The NYT Reporters Left Out or Did Not Know That Levenson Worked for Jimmy Meng and Was Let Go - Hardly an Unbiased Observer . . .
Board Votes for Bigger Type on City Ballots(NYT) The city’s Board of Elections voted to increase the font size on its ballots in November after New York voters complained they could barely read the names of candidates in the September primary * City BOE Votes To Make Font Bigger On Ballots(NY1)
“Loose Lipsky Sinks Shipsky”
The Incomplete Times (Lobbyist Lipsky Update)
NYT Asked Avella About Albany Reform and Lipsky But Did Not Ask About the Money He Took From the Developer or Other Lobbyists Like Parkside . . Lawmakers in Albany and City Hall are bracing for another wave of indictments after learning that former lobbyist Richard Lipsky, convicted of bribery, is cooperating with federal authorities
“There’s too much of an incestuous relationship between lobbyists, elected officials and donors,” said State Senator Tony Avella, a first-term Democrat from Queens who previously served on the City Council. Assessing the extent to which lawmakers had cleaned up Albany, Mr. Avella said, “We haven’t even made a dent.” Avella to donate campaign funds to offset Lipsky cash. Avella said he has planned since shortly after Richard Lipsky turned himself in to authorities March 10 on corruption charges to donate to charity an amount equal to the $3,000 in campaign contributions the lobbyist made to his 2010 campaign. Avella said he has also cut off all contact with * Kruger Associate sings like a canary, Stavisky’s Parkside lobbying firm could be next (Queens Politics) * Marty Golden's silence on Carl Kruger; Richard Lipsky's campaign money for Golden, and a wide variety of politicians(Atlantic Yards Review) * Richard Lipsky - $8,600 in Political Contributions for 2008 * Lipsky to $ 250 Recchia, Domenic M in 2006
Anticipating Fallout From Lobbyist’s Legal Cooperation(NYT) Over the last six years, 27 elected officials in Albany have been indicted, convicted, censured, or otherwise accused of misconduct, according to a running tally maintained by the New York Public Interest Research Group. The allegations have been diverse; they include a senator attacking a photographer and an assemblyman having an affair with an intern. Lipsky clients in recent years have included the Red Apple Group, which operates the Gristedes supermarket chain, and the developer Forest City Ratner, and he gave tens of thousands of dollars in campaign contributions to officials at the city and state levels. Asked if he was bracing for another wave of allegations, City Councilman G. Oliver Koppell of the Bronx, a former state attorney general, laughed and said: “Would I be surprised? No.”
Mr. Lipsky shared $252,000 worth of his lobbying fees with Mr. Kruger; the source of that money is unclear.
It Was the Best of Times for Ratner (Opening His Stadium) It is the Worse of Times for Ratner His Lobbyists Talking to the FBI
The NYT Does Not Talk About Slush Funds
Is That to Protect Their Choice for Mayor Christen Quinn
Ms. Quinn has worked to make the process more transparent and to require more accountability from groups receiving the money. It is not enough. The whole tainted system should be scrapped and the money doled out openly and fairly through regular city budgets. This year, Speaker Christine Quinn has $49.6 million for the so-called member items: $13 million divided equally among Council members; $16.6 million for her own items; and almost $20 million more to spread as she pleases among the Council districts. At the top of her list was Domenic Recchia, whose Coney Island-Brighton Beach district got $1.6 million to spend. The Council districts that got the least — $362,000 — are represented by Helen Foster and Larry Seabrook of the Bronx.
Only True News Keeps This Story Alive
August 7, 2009 NY's Watergate: Several Slush Fund Cover-up
July 15, 2009The City Council Slush Fund Scandal Is Way Bigger Than Miguel Martinez
March 6, 2009 Cover Up At City Hall ContinuesJ
January 12, 2009 Inspector Clouseau Investigates NYC Political Corruption
January 4, 2009 Member Item Slush Fund Cover Up
November 11, 2009 The Dishonor Roll - The Shame of New York
The 29 Councilmembers who voted to extend their term in office
November 8, 2008 Massive Lobbyist Scandal at City Hall
Huff Post NYO Spins for Ratner, Leaves Out Lipsky the Rat
Amnesia, Ignorance, Cover Up
Barclays Center Performances: Jay-Z, Lady Gaga, Globetrotters Brace To Steal Spotlight From Madison Square Garden(Huff Post) * Observer: A Treat Grows in Brooklyn (and forget our reporting)(Atlantic Yards Report) The New York Observer, run by a real estate magnate, offers A Treat Grows in Brooklyn:
Sending Tremors Through City Hall and the Albany Statehouse
“Anyone who’s ever had any dealings with him is going to be nervous,” an insider said.
