Monday, July 2, 2012

Reports Are not Digging For Answers On Why the BOE Rangel Miscount

Update Rangel Election  Espaillat Set To Challenge Votes In House Primary (NY1) * Espaillat Calls Primary Race 'Phantom Election'(NYT) * Espaillat claims he was victim of voter suppression versus Rangel(NYP) * Martin Connor, lawyer for , withdraws petition. Planning to refile citing new portion of election law. Hearing lasted 5 min.* Espaillat said he gave a concession speech last Tuesday night because he thought it was the right thing to do, but “circumstances have changed.” * Espaillat's NY-13 Court Challenge Gets A Do-Over (NYDN) * Keith Wright warned Adriano Espaillat’s campaign of “spurious accusations” during “these famously hot New York City electoral summers.” * Espaillat campaign will refile its complaint, and may ask for a new primary (Capital) * Rodriguez: A "Sleeping Giant" Awoke In NY-13(NYDN) * Espaillat Challenges House Primary Election Results In Court *Charlie Rangel Race Becomes Another Election Fiasco(Huff Post)
 

Dominicains Don't Count
Where are the Reformers, Goo Goos, the DA Demanding BOE Reforms and An Investigation How the Bad Count Happen Primary Night? 


Liu Poster Payup




BOE BS Non Excuse for the RANGEL Miscount Attempted Fix or Just Incompetence?
BOE Flack BS to the NYT  In the 13th Congressional District, the Police Department recorded zeros, rather than the actual vote totals, in 79 of the district’s 506 precincts. A Board of Elections spokeswoman, Valerie Vazquez, said that this could have been because poll workers failed to properly complete the return of canvas sheets or because of errors by the Police Department. Those votes are now part of the unofficial count, though Ms. Vazquez said the board was analyzing the sheets to see what had happened. Why was only 84% of the vote counted that night when the the campaigns were 99% counted? What reason did the NYPD give?  Why are NYPD still involved in voter counting?  IT THE ZEROS HAPPEN IN NO OTHER DISTRICT.  All the votes are counted and Rangel has 802 vote lead with more than 2000 paper ballots to count. * Charlie Rangel Says He’s ‘Completely Baffled’ by Disputed Vote Count in His Congressional Race(NYO)


To the NY Media Flack BS About How the Miscount Happened is Truth. If It Was An Attempt to Fix or Incompetence is Never Asked or Investigated

This Attempt to Fix An Election is Still Being Covered Up
Head of Board of Elections Fired One Week Before Election (WNYC) Sources at the Board of Elections say BOE head Gonzalez was fired over irregularities that initially appeared on the ballot of a special election in Queens for the City Council seat in the 28th district  .More on the BOE Fix


The Rangel Count Heads to Court Today With Connors Representing Espaillat
Victory Margin for Rangel Narrows in New Vote Tally(NYT) Representative Charles B. Rangel and State Senator Adriano Espaillat are separated by only 802 votes as more than 2,000 absentee and affidavit ballots remain to be counted. "Mr. Espaillat hasn't retracted his concession"*Adriano Espaillat's campaign against Charlie Rangel is lawyered up and ready to go for court today * Marty Connor is leading Espaillat’s legal efforts.* NY court to hear Rangel vote-tally issue (NYP) * Espaillat's lawyer was kept 15 feet away from the memory sticks being read by B.O.E. machines. [Hunter Walker] * Poll workers entered the numbers into a database which was manually transcribed by the NYPD and provided to the Associated Press. [Kate Taylor] * Rangel-Espaillat race heads to court
  Concessions have no legal standing. If he get's most votes he wins despite concession 


Campaign 2012  City Councilman Dan Gardonick ramping up bid for city controller, appoints three as campaign co-chairs(NYDN) * Long Kills Married Lesbian's Bid For Conservative Line | New York Daily News* Fresh off his victory over Charles Barron House Democrats have named Hakeem Jeffries to a high-profile fundraising post.  * The beverage industry is gearing up to fight Mayor Bloomberg’s big soda ban, including meeting with lawmakers and top 2013 contenders, blitzing the airwaves with advertising and hiring top lobbying firm SKD Knickerbocker.* The New York Times op-eds in favor of Eric Schneiderman’s investigation into campaign finance improprieties.  * State Conservative Party chairman Mike Long forbid a married lesbian run on their line. * Charles Barron said his wife, Assemblywoman Inez Barron, may replace him. [Aaron Short] * Who Voted The Most With Skelos? With Silver?(YNN) * House Candidates Missed Their Votes(YNN) * Occupy Wall Street Candidate Running For Jeffries' Seat(City and State) * Mayor Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine Quinn unveiled “health bucks” to encourage the use of food stamps at the city’s farmer markets.  * An Occupy Wall Street candidate is in the mix for Hakeem Jeffries’ seat.* David Storobin invited the community to a mezuzah hanging at his district office.  * David Storobin invited the community to a mezuzah hanging at his district office. * Charles Barron's comments about Hakeem Jeffries needing to "pay back" supporters prompts questions on a prominent Jewish website. [Yeshiva World] 




