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Jason Koppel is involved with running Steven Mostofsky Civil Court District in the 8th district. According to FBI transcripts long time Kruger aide Koppel was collecting cash for Kruger. His Salary was raised by Kurger to the highest chief of staff in Allbany, raking in $169000 during the investigations. Koppel appears to be the unnamed aide whose
conversations with the senator and constituents have been caught on
government wiretaps and quoted in various indictments. But he has not been charged.
Kurger is in Jail Koppel is Running Campaigns
"Mr. Levitis, 32, is a personal-injury lawyer whose family owns the Rasputin nightclub on Coney Island Avenue in Brooklyn. In transcripts of recorded conversations with the confidential
informant, Mr. Levitis solicits a $3,000 payment, saying he will pass on
$2,000 to an aide to Mr. Kruger, Jason Koppel, and keep the rest"- NY Times.
The short-and-sweet registration statement reveals that only two people besides the senator have been authorized to sign checks for Friends of Carl, the political committee that runs his campaigns: Jason D. Koppel of 1411 Avenue V in Brooklyn and Michael Turano of 139 Bassett Avenue in Brooklyn.
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It
clear from the guilty plea of Kruger and his lobbyist Lipsky that
Planning Board 18 manager Dorothy Turano was deeply involved in the
Kruger corruption. Yet astonishly she still remains as chairman of that
board. Dorothy Turano, Kruger's longtime companion, chief political
partner and beneficiary, mother of his alleged domestic partner, and t
district manager of CB 18 for 22 years, has, at least so far, remains
untouched. When questions were raised about her connections to the
Kruger corruption Filder said he did not want to get involved is pushing
Dorothy out of her job. Was Fildler just being nice or protecting his
ass? Does Dorothy have to goods on Fidler? While we many never know
because the feds seem to have let most of those around Kruger go, there
is one important clue in the inditement of Kurger that connect Kruger,
Dorothy Turano and Fidler in a scam that paid Kruger $472,500 in bribes.Turano Who Changed Vote As Chairperson of Board 18 and Live Off of Kruger Bribes Is Still In Office Making Deals
More Crooked Campaign Consultants
John Haggerty, Convicted Of Stealing Bloomberg’s Money, At BOE For Ulrich [UPDATED]* Pol’s crooked pal on campaign team (NYP)
City's Unemployment Rate Reaches 10 Percent(NYT)The city's jobless rate, jumping 0.3 percentage points, was equal its high in the last recession.
How Dare These Unemployment Causing Bums Run for Mayor
The Stupid Press Asks this of the Mayor Candidate while 10% of New Yorkers are Out of Work Bill de Blasio’s likes his outerborough website traffic, Christine Quinn
likes her Twitter followers, while Tom Allon enjoys his “Talk to Tom”
events. The other campaigns had no comment.
True News Exclusive: Weiner is Buying A Dog And Will Name Him Checkers
NYP Word Plays Weiner: Shows Off His Little One and Pop Agenda. Where is Premature Rehabilitation?
Weiner pulls out all the pops (NYP) Baby stars in puff piece to polish image * Accusation and Interview Put Spotlight on Weiner's Wife(NYT) * Weiner Won't Rule Out a Run(WSJ) * Weiner comeback speculation on the rise(WABC) * The Board of Elections is considering moving up the 2013 mayoral primary to June. * The reason behind the Anthony Weiner return rumors: he has $4.5 million in the bank, and is set to receive another $1.5 million in matching funds, and will lose it all if he doesn’t run this year. * The Motherlode blog wonders if Huma Abedin’s career was the spark behind the People Magazine interview.
Weiner, who isn’t ruling out a future run for public office, but not likely as soon as 2013, is texting again. He used a text to communicate with a NY Post reporter about his family’s softball People magazine interview.
