sad losers are William Boyland Jr., Richie Kessel, Marty Markowitz, Greg Meeks and Michael Mulgrew
Major Queens Corruption Investigation
Trying to Leave Town Again Edul?
A Queens real estate broker who loaned money to Rep. Gregory Meeks today was denied permission to travel to South America - one week after his arrest on mortgage fraud charges.
Election 2013
Fighting City Hall: Quinn wonders why Bloomberg administration isn't being more amenable to her objections over a homeless shelter in her district. [NY1]
Weprin Jewish Guardian Angel
As Assemblyman David Weprin runs for the House seat in Brooklyn and Queens, could he have a guardian angel watching him from lower Manhattan? A rumor making the rounds contends Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is pushing hard to deliver Jews for Weprin - such as lining up yesterday's endorsement by Sen. Joe Lieberman - so as to undermine Ed Koch'sefforts for opponent Bob Turner. Koch is trying to make the race a referendum on President BarackObama's support for Israel; if he fails, the theory goes, he loses influence in his ongoing push for independent redistricting next year. (CHN) * NY-9: Only two news organizations showed up to cover Lieberman endorsement of Weprin, in DC. * NY-9: Turner is "about as close as you can get to a Reagan Democrat these days." [Colby Hamilton / WNYC] * GOP Makes Play for Boro Park (NYO)* Bob Turner, 2.0.(WNYC)* NY-9: “This might be the one district where you actually want [Lieberman's] help.” [David Nir / Daily Kos * Lieberman: Weprin "Fights For The People" (NY1)
Bloggers Cheerleading for Lobbyist Instead of Investigation them for Corruption
Corrupt Parkside
Where does Evan Live? Is He A Fake District Leader in Queens?
Stavisky's Parkside of the Group's wife is the Democratic leader from Rockland County. Evan is a district leader in 26th Assembly District in Queens.
Queens Machine Throws Student Off the Ballot - Mayersohn Seat
Out of Town Crowley Uses the Election Law to Remove A Candidate Trying to Run Against His Pick. Uses His Patronage Guy Bolz to Do the Dirty Work
How high are the odds stacked against independent candidates in special elections? Ask Justin Wax Jacobs, a college student who wanted to run for the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Nettie Mayersohn. He first asked a local district leader if he could interview for the Democratic nomination - but says his offer was flatly rejected. He then somehow gathered 1,600 signatures in six days to run as an independent. Yet even though he posed no real threat to Mayersohn's chief of staff Michael Simanowitz, Queens Democratic election lawyer Frank Bolz was on hand at a Board of Elections hearing Tuesday to make sure Jacobs was thrown off the ballot over a technicality.
NYPD Spin
WTC NYPD Protection
WTC Retail Deal
Retail Pact for World Trade Center Mall operator Westfield Group has struck a $612 million deal to develop shops and restaurants in and around the World Trade Center site. (WSJ) NY Tallest Building (WCBS)
9/11 Anniversary: Bloomberg said GW Bush and Obama to attend anniversary event here; for first time, PA and DC will be read, along with those from NYC. [via WOR710]
NYPD Leak?
Grand jury "investigating how reporters knew Times Square bomber Faisal Shahzad lived in CT b4 he was captured"
Cops in the Bronx DA Office Which Is Investigating the NYPD Ticket Fixing Scandal Caught in An Overtime Scam
The media covers this as an overtime scam and forget about the NYPD Ticket scandal investigation. Why was this investigation done now? What effects does it have on the investigation? Were these cops leaking stories to the press about the scandal?
The UFT lost another lawsuit. This time, its claim that NYC misused millions of dollars in state money earmarked to reduce class sizes was dismissed by an appeals court.
Ferry Parking Up $$$
Staten Island: Parking at municipal lot by ferry going from $60 a month, to $150. [Michael Sedon / SI Advance]
Cindy Adams Says Men Can't Keep It In His Pants
Cindy Adams laments the fact that she has yet to see a woman NYS governor or president. “Women politicians aren’t caught up in stupid sex scandals. We do not leave paper trails. Or illegitimate baby trails. Or ugly third-wife divorce trails. Or hooker trails. Nor do we consider a paternity suit something you wear when the temporary beloved’s pregnant.” * For Weiner & Spitzer, NYC voters agree there are no 2nd acts in politics - especially when it comes to 2013 mayor race(NYDN)
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New Brooklyn Nets Stadium Has the Garden Fixing Up
The New Garden
The Garden, Under the Knife There are more expensive clubs, sure, but also more bathrooms for the commoners.(WSJ)
NYC Stadium Give Aways
Mets and Yankees deal leads to loss of revenue for parks department. Losing $30M in annual fees shows city whiffed big-time on new Yankee Stadium, Citi Field.
Ninth arrest since city began issuing letter grades to restaurants for health standards
Law and Order
Al Sharpton’s Radio Power Play The reverend’s crucial support of the Comcast/NBC union came with a perk—riches for his other employer, a niche black-owned radio station. Wayne Barrett on how his moves paid dividends.(Barrett, The Daily Beast)
Murdoch's Murder Victim Phone Hack
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