High noon for Sheriff PreetHigh noon for Sheriff Preet
(NYP) He was Born to Run! Manhattan federal prosecutor Preet Bharara was at a
Bruce Springsteen concert last October when the Boss called out to
him. “This one’s for Preet Bharara!” Springsteen shouted, before
singing, “Send the robber barons straight to hell.” “So here we go again. This is getting to be something of a habit,”
Bharara said as he announced the charges against Stevenson. Since taking
the helm of the Southern District in 2009, Bharara has gone from hardly
pronounceable name to sheriff of Wall Street to albatross of Albany.* Busting New York politicians is like busting the mob, but for less cash(NYDN)A Reporter Goes Delusional To Protect Bloomberg From Corruption Charges of Buying GOP and IP Ballot Lines for 12 Years
If Seifman Saying That Bloomberg is Just Discovering That the Independence Party is A Scam Cult? That is why he stop funding it?
Catsimatidis Continues the Bloomberg Tradition of Buying the GOP Line
* Gov. Cuomo: $69,800 * State Sen. Jeff Klein: $33,000 * Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver: $7,500 * Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos: $3,500 * Independent Democratic Conference: $3,500 * State Sen. Jose Peralta: $2,500
Daily News Says Release the JCOPE Report . . . A Corruption Investigation Blocking the Report Release Allows Vito Lopez to Run for City Council
Castro the MOLE who Forged Petitions
Castro forged papers
(NYP) Voter fraud was one of ex-Bronx Assemblyman Nelson Castro’s tricks for
gaining power, court papers obtained by The Post show. Castro schemed
to illegally register dozens of voters in his district ahead of the
election that sent him to Albany and and forged signatures on petitions to earlier seek office as a district leader. Media is Silent On Want It Wants Cuomo to Do?
The Media Demanded That A Black Mayor Do Something
Sunday NYT Still No Editorial On NY Pol Corruption Arrests. But on Saturday They Did Have An Editorial on French Corruption
The Silent Spring of the NYT
A Tax Scandal Adds to French Malaise(NYT Ed) What happened to those promises of clean government and economic
Newsday Editorial: End party tyranny of New York elections
Saturday Sources tell Cuomo is contemplating a Moreland Act commission to investigate Albany corruption.
Why Doesn't Bloomberg Use His Department of Investigation to Go After the Party Bosses and Board of Elections Which the Same Party Leaders Control?
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Why Did Bloomberg Wait for 12 Years to Tell Truth
He Put Up His Money to Buy the Party Bosses and Their Ballot Lines Why Doesn't Bloomberg He Spend to Get Rid of Them?
Fingers Cuomo
Bloomberg blasts Albany corruption, said most pols would never get hired in private sector(NYP) * Mayor Bloomberg Tees Off, Hints Gov. Cuomo Partly To Blame For Circus In Albany(WCBS) * Bloomberg on Cuomo's messages of necessity(as in rushed gun law.)“The answer is they don’t want anybody to see it.''(Drudge)* Michael Goodwin: “You can’t become president, or even a nominee, if you are tagged with presiding over America’s capital of corruption.”Bloomberg: NY Elected Officials' Dumb and Dumber
Bloomberg inept elected officials would have a hard time staying in office if they
faced real challengers and weren’t protected by party bosses. Many politicians wouldn't cut it in the private sector because they
aren't smart enough, but the party chooses them to run because they
follow orders, he said.
Carl Kruger Was Pick By Brooklyn Boss Clarence Norman to Run In A Special Election for State Senate . . . Both Went to Jail
Party Bosses Pick Most Elected Officials
“They literally say, ‘This one’s going to run for this; this one’s going
to run for that,’ ” the mayor said. “There’s no contest. They
[candidates] are virtually appointed. The number of times there is a
real competition is so slim.” "This is a party-run system .. The people they pick are based on loyalty (to the party)," he said.
Citizens Union released a report today that
shows that 1 in 4 legislators were first elected in a special election.
That means that they managed to get into office outside of the normal
democratic process. That really means the are picked by the corrupt county Leaders
revival? In France?
Michael Benjamin
@SquarePeg_Dem
Thanks to@nygovcuomo Hollywood film tax credit (/div>they're remaking "King Rat" starring Nelson Castro. Preet Bharara is executive producer
revival? In France?
