Last Time Newspaper Talked About the Long Voter Lines Was On November 6th - Why do they protect the BOE? Progressiveves Limp on Voting Rights in NYC.
NYC Board Of Elections "Succeeded At Failing Beyond My Wildest (Gothamist) * Perhaps the Board of Elections Will Get this Voting Thing Right One of These Elections (Village Voice)
Reported in True News on November 3. 2012
For
the last few days the there has been talk of creating a queens supper
poll at the Aqueduct Racino were all the the voters flooded out could go
to vote on elections. True News has learned why that plan has been
delayed until today. The political leaders who control the board have
been fighting each other for control or where the new pollings sites are
put.
Board watcher cannot believe that the peoples constitutional
right to vote was delayed for so long on such an important vote. There
is a power struggle going on within the board between the Crowly forces
and the senate majority leader Skelos GOP board loyalists on where to
locate the supper polls in Queens because of the Addabbo Ulrich close
race . The GOP lead by Skelso does not want the Racino because they say
the place is controlled by Crowley and the democrats. According to BOE
insiders that fight has delayed a voting plan for 3 or 4 days.
According to today's NYP the BOE has decided on a comprised plan of 3
supper polling sites in Queens. But that delay means less voters will
know were to vote and less time for the incompetent BOE to set up
emergency tent polls. Katy Bar the Door Time Guys.
Dicker Uncovers A GOP Delay Conspiracy To Keep Control of the Senate That Cap ton Revealed Last Week
State Senate Republicans are planning to further delay the court challenges of two new Democrats so that the 30 Republicans and new Democratic Sen. Simcha Felder can vote 31-30 in choosing the new majority leader
GOP’s secret stall tactic(Dicker, NYP)Embattled Senate Republicans have crafted a secret plan to delay the
seating of two new Democrats next month so they can elect their own
majority leader in early January. The plan involves intentionally further delaying ongoing court
challenges to the two apparent Democratic victors so that the 30
Republicans who have been elected to the Senate can join with
GOP-friendly Democrat Sen.-elect Simcha Felder of Brooklyn in voting 31
to 30 over Democrats to select the new majority leader, two sources
close to the situation said.
It Looks Like There A Deal to Remain Silent in the State Senate Battle Before It Turns into A Racial Battle
Azi Paybarah
@azipaybarah sigh. Independent Democratic Conference members are not talking to reporters today, i'm told. #albany * Attempts at reconciliation between
state Senate Democrats and the Independent Democratic Conference have
been strained due to public criticism from Senate Democrats and Working
Families Party officials, the Daily News reports: * While the Senate will have 63 seats come January, Senate rules and the
state Constitution are being read by Republicans and Democrats alike to
say that a majority leader is selected by a majority vote of the elected
members — meaning if two Senate seats haven’t yet been decided, there
are only 61 members eligible to participate.
A Montgomery County judge will hear
arguments today on the disputed ballots in the state Senate race between
Republican Assemblyman George Amedore and Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk,
with Amedore holding a 111-vote lead, the Times-Union * The Senate Republicans have a “top-secret plan” (revealed on CapTon last week
by Sen. Mike Gianaris) to delay the two yet-unresolved races into the
new year so they have more members than the Democrats for the majority
leader vote. * Chartock: "no wonder that Governor Andrew Cuomo keeps finding ways to support the Republicans in the Senate" * Court papers filed in Amedore-Tkaczyk fight * State Senate Independent Democratic Conference Still Upset Wtih Democratic Colleagues * At 31, Would Senate Republicans Have A Quorum?(YNN) * There’s More Where That Came From (Updated)(YNN)