Weiner Has A Congressional Pension
Andrea Peyser has the answer: “Like many American househusbands, junk-centric Weiner, who resigned from Congress last year, can’t get a job and finds changing diapers smelly and unfulfilling. Meanwhile, his wife is starting to nag and kvetch. Pretty soon, she might drive Weiner back to the Internet.” * Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer cheered Sen. John McCain for defending Abedin against Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “grotesque” Muslim Brotherhood claims.* State Department spokesman Philippe Reines, speaking on behalf of both Hillary Clinton and Abedin, said: “These accusations are nothing but vicious and disgusting lies, and anyone who traffics in them should be ashamed of themselves.” * Mayor Bloomberg on A Potential Weiner Comeback: ‘He’s Got to Make A Living’(NYO) * George Arzt said a Weiner comeback won’t be easy, “but others have done far worse.” * Rep. Louie Gohmert, who signed Bachmann’s letter calling for an investigation into Abedin’s alleged connection with the Muslim Brotherhood defended himself against the charge it is an anti-Muslim witch hunt. “You see me hugging Muslims around the world, because the ones I hug are our friends.”
Weiner pulls out all the pops (NYP) Baby stars in puff piece to polish image * Accusation and Interview Put Spotlight on Weiner's Wife(NYT) * Weiner Won't Rule Out a Run(WSJ) * Weiner comeback speculation on the rise(WABC) * The Board of Elections is considering moving up the 2013 mayoral primary to June. * The reason behind the Anthony Weiner return rumors: he has $4.5 million in the bank, and is set to receive another $1.5 million in matching funds, and will lose it all if he doesn’t run this year. * The Motherlode blog wonders if Huma Abedin’s career was the spark behind the People Magazine interview.
Weiner Admits Contact With Underage Girl - Politics - Fox Nation
Weiner Has A Congressional Pension
Andrea Peyser has the answer: “Like many American househusbands, junk-centric Weiner, who resigned from Congress last year, can’t get a job and finds changing diapers smelly and unfulfilling. Meanwhile, his wife is starting to nag and kvetch. Pretty soon, she might drive Weiner back to the Internet.” * Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer cheered Sen. John McCain for defending Abedin against Rep. Michele Bachmann’s “grotesque” Muslim Brotherhood claims.* State Department spokesman Philippe Reines, speaking on behalf of both Hillary Clinton and Abedin, said: “These accusations are nothing but vicious and disgusting lies, and anyone who traffics in them should be ashamed of themselves.” * Mayor Bloomberg on A Potential Weiner Comeback: ‘He’s Got to Make A Living’(NYO) * George Arzt said a Weiner comeback won’t be easy, “but others have done far worse.” * Rep. Louie Gohmert, who signed Bachmann’s letter calling for an investigation into Abedin’s alleged connection with the Muslim Brotherhood defended himself against the charge it is an anti-Muslim witch hunt. “You see me hugging Muslims around the world, because the ones I hug are our friends.”
"Congresswoman Velazquez thinks she is the new boss in Brooklyn," said Senator Dilan
Nydia Vs. Vito The Saga Continues El Diario NY
From the Times Ledger:
A candidate for the state Senate seat based in Flushing has charged that his opponent, state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone), got onto the ballot with forged signatures, including one of a dead woman.
John Messer, an Oakland Gardens business owner and lawyer, released an affidavit signed by Jesus Palomino, saying that his mother Ana Rita Palomino could not have signed a designating petition for a slew of Democratic candidates, including Stavisky, this summer.
Dead woman signs petition of Stavisky & Iannece(Queens Crap)
A candidate for the state Senate seat based in Flushing has charged that his opponent, state Sen. Toby Stavisky (D-Whitestone), got onto the ballot with forged signatures, including one of a dead woman.
John Messer, an Oakland Gardens business owner and lawyer, released an affidavit signed by Jesus Palomino, saying that his mother Ana Rita Palomino could not have signed a designating petition for a slew of Democratic candidates, including Stavisky, this summer.