Michael Benjamin
Thanks to
“Go take a look at a legislator and see who his or her employees are,” he said. “Most of it is not done based on open competitions where you go out and say, ‘Let’s find the best and the brightest.’ ”
To top off his fusillade, Bloomberg complained about the political dynasties that block others from getting into office. “What I love is you see these families, one after another after another,” he said. “Sometimes, they don’t even change the literature.”* Belated Boyland filings show she outraised Montgomery, used same firm as Ratner(Atlantic Yards Report)
Unequal Corruption
What About the Bloomberg and Quinn Circus In City Hall?
Here We Go Again
Feds put senator’s ‘pork’ on the grill
(NYP) The FBI has been questioning people about state Sen. Adriano Espaillat
and his funding of community groups in upper Manhattan, sources told
The Post yesterday.
Weiner eye on mayor bid: sources
(NYP) Former Rep. Anthony Weiner is laying the groundwork for a political
comeback, possibly as a startling addition to this year’s mayoral race,
sources said yesterday.True News
Wags Cuomo and the Media On the Moreland Act
Saturday Sources tell Cuomo is contemplating a Moreland Act commission to investigate Albany corruption.
Friday
Bharara Has Become Judge Seabury Now It is Time for the Governor to Use the Moreland Act
Our Broken DemocracyBharara Has Become Judge Seabury Now It is Time for the Governor to Use the Moreland Act
New York Needs A Moreland Commission to Restore to Democracy
Campaign finance reform will no longer fix with is wrong with New York's government. As U.S. Attorney have already proven in this sick political culture of New York, our elected officials are criminally selling their vote and and corruption public financing of campaigns. We need an ongoing commission for at least 5 years that will put our political system on trial. Get the bottom of this criminal Albany's conspiracy and jail those who have taken advantage of their position. These bums have gamed out political system to the point that no one reform will change New York's criminal political culture. In the 1930's the Seabury commission exposed judges, attorneys, police and bail bondsmen who extort money from defendants facing trial. The people of the state of New York have the same rights to have a commission to expose this generations political culture of corruption. Everyone in government is trying to find a way to go around, ignore or find some public relations way to keep the criminal system in place. Bharara calls that strategy Groundhog day. A band aid will not fix this. Organize crime elected officials are a cancer that is destroying our democracy.
New Yorkers Have A Right to A Corruption Free Government
New York Needs A New Moreland Commission
The Moreland Act was passed by the New York Legislature and signed into law in 1907. It was introduced by Sherman Moreland who was the Republican leader of the legislature. The act allows the governor, in person or through one or more persons appointed by the Governor, to examine management and affairs of any department, board, bureau or commission in the state. Investigators could interview witnesses, administer oaths, hold hearings, and seize any material deemed relevant to the investigator's case. New Yorkers are continuing to lose faith in their state government and elected officials. Voter turnout is half of what it was 25 years ago. The public has come to the conclusion that the corruption will continue no matter who they vote for. The governor cannot continue to claim New York is better off today than it has been in years until he exercises his power for the Moreland Commission and rids the Capitol of these corrupt politicians. It is time to drain the swamp of these corrupt politicians.
Back-slapping Politician Actually Checking for Wire?
Judging by his resigned acceptance of political corruption in New York, Gov. Cuomo
is being swallowed by the dark side. He chalked up state Sen. Malcolm
Smith’s plot to buy a spot on the mayoral election ballot to the ebb and
flow of inevitable personal frailties. “People do stupid things, frankly. People do illegal things. People in
power abuse power. It’s part of the human condition,” the governor said,
employing a cliche to divert attention from the seamy truth that
surrounds him.
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Albany's Criminal Class
Corruption Updates
U.S. Attorney Added Staff to Fight Corruption(NYT)
More prosecutors focused on political corruption and the use of more aggressive tactics may have helped lead to recent arrests 0f lawmakers accused in bribery cases.
A New Era in Political Corruption(NYT) New York’s recent corruption scandals shatter our confidence that taking money was the one thing politicians know how to do well.