Crooked Kruger lobbyist names names for feds: Court docs(NYP) Richard Lipsky “provided substantial assistance” related to “ongoing
law-enforcement investigations” in a bid for leniency, according to the
Manhattan federal court filing. He was linked to the so-called “Four Amigos” of the state Senate who
revolted against the Democratic leadership and handed control to the
Republicans in 2009.Mr. Lipsky Was A Lobbyist for Bruce Ratner
Enjoy Your Tax Payer Stadium Opening Ratner
The Times’s Michael Powell chastises Bloomberg, developer Bruce Ratner, and other industry titans for pushing the narrative that New York City recovered from the recession: Michael Powell finds Bloomberg’s claim that NYC has been “at the epicenter of the national economic recovery” is far from the reality lived by many average New Yorkers.* Michael Powell‘s latest Times column is on the city’s continued economic struggles and “the boasts of a mayor sweetly in love with his own fables
Norman Oder
Barclays Center residential parking permit plan nixed by (NYDN)
Remembering A Failed Coup Against Silver
Silver for the GOP?
Help us polish off Silver: GOP(NYDN) State GOP Chairman Ed Cox blasted an email to party loyalists Tuesday
requesting donations ranging from $25 to $100 to help oust Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, who is under fire for approving a $103,000 secret settlement with two women who accused Lopez of sexual harassment. *State GOP leaders are doing whatever they can to raise money off the scandal.
Silver puts out drag’Net Warning to Assembly staffers: Surf the ’Net at your own
risk. Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office sent an electronic notice to
employees on their work computers spelling out the Assembly’s
Internet-usage policy.Less Than A Slap on the Wrist for Fake Silver Drag Queens Blogger
No she-mail for Shel aide
(NYP)
Kiss off, Sophia! Assemblyman Sheldon Silver’s office yesterday
dressed down staff writer Bill Eggler, who used a female alter ego in
media blog postings to defend the speaker from charges he improperly
funneled hush money to two of Assemblyman Vito Lopez’s sex-harassment accusers
.And because Eggler did some of his secret Web site handiwork during
office hours, the Assembly is revoking his privileges to use the
Internet during the work day, sources said. *Assembly Punishes Worker for Online Posts(NYT) In a comment posted earlier this month
to a story published by The Times Union of Albany, Mr. Eggler, under
the Walker name, praised Mr. Silver’s handling of sexual harassment
accusations against Assemblyman Vito J. Lopez. “Silver has already taken EVERYTHING he can from Lopez,” Mr. Eggler
wrote. “I honestly cannot fathom how anyone, through anything short of
rank partisanship, can possibly accuse the Speaker of administering a
slap on the wrist.” This is not the first stridently pro-Silver commenter to seek to defend
the speaker anonymously on the Web. Until last year, the writer or
writers of a blog, NextGenDems, defended Mr. Silver’s handling of
previous Assembly sex scandals, among other things, leading to
speculation in Albany that it was written by someone with ties to the
Assembly. Assembly officials have said they did not know its author. * Vito Lopez scandal and secret payment approved by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver stirs push for term limits on Albany leaders Sen. Joseph Griffo (R-Utica) and Assemblywoman Sandra Galef (D-Westchester)
look to revive bill that would impose 12-year limit on serving as
Assembly speaker, Senate majority leader or a minority chief. Chairs of
committees would be limited to 8 years in the job * The Lopez scandal has spurred
Sen. Joe Griffo and Assemblywoman Sandra Galef to revisit a bill that
would cap at 12 years the time one could serve as Assembly speaker,
Senate majority leader or a minority leader. * NY GOP Raising Off Gropez And Removal Of ‘Shelly Smith’ (Updated)(YNN)
Murdoch Votes On An Anti-Semitic Cult Line
Newscorp CEO Rupert Murdoch registered
to vote in 2010 with the New York Independence Party, whose city faction
has repeatedly been characterized by Murdoch's New York Post as an
anti-Semitic cult, Crain's New York Business writes: anyone else have this problem? MT @ChrisBragg1: @RupertMurdoch accidentally registers w/ Independence Party
Traffic Deaths Rise in New York City(NYT) * Cars Keep Killing People in New York City(NY Mag)
Plan To Reshape District 8 Causes Controversy(NY1) “Some are speculating there may be politics at play,” NY1 reported on the shape of Councilwoman Melissa Mark-Viverito‘s seat in the redistricting draft maps. Allies of Ms. Mark-Viverito believe Council Speaker Christine Quinn wanted a majority-Bronx district to help win the support of that boroughs Democratic chairman, Carl Heastie.
