Crime? Charter schools? Who cares. Who do mayoral candidates root for?(NYP) For weeks, the city’s mayoral candidates have talked about everything from charter schools to the minimum wage, but one burning question has gone unanswered — Mets or Yankees? City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the Democratic front-runner, grew * New York's lightweight mayoral candidates - New York Post
And Today's NYP Wastes It Editorial on Attacking Bloomberg's Soda Ban
Liu's City Hall Kick Off
* Liu Announces Candidacy For Mayo(NY1)
The Mayor's Race Quited Gay Protest Downplayed At This Year's Parade
Quinn can march if . . .(NYP) St. Patrick’s Day Parade Chairman John Dunleavy yesterday said he’d vote for Christine Quinn for mayor, but not let the City Council speaker march under a gay-rights banner. Dunleavy once equated letting a gay and lesbian group march to granting the Irish Prostitute Association a place in the procession.* Christine Quinn, St. Patrick's Day Parade: Speaker's Prominence Highlights Tensions Between Event, LGBT Community(Huff Post)*
How Would Mayor Christine Quinn Handle New York’s Exclusionary St. Patrick’s Day Parade? http://www.queerty.com/how-would-mayo * The possibility of Quinn’s election raises the prospect of an unprecedented standoff next year with the organizers of the St. Patrick’s Day Parade if she becomes the city’s first openly gay and first female mayor.
Editorial: NYC mayoral race will be shaped by prosperity(AMNY)
de Blasio's Talking Heads
De Blasio ‘running-for-office’ politics(NYP) There’s a thin line between government and politics, and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is making the most of it.After operating for nearly a year with a single press secretary, de Blasio last month decided to add a $115,000-a-year spokesman to the $85,000-a-year one he already had.Both are professionals, have the credentials for the job and are pulling in salaries well within government guidelines.
de Blasio Jewish Breakfast Responce Tweet
are this guys with
Public Advocate
All In Carrion's Family
A Pol Who Hires His Family Before He Get Elected, Wow
Mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrion hires daughter for campaign (NYP)Mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrion paid his 23-year-old daughter more than $12,800 to work on his campaign
Catsimatidis Targets Jewish Newspapers
John Catsimatidis Showers Money on Jewish Newspapers (Barkin)
Cash money for Jewish media aw yeah
“Yes, I’m Black—Duh”(NY mag)
Bill Thompson and the strange place of race in this year’s mayor’s race.
New Week and His Wife Huma Buy A Dog Together
Is Anthony Weiner preparing for a comeback?(CBS)
Now is not the time for Albany to extend a tax surcharge on the wealthy(NYDN Ed) Gov. Cuomo and Legislature need to keep their pledge
Budget Update
New Drivers License
Getting a Fake New York ID to Become Much More Difficult(NY Mag)
New York’s controvers
ial new driver’s licenses, which feature black-and-white pictures are are lauded by officials as nearly impossible to forge, debut in July.
Pressman's Journalist's Depth Show Through Even While Covering A Parade . . . It is Journalist Era Long Gone
If Journalism Students Want to Have A Roll Model How It Is Done Look to Gabe Pressman Not the Copy Cat Reporters of This Era Who Have No Understand of the Subject or the Historical Underdanding to Put the Stroy in Context. Gabe Pressman Reports from New York City's 252nd St.Patrick's Day Parade (WNBC)
Budget Update
Much budget-related wheeling and dealing took place this weekend, with the governor and legislative leaders hoping for an agreement in time to start passing bills this coming week.
The Buffalo News editorializes in support of a bottle bill expansion to generate $24 million a year for the Environmental Protection Fund. (The expansion was included in the Assembly’s one-house budget).
New Drivers License
Getting a Fake New York ID to Become Much More Difficult(NY Mag)
ial new driver’s licenses, which feature black-and-white pictures are are lauded by officials as nearly impossible to forge, debut in July.
Pressman's Journalist's Depth Show Through Even While Covering A Parade . . . It is Journalist Era Long Gone
At a meeting last week of the Manhattan Democratic organization's executive committee, Manhattan boss Assemblyman Keith Wright told the gathering that Bloomberg was trying to take over the Board of Elections that he wanted to keep the Board just the way it is (with patronage instead of Civil Service appointments). There was no opposition to his statement among the feckless district leaders (most were not there, but "appeared" by proxy) Why isn’t the media covering the story?
BOE Deputy Director Calls Poll Workers Crooks
Democracy Killers the BOE and the Pols That Are Supposed to Oversee Them
The
agency floated the idea of spending $15 million to turn old voting
machines into voting information kiosks. When probed why it wouldn't
instead spend the money on iPads that could do perform the same tasks, a
top executive admitted a fear that poll workers would steal them.
Halloran A IPad Would Be 2000% Cheeper Than Your BOE Kiosk . . . Think of the Moving Costs!
Councilman Dan Halloran asked
Dawn Sandow, the Board of Election's deputy executive director why the
agency didn't use iPads instead of trying to spend money on voting
information kiosks. Sandow said that 'they won’t all come back, no
matter what we chain it to,' suggesting poll workers might steal them.The beleaguered agency admitted as much at a City Council hearing
Thursday as it floated the idea of spending $15 million to turn the
city’s old and unused mechanical voting machines into information kiosks
with touch screens.The transformation would cost $6,000 per machine, the board said — an
estimate that prompted Councilman Dan Halloran (R-Queens) to whip out
his $299 iPad.* Board Of Elections Unveils Kiosk To Help Transmission Of Voting Data(NY1)
Pot Calling the Kettle Black
It Takes A Crook to Know A Crook?