* 46th Senate District race in court(YNN) * Stewart-Cousins is sure Cuomo is interested in a 'united & non-chaotic' Senate * Sandy victim, Senate battling over desk (CrainsNY) * Rev. Ruben Diaz Jr. likes the idea of forming his own conference. [Casey Seiler] * A judge said he was “inclined” to hear the meat of mostly Republican-brought challenges to absentee and affidavit ballots that will be the deciding factor in the 46th SD race and, by extension, determine which party controls the state’s upper chamber. * Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins on when - and if – Cuomo will involve himself in the Senate battle: “I imagine the governor is interested, as most of my colleagues are, providing a united and non-chaotic face to the people of New York at the beginning of the new year.” * 46th Senate District race in court: Attorneys for republican George Amedore and democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk present... http://bit.ly/VsU27p * Mayor Bloomberg praises DEP workers at Staten Island wastewater (SI Advance)
It Looks Like There A Deal to Remain Silent in the State Senate Battle Before It Turns into A Racial Battle
* 46th Senate District race in court(YNN) * Stewart-Cousins is sure Cuomo is interested in a 'united & non-chaotic' Senate * Sandy victim, Senate battling over desk (CrainsNY) * Rev. Ruben Diaz Jr. likes the idea of forming his own conference. [Casey Seiler] * A judge said he was “inclined” to hear the meat of mostly Republican-brought challenges to absentee and affidavit ballots that will be the deciding factor in the 46th SD race and, by extension, determine which party controls the state’s upper chamber. * Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins on when - and if – Cuomo will involve himself in the Senate battle: “I imagine the governor is interested, as most of my colleagues are, providing a united and non-chaotic face to the people of New York at the beginning of the new year.” * 46th Senate District race in court: Attorneys for republican George Amedore and democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk present... http://bit.ly/VsU27p * Mayor Bloomberg praises DEP workers at Staten Island wastewater (SI Advance)
The Hate City Council Race
City Council race sparks more venom!(NYDN) The
race for an uptown City Council seat that will be contested next fall
is unofficially underway — and it officially became a little bit uglier
on Sunday
Clinton for Mayor in ’13? Bloomberg Asked Her to Consider Succeeding Him(NYT)
Campaign 2013 Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani says his one-time deputy, MTA Chairman Joseph Lhota, will likely announce by Christmas whether he will leave his post to run for mayor himself in 2013.* Mr. Stringer, of course, hails from the Upper West Side and a number of today’s endorsers formerly supported East Side Councilman Dan Garodnick before he dropped out of the race. Or, as Assemblyman Rory Lancman said of Mr. Stringer’s unifying talent, “If only he’d run in ’90s, Tupac & Biggie might still be with us.” * While District Leader Mark Levine announced his candidacy for the City Council and was endorsed by Mr. Stringer, mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio and State Senator Adriano Espaillat‘s crowd. Related, Mr. de Blasio and Ms. Quinn have both backed an anti-hate campaign aimed at defending Mr. Levine from criticism that he’s too “White/Jewish” for the Up town seat. * Rudy Giuliani said (again) that he wants M.T.A. chairman and former aide Joe Lhota to run for mayor. [Ken Lovett] * video of
Will the Fake Divorce Be Granted Between Lopez and Quinn?
MT
Banana Republic Redistricting
Last Tuesday To quash 'Vito seat,' council must reject all lines - Crain's New York ...(CrainsNY) Panel had told Quinn it lacked power to alter lines
Last Friday
Both Citizen Union or Common Cause Never Objected to the Council Lines Before the Lopez District Blow Up
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A couple of Hard Weeks for CM Dominic Recchia As He Learns the Lesson What Your do to Others Will One Day Bite You in the Ass
It's likely that Recchia got the message(QueensCrap)
From The Brooklyn Paper: A group of outraged Hurricane Sandy victims nearly ran Councilman Domenic Recchia out of a Community Board 13 meeting on a rail Wednesday after the legislator announced that a desperately needed Coney Island sewer repair project won’t begin until 2016. Residents have been demanding the city update the neighborhood’s infrastructure for years, claiming that sewers constantly overflow during big storms. “If we get a hard rain, a tough rain, we’re going to get that water again. And it’s not good,” said CB13 member Ronald Stewart.
