 |
| TV Take the Money and Misinforms |
Local TV Political Bag Men's Citizens United Cover-Up
Cuomo and his supporters spent over $10 million last year to gain public support to push through his agenda. Yet if you watch local news this morning or read their website not a word on how gambling interests funded the Committee to Save NY. The NYT, NYP and Daily News which did not get any CSNY commercial money all had stories. Not only is local TV boycotting the CSNY funding story but their lobbyists and lawyer are fighting in Washington the FCC which wants them to make public on their websites what political ads they are running and who is paying for them. Battle over TV political ads: Broadcasters fight disclosure at FCC * FCC Requires Local TV Stations to Disclose Political Ads Online (ABC)
Local TV Paid Political News 24/7 If you were watching local news when the budget was passed you would have seen dozens of commercials paid for by The Committee to Save New York (business interests supporting Cuomo) called "Turn the Tide" which told the views that Governor Cuomo did a wonderful job at fixing pensions and the states economy. CSNY’s budget blitz: $3.9 million (updated)(TU) *Save NY airing tax cap ad(TU)*Save NY now airs on school money(TU) * Local TV News For $ale: How Special Interests Control News Content and Public Opinion * Local News Dumb Down Journalism (True News)* Local TV stations stand to profit from boom in super-PAC spending (The Hill)
Controlling and Managing the News in Our Era of Weak Dumb Down Journalism
Cuomo’s bad bet(NYP Ed) Cuomo is coming under fire following the disclosure that gambling interests have provided at least $2.4 million to his unofficial advocacy group, the Committee to Save New York. The Post argues Cuomo’s relationship with the Committee to Save New York is less than a scandal, but allegations of impropriety are “decidedly unhelpful” to the governor * Defense Offered for Cuomo on Ties to Lobbying Group(NYT) Bloomberg says he supports Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s relationship with the Committee to Save New York * The Governor and the Committee (NYT Ed) New Yorkers need to know who is contributing millions to influence state politics. NYT notes 501(c)(4)s are supposed to have social welfare purpose, wonders what CSNY's is - other than promoting Cuomo.
The New York Times calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to disclose donors to the Committee to Save New York in the wake of news gambling interests gave heavily to the organization last year. “We are eager to know what that purpose is for the committee, beyond supporting Mr. Cuomo and promoting the interests of its contributors.” * Casinos Wagered Early on Cuomo(WSJ) For roughly 20 minutes, the governor and other guests huddled around a laptop on a dining table to watch a slide show presentation of the Malaysian gambling giant's ambitious bid, according to guests who were present. Genting executives had a face-to-face meeting with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in October, during a previously undisclosed Westchester fundraiser, where they pitched their plan for a casino * Committee That Promotes Cuomo Agenda Reportedly Got $2M From Gaming Interests (NY1) * When is a PAC not a PAC? Answer: When it's a 501(c)(4) lobbying committee. Then cooperation is A-OK. * Cuomo spox: Coordination w/lobbying grp like CSNY "wholly proper, common, and necessary." As long as it's not a PAC. * * The Buffalo Niagara Partnership helped bundle $800,000 in contributions from Western New York business interests to the Committee, the Buffalo News reports * Regulations requiring disclosure of donors to groups like CSNY probably won’t be in effect until next year, the Times-Union writes * New disclosure requirements about who’s fueling some of the Capitol’s most prominent lobbying groups – including CSNY – may not be in effect until next year.* Cuomo's link to the Committee to Save New York is 'necessary,' aides(Capital) * Report: Cuomo backer got $2M in donations(NYDN) * Committee to Save New York spokesman Mike McKeon said there are no plans to do that. [Nick Reisman] * Schneiderman Backs Cuomo On CSNY Defense(YNN) * Skelos: CSNY ‘Performed A Service’(YNN)* Gail Robinson Update Gambling Group Lobbied for Convention Center at Cuomo Fund-Raiser(NYT)
5
5
5Murrow: Wires and Lights in A Box
Today, most Americans say they get most of their information from local television news. How well are local broadcasters living up to the public interest promises they made in order to get their licenses? Edward R. Murrow answered that question 50 years ago. “This instrument can teach (TV now the Internet), it can illuminate; yes, and it can even inspire. But it can do so only to the extent that humans are determined to use it to those ends. Otherwise it is merely wires and lights in a box."