How the pigs in the council Rip Off the Public This Year

The 2012 Guide to City Pork(Gotham Gazette)

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When Pigs Fight: The Crooks At Parkside Attack the Crook Sheinkopf
DN Reporter Ken Lovett Talks About the Fight But Continues the Media Blue Wall About Protecting Corrupt Consultants
When Consultants Attack: Giannoulis Vs. Sheinkopf(NYDN) Harry Giannoulis, president of The Parkside Group, the political consulting powerhouse, got into a nasty email dustup with his veteran consulting rival Hank Sheinkopf, dissing him as a “bitter, crazy, old man.* Harry Giannoulis, president of The Parkside Group, got into a nasty email exchange with fellow Dem consultant Hank Sheinkopf, calling him “a bitter, crazy, old man,”



Parkside Has Built  A Monopoly Through Their Partnership With the Corrupt Queens Democratic Organization

Mclaughlin Helped Create Parkside, Many of the Groups That Brian Was Convicted for Ripping Off Hired Parkside As A Consultant

Parkside worked for Mclaughlin and the Petrocelli lighting company who Brian was convicted of fixing the city's biding process.  Mclaughlin was also convicted for ripping off his own union that Parkside worked for.  Parkside runs almost ever campaign for the Queens Democratic Organization. * Consultants Parkside Come To Crowley’s Defense After Weprin Defeat. Both Parkside and Crowley have gamed the Election system to make $$$ In Queens, Political Center Is in Surrogate's Court - NYTimes.com.


Stavisky and His Wife Elected Democratic Officials One Hour's Drive Apart
A Strategic Living Arrangement For Top Democratic Strategist(City and State).  The problem with the C&S piece was that it did not examine how their political connections to the Queens Democratic Party keeps Parksides which has lost many high profile elections (Weprin, Democratic State Senate majority) not only alive but making millions. 
The Parkside Monopoly (True News)



Parkside Lost Big With Rory Lancman, Last Year He Lost Big With Towns Daughter . . .  Press Still Helps Him Get New Clients with Sound Bites They Give Him Over and Over
The Teflon Media Darling Sheinkopf Game the System and Everyone
Yesterday Lancman's Campaign Strategy was to Go Silent on the Ticket Splitting Issue. His Consultant Sheinkopf Has Experience of Losing and Yes Going Silent . . .
The NYP Fails to say that the lobbyist political consultant Sheinkopf took the 5th when asked questions by the NY former state Inspector General Joseph Fisch about the AEG scandal which is being investigated by the feds as part of the AEG investigation.  The Feds are also investigating a Board Of Election (the cesspool of political corruption) contract for new machines that Sheinkopf was a lobbyist for. Feds investigate switch by Board of Elections ... - New York Post 
 From the Village Voice (Barrett, 11/10/2010)
"Sheinkopf copped a memo, too, obtaining it from an aide to the top Senate staffer, Angelo Aponte, who Sheinkopf personally installed in the key spot. He had the power to do that because the skillful Sheinkopf doubles as a lobbyist and as a political consultant, and had advised Senate Democrats in the elections that led to the 2008 majority, helping to make Malcolm Smith majority leader. Sheinkopf collected $356,741 in consulting fees from the Senate Democratic Campaign Committee at the same time that he was representing AEG and its precursor with Senate Democrats. Having worked for Bill Thompson and Mike Bloomberg most recently, Sheinkopf makes kings so he can then make deals with the kings he’s made." 




"It turned out that even the councilman [Charles Barron]’s neighbors don’t like him."--Daily News 

Barron on what 'the Jews' want from Jeffries and other black officials (Capital)






What Are the Mayor Candidates Plan to Replace Jobs and Tax Revenue Lost by Wall Street Move Out?
Financial Giants Are Moving Jobs Off Wall Street(NYT) Investment houses are moving jobs, mostly those of middle-tier staff members, out of the New York area to places like North Carolina, Salt Lake City and Jacksonville, Fla.