A Holiday Party Rugby Scrum
New Yorkers Will Pay for Sandy Just As We Are Now Paying for 911 WTC Attack With Higher Tolls
The Post writes that New York City taxpayers will likely end up footing the MTA’s $5 billion bill from Hurricane Sandy, either through toll and fare increases or tax revenue going towards debt service payments
The MTA’s $andy aftermath(NYP)The NYP says sandy will cost NYers either through cost not covered by FEMA or debet service on plan bond sales to meet MTA costs. Yes, Lhota said, the MTA faces an almost $5 billion Sandy bill. But, he added Wednesday, “The burden of Sandy will not be upon our riders” — essentially pledging that tolls and fares won’t go up above already planned 7 percent hikes in 2013 and 2015. * Drivers Grumble Over Increased Tolls For Port Authority Bridges, Tunnels(NY1) * Donohue: Shift-y MTA stiffs staff(NYDN) *Work Week Begins With Higher Tolls On Bridges And Tunne (WCBS) * What’s behind NYC’s GDP problem?(CrainsNY) Experts on the New York City economy fall into two camps. The first includes people who believe that the local economy is strong and that the city has outperformed the rest of the nation. (I am in that group). The other says any gains are an illusion because they are based primarily on low-wage jobs and in fact all the improvement is a result of the unhealthy gains of the richest New Yorkers.
Cuomo Goes to DC For Sandy Aid After Must Media BS Why He Has Waited So Long
* Cuomo And DC(YNN) * Louisiana Sen. Mary Landrieu Says She'll Help New York Like New York Helped Her State After Hurricane Katrina (NYDN) * Andrew Cuomo said he feels "optimistic" after lobbying federal lawmakers for disaster relief. [Raymond Hernandez] * The "Cuomo at the White House" gif. [Nick Reisman] * Cuomo Meets With White House Officials, DC Lawmakers To Discuss Sandy Relief (NY1) * House Dems Feel Slighted By Cuomo(YNN) * Cuomo says Gov Christie will make the trip down to lobby congressional leaders on Thursday.* uomo Travels to Washington to Press for Disaster Aid(NYT) * Gov. Cuomo Meets With Congressional Leaders, Lobbies For(WCBS) * Millions Of Gallons Of Sewage Flow Into City Waterways After(NBC)
Rockefeller Made Brooklyn Boss Meade Esposito A Bag Man
Bipartisanship is not in evidence
too often in New York or national politics but it was on display at a memorial
service on Friday for late Democratic party power broker Jerry Finkelstein, who
died last week at the age of 96. Speakers at his service included former GOP
Mayor Rudy Giuliani and Democratic Governor Mario Cuomo, both of whom lauded
Finkelstein's ability to bring people from both sides of the aisle together.
Finkelstein's son, former City Council President Andrew Stein told the 200 attendees
about his father's colorful life, including a night he brought Brooklyn Dem
boss Meade Esposito to Governor Nelson Rockefeller's house to broker a deal
which would net "Rocky" 16 Brooklyn votes he needed to pass a bill in Albany. "That's a nice painting," Esposito told
Rockefeller. "It's a Picasso," said Rockefeller. You want it?"
Esposito: "Sure." And the Brooklyn boss walked out of the Rockefeller Park Avenue home with a shopping bag filled with a Picasso painting.
"That's how politics was done in those days," Stein told the memorial
service mourners.(City and State)
How Does 71% High Schools get As or Bs, and 92 percent passed, Yet Only 29% of the Students Are College Ready
Bloomberg Grade Inflation
‘M’ for Murky(NYP) If you ask Mayor Bloomberg, Brooklyn’s It Takes a Village Academy looks like the jewel in the city’s public-school crown. The Flatbush high school graduated 86 percent of its students last year and got an A from the city in students’ “College and Career Readiness.” Its overall rating from Bloomberg was tops in the city: 98.7 percent — nearly perfect. But Bloomberg’s numbers and letter-grading system for city schools mask a heartbreaking statistic: Only 11.8 percent of students at It Takes a Village were ready for college after four years at the school. That’s right: Even though most of the kids managed to graduate, barely more than one in 10 was actually prepared for the rigors of higher education or for good jobs, based on their test scores. State school districts have six weeks to reach a deal on a new teacher-evaluation system or they will forgo millions in public school funds, as 633 of the nearly 700 state school districts have submitted plans for approval, the Post * School Districts in 5 States to Lengthen Calendars(NYT) * NY among 5 states to increase class time(WSJ) * Report: No school, work for 16 percent of NY youth(WSJ) * 300 more hours of school time(NYP) * Some State Educators To Take Part In Pilot Program To Expand School Year
Another Hospital in Danger of Closing
Leery of a Merger, a Hospital in Brooklyn Plans to Declare Bankruptcy(NYT) * Amid concerns it will be forced by the state to merge or close, a financially troubled hospital serving a largely African-American and Caribbean niche of central Brooklyn is planning to declare bankruptcy this week.* Hospital Staff Looks Back On Bellevue's Long Recovery From Storm Flooding * NYU Langone's Main Hospital To Offer Inpatient Services By End Of The Year Bankrupt Interfaith Medical Center owes millions(CrainsNY)
* NYU Langone Medical Center Hopes To Reopen Tisch Hospital By Year's End (NY1) * Interfaith Medical Center files for bankruptcy protecti (WABC) * Hospital in Brooklyn Files for Bankruptcy Protection(NYT) * Brooklyn Hospital Files for Bankruptcy Protection (NBC)
Update With Some Hospitals Closed After Hurricane, E.R.’s at Others Overflow(NYT)
State Health Advisors To Reportedly Recommend More Alcohol Regulations (NY1)
Update Cuomo rejects proposals to increase booze tax, place limits on bars
By hook & by crook
(NYP) City tow-truck companies are hauling off legally parked cars and then
shaking down their hapless owners for cash — threatening to take their
vehicles to the impound yard if they don’t cough up the dough.
