Wednesday, April 24, 2013

Another Corruption Earthquake in Brooklyn

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Bye Bye Boyland+

Brooklyn U.S. Attorney Key Plea Deal A Hat Trick for 3 Brooklyn Pols
Kellman,Carr's attrny,said the prosecution was misguided & should've been directed at politicians who accepted bribes

Carnival Operator Will Rat Boyland and Others
Carnival Operator Pleas Guilty to Bribing Monserrate
Ex-Carnival Operator Admits Bribing Lawmaker for Permits(NYT)
The former operator, Lawrence Carr, whose company put on carnivals across New York City and along the East Coast for years, admitted in Federal District Court in Brooklyn that he had made payments to Hiram Monserrate, a former city councilman and state senator from Queens. Mr. Carr pleaded guilty to one charge of making a false statement and faces up to six months in prison under the sentencing guidelines. He is scheduled to be sentenced on Aug. 21.  Several people with knowledge of Mr. Carr’s case said that when he was first taken into custody in 2011 he implicated a number of other elected officials. But Mr. Carr stopped short of cooperating with the government after his arrest, the people said; he pleaded not guilty and planned to go to trial.

Ratting Carnival Operation Will Mark the End of Boyland
Both Dilan in Trouble Also
Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.'s arrest shines light on ...(2011)
Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr.'s arrest shines light on corruption in carnival (NYDN)industry Tilt-a-whirls and other amusement rides part of carnival corruption involving William Boyland Jr..  The FBI in August quietly accused a carnival company owner of attempting to bribe a New York official for help in operating his traveling amusement park in the city. The charges against Lawrence Carr drew little attention, but they were the opening act of an investigation into whether politicians have exploited the rides and games that set up in parking lots and parks for corrupt prizes. Last week, the feds said. The Carrs also gave to Malcolm Smith, Qns Dem County Org. among others.* Federal Prosecutors Combine Cases Allegedly Tied To "Cannibal Cop" Investigation (NY1)

Will Lopez's Two Main Supports for His City Council Run Be Arrested?
Brooklyn Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. did just that. Other recipients of Carr’s campaign generosity have been Brooklyn City Councilman Erik Martin Dilan ($3,750) and his father, state Sen. Martin Dilan ($7,000). Councilman Dilan later returned $1,000; neither Dilan returned calls seeking comment.



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Adult Day Care Political Pay Offs
U. S. Attorney Bharara to Journalist: Investigate Stop Copying My Press Releases
"Rather than just covering the cases that my office and other offices are already bringing, figure out ways to break new ground and to cover new stories," Bharara said. "Groundbreaking corruption coverage is not just good copy, it's a path to good government." Bharara
 





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Jack Newfield Missed
The Media Needs to Investigate Who Got the Adult Day Care Contracts and What Albany Pols Got


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Indicted Stevenson Adult Day Care Pay to Play Center Closed
Center tied to Stevenson scandal shuts its doors(NYDN)The Office of the Medicaid Inspector General barred the New Age center along with the Edward A. Stevenson Better Life Social Adult Center from directly or indirectly receiving Medicaid funds as of Sunday, effectively freeing the center of its clientele and cutting off its cash flow. Operators receive Medicaid money indirectly through Managed Long Term Care (MLTC) plans. The MLTC’s receive as much as $3,800 per client per month.
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Approximately 1/3 of the adult day care centers have opened within the last two years
Day Centers Sprout Up, Luring Fit Elders and Costing Medicaid(NYT) In New York, the institutions, intended to save the state money, have undergone a vast expansion and are serving many older people who are not impaired.*  Where are NYC’s adult day care centers located?”(NY World)*  Approximately one-third of the adult day care centers have opened within the last two years.*  The House Oversight Committee and Government Reform Committee has made a new request for documents from the inspector general for the state’s Medicaid program.
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Local TV News' Corruption

TV News Has A Dome of Silence Over New York's Pols Corruption

More than 90 percent of New Yorkers believe corruption is a serious problem in Albany. Almost as many — 82 percent — believe term limits would cut the rot

 "Real journalism is publishing something someone else does not want published - the rest is just public relations." Orwell
Local TV News Plays It Safe With Crime Stories, Cooking, Weather, Sports and Happy News
 