Judge Orders Twitter to Release Protesters' Messages(NYT)



A Cuomo Report Card
Report Card: Gov. Cuomo Midterm(Democratandchronicle.com)* Speaking anonymously, racino part-owner says Cuomo "scandal" comment hurt business.(http://saratogian.com) * Union has a diss ability (NYP) 3G bonus ploy a greedy snub of Cuomo plan The state’s largest public employees union won’t negotiate with the Cuomo administration until the state agrees to give members bonuses for dropping out of its health insurance plan, the New York Post’s Fred Dicker learns * Cuomo aides have set a policy about which records from his administration to keep, and which to discard, acting considerably earlier on this issue than his predecessor, former Gov. David Paterson, did.

I Got to Get Out of This Place
, run by 3 men. Legislator tells : "The rest of us are really highly paid rubber stamps." * NYPIRG's Annual Legislative Session Analysis(City and State) * The Authorites Budget Office issued its 2011 report on New York’s 553 state and local authorities and called on the governor and legislative leaders to “begin a comprehensive discussion on the future of the state’s network of public authorities and whether local governments and state taxpayers can continue to support its size and cost.” 



Paterson Gets His Criminally Convicted Girlfriend A Job
Longtime legislative aide Indira Noel, charged with forgery while trying to dig up dirt on political rival, hired part-time by Assemblyman Nick Perry(NYDN) *  Indira F. Noel, a Senate Aide in Albany, Pleads Guilty to Forgery ...(NYT 2009) * Someone Says David Paterson Had an Affair! (NY Mag) Former State Senate employee is accusing the governor of having an affair. Jean Pierre testified during wrongful-termination proceedings in court that his former boss Indira Noel went around bragging that she was Paterson's "girlfriend" and that she enjoyed special protected status in Albany. Brooklyn Assemblyman Nick Perry has hired an ally of Gov. David Paterson who was once charged with forgery for trying to dig up dirt on a rival legislative staffer. Her new salary: $40,000


Con Ed Lock Out Continues
Heat is turned up on Con Ed(NYP) * Con Ed Curtails Services After Talks Break Down(NYT) * ConEd, Union in Standoff Over Contract(WSJ) * Union plots next move as NY utility talks collapse(WSJ) * * At Con Ed Rally, an Ex-Worker Raps in Solidarity(NYT) * At Con Ed Rally, an Ex-Worker Raps in Solidarity(NYT)





Transit Crime Up No Comment From Mayoral Candidates
Crime wave below(NYP) Why subway felonies are risingTransit crime is up: Major felonies in May were 12.2 percent higher than in May 2011. For the year, they’re up 16.9 percent. Gelinas notes promotes NYC has a tech capital, while scoffing as seriousness of tech thefts on subways.



Chicago Murder Rate Surges as New York’s Drops to Record Low (Daily Beast)










City Has Spent $1Million to Protect the Bull

Uncage the Bull! (NYP) Board blasts ‘dangerous’ barricades

















Is the Taxi Test in English?
Taxi test stumps many New Yorkers(NYP) A Post survey shows that New Yorkers, including Taxi Commissioner David Yassky, largely failed a test taxi drivers take to obtain their licenses


NYCHA is cracking down on improperly installed A/Cs in their towers after two crashed on the UES.



NYC bike-share vendor "can raise prices any time without city permission if its expenses increase." (NYP)






Soda Makers Begin Their Push Against New York Ban(NYT) * Tish James slammed Mike Bloomberg’s soda ban,  and said that a better way to address the health crisis is for “the city to adequately finance parks in areas where there are high rates of obesity.”* Bloomberg Stands Firm On Large Sugary Drink Ban(WNYC)








Justin Davidson on the Redesigned Governors Island (NY Mag)







Familiar Face to Run Espada's Clinic(WSJ)The Institute for Family Health, the state’s largest network of community health centers, applied to manage former state Sen. Pedro Espada’s Soundview Health Center after his conviction








Special Education Change Is Pushed(WSJ) The type of clothing worn in a family's home, the language spoken and other cultural markers could influence whether special-education students receive taxpayer-funded private-school tuition, under a bill passed last month by the New York state Legislature. * A new state law requires that any public school student suspected of suffering a concussion must be removed from play and cannot return without authorization from a doctor and a 24-hour wait period, the Albany Times-Union reports:



Cuomo Helps Silverstein's 9/11 Lawsuit(WSJ)New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's administration is leaning on airlines and their insurers to settle a long-running lawsuit over the 9/11 attacks with World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein, in a bid to help ground zero construction.