The Media Does Not Answer Why the Board Commissioner Voted for Scanner That Cannot Do the Job
From Today's WSJ
Expect Longer Lines Than in 2012 for Mayor's Election
City Council Planned Failure for the 2013 Elections
"They certainly didn't seem like they were necessarily going to be able to pull it off," said City Council Member Gale Brewer, an Upper West Side Democrat, after Board of Elections staffers spoke at a hearing. "It's a scary thought." Ms. Brewer wants larger changes to the city's election system, but said she expects the Legislature to approve only the addition of an extra week between the primary and a runoff, and certain procedural tweaks requested by the board. But the approach still presents hurdles. Officials would need more storage facilities and access to city buildings that serve as polling locations for longer than they're usually open. And the Board of Elections would have to decide two days after the primary which ballots to print. That could mean having to print multiple versions of the runoff ballot if the vote is close and the top two finishers aren't immediately clear.* Board Of Elections Pushes New Plan For Old Voting Machines During September Elections
Bloomberg Blames the NY Times For the BOE Selection of the Voting Machines That Do Not Work
Is the NYT Embarrassed At What They Did?
This is the Last Story the NYT Wrote About the BOE
Date November 6, 2012 Chaos at New York City Polls Amid New Rules and Voting Machines(NYT)
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Sex, Money and Boyland
Update Boyland Free Lawyer II
After
a three-month standoff, Assemb. William Boyland on Friday got Brooklyn
U.S. District Judge Sandra Townes to restore what she took away in
December -- his right to a taxpayer-funded lawyer for his bribery and
extortion conspiracy case. Boyland
was given a free lawyer when he was charged in Brooklyn in November,
2011. But a year later, Townes ordered him to hire his own lawyer --
citing his Assembly salary, a house, and rent payments he received. But
since then, Boyland had appeared repeatedly in court on his own, saying
the legal retainers were too high and his finances were eroding. In
February, the state Comptroller suspended Boyland's right to receive
"per diem" payments for time spent in Albany representing his Brooklyn
legislative district because he had failed to pay back $67,000 in
improper past charges. On Friday, citing monthly costs that now include
$675 for travel, $665 for lodging and $250 for meals among other changed
circumstances, Townes relented and restored his right to a court-paid
lawyer.
Boyland Aide the "Corruption Was Titillating Made Me Hot"
Pol bitten by rat
(NYP)A former senior staffer for Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. yesterday
claimed the lawmaker orchestrated a scheme to take bribes in exchange
for political favors. In bombshell testimony, Ry-ann Hermon, who served as the Brooklyn
Democrat’s chief of staff, said Boyland directed her to help set up
several cash-for-influence deals — including one with a planned payout
of a quarter-million dollars.William Boyland's corrupt aid cheered when Boyland walked not she finaly tells truth he is a crook
Hermon documented their partnership in Brooklyn federal court as she copped to six federal crimes herself. Hermon, who left Boyland’s staff in January 2012, told a judge the
lawmaker had promised to help people he thought were out-of-state
businessmen buy a former hospital for $8 million, renovate it with a
state grant, and sell it to a Boyland-controlled nonprofit for $15
million. The aide detailed other scams involving offers to cut red tape for carnival operators who wanted to run fun fairs in the city. Hermon had confided the corruption was titillating.Mr. Boyland scheduled again to ask the court for a lawyer today, but with a $79,500/year + per diem State Assembly salary…___________________________________________________________________________________
Campaign 2013
Quinn Leads in Fund Rasing
Mayoral Hopefuls Detail Funding(WSJ)* Two candidates for New York City mayor,
Democrat Christine Quinn and Republican John Catsimatidis, both spent
nearly a quarter of a million dollars during the two-month fundraising
period that ended Monday * Quinn Leads Democratic Mayor Candidates In Latest Fundraising Numbers
On Sunday at 3:00 p.m., Comptroller John Liu will officially launch his mayoral campaign on the steps of City Hall, as per a media advisory–likely with a huge crowd if Politicker’s sources are correct. Mr. Liu will further supplement the announcement with a hectic, 14-hour day of campaigning that will “span five boroughs,” 8 a.m. until 10 p.m.In other news, Mr. Liu took a decidedly skeptical approach to the police department’s handling of the Kimani Gray shooting. “This incident needs to be fully and publicly investigated,” Mr. Liu told New York Magazine yesterday afternoon. “We cannot rely on the quick reassurances that officers acted within guidelines when there are many unanswered questions.” Rivals Bill de Blasio and Christine Quinn were more tempered and critical of the rioters.
Last week, Queens City Council candidate Austin Shafran made news for maxing out in his eligibility for public matching funds after just 40 days of fundraising. Now he has pulled ahead of the entire field of candidates running in the 19th District, including incumbent City Councilman Dan Halloran, according to the most recent campaign filings. Shafran, a Democrat, has raised $58,802 thus far, more than any of his opponents over the last two months. In fact, Shafran’s haul during the last filing period is more than the $40,013 raised cumulatively by the other five candidates in the race during the same time frame. Halloran, a Republican, raised $16,755 since the last filing. Shafran faces former Assemblyman John Duane, community activist Paul Graziano, attorney Paul Vallone and Democratic State Committeeman Matthew Silverstein in the Democratic primary. Duane raised the second-most of the Democratic candidates in this filing period with $9,190.(City and State)
Quinn leads Democratic mayoral candidates in fundraisin(NYDN) * Quinn Leads Democrats in Fund-Raising for 2013 Campaign(NYP)
Micah Kellner Raises Over $123,000(NYO)
"$340,000 Over Past Two Months"--@BillThompsonNYC camp releases his latest filing #s. #FilindDay #nyc2013
Bill Thompson "Welcomes" Chris Quinn To NYC Mayor's Race With Digs On ... * Bill Thompson "Welcomes" Chris Quinn To NYC Mayor's Race With Digs On Schools, Sick Leave(NYDN)
* Democratic NYC mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson posted a web video “welcoming” frontrunner/NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn to the race.