Local TV News Does Not Cover Corruption
Print journalists have long chafed at broadcast media pilfering their stories, often without bothering to credit the source. The thinness in assembling TV news -- and the manner in which they use newspapers as de facto tip sheets and newsgathering surrogates - has long been one of broadcasting's dirty little secrets. When local TV does something on corrupt it only offers headlines of who was indicted. This type of reporting ignores what U.S. Attorney Bharara asked the media not to do. "Rather than just covering the cases that my office and other offices are already bringing, figure out ways to break new ground and to cover new stories," Bharara said. "Groundbreaking corruption coverage is not just good copy, it's a path to good government." Bharara   Stunning new corruption charges were levied Tuesday against the former head of the New York State Senate.(WCBS) or a press release by a congressman that he is suing Charles Rangel sues Congress(WPIX)* Nearly Half of NY Voters Would Re-Elect Cuomo: NBC NY Poll(NBC). When they local TV covers the mayoral campaign it is limited to repeating the spins of the consultants who are pushing issues to help their candidate.  Like Team Quinn pushing banning teen smoker. Can multiple news stations have "exclusive" interviews with ? Maybe I literally have no idea what this word means anymore

TV's Dumb Down Local News Causes Corruption

Campaign Videos are the New Nast Cartoons
Boss Tweed On Thomas Nast Cartoons
"I don't care a straw for your newspaper articles, my constituents don't know how to read, but they can't help seeing them damned pictures." - Boss Tweed

Today Campaign Video's are Nast's Cartoons
So when when TV does not cover Corruption it really is the major reason that the public keeps electing crooks to public office.  Just look at this attack video on issues that blogger have been reporting for over a year of Quinn taking money from a developer that is building co-ops a the site of the closed St Vincents Hospital. Nowhere to Go Video.





Bloggers Have Been doing Investigative Reporting the Closing of St Vincent's While Local TV News Has Ignored the Issue
Christine Quinn No Rape Crisis Center Hudson Park Rape St. Vincent's Closed(Troy) * Mayor Bloomberg Christine Quinn Stringer Rudin: Richard Sheirer Dead St. Vincent's Closed * Luxury Condos Can't Do CPR - St. Vincent's Community Assembly (Jan. 31) * Luxury Condos Can't Do CPR - St. Vincent's Community Assembly (Jan. 31) * Abdo Nahmod - St. Vincent's EMS Downtown 911 Response Time Disaster(Video) *
The Ad Campaign: Quinn, Development Interests and the Closing of a Hospital(NYT)


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WFP False Prophet?

 "Beware of false Prophets who come to you in lambs' clothing; from within they are plundering wolves." -- Matthew 7:15

Newsday columnist William F. B. O'Reilly  and a Republican political consultant does a corporate anti union hit on the WFB and Misses the Story
GOP Consultant O'Reilly is so busy attacking the WFP as anti business that he misses the most important fact about the future of the WFP.  He say the WFP was previously investigated for election fraud. WRONG. SI DA Donovan last year reopened his investigation of the WFP attempt to defraud the city's matching fund program. Which ever business pac hired O'Reilly should demand their money back.  By the way the new WFP investigation if it results in charges could knock down the de Blasio campaign for mayor.
 For Working Families Party, Inquiries Without End(NYT) * Working Families Party Seeks to Oust Special Prosecutor(WSJ)
* Working Families Party back under investigation | Crain's New York ... * Governor Cuomo and the Working Families Party: Eve of Destruction?(Nation) Now, the governor’s aides are pushing a line to the press that the “third parties” in New York have “too much” influence.


In Newsday, political consultant William F. B. O’Reilly mocks the Working Families Party’s efforts on state campaign finance reform because of the party being previously investigated for election fraud.  The WFP and its cohorts are here to clean up New York politics this time. It says so right on the WFP website.The WFP-led coalition, calling itself the Fair Elections for New York Coalition, would have us believe that so virtuous are its intentions, that between $750,000 and $1 million has rained down on the group in the past few weeks to advance its high-minded cause. That money, which fell from the sky like manna from reform heaven, will be used on television ads beginning next week attacking "the big money crowd."