Several other council members are likely unhappy with their proposed
districts and it will be interesting to see how many of them, if any,
will air their grievances publicly.
Murdoch Votes On An Anti-Semitic Cult Line
Vito Lopez Got $$$ From Corrupt GreenPoint Hospital Develolper
Vito power! Lopez got big campaign cash from winning G’point Hospital bidder (Brooklyn Paper) Great American Construction Corporation and TNS Development Group
donated $1,500 to the re-election campaign of Assemblyman Vito Lopez
(D–Williamsburg), who is also the Brooklyn Democratic Party chairman. In 2008, Great American President Samuel Gaccione kicked in $1,000 of
his own money to Lopez’s unopposed campaign to go with another $1,000
that Gaccione gave to Lopez in 2004.In Bronx, Prosecutors Deal Blow to Stop-and-Frisk (NYT) The Bronx district attorney’s office has refused to prosecute some people who were arrested for trespassing at public housing projects after discovering that many were innocent. The Bronx District Attorney’s office is no longer prosecuting people stopped at public housing projects and arrested for trespassing unless the officer is interviewed to ensure a legitimate arrest, in a blow to stop-and-frisk, Bronx DA backs out of deal to free 'killer' that feds say is innocent(NYP)
Stuyvesant Students Describe the How and the Why of Cheating(NYT)
FIRED UP Minority scores soar on FDNY test (NYDN) *FDNY Seeks to Hire Again After Testing(WSJ) 
The city and state governments need to restore cuts and reinstate programs that helped destitute families get on back their feet
New Interstate Gas Pipeline Fuels Debate Over Safety And Fracking (Gotham Gazette)
Pol urges probe of Trump's gas-bag golf course(NYDN) * Donald Trump’s Bronx Golf Course Is Alarmingly Gassy(NY Mag)
Rail good connection: Bleecker finally meets Broadway-Lafayette(NYP) * Traffic Deaths Rise in New York City(NYO)
Daily News: Boss Seddio Should Stop Playing Santa and Dress As Pinocchio This Xmass
New Brooklyn Democratic boss Frank Seddio is not a man of his word(NYDN Ed) Pol broke promise to release details of probe of his campaign for surrogate judge The News calls incoming Brooklyn
Democratic Party Chairman Frank Seddio a “weasel” for not releasing the
details of the probe of his surrogate judge campaign after promising to
do so:
Oops! Pol’s ‘enemy’ a kid(NYP)
Congressman’s Campaign Office Vandalized(NYT) *Congressman: Vandalism Was Political(WSJ) * Mayor Questions Hopefuls' Chances(WSJ) * NY1 Exclusive: Staten Island BP Calls Lady Gaga A "Slut," Claims Media Glorifies Drug Use * Council Speaker Marches For Park Safety, Dislikes NYPD Budget Cuts(NY1) *
State pols aflutter over Grimmgate(NYDN) * Grimm’s HQ tale is fishy: cops2(NYP)
Addabbo vs. Ulrich heats up(NYDN) * Mayor Questions Hopefuls' (WSJ) Chances
Mayor Michael Bloomberg held private
meetings with Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and former
Comptroller Bill Thompson, in which he questioned the viability of their
mayoral candidacies * Republican Rep. Michael Grimm is
supported by 48 percent of likely voters, compared to 38 percent for his
Democratic challenger, Mark Murphy, and 6 percent for a Green Party
candidate, according to a Siena College poll: * Results for G.O.P. Backers of Gay Marriage: Two Victories and, It Appears, a Loss(NYT) Republican same-sex marriage supporter
State Sen. Stephen Saland claimed victory over Neil Di Carlo by 107
votes, but another supporter, State Sen. Roy McDonald, trailed Kathy
Marcione by 110 votes * There was no sign
of forced entry into Grimm’s HQ, which the campaign says used to be a
car dealership, suggesting many keys might be “floating around.”