6
6
6
Cuomo's Win on Stop and Frisk, Bloomberg Kelly 180
Andy hits jack‘pot’(Goodwin, NYP) With the battle over stop-and-frisk threatening to become a war, Gov. Cuomo has demonstrated again a knack for threading the political needle. Much as he is taming Albany’s ferocious appetite for spending, Cuomo found a judicious fix that should reduce objections to the crime-stopping tool while leaving the program largely intact. * Pot Arrests Fall 25% Across City(WSJ) * Gov. Cuomo's push to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana will put an end to New York's reefer madness (NYDN Ed) Could ease opposition to NYPD's stop, question and frisk tactic* loomberg admitted he’s concerned that the city’s controversial stop-and-frisk operation has not cut down on shootings – something he says the NYPD is “working on.”
* Arrests on New York’s lowest-level marijuana charge – possessing less than 25 grams in public view – went down sharply across the city after a September order by NYPD Commissioner Raymond Kelly to issue only a summons for the offense. Michael Bloomberg and Ray Kelly's support for curbing marijuana arrests is a "startling turnaround" for them. [Jim Dwyer] * Flashback: Bloomberg aide Frank Barry wrote, "Marijuana arrests can be an effective tool for suppressing the expansion of street-level drug markets and the corresponding violence." [Jim Dwyer] *
Flashback: "On the Upper East Side of Manhattan where the mayor lives, an average of 20 people for every 100,000 residents were arrested on the lowest-level misdemeanor pot charge in 2007, 2008 and 2009. "During those same years, the marijuana arrest rate in Brownsville, Brooklyn, was 3,109 for every 100,000 residents." And: "For blacks and Latinos, it is very, very illegal. But not in Mr. Bloomberg’s neighborhood." [Jim Dwyer] * Genting's stock dropped 4.1 percent, "its largest fall since Feb. 8," after Cuomo said their talks about building a casino and convention center in Queens "haven't worked out." [Gan Yen Kuan] * Skelos opposes Cuomo's marijuana bill proposal (Newsweek) * The Day We Imagined 10 Joints In Each Ear(YNN)
Skelos Says Senate Will Block Pot Bill
Sen. Skelos Says Cuomo’s Pot Proposal Won’t Pass His Chamber (WCBS) * G.O.P. Senators Oppose Cuomo Marijuana Plan(NYT) * Cuomo’s spokesman: “Carrying ten joints in each ear would require some set of ears!”
Feds: Seabrook Hiding Corruption Behind A King
Complaints Flying Before Councilman’s Retrial(NYT) Prosecutors said Larry B. Seabrook should not mention the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. to the jury; his lawyers accused prosecutors of disrespect and bias. Lawyers for former City Councilman Larry Seabrook are trading barbs with the U.S. Attorney’s office in advance of Seabrook’s June 19th retrial. The retrial of NYC City Councilman Larry Seabrook on federal corruption charges is not scheduled to begin for two more weeks, but defense lawyers and prosecutors are already brawling as if the case were well under way.
Speaker, Mayor Continue Yearly Budget Dance(NY1)
r
Espada Should Call 1-800-Lawyer$
5
5
6 Next Mayor Won't Be So Charter Friendly
DiNapoli New Mayor Will Have A $4 Billion Dollar Budget Problem
5
The John Liu Mess Uncovers the 911 Mess
(Troy Artist)
New York City Hospitals Look to Combine, Forming Giant(NYT)
5
55
5They're just pissed that they don't get a vote in it because they're missing out on a lot of lobbying money
Councilmembers Defend Munching on Junk Food While Debating Drink Ban (DNAINFO) * At 7-Eleven, the Big Gulps Elude a Ban by the City(NYT)
The Daily Q: How will taxi roadblock affect the city budget? (NY World) * Update: The Taxi and Limousine Commission is taking a second look at whether or not the entire yellow cab fleet should be accessible to the disabled.