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BOE Corruption

True News Does Not Need 10 Cents to Find the Corruption At BOE
The New York City Department of Investigation will get approximately $824,000 to employ six investigators to probe alleged fraud and waste at the New York City Board of Elections. City setting aside $800K to investigate the Board of Elections(Capital)
Unit Aims to Improve City’s Elections Board(NYT)

BOE History of Corruption and Incompetence Timeline (True News)

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Mayoral Race

A Shooting During the Debate On Crime and Law Enforcement
*SHOOTING* Bay Ridge Ave & 5 Ave. on scene req to respond.

NY1 Mayoral Debate
how can nyc improve fight terrorism: Quinn: technology, but also imprve "community" connection. FYI: surveillance * De Blasio pivots on Boston question, says citizens would be more willing to cooperate with police if stop and risk is reined in. * . turns attention to , says they can help protect city, too * John Liu said it's appalling that there still aren't communication capabilities in all of the subway system. * . says is "moving at a snail's pace" on creating subway cell service; today MTA announced expanded subway cell service. * Erick Salgado says registering undocumenting residents needs to be part of counterterrorism strategy.  

. noting that he was the first to call for more police officers. echoed that call today. pow! hits for not firing staffers who tweeted "kill the cops." .* Bill de Blasio reaffirms plans to hire a new police commissioner if elected mayor.* . on racial profiling bill that opposes: “We need that bill as another step toward healing.”* Christine Quinn said the next mayor would be lucky to have Ray Kelly stay on as police commissioner. Nothing new here.* . backing off his attacks on Ray Kelly. Asks whether Kelly even wants to stay on as police commissioner after all these years.* Beautiful. RT Salgado floats idea of asking Rudy Giuliani to be police commissioner. *  

praises 's record but says "there comes a time when people have to move on."   * Thompson: more cops, "community policing" "residents will tell them who has the guns" "i haven't said abolish " * . argues that her plan for mobile cameras can also help reduce street crime. * . says people need to stop calling it "stop, question and frisk." Says stopped folks rarely asked if they want to be frisked.* . and have nearly identical platforms on crime fighting: adding cops, workin w/ troubled youth. * DeBlasio camp strikes: says she wud add 1600 cop, "but under the Speaker, NYPD has shrunk to its lowest active force in decades."

No Follow Up Questions
How Will the Mayoral Candidates Come Up With $$$ To Hire More Cops
 Liu: "Speaker Quinn says racial profiling is prohibited in this city. Stop & frisk...is the biggest form of racial profiling we have."* . gets huge applause after calling stop-and-risk the nation's largest racial profiling program. * "I got stopped four weeks ago"--Salgado. * . says that legalizing pot would help police focus on more important crimes. Salgado is doubtful.* Thompson: if we didn't change term limits, we wouldn't have had the problem, and need for IG for .  

Quinn says there is "no contradiction" between her stances of wanting to keep Kelly while having NYPD IG. * .@SalAbanese2013: Thompson is "all over the lot" on IG for . "how can we trust" Quinn, after what she did on .  * Albanese, as usual, is the candidate who goes the most negative: has hit Thompson, DeBlasio and Quinn. Others just swipe Quinn.* . is second to bring up , says "how can we trust" * well prepped. . defends record re: : "only reason we know the numbers is a law passed by the city council." boom! says only responds to pressure re: . "revisionist history."
Democratic Mayoral Candidates Debate Public Safety Issues: The city's Democratic mayoral candidates tackled the...  * First debate: De Blasio says Quinn's hand was forced on police reform, and Quinn remembers differently (Capital) * Former Congressman Anthony Weiner Talks To CBS 2′s Marcia (WCBS) * Democratic Mayoral Candidates Debate Public Safety Issu(NY1)
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Queens Term Limits Problem
Christine pilloried at forum(NYP) City Council Speaker Christine Quinn was a political punching bag at a mayoral forum yesterday when her Democratic opponents slammed her for extending term limits and making life more difficult for small business. “The problem with the attacks on small business grew rapidly in the Bloomberg third term,” Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said.* Rivals Challenge Quinn on Term-Limit Stance That Helped Bloomberg(NYT) * Smoking? Combat? Wait Till 21, Young Recruits Say(NYT) * While Council Speaker Christine Quinn‘s rivals–including Mr. Thompson and Public Advocate Bill de Blasio–are going out of their way to bring up term limits during mayoral forums. “I can’t ignore Speaker Quinn’s tortured logic that she gave Mayor Bloomberg a third term, then he did bad things to small business, then she — quote unquote — ‘did something’ about it,” Mr. de Blasio answered a small business question yesterday, for example.* Weiner takes center stages, slams Quinn over term limits(NYP) * Queen of Transparency is Full of Staff(Queens Politics)