Rosanna Scotto
@rosannascotto Did you hear about the break in at Rep @Grimm4Congress ? We speak with him at 7:15. Why are police saying something is "fishy"* Storobin moves to replace chief of staff, spokesman, & campaign manager.(NYO) * Dan Halloran's new hire will work in his Council office and on his campaign. [Azi Paybarah]* David Storobin Shakes Up Staff, Campaign(NYO) * Cuomo ‘Elated’ That Some Pro-Gay Marriage GOP’ers Won Their Primaries(NYO) * Exposed: 8th Grader Admits to Breaking Michael Grimm’s Window(NYO) * Scott Stringer Defends Lady Gaga(NYO) * Bloomberg Gives $1M To Senate GOP(NYO) * Bloomberg Donates $75K To IDC(YNN) * Eighth Grader Says He Vandalized Congressman's Office(NYT) * Molinaro Condemns Lady Gaga for 'Glorifying Drug Use'(NYT) * Michael Grimm ‘Relieved’ Attack on His Office Was ‘Not Politically Motivated’(NYO) * The Senate GOP, their campaign operations flush with cash, seems to be making Councilman Eric Ulrich‘s campaign against incumbent Senator Joe Addabbo a top priority. They’ve invested about $770,000 to date, with plenty more surely to come thanks to a $1 million donation from Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Smaller amounts were given to other Republican candidates around the state.* Staten Island teen admits to Grimm break-in(SI Advance)
Rensler Dream Team: Hires 4 Top Special Interest Election Lawyers
Mitch Alter has just been hired by Chris Olechowsk. Rensler just hired Larry Mandelker. He is up against Lincoln high priced law team of Martin Connors, Aron Maslow and Jerry Goldfeder. Bring Pop Corn to the Trial. Jerry Goldfeder. Bring Pop Corn to the Trial.*
Lincoln Restler down by 31 votes in race against Vito Lopez-backed (NYDN)
Eric Ulrich
The Post chides Council Speaker Christine Quinn for grandstanding against Bloomberg on his proposed budget cuts and urges her to show leadership by crafting a better budget
No permission needed, Chris(NYP)Said Quinn:
“We simply cannot take away resources from our NYPD at this time with these types of incidents occurring. We also cannot cut back on resources for parks enforcement. They have already been cut to [the] bone.”
The NY Post Said:
Speaker Quinn doesn’t have to ask Mayor Bloomberg for budgetary relief of any sort.
She writes the budget.
Yesterday True News Asked:
Why is the media refusing to ask her if she feel responsible for the NYPD cuts since she played a major roll at passing the last 8 city budgets. Would the speaker transfer the $$$ spent on her fellow councilmember member items to the NYPD to avoid the cuts?
ottom line: It's the City Council's fault (Queens Crap)
From Metro:
At a time when four women have been raped in the past month in popular New York City parks, some are calling attention to the dramatically depleted ranks of Parks Enforcement Patrol.
In the 1990s, the city kept on staff 450 Parks Enforcement Patrol officers, according to Joseph Puleo, the vice president of DC 37 Local 983, the union that represents Parks Enforcement Patrol (PEP) officers.
By 2002, that number had been slashed to just 156. And today, there are only 91 city-funded officers who are available to patrol any and all parks.
NYP Asks Quinn to Be A Leader Like Vallone Sr.