"$340,000 Over Past Two Months"--
Bill Thompson "Welcomes" Chris Quinn To NYC Mayor's Race With Digs On ... * Bill Thompson "Welcomes" Chris Quinn To NYC Mayor's Race With Digs On Schools, Sick Leave(NYDN)
* Democratic NYC mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson posted a web video “welcoming” frontrunner/NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn to the race.
Weiner Running?
Poll position: Weiner's spending on surveys shows he may be mounting comeback(NYP)Former Rep. Anthony Weiner spent $106,500 on polling this month. (Perhaps he is mulling a comeback after all?)* Weiner says he has “nothing more to report beyond what I reported” (in his campaign filing).* Poll position: Weiner's spending on surveys shows he may(NYP) * Weiner Funds Used for Poll, Research Data(WSJ) * It's Not Clear Why Anthony Weiner Spent $54,000 on Polling(NY Mag)Bill Thompson and John Liu stock up for the mayor's race
Race For GOP Mayoral Nod Shaping Up As Clash Of Titans — Lhota Vs. Catsimatidis(WCBS)
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De Blasio takes swipe at Quinn for not passing sick leave(NYDN)True News to John Liu: "You Have More Balls Then We Though" (in a nice way)
Liu's Answer: "I Still Have One Ball Left"
Liu says he'll announce for mayor today. "Keep on praying for me because I could sure use it"
On Sunday, John C. Liu plans to announce his candidacy for mayor — a seemingly quixotic bid, given fraud charges against two associates, but one that he insists is still winnable.* Campaign is ‘Liu’$ing momentum(NYP)The federal investigation into his fund-raising practices finally got to embattled city Comptroller John Liu Liu, who is formally announcing his candidacy for mayor tomorrow, reported taking in just $105,775 for his campaign over the last two months. That’s a fifth as much as front-runner Christine Quinn and less than the $164,053 that unknown long shot Erik Salgado got.
George McDonald: Fight Over NYC Giving Limits "Devastating" My Mayor's Race Fundraising(NYDN)
Latest fundraising numbers showAdolfo Carrion, Jr.
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NY1 Name Change to
Sell Cable Subscriptions
Corporate Lobbyist News #1
Time Warner Cable makes move to rename NY1 (NYDN) so viewers know it's an exclusive news channel Market research has shown that viewers are not aware that NY1 is owned and only broadcast on Time Warner Cable, says TWC spokeswoman Amy Summers. The move to rename the channel will reinforce that if subscribers change to Verizon or satellite, they lose their beloved New York news. New name is TWC News* Time Warner Cable to screw with NY1 because it's Time Warner Cable.(NT Mag) * A New Name for NY1? A Rebranding Move Is Met With Anger
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Brooklyn Rage Day 5
Update Rallies continue over shooting of Kimani Gray(WABC)
2 NYPD Officers Who Shot Teen Had Faced Lawsuits(WNBC)
School sends letter to parents praising Brooklyn teen killed by cops(nyp)
Kimani Gray showed his 'tough' side online - but also had big goals(NYP)
Calls for Calm After Shooting(WSJ)Community leaders, elected officials and the family of a
16-year old boy shot and killed by police in Brooklyn last weekend
appealed for calm Thursday as authorities investigated the fatal
encounter. Outsiders Faulted for Unrest in Brooklyn(NYT) Leaders in East Flatbush are pleading for calm a day after a vigil for
Kimani Gray turned chaotic, the most sustained turmoil in three
consecutive days of protests.* Jumaane Williams on Flatbush Unrest: "What Happened Here in the Past Couple Days Is Wrong"(Village Voice) "What happened here in the past couple days is wrong," Williams said.
"There are people -- well-intentioned as they my be -- who are coming
into the community and capitalizing on a terrible situation and making
it worse." * Outsiders Faulted for Turmoil in East Flatbush After Police Kill Teenager (NYT) While local Councilman Jumaane Williams held press conference and declared,
“There are people — well-intentioned as they may be — that are coming
into the community and capitalizing on a terrible situation and making
it worse. … This is about inciting and igniting 60, 70, 80 15-and
16-year-olds who have justified anger, and taking them — without any
training, without any strategy, without discussing with them what will
happen if they get arrested — and taking them on a march that is
dangerous and destructive.”