After the Boston Bombing
Quinn Calls for More NYPD Officers(WSJ) Quinn proposed adding 1,600 police officers over the next three years and voiced opposition to legislation that would prohibit the NYPD from profiling based on race, religion, immigration status and gender identity.* Quinn to Allow Vote on Police-Profiling Bill(NYT)

Quinn Does Nanny Stick For Bloomberg
Quinn remains the Democratic front-runner, but she is sinking below the 40 percent threshold needed to avoid a runoff. The growing likelihood that Anthony Weiner will throw his, er, hat into the ring is adding to her woes. The move to restrict tobacco sales could help reignite Bloomberg’s passion for her.

Quinn More Cameras
proposes using capital funds to purchase 1,000 new mobile security cameras.




Mayoral Candidates Begin to Release Their Income Figures(NYT) * Lhota Leads Foes in Compensation(WSJ)



 Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson earned more than his three Democratic competitors combined last year, pulling in $727,621 last year as managing director of an investment firm, while the other candidates also released their income figures, the New York Post writes * Former Comptroller Bill Thompson was the only Democratic mayoral candidate to not release his tax returns a year ago, but this year, he joined most of his rivals in publishing them. It turns out Mr. Thompson is relatively wealthy, pulling in more than $700,000 with his wife. But Republican Joe Lhota dwarfs that sum with income totaling almost $2 million.

Speaking of former Rep. Anthony Weiner, Guardian columnist Michael Wolf penned a piece praising him. “Weiner was once small-time, too,” he posited. “But say this for scandal, it made him a household name and national figure. With a little critical interpretation, it was a wholly positive sort of experience for him. Great drama and attention.”Mr. Weiner also stepped out into the press to comment on Mayor Michael Bloomberg‘s deal to turn a Bronx armory into an ice skating rink. “I think the people of the Bronx deserve a nice skating facility,” Mr. Weiner, an amateur hockey player said. “I hope to check off another box on my bucket list: play hockey in all five boroughs.”* Anthony Weiner one on one Part 1 | Video | 7online *A losing battle in the mayoral race (NY World) From Albanese to Weiner, candidates vie for the position of top underdog * * Quinn responds to Weiner's 'offensive' comment(Capital) * Anthony Weiner can’t rule out more dick pics from his sexting past. (NY Mag) * Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner says he’ll decide whether to run for NYC mayor in a matter of “days or weeks,” not months.* Hah. Weiner did 6 solo television interviews today. How much would the 8+ mayoral candidates debating on NY1 pay to get that? * "I'm sure that's stuff is going out." to Fox's . "I know people are digging around all the time." * Could the City Council have provided more oversight of the NYPD over the last four/eight years? Bill Thompson says yes.

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TrueNews asks "Can multiple news stations have "exclusive" interviews w/ .? What does this word mean?"
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RT : RNN "didn't deny that other photos might be out there."

Dem mayoral hopeful Sal Albanese cleared over $1 million in 2012, his tax filing shows, beating out Bill Thompson as top earner for the year

At Republican Forum, McDonald Promises to Make the Economy His Focus(NYT)


Republican Mayoral Hopefuls Say Drones Should Patrol NYC

NY1 Online: Catsimatidis Chats About Mayoral Aspirations(NY1)






Jimmy McMillan is back with a rap and another NYC mayoral campaign. An excerpt:
“It’s been two long years since I came on the scene. Now I’m back in the game lookin’ mean and lean. The race may be different but the message is the same…Rent is too damn high. My mustache and haircut is too damn fly. I’m on a mission again to give the people my word – the rent around here is too damn absurd.”WATCH: 'The Rent is Too Damn High' guy is running for mayor, has an anthem to prove it(NYP)* Jimmy McMillan running for mayor(Fox 5) * The Mayor's Race Is Too Damn On, Thanks to Jimmy McMillan's New Rap(NY Mag)

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio got the first union endorsement of his mayoral campaign from UNITE HERE Local 100.
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Liu Trial and Smith Plea

Why Have None of the NYC Journalists Ask Liu About the Testimony At the Trial?