Shave and a haircut - and register to vote at these Harlem (NYDN) 
Coffee Shops Offer New Perks(WSJ) At least since the race between the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building, New York has been a city built on one-upmanship. Now that mentality has crept into the cozy demimonde of neighborhood coffee shops.
Four rapes in New York City parks come at a time of diminished patrol presence (NY Metro)
Grab a quick byte
(NYP) Want to know why your favorite restaurant or deli got a
less-than-stellar grade on its health inspection? Soon the answer will
be a smartphone click away. Under a bill passed by the City Council
yesterday, city agencies will be required to attach...
Housing Authority Leader Offers Plan to Raise Money(NYT) * Housing Authority chairman John Rhea unveiled a plan to lease land to private developers who would come up with projects featuring a mix of apartments, commercial, and retail space, but some have misgivingsNYCHA to lease land to condo developers(NYDN)
Less room at city shelters NYDN) * Booted tenants sue NYCHA over delays (NYDN)
WATCH: Activist arrested in paint protest over anti-Islam ad(NYP) * Commentator Arrested for Defacing Anti-Jihad Subway Poster(NYT)
Ad insult to injury
(NYP) The NYPD ramped up security at 10 subway stations yesterday after the
MTA was forced to install a controversial ad campaign branding enemies
of Israel “savages,” sources told The Post.
New $2 million Elmhurst Park bathrooms(NYDN)Cuomo Says Private Companies Could Run State Racetracks(NYT)
WTC Construction Leads to Downgrade of Port Authority's Bond Rating (WSJ)
A federal judge tossed out a lawsuit that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman had filed calling for a more extensive studies of hydrofracking in the Delaware River Basin.
Parks Department Pool $$$ Fools
Boost in parks fees spurs wreck-reation(NYP) In a remarkable feat of fiscal stupidity, the city Parks Department
lost $200,000 last year after it doubled fees at 32 neighborhood
recreation centers. Records show that more than 50,000 people
shed their memberships during the 12-month period beginning July 1,
2011, when the annual admission charge for adults soared from $50 to
$100, and from $75 to $150 for facilities with pools. The New York City Parks Department lost
$200,000 last year after it doubled fees at 23 neighborhood recreation
centers, leading to 50,000 New Yorkers shedding their memberships
Education
City to Add Pre-K Efforts in Poor Areas Next Year(NYT) * City: New "Educare" School, More Pre-K Seats Coming Next Year(NY1)* City to open 4,000 more pre-K slots (NYDN) * Bloomberg announced the city will open a new type of preschool in Brooklyn next year serving children as early as six-weeks-old, modeling early education programs in 17 other cities, the Times writes: * Mayor Michael Bloomberg Defends Giving NYC Students PlanB (WCBS) * Staten Island high school giving morning-after pill(SI advance) * NY's Graduation Rate Problem(NBC)* Teachers union to release annual overcrowding report (News 12) * Teachers Union Voices Concern Over Class Sizes(WSJ) New York City's teachers union officials on Monday said that two in every five city schools had over-sized classes and flagged special-education classes as an area of particular concern. * City students jammed into over 6,000 oversized classes (NYDN)* "Disturbing, Tragic And Misguided": Cardinal Dolan Blogs About Morning-After Pills At Schools(gothamist)
The Making of A President 2012
Obama Tells U.N. New Democracies Need Free Speech(NYT) * A G.O.P. Reunion, With Plans for More Togetherness(NYT) * acklash to the Backlash*NYT Ed) Muslim moderates have been fighting back. While it’s not clear whether the trend can be sustained, it’s certainly worth watching.* New poll shows Obama with widening lead in Ohio, Florida(Wash Post) * Romney, Obama descend on battleground Ohio(WABC) * President Obama's odds of winning the election, according to his forecast model, have increased by 7% -- 80% chance of winning the Electoral College from 73% -- since the hidden camera video of Romney making his comments came out. Nate Silver. In Ohio, 51% surveyed say Obama would do a better job on the economy to 45% for Romney. Obama holds 5-point edge on that issue in Florida, leading the Republican nominee 51% to 46% and tops Romney on the economy 51% to 45% in Pennsylvania. Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times. Poll shows Obama leading Romney by 53% to 43% support among likely voters in Ohio, with a 53% to 44% edge in Florida, and a 12-point 54% to 42% advantage in Pennsylvania. Quinnipiac University/CBS News/New York Times