Hynes ‘Tamper’ flares
(NYP) A defense lawyer claims Brooklyn DA Charles Hynes’ office coached a
witness to implicate his client in an armed robbery and fudged evidence
in prosecuting the case.Barefoot Again
Homeless Man Is Grateful for Officer’s Gift of Boots. But He Again Is Barefoot.(NYT) “Those shoes are hidden. They are worth a lot of money,” Mr. Hillman said in an interview on Broadway in the 70s. “I could lose my life.” * Homeless man grateful for boots, but barefoot again. Story: * Homeless Boot Recipient Stashed His New Footware(NY Mag)
Why is the Upper East Side the Only Precinct to Have A Homeless Officer?
Cop’s job is the homeless
(NYP) She’s the NYPD’s other blue angel. Officer Vanessa Wanderlingh’s job
is to aid the homeless people in her precinct — the only Police
Department employee specifically dedicated to the task.
NYers to rescue
(NYP) New Yorkers: We love you! The pregnant Hurricane Sandy victim booted
to the freezing city streets after FEMA botched her hotel reservation
received a heartwarming outpouring of support from the city yesterday —
and has a roof over her head again. 
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Running Aways From Paying the Bills
Verrazano-Narrows getting $236 million makeover
Federal Fiscal Cliff deal could Slam NYC
The Post, E.J. McMahon, a senior fellow
at the Manhattan Institute, details how “fiscal cliff” negotiations in
Washington will affect the New York tax base, and admonishes state
congressional leaders for too much “cheerleading”:
A quick deal to sidestep the federal government’s fiscal cliff could end
up pushing New York state to the edge of its own precipice. Yet top New
York officials seem oblivious to a wave of federal tax hikes due to hit
the state’s tax base as soon as next month. Any compromise relying heavily on soak-the-rich tax increases seems likely to draw a bulls-eye on the Empire State. As of 2010, New Yorkers earning $1 million or more generated 14 percent
of the entire nation’s federal individual income taxes in that bracket,
according to IRS data. So, 14 percent of any tax rate increase targeted
solely at these top earners would come from New York. * Looming Fiscal Cliff Leaves Many Confused, Concerned(WCBS) * A proposal in Washington to lower the cap on mortgage-interest
deductions would hurt New York City, since buying an apartment here is
so expensive. [Sally Goldenberg]
A Boulevard in Harlem Undergoes a Resurgence(NYT) More than just mainstreaming, Frederick Douglass Boulevard is becoming trendy, with some old-timers fearing the loss of a familiar culture.
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The News voices support for the plan to build a 25,000-seat soccer stadium in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, cautioning that Major League Soccer must build the $300 million stadium on its own dime:
The Watertown Times writes: “Maybe New Yorkers so adamantly opposed to fracking should stand by their principle and purchase higher priced natural gas from sources they find more suitable to them.”
We smell a rat at posh shop (NYP) Maybe he was trying to audition for a role in the Nutcracker. He’s a rat with fine taste. This unwelcome customer spent early yesterday on display in the window of Zabar’s E.A.T. gourmet shop on..