Would-Be Liu Donor Testifies That Defendant Said She Would Repay(NYT)  Federal prosecutors contend the testimony bolstered the case that Jia Hou, then Comptroller John C. Liu’s campaign treasurer, had conspired to raise money through “straw donors.”* Former Liu Press Secretary Testifies In Trial Against Two Former Liu Campaign Associaties (NY1) * At Trial, Liu Aide Tells of Offering to Reimburse Campaign Donors (NYT)



Smith Says He Is Not Guilty
Sen. Malcolm Smith, Others Plead Not Guilty To Corruption Charges.(WCBS)

Lawmakers Plead Not Guilty to Charges in Bribery Scheme(NYT) State Senator Malcolm A. Smith and Councilman Daniel J. Halloran III, charged with scheming to place Mr. Smith on the ballot in New York City’s mayoral race, entered their pleas in Federal District Court. * Politicians Plead Not Guilty(WSJ) State Sen. Malcolm Smith and New York City Councilman Dan Halloran were among six politicians that pleaded not guilty as part of a scheme to bribe Republican officials into giving Smith a spot on the party’s ticket for mayor * Former State Senate Leader Smith, Five Others Plead Not Guilty To Corruption Charges(NY1) * Malcolm Smith pleads not guilty to bribery charges(NYDN) * GOP Assembly wants to create recall elections so voters can fire their corrupt or unsavory elected official *Stevenson Still Raked In Per Diems(YNN)

Queens GOP Changes
Former City Councilman Anthony Como is expected to be installed as vice chair of the Queens GOP this afternoon, sources tell



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Super Borough Presidents







The secret superpowers of borough presidents(NY World)
Why so many people want a job the Supreme Court said had to be almost powerless


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Pension Crook Jail Break

 A Politically Connected Jail Break

Whose Campaign Will Morris Run in 2013?
Parole for pension fraudster (NYP) Hank Morris, the mastermind behind a pay-to-play pension-fund scam that brought down ex-state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, was granted parole in his fourth bid for freedom, officials said yesterday.* Parole Granted for Political Consultant in a Corruption Case(NYT) * Hank Morris, a longtime aide to former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi, who went to prison for masterminding a state pension fund scandal, won parole yesterday and is scheduled to be released from prison no later than June 3rd, the New York Daily News reports: 

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Rangel Suing

The Post chides Rangel for suing Speaker Boehner over his 2010 censure for ethics violations
Charlie Rangel’s war(NYP) Rangel is suing the speaker of the House and a few other colleagues to have his 2010 censure overturned. * Rangel Sues to Overturn Censure(NYT)


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Campaign 2013


Levine la Vida Loca: Uptown City Council Campaign Becomes a Circus(NYO)
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    In an uptown City Council race, the n-word and rants against "Jewish developers" are commonplace 

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Cuomo Take A Position

Anthony Weiner knocks Christine Quinn, Michael Bloomberg knocks Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo: Take a position, details be damned(TU)
 “The devil‘s in the details, sometimes. Sometimes they just don’t want to take a position,” Cuomo said to legislators. Cuomo has not released actual legislation to back up his proposals to codify abortion rights or take action against public corruption — indeed, the only program bill that the governor has authored this year was the SAFE Act, a gun control measure approved in January.

The governor last week said he would not be releasing bill text until an agreement was struck in private negotiations.* Cuomo’s Approval Rating Slides With Republicans(YNN) * In a swipe at Cuomo, Bloomberg says fracking decisions shouldn't be political(Capital) * Assembly Republicans Push Total Recall(YNN)
* Public Financing Advocates Push Back (Updated)(YNN) * Katrina vanden Heuvel provides a history lesson on fusion voting, noting this isn’t the first time the establishment has taken aim at third parties.