Ma: ‘Angel’ slain by cops was unarmed
(NYP) “He wasn’t everybody’s angel, but he was my angel.” The mother of the
Brooklyn teen killed by cops admitted that her son was no innocent — but
said he was hardly the gun-toting gang-banger authorities described.* Mother Of Brooklyn Teen Shot By Police Speaks Out* In Harm's Way: Remembering the Life of Kimani Gray(WNYC) Mayoral Candidates On the Rage
A test for New York(NYP) Will pols stand with the rioters? The test is of the mayoral candidates. The temptation for them is either to set themselves up against the police to get attention and win liberal approbation or to be wishy-washy — because they recognize the importance of what the NYPD does in preserving public order and saving thousands of lives, but don’t want to become targets of ideological opportunity for race-baiters and race-guilters. The Post’s John Podhoretz writes that the police shooting of 16-year old Kimani Gray in Brooklyn and subsequent riots will test the resolve of many different groups, including community leaders, the police, and mayoral candidates* Liu "Demands Answers" On Kimani Gray Shooting(NY Mag)
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NYS Government
Budget
Quick Budget Will Increase Cuomo Lagging Poll Numbers. There Will Be and On-Time Budget
Cuomo, Legislature eye 3rd straight on-time budget(Fox 5)* Cuomo, Legislature eye 3rd straight on-time budget
Budget Talks Intensify(WSJ) * Sources say that all sides—a coalition
group in the Senate, Assembly Democrats, and Gov. Cuomo—are negotiating a
package of tax cuts to be included in the final budget, including an
income tax break and a boost to the child tax credit, The Buffalo News writes
Lawmakers are on track to adopt a
$136.5 billion budget plan before the end of next week, though some
issues still need to be sorted out such as a proposed hike to the
minimum wage. A deal could be announced on Sunday or Monday, the Times-Union reports: * State Lawmakers Say Budget Still On Pace To Pass Early (NY1)* Budget talks include
a possible second extension of the so-called millionaires tax to avoid
dealing with the controversial issue in the 2014 election cycle.* The leaders and Cuomo are also negotiating
a package of income tax breaks aimed at middle-class New Yorkers and
are closing in on plans to hike the state tax deduction for household
dependents and boost the child tax credit. This could signal a minimum
wage deal.* Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said budget bills could be printed this weekend, allowing three days of public view before the first voting next week. Cuomo threw cold water
on the idea that a budget deal could be struck before the weekend
arrives. (In other words, sometime today, though he is planning to meet
with leaders in NYC).* Partnership For NYC: Don’t Extend PIT Surcharge(YNN) * The UFC has a new estimate that claims legalizing the controversial sport would mean $100 million in economic benefits over the next two years.* Cuomo, legislature hope to keep tax on high-earners tax(NYDN)
Open Government
At some agencies, state workers are instructed not to answer reporters’ questions and must inform a press officer “immediately” if an inquiry is made, according to employee handbooks. Sixty-nine local governments plan to upload public data onto Cuomo’s “Open NY” transparency site, which officially launched this week.
Movie Welfare
The NY Post does not approve of the half billion dollars worth of “welfare” New York State is handing over to the makers of “Spider Man 2″ in exchange for an agreement to film here.
Pot Bust
State assemblyman busted for pot possession(NYP)
Assemblyman Steve Katz, busted for marijuana possession earlier this week, voted "no" medical marijuana last year. And who can forget the attack video that ended with a super tight shot of Assemblyman Steve Katz's hairy ear?(Capital) * More from Assemblyman Katz' past: Tax liens (http://bit.ly/16xeFGa ), sexual harassment suit against biz (http://lohud.us/ZaWK3D ) * Not long before his pot bust, Katz declared he would flout Cuomo's gun law: * Katz Speaks After Busted For Pot Possession(YNN) * Katz Mailer Decried Youth Drunk Driving, Drugs(YNN) *After he was busted for marijuana possession and speeding, Assemblyman Steve Katz reported to work in Albany as if nothing had happened, and didn’t mention his arrest to Minority Leader Brian Kolb. Katz’s challenger in the 2012 Republican primary, Dario Gristina, called on the assemblyman to resign: “This is not the behavior you would expect from an elected official, especially from a conservative county like ours.”The Buffalo News chalks Katz’s arrest up to “bad Buffalo Bills’ karma.”* Assemblyman Charged With Marijuana Possession(NYT)
* Assemblyman Is Charged With Marijuana Possession(NYP) * Politician Ticketed For Pot(YNN) * NY Assemblyman Who Voted Against Legalizing Medical Marijuana (WCBS)
Cuomo Drafts Communications Director From Attorney General’s Staff(NYT)
The Poor
Gouging the Poor in New York(NYT Ed) Bills that would allow check-cashing stores to enter the lending business and be exempt from the usury law are a bad idea.
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NYC Government
NYCHA
NYCHA chairman grilled on housing leasing plan(NYDN) * NYCHA Plan to Build Market-Rate Housing Leaves Harlem Residents Skeptical(dnainfo)
Open Government
At some agencies, state workers are instructed not to answer reporters’ questions and must inform a press officer “immediately” if an inquiry is made, according to employee handbooks. Sixty-nine local governments plan to upload public data onto Cuomo’s “Open NY” transparency site, which officially launched this week.
Movie Welfare
The NY Post does not approve of the half billion dollars worth of “welfare” New York State is handing over to the makers of “Spider Man 2″ in exchange for an agreement to film here.
Pot Bust
Assemblyman Steve Katz, busted for marijuana possession earlier this week, voted "no" medical marijuana last year. And who can forget the attack video that ended with a super tight shot of Assemblyman Steve Katz's hairy ear?(Capital) * More from Assemblyman Katz' past: Tax liens (http://bit.ly/16xeFGa ), sexual harassment suit against biz (http://lohud.us/ZaWK3D ) * Not long before his pot bust, Katz declared he would flout Cuomo's gun law: * Katz Speaks After Busted For Pot Possession(YNN) * Katz Mailer Decried Youth Drunk Driving, Drugs(YNN) *After he was busted for marijuana possession and speeding, Assemblyman Steve Katz reported to work in Albany as if nothing had happened, and didn’t mention his arrest to Minority Leader Brian Kolb. Katz’s challenger in the 2012 Republican primary, Dario Gristina, called on the assemblyman to resign: “This is not the behavior you would expect from an elected official, especially from a conservative county like ours.”The Buffalo News chalks Katz’s arrest up to “bad Buffalo Bills’ karma.”* Assemblyman Charged With Marijuana Possession(NYT)
* Assemblyman Is Charged With Marijuana Possession(NYP) * Politician Ticketed For Pot(YNN) * NY Assemblyman Who Voted Against Legalizing Medical Marijuana (WCBS)
Cuomo Drafts Communications Director From Attorney General’s Staff(NYT)
The Poor
Gouging the Poor in New York(NYT Ed) Bills that would allow check-cashing stores to enter the lending business and be exempt from the usury law are a bad idea.