The News urges Governor Cuomo to veto a plan to bring back Off-Track Betting to New York City: http://nydn.us/tj0HSO *DN: NYC OTB plan "stands as vivid proof that Albany dysfunction is far from vanquished." 





Ratner must complete environmental review

From Develop Don't Destroy:

 
Brooklyn Netskis near perfect example crony capitalism? State suckled Prokhorov/Ratner & LIBOR manipulating Barclays:




Why Build Another Mall Where the Nearby (half Mile) Skyview Plaza Mall is Always Empty? 
Willets Point business owners: City and NY Mets owners intend to maul us with mega-mall  (NYDN) * Judge orders Twitter to reveal Occupy protester’s tweets in Brooklyn Bridge case(NYP)





The NYC Department of Finance nixed 4,373 applications for bogus property-tax exemptions from people who falsely claimed to be veterans, senior citizens or disabled.









 An NYPD retiree has repeatedly received a waiver enabling him to work as an $83,375-a-year senior investigator for the AG’s office without forfeiting his pension, but what he’s really doing is “protecting” Jerome M. Hauer, the state commissioner of the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services.


Changes Planned to Calm Flow of Traffic on Harlem’s ‘Boulevard of Death’(NYT) the perilous intersection of Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Boulevard and West 145th Street.




Pool’s hottest show  in town: 30 min. wait! (NYDN)




The Making of A President 2012: Youth Vote Questions

Romney Vacation Spot Is an Uneasy Star(NYT) *  At Last, a Transportation Bill (NYT Ed)The transportation bill that just passed is far from perfect, but at least it more closely resembles the solid Senate measure than the appalling House one. * How Obama's Weakening Grip On Young Voters Could Cost Him The Election(Huff Post)* The Romney family made up about a third of the congregation at the local Mormon church on Sunday.  * Donald Trump: ‘Roberts wanted to be loved’ (Politico) * Roberts Found a Way to Do the Right Thing - Jeffrey Toobin, New Yorker * Obama's Disconnect From Economic Reality - Michael Boskin, Wall St. Jrnl * Mitt Romney's Bain Problem - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post * John Roberts’ health care switch: Gasoline on the fire for conservatives: (politico) * Romney Campaign at Odds With G.O.P. on Health Care 'Tax'(NYT) * Mitt Romney will travel to Israel this summer(NYT) * Politico: “The veepstakes has long been a clinic in subtle (and sometimes not so subtle) self-aggrandizement.”


Murdoch Attacks Scientology and Team Romney to Distract From His Split
News Corp. Split Adds to Pressure on Papers(NYT) * The Future of News Corp.(WSJ) Rupert Murdoch's decision to split News Corp. into two companies has sparked a guessing game in the commercial real estate industry about whether the spinoff will be followed eventually by an office space split. * Rupert Murdoch Singlehandedly Launches A Twitter War Against Scientology (COLUMN) * Murdoch: ‘Scientology a 'weird ... maybe even evil ... cult’(NYDN) * Rupert Murdoch: 'Doubtful' That Romney Will Beat Obama In 2012 Election(Huff Post)* Murdoch doubts Romney(Buzzfeed)* Romney meets w/Murdoch last week, which world only learned from Rupert's tweet. How long does media let Mitt get away w/out pool coverage? * Rupert Murdoch thinks Mitt Romney’s staff is “upset” at him because he criticized the campaign on Twitter though he wants Romney to win and “save us from socialism.”




Terrorism  Qaeda bomb plot targets US fliers(NYP)
"the doesn’t give a damn about the safety of New Yorkers" The Post charges that the Associated Press does not care about the safety of New Yorkers because it hasn’t published any new stories about the NYPD’s anti-terrorism efforts since the AP picked up a Pulitzer Prize:  * Qaeda bomb plot targets US fliers(NYP)


Law and Order
Search for second suspect in Queens sexual assaults(WABC) * Slay victim back in KY.(NYP)* Art curator Derrick Harden helped plant a tree on the grounds of Brownsville's Howard Houses, where his sister was accidentally shot and killed by her boyfriend 20 years ago(NYDN) * NYPD conducts fireworks amnesty program(WABC) * Cops prevent Staten Island man from jumping off Verrazano-Narrows(SI Advance) * Cops Search for Tattooed Suspect in Manhattan Break-in(NBC) * $21M lawsuit filed in NY police shooting - Fox News * NYC Councilman Peter Vallone Jr.  on the people reportedly monitoring Katie Holmes’ movements in Manhattan: “We don’t allow people to be harassed in New York City and the NYPD should give serious consideration to the arresting and disarming of these thugs.”* 55 busted for illegal fireworks(NYP)