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Bodega Drag

NYC cig sellers fuming(NYP)
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E-Hail

State Supreme Court Justice Carol Huff dismissed a lawsuit yesterday aimed at preventing taxi riders in New York City from hailing yellow cabs using smartphone apps and ruled that a pilot program testing the apps can proceed
It’s Big ‘App’le for cabs: Judge OKs e-hails(NYP) * Judge Allows Phone Apps for Hailing Yellow Taxis(NYT) * Court Ruling Clears Way for Taxi-Hailing Apps(WSJ) * Judge Clears Roadblock For Taxi "E-Hail" Test Program(NY1) * NYC gets green light for smartphone cab app(Fox 5)




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MTA


MTA could pocket $5.6M from fare-beaters(MTA)
30 train stations to be cell phone friendly(NYDN)

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Cooper Union $$$

‘Cooper’ to charge 20G(NYP) After more than a century as a tuition-free college, Manhattan’s Cooper Union will begin charging undergraduate students close to $20,000 per year beginning in 2014, the school said yesterday.* College Ends Free Tuition, and an Era(NYP) * Cooper Union: Free No More(WSJ) Cooper Union in fall 2014 will break a century-old tradition of offering free education by charging tuition to incoming freshmen.* Cooper Union To Charge Undergraduate Tuition Beginning In 2014(NY1)

 
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Education

Petraeus to Join CUNY as Visiting Professor(NYT) * Former CIA Director Petraeus To Be Visiting Professor At CUNY School(NY1)


Free College Options Still Exist, for Those Willing to Build Ships, Milk Cows or Salute(NYT)

 ‘Free pass’ furor at special arts schools (NYP) The Department of Education has placed hordes of special-needs students and kids who didn’t even audition into some of the city’s most competitive public performing-arts high schools
Former Queens Elementary School To Be Named For Geraldine Ferraro
Students Protest at Culinary Institute(NYT)





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Sandy

New York City Storm Victims May Get Federal Reimbursement for Repairs(NYT)
The change in the city’s plan for distributing an initial $1.77 billion in grants to residents was based on feedback received during a two-week period. New York City residents who used their own money to repair damage caused by Hurricane Sandy may be reimbursed as part of the initial $1.77 billion in Community Development Block Grants for Disaster Recovery allocated to the city * NYC residents may be reimbursed for storm repairs(WSJ) * City Formally Submits Plan For Initial $1.8B In Federal Sandy Relief(NY1) * Sand is coming to storm-worn Rockaway beaches in June(NYDN) * City’s Debris Removal After Hurricane Exceeds Average Cleanup Costs(NYT)
Six Months After Sandy: Queens Cobbler Who Saw Store Destroyed Regains Footing: The road to recovery had been...


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Skating On Jobs?

 Bronx Armory to become a $275M ice rink(NYP)* Plan for Ice Center in Bronx Armory Moves Forward(NYT) * City Puts Bronx Future on Ice(WSJ) * NY1 Online: Bronx Borough President Promotes New Ice Facility In Armory * The Daily News applauds the city’s proposal to transform the Kingsbridge Armory into the world’s biggest indoor ice sports venue: 

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Fleet Week Sunk
New York Fleet Week Has Officially Been Canceled

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Delivery Bikes










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Recycling

NYC announced the biggest expansion of its recycling program in 25 years on Wednesday, saying all hard plastics would be accepted.


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7 Train 2nd Hole


7 Train Extension: A Hole In the City's Budget
Hudson Yards Woes Leave City on Hook(WSJ)
When the city agreed to pick up the tab for the extension of the No. 7 subway line to ease the creation of a new office and residential district on the far West Side, it expected the project could begin paying for itself as early as 2008. Instead, a single 1.7 million square-foot office tower in the Hudson Yards area has broken ground, while the project envisions 25 million square feet of new office space. And the district generated 40% less revenue from taxes and other development fees than projected between 2006 and 2012, according to a report to be released Wednesday by the New York City Independent Budget Office.

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MMA


Mixed Martial Arts Gets a Lift From Cuomo(NYT)




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Boston Terror

Boston Terrorist Were Coming to New York
Bloomberg, Kelly Applaud Counter-Terror Surveillance Of Lower Manhattan(NY1)

Boston bombing brothers were headed for NY?(NYDN)
* Sources To CBS News: Boston Bombing Suspect Admits Plans To Go To NYC * Boston bombing suspects claim they were planning trip to New York City to 'party', N.Y. Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly says* will release non-toxic gas in for airborne weapons test this summer (DNAINFO) * Gases to Be Dispersed Across City (Exhale: It’s a Test)(NYT)


Why did the Russian government tell us to look at Tamerlan if there are no foreign connections is the KGB operating in Boston?