Obama to UN: Attacks Violated Ideals - Wilson & Gearan, Washington Post
What Obama Didn't Say - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
We Knew It Was al-Qaeda Within 24 Hours - Eli Lake, The Daily Beast
Obama's Stunning Ohio Turnaround - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Are Media Polls Oversampling Democrats? - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Obama: Victory Will Send Message to GOP - Jennifer Jacobs, DM Register
Media Shocked GOP Hasn't Conceded - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Redistributing Wealth Upward - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Obama's Orwellian Economy - Donald Lambro, Washington Times
4th Straight Trillion Dollar Deficit Test for Obama - Jackie Calmes, NYT
Greatest Monetary Experiment of All Time - John Plender, Financial Times
Pundits "View" Obama Leading From Behind - Charles Hurt, Wash Times
What Qualities Should We Look For in a President? - John Dickerson, Slate
Bogus Defense of Obama's Missed Intel Briefings - Marc Thiessen, Wash Post
Backlash to the Backlash in the Middle East - Thomas Friedman, NY Times
The Repercussions From 9/11/12 - Walter Russell Mead, American Interest
Replacement Refs Jeopardizing Integrity of NFL - Fran Tarkenton, WSJ
Election '12: RCP Avg: Obama +3.7 | Race 4 Years Ago, 8 Years Ago Today
Bibi Must Take Iran's Words Seriously. Why Doesn't Obama? - WSJ
President Obama at the UN - New York Times
ObamaCare Isn't Reducing Health Costs - Washington Examiner
Libya: Militias Bite Back - The Guardian
* "Romney “brain trust” in Boston...refers to Ryan as “Gilligan.”"(Politico)
Libya prez: Fatal embassy attack more likely pegged to 9/11 anniversary than anti-Islam film(NYP)
Ann Romney dished to Jay Leno last night about her emergency landing scare and "cheap" Mitt:
* Polls Point to Larger Lead for Obama in Ohio and Florida(NYT)
* Obama Faces Test as Deficit Remains Above $1 Trillion(NYT)
Jack Nicklaus endorses Mitt Romney(NYP)
From Iran Leader, a Less Fiery Speech(NYT)
Rich: Sugar Daddies Can't Save Mitt(NY Mag)
Despite Disapproval, Someone Will Win Obama-Romney - Bill Barrow, AP
Mitt Romney's Conundrum Deepens - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
The Reality of 2012 Voter Turnout: The White Voter - Keith Backer, BW
U.S. Has No Clue What to Do in Mideast - Walter Russell Mead, Am. Interest
Muslim Moderates Are Fighting Back - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Try Hanging "Piss Mohammed" Next to "Piss Christ" - Mario Loyola, NRO
Obama Opens Big Leads in 3 Swing States - Montopoli & Dutton, CBS News
Why Are the Media Juicing Polls for Obama? - John Nolte, Big Journalism
Voter Suppression From Stop-at-Nothing GOP - Hadley Freeman, Guardian
Strangulation by Union - John Stossel, FOX Business
Why Not Drop Money Out of a Helicopter? - Duncan Black, USA Today
2012 Election Maps: Electoral College | Senate | House | Governor Races
'The Closer We Get To The Election, The Dumber Mitt Romney Appears To Be Getting'
Gingrich Savages Mitt Romney’s ‘Overly-Methodical’ Campaign On CNN
GOPers want Mitt to talk future: (Politico)
As polls show Obama opening up a lead, Paul Ryan says, "I have never seen this kind of enthusiasm." (Wash Post)
Mayor @MikeBloomberg is meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu at NYC's Gracie Mansion on Thursday.
Rove: Obama's Biggest Opponent Is the Truth(WSJ) Voters expect Mitt Romney to blow the whistle in the debates.
Clinton Sees Link to Qaeda Offshoot in Deadly Libya Attack(NYT)
Clinton Sees Link to Qaeda Offshoot in Deadly Libya Attack(NYT)
Assemblyman Dov Hikind continued ripping Mr. Obama on foreign policy. “The president has no time to meet with the Prime Minster of Israel, but he has time to do everything else,” he said. “He has time, it seems Prime Minister Netanyahu is not as enticing as Whoopi Goldberg or some of the other people that the president enjoys meeting with.”