How the NYP and NYT View the Council and the World
Council’s new $lap at city biz(NYP) * Planning a March, and Envisioning a Movement, to Unite Low-Wage Workers(NYT) * @NYSComptroller summarizes the Ravitch report as "things we already knew, but with real numbers" #NewMakersBreakfast * Affordable housing developers say new wage reporting requirements mandated by the City Council will cost them an extra $40 million a year.
Board of Elections finally embraces electronic ballot counting (NYDN Ed) But don't expect smooth sailing
Andrew Cuomo said he eschews email not for secrecy but to avoid hacking. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he communicates with his staff through unrecorded phone texts because he fears that email would be vulnerable to hacking, not for any desire for secrecy * Avella: Is Cuomo Even A Democrat? http://dlvr.it/1tBkls *Avella Says Dem Majority Would Block Fracking(YNN)
* Avella: Cuomo Endorsements A ‘Reflection’ Of Party Loyalty(YNN) * Governor Cuomo won a possibly unwelcome award: “Best Democrat Who Acts Like a Republican.”
The City Council sent $5 million in extra funds to Friends of the High Line, even though the park pulled in $85 million in private funding and a has a lucrative concessions deal.
NYP Pushes There Beliefs Better Than Any Paper
Mother says controversial policy could have gotten 'illegal gun' that shot son(NYP)
When nuts wander free(NYP Ed)How much pain will the mentally ill be allowed to inflict on New Yorkers? The latest victim: Sabatha Tirado, a brave 24-year-old salon worker stabbed Tuesday by a raving nutcase on the Upper East Side. * Homeless Man Charged in Upper East Side Stabbing(NYT)
Education
Turnaround’ Bronx school boasts gains in state exams(NYDN) * Winners and losers on state exams(NYDN) * New schools doing better than 'failing' ones(NYDN) * Teachers at 24 Schools Receive Status Updates(NYT) * Gov. Cuomo signs law to make kindergarten mandatory(WABC) * Analysis: Test Scores Still Not Much to Smile About(NBC) * DOE Tells 2,700 Teachers They Can Keep Their Jobs (NY1)
Audit Finds Preschool Billed State Improperly(NYT) * Audit: NYC preschool company overbilled state(WSJ)
MTA to bring back service lost in crisis (NYDN) * Sources: MTA To Restore About A Third Of 2010 Service Cuts(NY1) * MTA To Announce Citywide Transit Improvements(NY1) * MTA pushing back fare hike implementation, extending service(NYP)
* M.T.A. Poised to Restore Some Subway and Bus Services(NYT)
* M.T.A. Poised to Restore Some Subway and Bus Services(NYT)
Jet Set Malcolm Smith
Malcolm Smith jets around(NYT) Campaign cash gave Queens State Sen. Malcolm Smith a ticket to travel
the globe. Smith drained more than $41,000 from his campaign war chest
on airfare, rental cars and hotel stays in more than. Queens Dem Malcolm Smith uses $41K in campaign donations for travel as conference remains in debt
Gerson Borrero
The High Line Has a Way With Money, Scores $5 M. While Neighbors Go Wanting * Critics Question $5M City Donation to High Line Expansion(DNA Info)
Brooklyn group home accused of neglect and mistreatment(NYDN)
Lawsuit Seeks To Block City on Evictions(WSJ) * Lawsuit: low-income NYers blocked from program(WSJ) * Lawsuit: low-income NYers blocked from program(Fox 5) * A new lawsuit contends that thousands of low-income families
may face eviction because a high-demand for a city and state program
that provides temporary rental assistance had led to a shortage of
workers available to help those in need.
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State environmental officials are cracking down on air polluters in the Bronx.