Slain bomber boasted during carjack that pair was headed to Big Apple(NYP) * Tamerlan abused his future wife, say pals(NYP)
Boston Globe: Russia contacted US government ‘multiple’ times on concerns about alleged Boston Marathon bomber* Russia contacted US 'multiple' times...  * Tsarnaev Bought ‘Biggest, Loudest’ Fireworks Months Before Boston Bombing(NY Mag) * Quinn Aims For Middle Ground In Public Safety Speech * Boston bomb suspect's name was on classified government watch lists(NYP) * Officials say surviving Boston suspect was unarmed when captured:-SS


Boston Herald: Tamerlan Tsarnaev got Mass. welfare benefits Marathon bombings mastermind Tamerlan Tsarnaev was living on taxpayer-funded state welfare benefits even as he was delving deep into the world of radical anti-American Islamism, the Herald has learned. State officials confirmed last night that Tsarnaev, slain in a raging gun battle with police last Friday, was receiving benefits along with his wife, Katherine Russell Tsarnaev, and their 3-year-old daughter. The state’s Executive Office of Health and Human Services said those benefits ended in 2012 when the couple stopped meeting income eligibility limits. Russell Tsarnaev’s attorney has claimed Katherine — who had converted to Islam — was working up to 80 hours a week as a home health aide while Tsarnaev stayed at home.* Younger Boston bomber sold pot, dead brother lived off wife and welfare before planning marathon blast(NYP) * Dead bomber, family on welfare before Boston Marathon blast: report(NYP) * VP Biden calls accused Boston bombers 'cowardly, knock-off jihadis' at memorial service for slain MIT officer(NYP)
Bush was 'deeply concerned' Boston bombings were an organized attack by
Lawmaker: Boston Marathon bombs were remote-controlled  
Rich: GOP Goes Benghazi on Boston(NY Mag)
White House Holds Airline Travel Hostage - Debra Saunders, SF Chronicle
GOP Will Clobber ObamaCare Until They Hug It - Ezra Klein, Bloomberg
Dems Need Working-Class Heroes to Keep Senate - Josh Kraushaar, NJ
The Politics of Paranoia - Charles Blow, New York Times
Bloomberg's Authoritarian Instincts - David Harsanyi, DC Examiner
Sanford, Weiner & the Limits of Political Redemption - Scott Conroy, RCP
Republicans: An Immovable Wall of Nays - Michael Tomasky, Daily Beast
Is Obama Already a Lame Duck? - Liz Peek, FOX News
Public Shrugs Over Collapse of Gun Bill - Cillizza & Sullivan, Wash Post
Make Wall St. Choose: Go Small or Go Home - Sens. Brown & Vitter, NYT
A Legal Guide to the Tsarnaev Case - Jeffrey Toobin, The New Yorker
Obama's Impossible 2014 Mission - Ross Baker, Los Angeles Times
Schumer-Rubio Could Upend Electoral College - Emily Schultheis, Politico
Immigration Bill No Sure-Fire Bonanza for Either Side - Sean Trende, RCP
Internet Sales Tax Will Not Destroy Your Freedom - Lydia DePillis, TNR
There's Nothing Fair About Internet Sales Tax - Jeff Jacoby, Boston Globe
George W. Bush Is Back -- Reluctantly - Tom DeFrank, The Atlantic
American Football on Its Deathbed - John Kass, Chicago Tribune

NYPD plans summer tests in subway to study possible bio attack on Big Apple(NYP)


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Ricin and the Nut
Elvis set free! Sprung from jail as feds drop ricin rap(NYP)
New Ricin Suspect Weirder Than Old Ricin Suspect(NY Mag)

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Target Maloney
Felon rap eyed for pol threat (NYP) Prosecutors are weighing felony charges against the upstate gun fanatic accused of making anonymous death-threat calls to Rep. Carolyn Maloney — apparently enraged by her proposed legislation requiring gun-owner insurance.