Here’s Bam at his ‘UN’ meeting
(NYP) President Obama flew to New York yesterday as world leaders gathered
for UN meetings during a tense time in the Mideast — but he saved his
best diplomatic moves for the ladies of “The View.” * Kid gloves come off(NYP) * Why Romney Is Slipping(NYT Ed) By refusing to supply America with intelligent
answers, all the reliable national polls now show that his campaign is
driving voters away. * Candidates Focus on Foreign Policy(WSJ) *President & Mrs. Obama on 'The View' Tuesday(WABC) * Jake Tapper Takes On Obama’s ‘Unusual’ Decision To Skip Meeting World Leaders * Harry Reid Takes a Break From Tax Complaint, Focuses on Calling Romney a Bad Mormon(NY Mag) * Romney’s refusal to get into specifics of his tax overhaul should raise a “red flag,” Bill Clinton says:(Politico) 
How Obama Can Clinch Victory - Matt Miller, Washington Post
In Arab Spring, Obama Finds Harsh Test - Cooper & Worth, New York Times
The Fantasy House of Barack Obama - Victor Davis Hanson, PJ Media
Romney's Nightmare Scenario - Ezra Klein, Washington Post
Ask Jimmy Carter How the Polls Worked Out for Him - Jeffrey Lord, TAS
Obama's Stimulus Was the Right Move - Mark Zandi, Philadelphia Inquirer
Is This the Most Corrupt Press in History? - Mona Charen, National Review
The GOP Assault on Voting Rights - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Romney and the Forbes 400 - Joe Nocera, New York Times
Romney Is Right to Ignore GOP's Elitist Jerks - Erick Erickson, RedState
Mitt Romney's Miserable Campaign - William Galston, New Republic
Obama, Romney Circling Each Other Ahead of Debate - Erin McPike, RCP
Dems' Advantage in Voter Registration Slipping - Jim Geraghty, NRO
The Great Conservative "No!" - Tom Carson, American Prospect
Missed Opportunity to Stand Up for Freedom - Jeffrey Goldberg, Bloomberg
Rhetoric & Reality: The Two Obamas - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Biz Daily
Paul Ryan at the AARP - Wall Street Journal
Iraq on the Wrong Side - New York Times
Mitt Romney's "Fair Share" - Boston Herald
1/3 of Americans casting a ballot in the presidential race are expected to do so before Nov. 6
The presidential election could well be decided in the first televised debate next week, according to CNN senior political analyst David Gergen.
Washington Post poll: Obama up 8 in Ohio, 4 in Florida: http://politi.co/UsV8hb
Obama Warns Iran and Pleads for Tolerance in Arab Spring(NYT)
Romney Urges Attaching Strings to Foreign Aid(NYT)
President Obama Hits Romney’s Economic Policies, Addresses Libyan Violence On The View
Bill Kristol: Conservatives Being ‘Too Obsessive’ About Lack Of Coverage Of Obama’s Gaffes
Clinton Cites Clear Link Between Al Qaeda and Attack in Libya(NYT)
City trashes ‘hauling’ duo(NYP) Two Staten Island businessmen yesterday lost a waste-hauling contract because they “lacked good character, honesty and integrity,” according to a city ruling.