Washington
First Round of Deficit Cuts Is Sticking Point in Fiscal Talks(NYT)
Clinton Warns Syria Over Chemical Weapons(NYT)
Obama films campaign-style video urging tax increases for top 2%
GOP offers own proposal to avert ‘fiscal cliff’(NBC)
BREAKING: House GOP offers fiscal cliff counterproposal -
G.O.P. Makes Counteroffer in Fiscal Talks With Obama(NYT)
Reid’s "on that cusp of trying to walk the fine line" but pressure growing "untenable" (BuzzFeed)
Axelrod slams political horserace journalism http://www.politico.com/blogs/media/2012/12/axelrod-slams-political-horserace-journalism-150963.html#.UL0yxAM8o28.twitter … via
Obama Should Hang Tough on Budget - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
Time to Call the President's Bluff - Keith Hennessey, Wall Street Journal
Obama Pushes GOP, Brings End to Giving In - Peter Baker, New York Times
The NY Times Rewrites Obama's History - Conn Carroll, DC Examiner
Obama Finally Holds Firm for Tax Hikes - Robert Kuttner, Huffington Post
Entitlements Are the Real Problem - Daniel Mitchell, New York Post
The GOP's Big Budget Mumble - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Will Obama Years Be Our "Lost Decade"? - Thomas McClanahan, KC Star
Who's Not Bargaining in Good Faith? - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Is the GOP Already Blowing the Next Election? - John Judis, New Republic
It's Time for America to Say "Enough!" - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Egyptians Fear Morsi Dicatorship, Warn U.S. - Richard Engel, NBC News
Will the Benghazi Perps Pay? - Peter Brookes, New York Post
Farewell to Europe - Clyde Prestowitz, Foreign Policy
Warren Emerges as Partisan Warrior - Holly Robichaud, Boston Herald
Hillary the Survivor - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Men Find Careers in Collecting Disability - Michael Barone, DC Examiner
Democrats Are Unserious on Debt - New Hampshire Union Leader
On Taxes, Boehner Has It Wrong - Tampa Bay Times
ObamaCare's Medicaid Time Bomb - Washington Times
The Mortgage Challenge - New York Times
Poll: Congress Ranks Second Lowest In 'Honesty Rating,' Beating Only Car Salespeople
Re-elected congresswoman already retiring(Wash Post)
Why the White House kept Debbie Wasserman Schultz as DNC Chair (Wash Post)
Bill Kristol: GOP Runs 'Real Risk' Of 'Looking As If They Don't Care About The Middle Class' (VIDEO)
Journalism
Michael Wolff
Newsroom layoffs loom at The New York Times(CrainsNY)
After 4 Years Those Sexual Abuser bu Emanuel Yegutkin Have Finally Received Justice . . . Are the Bloggers for Social Justice Changed Policy at the DA Hynes Office
SI man busted in wife slay(NYP)Accuser in Orthodox Abuse Trial Testified out of 'Responsibility'
The Worst Thing That Can Happen in the Subway Has Happened Again(NY Mag) A man was killed after being pushed in front of a train * UPDATE: Witnesses told police two men were seen arguing on the 49th Street platform, where a man fell on the tracks * Man Pushed To His Death On Midtown Subway Tracks(NY1)
Accuser in Orthodox Abuse Trial Testified out of 'Responsibility' (WSJ) The young woman who accused a respected ultra-Orthodox Jewish counselor of sexual abuse wrapped up her testimony Friday afternoon, telling jurors that she came forward because she felt a sense of “responsibility.”
Prosecutors: Let ex-stripper rot for plotting husband s (NYP)
Woman, three men kidnap, torture, rob Bronx couple(NYDN)
Gang Said to Have Been Vanquished in ’80s Makes Cameo in Extortion Case(NYT)
On Staten Island, a Man Allegedly Murders His Wife(WSJ) * Staten Island Man Charged With Beating Wife To Death Over(WCBS) * Normal couple stuff' before Chiefs murder-suicide(WABC)
Livery Cab Driver Shot in the Bronx(NBC)
Tennis ref accused of husband's murder 'knew justice would be served' after charges dropped(NYP)
Livery Cab Driver Shot in the Bronx(NBC)
Tennis ref accused of husband's murder 'knew justice would be served' after charges dropped(NYP)