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NYC Government
NYCHA
NYCHA chairman grilled on housing leasing plan(NYDN) * NYCHA Plan to Build Market-Rate Housing Leaves Harlem Residents Skeptical(dnainfo)
Park Cops
New Park officers may be patrolling by July(NYDN)Private City Pensions
Your money, their pockets(NYP Ed) Four years later, the city’s still paying — though this month, Budget
Director Mark Page announced that the city was suspending payments to
the Cultural Institutions Retirement System on the grounds that it had
been overbilled. The deal dates back to 1962. Under Mayor Robert
Wagner, the city agreed to cover salaries and pensions for thousands of
workers at private cultural institutions that also get city funding. Homeless
City’s Sheltering of Out-of-Town Homeless, and Mayor’s Remark, Stir Debate(NYT)
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Fraud Soccer Stadium
How phony park groups, the press and elected officials are conspiring to develop FMCP(Queens Crap)
You may have read in various articles that
representatives from New Yorkers for Parks have been testifying at
Community Board meetings against the USTA plan to expand inside Flushing
Meadows-Corona Park and have been working with Council Member Julissa
Ferreras and other elected officials to come up with "concessions" from
the USTA in exchange for their alienation of public parkland. Who are
"New Yorkers for Parks" and should we trust them?
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| Holly Leicht |
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Education
Albany Education Politics the Connected Union and the Rich
UFT bids to expel mayoral control(NYP)Bloomberg said the NYC school system was a “disgrace” before mayoral control, which the UFT has proposed rolling back.* Teachers union: Curtail mayoral control of NYC schools(NYP) * Bloomberg, UFT At Odds Over Mayoral Control Of Schools(NY1)
UFT proposes stripping mayor's control of schools(NYDN)
Mayor’s ‘control’ freakout at UFT
(NYP) Mayor Bloomberg came down hard on the teachers union’s plan to water
down mayoral control of schools by effectively reviving a version of the
old, dysfunctional Board of Education. “When they ran the school
system, it was a disgrace,” he said* Bloomberg, UFT At Odds Over Mayoral Control Of Schools(NY1) * Teachers union boss' dream of schools without mayoral control would be the city's nightmare (NYDN ed) Michael Mulgrew's power play in Albany seeks to roll back critical reformsLeave It to the NYT To Explaine Away Selling Libraries and Schools to Developers to Same Them
New York’s Education Deficit(NYT Ed) School aid is skewed to help districts of politically powerful legislators. It should be changed to spread more money to impoverished areas.* Parents Call On Charter Schools To Reform Management Of Special Needs Students(NY1)
School Closed
Students defend failing Bread and Roses High School but blame their classmates for phaseout; 'The teachers do everything they can,' said one, 'but if we don’t care this is what happens.'(NYDN)Bread and
Roses was one of three uptown public schools slated for phaseout by the
Panel for Educational Policy this week, along with the Choir Academy of
Harlem and J.H.S. 013 Jackie Robinson. MS 45/STARS Prep Academy, a Grade
6 to 8 school in East Harlem, will close at the end of the school year.
Bronx HS principal's bizarre threat to cancel prom(NYP)
She’s the Prom Killer. A no-frills high-school principal has canceled
prom for her Bronx school’s entire senior class unless they magically
achieve a 100 percent graduation rate
State Senate Republicans are promoting a state budget measure that would require New York City to offer busing for all private students in classes taught after 4 p.m., with most of those students attending yeshivas, the Daily News reports: * Lawmakers Quietly Talk Yeshiva Busing Expansion Over Mayor Bloomberg Objections(NYDN)
Dip in blacks and Hispanics qualifying for NYC specialized high schools(NYP)
No-confidence vote for NYU president Sexton(NYDN)Nine High Schools, One Roof(NYT)
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Sandy
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Sandy
Capturing the Stories of a Hurricane’s Survivors(NYT) Mary Anne Trasciatti, a professor of rhetoric at Hofstra University who has lived in Long Beach since 2000, is collecting oral histories of Hurricane Sandy’s impact on the area. * Cuomo: Banks release $112M to Sandy victims(WSJ) * Rockaway Beach's Giving Truck(WSJ) * HUD Pledges More Support To Protect Sandy Homeowners(WSJ) * Bloomberg to Offer Own Sandy Buy-Out Plan, with a Twist(WNYC) Could Lead to Rebuilding on Flood Plain Even After Homeowner Sells Out
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Another Hospital Will Closed for Developers
Open Meeting Law Violated Hospital Closure Delayed
Judge rules that SUNY Downstate plans to close LICH halted. More soon on http://BrooklynEagle.com Judge rules keep LICH open for now. State officials broke Open Meetings Law. * Judge Rules Against SUNY Trustees in Their Vote to Shutter Long Island College Hospital * Closing of NYC hospital still on hold(WSJ) * Court Allows LICH To Remain Open, Rules Decision To Close Violated The Law(NY1)
* Lifeline continues: Judge grants Long Island College Hospital (NYDN)
SUNY
Second opinion: State now admits LICH real estate was on the table(Brooklyn Paper) Senior moment: Activist claims LICH can be saved by letting old folks move in(Brooklyn Paper)
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Bronx Court Favor Klein and Landlords
Landlords Win In Court
Report Says Bronx Rent Disputes Favor Landlords(NYT) Tenant advocates charge that the heavy caseload in the borough, which handles more than 85,000 housing court cases a year, limits tenants’ access to resources and legal guidance.