Taco Bell thrives inside a Cobble Hill hospital (NYDN) * The News cheers Bloomberg’s crackdown on sugary drinks in his fight against obesity, citing two medical
studies showing that sweetened beverages led to weigh gain in children:* After soda, Bloomberg wants to ban fatty snacks from hospital vending machines. * The ban on sweet drinks and vending machine treats will extend to city-run day camps next summer. * The DN highlights new scientific evidence that bolsters Bloomberg’s soda ban. Law and Order
Bronx man convicted for $450K bank fraud scheme(NYDN)
"Manhattan Madam" Gristina Pleads Guilty To Promoting Prostitution(NY1) * Plea deal on table for Hockey Mom Madam Anna Gristina(NYP) * "Manhattan Madam" Gristina Pleads Guilty To Promoting P(NBC) *
"Manhattan Madam" Gristina Pleads Guilty To Promoting Prostitution(NY1) * Suburban Mother Pleads Guilty to Running a Brothel on the Upper East Side(NYT) * Upper East Side ‘Madam’ Anna Gristina Pleads Guilty To Single(WCBS)
Cops slay ‘slasher’(NYP) * Sources: Domestic Dispute Led To Fatal Shooting In Front (WCBS) * Police Fatally Shoot Man They Say Attacked Them With Knife(WCBS) * Cop Shoots, Kills Knife-Wielding Man(NBC) 
NYPD Officers kill knife-wielding madman in Harlem (NYDN) * Police Fatally Shoot Man They Say Attacked Them With Knife(WCBS) * Police shoot emotionally disturbed man with knife(WABC) * NY cop fatally shoots knife-wielding disturbed man(Fox 5) * Cops Shoot, Kill Man in Harlem Apartment(NBC) * Police Shoot, Kill Man In Manhattan(NY1) *
Police Shoot, Kill Man In Manhattan(NY1) * Cops Shoot, Kill Man in Harlem Apartment(NBC) * NYPD Fatally Shoots Disturbed, Knife-Wielding Man(NY Mag)
Subway ‘jerk’ wants rap thrown out
(NYP) He admits he masturbated in a crowded 1 train in 2002 — and that “some
of it got on” a 14-year-old girl. But 250-pound accused subway
“grinder” Jason Mack — whose 2009 felony indictment was reduced to a
misdemeanor in a precedent-setting appeal
‘Harass’ vic goes after bum
(NYP) Gotcha! The cowardly creep who blasted a Columbia Business School
grad as a “whore” on YouTube is the same person who has stalked her and
who stole her identity over the past six years, court papers say — and
the brainy beauty is not letting him... 
Hair’s one way to catch a ‘coke smuggler’(NYP)
* Louis Farrakhan Tells Harlem They Have Power to Stop Violence(DNA)
It’s a cr‘i’me wave!
(NYP) Crime is up, but don’t blame the NYPD — blame Apple. The number of
thefts of iPhones, iPods, iPads and other hot gadgets in the Big Apple
has soared 40 percent so far this year — well over the 4 percent jump in
overall city crime, according to NYPD...
‘Extort’ capo is cuffed(NYP)
How we nailed ‘rapist’
(NYP) If it weren’t for these brave Parks officers, the serial sex offender
accused of raping a woman in TriBeCa might still be on the loose — and
ready to strike again.
Brooklyn Bus Driver Stabbed With Syringe Aboard His Vehicle(NY1)
Fashion rep pleads guilty to killing Hunter College stu (NYDN)
Ex-cop on trial for alleged drunk-driving killing of Bronx (NYDN)
* Cops winning underground war(NYP) * Apple crime up 40% in New York City(WABC) * iPhone, iPad Thefts Soar in NYC(NBC) * 5 Boys Wanted in Armed Sneaker Store Robbery(NBC) * There’s an Even Better Chance This Year That Your iProduct Will Get Stolen(NY Mag) * Suspect shot with own gun in Queens home invasion.(NBC) * Gambler robbed of winnings at gunpoint(NYP) * Thug turns self in after alleged McD's anti-gay razor attack(NYP) * OWS protester pleads guilty to gun rap, sentenced to 2 years(NYP) * Homeowner fights off gun-toting thugs(NYP)
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Bonanno crime boss sentenced (NYDN)
Robber with a hypodermic needle stealing Apple gadgets(NYDN) * Fraud ring identity thief sentenced to 3-to-9 years(NYP)* Robbery suspect shot during struggle with homeowner(WABC) * Woman in critical condition after Bronx shooting(WABC) * NY parole officer accused of possessing child porn(WABC) * Mob boss from Staten Island sentenced to 18 months behind (SI Advance) * Video of man and woman burglarizing school(WABC) * Woman Shot in Head, Killed on Bronx Street(NBC) * The NY Inspector General cracked down on a DOH employee who forged a doctor’s note to get a handicapped parking sticker.