Will Hynes' Bad Day Turn Into A Career Ending Nightmare
The Brooklyn D.A.’s Office Is Having a Terrible Day (NY Magazine)
4
4
4Sexual misconduct allegations in schools are on the rise
5
5
5 
Cost of Prekindergarten Special Education Is Soaring(NYT) * Brooklyn Tech alumni have pulled off another amazing feat: They’ve raised more than $21 million for their alma mater, a record-breaking amount for any city public school, the former students say.
4
4
4High Tech Taxi and Traffic Help
Appy hails to you! Flag cabs via cell(NYP)
Apps for Traffic Relief
Way to go! High tech eases Midtown jams(NYP) * For More of Midtown, Traffic Relief May Be a Mouse Click Away(NYT) * City Expands High-Tech Fix for Midtown Traffic (WSJ)
r
Arrests Continue At Dept of Housing
5 Are Charged in Schemes at Agency on Housing(NYT) * 5 Charged in Housing Bribe Case(WSJ)Five more Department of Housing Preservation and Development officials were charged with bribery, following last year’s arrest of housing official Wendell Walters * Housing official Wendell Walters pleads guilty in bribery scheme * Wendell Walters, Crooked Former Housing Official, To Plead Guilty(Village Voice)
5
5
5
Self Inspection Was the Cause of the Removal of the Fire Escapes
* Investigation: 2400 Webb Avenue Engineer, Owners Involved In Past Shady Dealings(WCBS)
4
4
The Daily News urges the City Council to pass the Paid Sick Leave bill, calling it “morally right” to do so
Cuomo the Race Will Go On
Cuomo called on NYRA and the union that represents the track’s maintenance and starting gate crew to settle their differences before Saturday’s Belmont Stakes in which I’ll Have Another will attempt to become the sport’s 12th Triple Crown winner.
r
r
All NY Prescriptions Going Online 
NYU Expansion Up for Vote(WSJ) The City Planning Commission is set to vote Wednesday on whether to approve NYU's plan to build four high-rises on two university-owned blocks. The City Planning Commission will vote today on whether to approve NYU’s massive expansion plan, which would take two decades to complete and include creation of two massive towers * NY-Phew: City Planning Commission Approves NYU’s Village Expansion With Some Changes(NYO)
Teen cited for legal unicycle(NYP)
The Making of A President 2012
Law and Order
Strangler’s threat vs. wife(NYP) * Kink of the road: Sex toys in stolen cop-assault car(NYP) * Office Cleaner’s Killer Gets 25 Years to Life(NYT) * Rap Music Figure Convicted of Running Multimillion-Dollar Cocaine Ring(NYT) * Court Grants Partial Access to Records of Anti-Communist Inquiry(NYT) * Ex-Madoff Aide Pleads Guilty to Charges(WSJ) *Suspect Sought in Queens Sex Attacks and Robberies(NYT) * B'klyn teen shot in back trying to help robbery victim(NYP) * Judge orders 'Mob Wives' star's son held on $200,000 bond for alleged drug peddling(NYP) * Teen Shot Outside Brooklyn High School(NBC) * VIDEO: 3 wanted for brutal beating of Bronx boy(NYP) * Cops seize Etan Patz murder suspect's daughter's computer(NYP) * Judge orders 'Mob Wives' star's son held on $200,000 bond for alleged drug peddling(NYP) * Man disguised as FedEx delivery man robs victim at gunpoint in West Village apartment(NYP) *Prison Term for Mother of a Girl, 4, Found Dead(NYT) * Judge Is Said to Identify Officer Accused of Hitting Him(NYT) * Student, 17, Is Shot in Brighton Beach(NYT)