Klein Bags Bronx Court Apointments
Bronx state Sen. Jeff Klein has done well in politics, rising this year to become one of Albany’s top kingmakers. He’s also done well in the often politically influenced world of court appointments. State court records show that Mr. Klein and a longtime law partner who has doubled as his legislative aide have been among the biggest winners when it comes to legal fees earned from judicial designations. Records show that since June 2003, when reforms aimed at limiting the appointments of politically tied officials were implemented, Mr. Klein and his law partner, Dominick Calderoni, have earned nearly $730,000 in fees for work performed as court-appointed fiduciaries.
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Cancled Marathon
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MTA
Five escalators out of service at Grand Central
(NYP)Commuters at Grand Central are going nowhere fast. Five escalators at
the terminal are out of service, forcing some Metro-North Railroad
riders to go through a cardio workout just to leave the station. Three
of the broken escalators are in the.Buses
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NYC Population Up
For the first time since 1950, more people are moving into NYC than leaving, propelling the city’s population to a record-high 8.3 million people as of July 2012. Every borough saw its ranks grow
Census records show more people are moving to NYC(NYP) * New York's Boom Time(WSJ)More people are moving into New York than leaving it for the
first time since 1950, according to the latest U.S. Census Bureau data* Mayor Reports More People Are Moving Into NYC Than Moving Away(NY1) * NYC population at all time high!(NYDN)Broome County lost more of its residents between 2010 and 2012 than any other county in the state.
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Soda
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Koch St Patrick's Sweater
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Old NYC Neighborhood
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MacDougal Defines Old City Neighborhood (WSJ)If visitors on lower MacDougal Street can't put their finger
on which neighborhood they are in, it's probably because the tiny block
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Churchill in New York
67 years ago today WNYC covered the reception for Winston Churchill at City Hall.
WNYC Radio
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Cuomo on the Pope
Cuomo declined to join his father and sister in criticizing the new pope, but said “all Cuomos are entitled to their own opinions.”* The governor called Pope Francis’ life story “inspirational” and “praiseworthy.”
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Media
Jay Carney Snarks At Fox News Host: 'If You Did A Little Reporting, You'd Know...'
BRIT GOVT OVERSIGHT OF NEWSPAPERS?News Of The World Hacking: UK Police Investigating 600 New Allegations(Huff Post)
Ann Curry blames NBC for making Matt Lauer a ‘diva’: report(NYP)
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Washington
Sunday
Financial System at More Risk Than You Know - Gretchen Morgenson, NYT
Jamie Dimon's March Madness - Terry Keenan, New York Post
Is Capitalism Moral? - Steven Pearlstein, Washington Post
The Fed's Policies Distort Capitalism - Conn Carroll, Washington Examiner
Conservatives Show Hunger for New Leadership - David Drucker, Roll Call
At CPAC, a Truce on Culture Wars - Elahe Izadi, National Journal
The Shaky Science Behind Same Sex Marriage - George Will, Wash Post
Putting Up a Fight Against Smart Drones - Bill Keller, New York Times
The Internet Is a Surveillance State - Bruce Schneier, CNN
Kevyn Orr Just Might Save Detroit - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Carbon Tax Is a Win-Win-Win-Win-Win - Tom Friedman, New York Times
How Obamacare Changed Your Taxes - Dan Caplinger, The Motley Fool
Five Lessons of the Iraq War - Fareed Zakaria, CNN
Obama Doesn't Have a Prayer in Middle East - Michael Goodwin, NY Post
How Beer Gave Us Civilization - Jeffrey Kahn, New York Times Magazine
Being White in Philly - Robert Huber, Philadelphia Magazine
Obama's WH Open to Rich, Closed to Poor - Mark McKinnon, The Telegraph
Ryan's Budget Has the Right Goal - Boston Herald
Tax Breaks Are the Real Spending Problem - New York Times
The Historic Global Shift from Poverty - Christian Science Monitor
GOP and Blacks: Start of a Beautiful Friendship? - New York Post
Karl Rove Responds To Sarah Palin’s CPAC Thrasing, Rips Her For Quitting As Governor
Some Conservatives Came to CPAC and Discovered That They Were Actually Liberals(NY Mag)
Stock Market Soars to New Heights: The Big Story Obama, GOP Don’t Dare Talk About
Saturday
Conservative Rockstar Ben Carson Excites CPAC Crowd With 2016 Talk(hUFF pOST)
Senate Democrats Finally Take a Stand(NYT)
DC probes NYU loan arrangers
(NYP) In this Washington probe, no loan will go unturned. Senate
investigators may be done with Jack Lew, who’s already settling in to
his job as treasury secretary — but now they’re training their sights on
NYU, demanding the school cough up details onMenendez’s crony-island slap(NYP)
Talks Open Window for Deficit Deal(WSJ)
Maher Defends Iraq War, Bush: 'It's A Country That's Standing, I Thought It Wouldn't Be'
Lady Liberty Gulp
Sarah Palin Holding a Big Gulp Is the New Statue of Liberty (NY Mag)
GOP Paddling Against the Tide of History - Robert Shrum, The Daily Beast
The Road to Republican Revival - Jeb Bush, Wall Street Journal
Detroit and Our Decadent "Progressives" - Walter Russell Mead, Am Interest
Rob Portman's Progress - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Not Policing the World Ended With 9/11 - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Seoul crushers
(NYP) North Korea threatened to snuff out the South Korean prime minister
yesterday and warned residents of a South-controlled archipelago to
evacuate — because “nuclear war may break out.”