Owners of small, NYC-based companies tell prez they did it themselves(NYP) * Bam’s business blunder(NYP)
The Making of A President
The DNC apologized for using Ann Romney’s “dancing horse” in ads after she told Robin Roberts that the dressage horse was to help her with MS. .* DNC Apologizes to Ann Romney For Horsing Around(*NYO) * Fox News Kinda Wants Obama to Win(NY Mag)* Ben Smith
@BuzzFeedBen Democrats panicked on the horse thing without Ann Romney actually taking offense http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/ann-romney-didnt-ask-for-an-apology * Ann Romney: ‘Liar Or Felon’ Criticism Was Beneath Obama’s Dignity * Major Garrett: “To win, senior Obama advisers concede they must impeach the witness,
meaning they have to deprive Romney of the ability to speak credibly
during the GOP convention or in the three presidential debates about the
economy, job creation, or any other financial insights he may possess
for these troubled times.” * Jamelle Bouie points out that Mitt Romney will have no trouble connecting with voters if the economy continues to deteriorate.
* Donald Trump cut a $30,000 check to the National Republican Senate Committee. * Daily Intel’s Dan Amira thinks Ann Romney’s controversial “you people” quote was misheard. “The letter y definitely makes an appearance in there, but the word you does not.* Romney's Veeps Wielding Pens - Gail Collins, New York TimesObama's Statist Rant: A Flawed Vision of U.S. - Mike Rosen, Denver Post * What Obama Actually Said in Virginia - Paul Waldman, American Prospect * Obama Looks Worse If You Read It All - Charles Krauthammer, FOX News * Campaign Advice That Romney Won't Take - Timothy Noah, New Republic * Romney HQ Has Decided to Take the Gloves Off - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air * NJ Gov. Chris Christie refused to confirm or deny that he has been tapped to deliver a keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.* NYT’s Charles Blow: Romney Surrogates Stoking Fears Of Obama’s ‘Black Wife,’ Daughters’ ‘Cornrows’ * Colbert: Romney Finally Connecting With Regular Folks…By Insulting Them In Front Of Rich Donors * MSNBC Anchor And GOP Spokesperson Get In Heated Yelling Match Over Romney’s Private Bundlers * Obama campaign books rural radio airtime in Ohio and Pennsylvania (Politico)
* Donald Trump cut a $30,000 check to the National Republican Senate Committee. * Daily Intel’s Dan Amira thinks Ann Romney’s controversial “you people” quote was misheard. “The letter y definitely makes an appearance in there, but the word you does not.* Romney's Veeps Wielding Pens - Gail Collins, New York TimesObama's Statist Rant: A Flawed Vision of U.S. - Mike Rosen, Denver Post * What Obama Actually Said in Virginia - Paul Waldman, American Prospect * Obama Looks Worse If You Read It All - Charles Krauthammer, FOX News * Campaign Advice That Romney Won't Take - Timothy Noah, New Republic * Romney HQ Has Decided to Take the Gloves Off - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air * NJ Gov. Chris Christie refused to confirm or deny that he has been tapped to deliver a keynote address at the Republican National Convention in Tampa.* NYT’s Charles Blow: Romney Surrogates Stoking Fears Of Obama’s ‘Black Wife,’ Daughters’ ‘Cornrows’ * Colbert: Romney Finally Connecting With Regular Folks…By Insulting Them In Front Of Rich Donors * MSNBC Anchor And GOP Spokesperson Get In Heated Yelling Match Over Romney’s Private Bundlers * Obama campaign books rural radio airtime in Ohio and Pennsylvania (Politico)
Tribune may use LA Times to lure bidders for other papers(NYP)* One way Bloomberg can impact D.C. without runing for another elected post: Buy the Washington Post. (Trouble is, it doesn’t appear to be for sale).
Law and Order
25 years later, cops arrest and charge alleged murderer(NYP)
Timoshenko case thug gets 25 years (NYDN) * 
Blame teen rape claim on revenge (NYDN) * 
Terrorism NYPD steps up security in wake of Bulgaria bombing(Fox 5) * Security Increase in NYC After Bulgaria Bus Blast(NBC) * NYPD Protects Jewish Temples, Neighborhoods Following Bulgarian Bus Attack http://dlvr.it/1tBcKK