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Media

NYT Editor Attacked By Anonymous Staffers: Is Jill Abramson already on her way to losing the loyalty of the New... Jill Abramson: 'Very Unpopular' Or Just Doing Her Job?
That's the debate that has sprung up after the publication of a new piece in Politico, in which anonymous staffers complain that Abramson is "very, very unpopular."* When straight-keeper in chief Jill Abramson gets the tabloid treatment
Maybe ‘Mad Men’ Lawyers Knew More Than Lindsay’s(NYT)
After City Room reported last week on the accuracy of a plot element in the TV drama, a reader’s comment on his real-life experience required our detectives to dig deeper.






Lost in Space(Dowd, NYT) Gunfire, pressure cookers, tweets, vigilantes and talking heads who can’t stop talking.
CNN Reportedly Eyeing Newt Gingrich, Fmr Obama Adviser Stephanie Cutter For Crossfire Revival



Jon Stewart Trashes Fox News For Throwing Out The Constitution: The Law Is ‘No Match For Freedom Math’ (VIDEO)

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Washington

American Ingrates & Terror Apologists - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
US Leaders' Fingerprints Are on the Detonators - Michael Scheuer, FP Jrnl
Russia Alerted U.S. Repeatedly on Tamerlan - Bryan Bender, Boston Globe
D.C. Draws Wrong Lessons From Boston - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
Schumer-Rubio's Border Security Promises Won't Sell - Rich Lowry, NRO
Time for Public Unions to Pay Their Share - Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times
The Solyndra of the Electric Car Industry - Bill Vlasic, New York Times
After 5 Yrs of Obama, Public Feeling Better About Bush - A. Malcolm, IBD
A George W. Bush Comeback? Dream On - Joan Walsh, Salon
Obama Blamed for FAA Woes - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Turbulence at the New York Times - Dylan Byers, Politico
Kochifying the News - Harold Meyerson, Washington Post
Gosnell Trial Exposes Press, Democrats - Noemie Emery, DC Examiner
3 Cheers for the Internet Tax! - Daniel Gross, The Daily Beast
Internet Sales Tax Will Kill Small Businesses - Tod Cohen, USA Today
Fed Crackdown on Legalized Pot Would Backfire - Stuart Taylor Jr., RCP
The Education Blob's Revenge - John Stossel, FOX Business
AG Eric Schneiderman says the U.S. State Department failed to fully analyze the impacts climate change pollution from the proposed Keystone XL and related oil pipelines will have on New York and the nation.
Why Is the White House Deliberately Snarling Air Travel? - WSJ
Now We See the Result of Drastic Spending Cuts - New York Times
Obama Budget Shows Middle-Class Tax Pledge Was Fraud - IBD
Rand Paul's Drone - New York Sun
The president made a tattoo-related threat to his daughters.
Former P.S. 290 in Queens will be renamed the Geraldine A. Ferraro Campus.
Joe Biden Has a Few Words for the Boston Bombers(NY Mag)


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Law and Order


Free the Attica Report(NYT Ed)
A three-volume review of the prison riot and aftermath was sealed by court order decades ago. That was wrong then, and it makes even less sense now.

 NYU Student Arrested For Allegedly Keeping Air Rifles In Dorm Room(NY1)

Resentenced to Life in Prison, Terrorist Plans to Appeal(NYT) Wadih El-Hage, who served as Osama bin Laden’s personal secretary and was convicted of conspiring to commit terrorism, had several complaints, including that the jury was biased.

 

 

B'klyn sex-lure killers convicted(NYP)

Man Assaulted, Robbed by 2 Women in Midtown(NBC)
Children Try to Rob Woman in Central Park: Police(
'Gyro-maniac' busted for heroin possession(NYP)
Police: Thieves Tricked ATM Users, Stole From Accounts(WCBS)
From Terrorizing Streets to Making Them Safer(NYT)
Police Investigate Report of Fetus in Trash Bag(NBC)
DA to make announcement 7 years after Bronx toddler killed (WPIX)
Queens dentist caught on video groping patient(NYDN)
Manhattan DA's detective arrested for faking expenses(NYP)
Two Brooklyn men convicted in murder through sexts plot:
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Terrorism

Jailed fiend wants his porn back(NYDN)
Grieving kin rip gal slayer(NYP)
Police: NYU Student With Arsenal Of Imitation Assault Weapons (WCBS)investigators from his
Canada terror suspect does not recognize 'criminal code'