Palin lampoons Bloomberg’s large-soda ban at CPAC(NYP)
How About the Cold Calculation of Nat'l Interest Instead - Mark Steyn, NR
CPAC: Conservatives' Group-Therapy Session - Dana Milbank, Wash Post
Will Obama's Sequester Overreach Wreck 2nd Term? - J.T. Young, Forbes
The Dread That Is Ted - Gail Collins, New York Times
Entitlements: The Facts Say Fix Them - Cutter & Francis, RealClearPolitics
Keystone Pipeline Is a No-Brainer - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
What I Hope Geithner Comes Clean About - Noam Scheiber, New Republic
Michael Bloomberg's Soda Folly - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Where's Anger Over Gangs Killing Innocents? - Mary Mitchell, Chicago S-T
What 'Francis' Means for the Modern Church - David Perry, The Atlantic
New Shepherd, Same Wandering Flock - Mary Eberstadt, Time
Mysterious Murder of a Gay, Black Politician - Ben Terris, National Journal
LEARN FROM 'MY MISTAKES'...
New Medicaid's Roach Motel - Wall Street Journal
Senate Democrats Finally Take a Stand - New York Times
Dems Would Let Rivers of Red Ink Flow on Forever - Chicago Tribune
Rob Portman's Helping GOP Revisit Marriage - Boston Globe
Friday
Maher Defends Iraq War, Bush: 'It's A Country That's Standing, I Thought It Wouldn't Be'Lady Liberty Gulp
GOP Paddling Against the Tide of History - Robert Shrum, The Daily Beast
The Road to Republican Revival - Jeb Bush, Wall Street Journal
Detroit and Our Decadent "Progressives" - Walter Russell Mead, Am Interest
Rob Portman's Progress - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Not Policing the World Ended With 9/11 - William Kristol, Weekly Standard
Seoul crushers
(NYP) North Korea threatened to snuff out the South Korean prime minister
yesterday and warned residents of a South-controlled archipelago to
evacuate — because “nuclear war may break out.” Palin lampoons Bloomberg’s large-soda ban at CPAC(NYP)
How About the Cold Calculation of Nat'l Interest Instead - Mark Steyn, NR
CPAC: Conservatives' Group-Therapy Session - Dana Milbank, Wash Post
Will Obama's Sequester Overreach Wreck 2nd Term? - J.T. Young, Forbes
The Dread That Is Ted - Gail Collins, New York Times
Entitlements: The Facts Say Fix Them - Cutter & Francis, RealClearPolitics
Keystone Pipeline Is a No-Brainer - Jonah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times
What I Hope Geithner Comes Clean About - Noam Scheiber, New Republic
Michael Bloomberg's Soda Folly - Rich Lowry, New York Post
Where's Anger Over Gangs Killing Innocents? - Mary Mitchell, Chicago S-T
What 'Francis' Means for the Modern Church - David Perry, The Atlantic
New Shepherd, Same Wandering Flock - Mary Eberstadt, Time
Mysterious Murder of a Gay, Black Politician - Ben Terris, National Journal
LEARN FROM 'MY MISTAKES'...New Medicaid's Roach Motel - Wall Street Journal
Senate Democrats Finally Take a Stand - New York Times
Dems Would Let Rivers of Red Ink Flow on Forever - Chicago Tribune
Rob Portman's Helping GOP Revisit Marriage - Boston Globe
Obama Seeks $2 Billion in Research on Cleaner Fuels(NYT)
Republicans Are Divided on Proper Role for U.S. Abroad(NYT)
Report: Federal Grand Jury Investigating NJ Sen. Menend(WCBS)
Obama Says Iran Nuclear Weapon to Take Year or More(NYT)
Obama Sets Timeline on Iran Bomb(WSJ)
Republican Ohio Sen. Rob Portman, a potential VP candidate in 2012, has had a change of heart on gay marriage and now supports it. He also revealed his 25-year-old son is gay.*
McCain Apologizes For Calling Rand Paul, Ted Cruz ‘Wacko Birds’ On Fox News: ‘That Was Inappropriate’
The Doctor Won't See You Now - Scott Gottlieb, Wall Street Journal
Republicans Spin Their Wheels on Health Care - Steve Benen, MSNBC
Obama's Sequester Gambit Bombs - Mike Rosen, Denver Post
GOP's Ridiculous White House Tour Outrage - Juliet Lapidos, NY Times
Gays Deserve the Chance to Marry - Sen. Rob Portman, Columbus Dispatch
Rob Portman, Gay Marriage, and Selfishness - Jonathan Chait, NY Mag
Gay Marriage Generational Shift on View at CPAC - Scott Conroy, RCP
Questions From a "Dirty War" - Eugene Robinson, Washington Post
Pope Francis and the Jesuits - Thomas Hibbs, Wall Street Journal
Has Rand Paul's Filibuster Already Changed the GOP? - James Antle, TAC
Inside MSNBC's Shakeup - Lloyd Grove, The Daily Beast
Bloomberg's Challenge & the State of U.S. Cities - Carl Schramm, Forbes
More on RCP: Congressional Bill Tracker | Cartoons | Video | Latest Polls
In Time for St. Patrick’s Day, a Visit From Obama’s Irish Cousin(NYT)
Commerzbank, Eric Holder & Too-Big-to-Jail - Jonathan Weil, Bloomberg
Flimflam Man Wears Out His Welcome - Paul Krugman, New York Times
In Reality, Debt Matters. It Matters a Lot - David Harsanyi, Human Events
Obama's Charm Offensive: Too Little, Too Late? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Plunge in Popularity Doesn't Mean Much Yet - Nate Cohn, New Republic
President Obama Accelerates His Irrelevancy - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
Francis: Pope of the Americas - Howard Chua-Eoan, Time
"Go and Repair My House" - Peggy Noonan, Wall Street Journal
Our Budget Is Balanced, Fair - Sen. Patty Murray, USA Today
Senate Dems' Long-Awaited - Philip Klein, DC Examiner
The Man Who Showed Us Mitt's Hidden Side - Jonathan Alter, Bloomberg
Codify the Drone War - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
The Legitimizing of Rand Paul - Ross Douthat, New York Times
Senator Ashley Judd for 2014? Don't Bet on It - Harry Enten, The Guardian
Colleges Forced to Turn Entrepreneurial - Lindsay & Sym-Smith, RCPolicy
Wolf Whisperer in the Vatican - Timothy Egan, New York Times
Popes and Dopes - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Video Highlights: Perry | Feinstein | Levin | Begala | Coulter | More
The Democrats' Complacent Budget Plan - Washington Post
Kevyn Orr Is a Solid Choice for Detroit - Detroit News
Partisan Politics and Gun Violence - New York Times
Obama's 2nd Term: Will the Governing Ever Start? - NH Union Leader
Wall Street
Artful dodger
(NYP)There is a break in the dark clouds hanging over Steve Cohen’s
hedge-fund empire. Cohen’s SAC Capital Advisors agreed to pay nearly
$616 million — including a record fine — to settle two separate
insider-trading cases brought by the Securities and... *SAC Hit With Record Insider Penalty(WSJ)
Senate Slams Bank Over 'Whale'(NYT) J.P. Morgan brushed off internal warnings and misled
regulators and investors about the scope of losses on its "London whale"
trades last year, according to a scathing Senate report.
SAC Settles Insider Trading Charges for $614 Million(NYT) Two affiliates of the giant hedge fund built by Steven A. Cohen, SAC Capital, agreed to a settlement the Securities and Exchange Commission said was the biggest ever for such cases.
U.S. Looked at Bribery Claims Involving Wall Street Journal
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Guns
Upstate man is 1st arrested under NY's new gun-control SAFE Act(NYP)Undercover Inquiry Leads Gun Shows to Tighten Checks(NYT) New York State’s attorney general brokered a deal on new rules after an
operation in which agents were able to buy weapons without any
screening. Gun show operators in New York have
agreed to new procedures to ensure that criminal and mental health
background checks are conducted of buyers, after undercover agents from
the Attorney General’s office bought weapons at gun shows without any
screening * Partisan Politics and Gun Violence(NYT Ed) * Violent Offenders Database Adds To State Gun Bill Debate(NY1) * Most N.Y. Gun Shows to Take Steps on Background Checks(NYT)* Mayors Against Illegal Guns is expanding its staff
in a number of states, bringing on field organizers and staffers to
press members of Congress in advance of voting on gun control
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Law and Order
WATCH: Man fights for life after Brooklyn deli shooting(nyp)Man clings to life after drunk fires at Brooklyn bodega and returns for a second attack(NYDN) *
Police Search For Suspect In Shooting Outside Brooklyn Deli (NY1)
Harlem 9-year-old goes on a joyride - and his dad gets busted(NYP)
Turkish Authorities Detain Man in Death of Tourist From Staten Island(NYT)
Police Search For Suspect In Connection With Manhattan Armed Robberies (NY1)
Trial to Start in Class Suit on Stop-and-Frisk Tactic(NYT)
Driver busted after hit-run kills cabbie on Grand Central Parkway(NYP)
Brawley in bid to block pay grab
(NYP) Tawana Brawley’s defenders are demanding the state attorney general
block the seizing of her wages — 25 years after she falsely accused a
man of rape. In a letter to Attorney General Eric Schneiderman,
disgraced lawyer Alton Maddox argues that
4 off-duty NYPD busted amid St. Patty's weekend hijinks(NYDN)
As Drug Routes Shift, a Meth Trail Leads to Chinatown(NYT) An unsealed indictment offered new details about an investigation involving nearly $200,000 worth of crystal methamphetamine and low-level dealers’ easy access to Mexican suppliers.
The Times’ Jim Dwyer meets with former Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau to discuss his appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court to take up the controversial case of a death row inmate
Homeless man steals iPhone from 3-year-old boy in Greenwich Village: police(NYP)Man charged in Queens murders, brush fire due in cour(WABC)
Images released of suspects in violent Brooklyn cell phone (WABC)
Gang sold weed in Sour Power candy wrappers at Harlem bodega: cops(NYP)
Female officer pushed down stairs by suspect(WABC)
18 Accused of Selling Pot, Crack in Candy Wrappers(NBC)
Criminal Lawyer Is Barred From Working in U.S. Court(NYT)
Ex-Detective Gets 3 to 9 Years in Prison for D.W.I. Crash That Killed a Woman(NYT)
FedEx to Pay City $2.4 Million in Cigarette-Tax Settlement(NYT)
Cannibal wife, tot at play(NYP)
Fatal hit-run bum had lucky legal breaks(NYDN)
Cop breaks leg after suspect pushes her down stairs(NYDN)Police Officer Thrown Down Stairwell in Queens(NBC)
Senior citizen sought by cops in gold-chain jewelry store (NYDN)
Divorce lawyer’s baggage
(NYP) Disgraced divorce lawyer Dominic Barbara was arrested for allegedly stealing a woman’s purse from a posh Long Island store. ___________________________________________________________________________________
Terrorism TSA
‘Fake bomb’ heat on TSA(NYP) * The TSA bombs(NYP Ed)CYRUS R. VANCE JR.: Stopping terror the New York way(NYP)
Plotter: No more Mr. Bad Guy
(NYP) I’m actually a nice guy, an Algerian terrorist insisted as he was
sentenced yesterday to 10 years in prison for plotting to blow up some
city synagogues and churches. “I was taught by my parents to respect all
people,” claimed Ahmed Ferhani,* Synagogue Plotter Gets Prison Term(WSJ)
* Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Synagogue Bomb Plot(NY1)
Algerian sentenced to 10 years in prison for NYC synagogue terror plot(NYP)10-Year Term in Synagogue-Bomb Plot(NYT)