Steak for Two, Please, With a Side of Bribes(NYT)
The New Tammany Hall Gangs of New York
Never mind Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson — yesterday, US Attorney Preet Bharara virtually indicted New York’s entire Legislature. “What does it say about the culture and . . . our system of government when officials are aware of criminal conduct around them, and they remain silent?” he asked. Bharara cast doubt on the legitimacy of virtually all of New York’s laws, questioning how many bills “were born of bribery.”The Daily News writes that many New York politicians, upstate and downstate, are to blame for enabling a culture of corruption, including Bloomberg, state legislative leaders and several mayoral candidates, Welcome to the new Albany. “Assume every conversation you have is taped,” an unnamed assemblyman told the Daily News. “If you didn’t assume it was before, now you’ve got to assume it is.” While Bronx Assemblyman Michael Benedetto said, “You become a little paranoid … You think: ‘Did I ever say anything, even in jest to anybody?’ I quickly combed my mind and said, no.”* "At a recent Bruce Springsteen concert, the Boss shouted, 'This is for Preet Bharara!'"(Wash Post) * Preet Week(YNN) * Bribed for so little (NYP)Our pols just don’t cost much
The Good and the Bad
PREET BHARARA: Deafening Silence From Albany Pols
Bronx pol accused of accepting bribes to introduce legislation in Albany(NYP) * The Bronx Arrests: NY’s Corruption Nightmare(NYP) * High-Profile Political Arrests Revive Talk Of Albany's "Culture Of Corruption"(NY1) * Preet Bharara, New Sheriff of Albany, Eyed for Higher Office(DNAINFO)
Mark Twain and Preet Bharara have something in common. More than a century ago, Twain famously proclaimed that America had no native criminal class, except for Congress. Bharara also sees a native criminal class, though today’s bunks in Albany.Michael Goodwin New York is shamed ‘Capitol’ of corruption(NYP) * See-No-Evil Albany(NYP Ed) * Newsday applauds U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara for his willingness to stand up and fight corruption in New York, and urges the governor and state legislative legislative leaders to follow his example * NY1 Online: U.S. Attorney Announces Political Bribery Arrests 4/4/13 * Daily News argues corrupt NY pols saw lots of green lights from political leader(NYDN)* A spokesperson for US Attorney Preet Bharara said he “ thinks he has the best job in the world and has no plans to run for political office.”
If You See A Pol Do A Crime Call 1-800- BHARARA
US Attorney Bharara takedowns and damning conclusions shame not only the crooks, but
also Gov. Cuomo and legislative leaders Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos.
The nicest thing that can be said about them is that public integrity is
not high on their list of priorities. “Too many people looked the other way,” Bharara said.They are not the only ones wearing blinders, of course. Albany couldn’t be so crooked if the public revolted against it. Instead, voters keep electing the same bums year after year. By one count, more legislators get indicted than defeated at the polls. Bharara was absolutely right yesterday: “The people of New York should be more than disappointed; they should be angry.”
How A Bill Becomes Law in Albany
A Rainbow of Corruption
In the last decade, 35 state officials have been arrested. The Hall of Shame includes Republicans and Democrats, blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics, men and women, and crooks from upstate, the ’burbs and the five boroughs.* The Post’s Michael Benjamin notes that his tenure as a Bronx assemblyman was bookended by scandal and corruption, first by Assemblywoman Gloria Davis and now by Assemblyman Eric Stevenson: * Mayor: Bribery Arrests Further Highlight System's Flaws(NY1)
Write your own ‘buy’-laws: pol (NYP) The stench from Albany’s toxic sewer of corruption grew worse
yesterday when a Bronx assemblyman was charged with selling legislation
to crooked businessmen — and was caught on wiretaps letting them tailor
it to their needs, authorities. Owing to the cooperation of fellow
Assemblyman Nelson Castro, Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson was charged
with accepting more than $22,000 in bribes to help developers open adult
day care centers in his district. * Assemblyman Gets Bribery Charge(WSJ)* Read the complaint
Councilman busted in bribery probe was flogged by leaders of his heathen religion(NYP)
Malcolm in the Muddle (NY Mag) In Albany’s long-running sitcom, a new episode
Wow The FBI Had A Mole in Albany for 4 Years
Castro wore wire to save his own skin
(NYP) State legislators better watch their back: Bronx Assemblyman Nelson
Castro has been wearing a wire. In a bombshell indictment handed down by
the feds, it emerged that Castro — who resigned yesterday — was a key
witness in the sting operation against..* In 2nd Alleged Bribe Scheme, a Legislator Was in on the Case(NYT) * Before winning office, Castro had a
criminal record that led to him working with federal prosecutors as an
undercover informant to catch corrupt politicians, the New York Daily News’ Juan Gonzalez reports: * Castro agreed to resign once his cooperation led to an arrest; he announced his departure yesterday afternoon. * Nelson Castro's revelation shocks state pols (NYDN) No Shame Smith I Am Not Leaving
Until I Make A Deal to Rat In Return for A Reduced Sentence
Malcolm refuses to quit
(NYP) Disgraced state Sen. Malcolm Smith does not plan to step down even
though feds say they caught him on tape scheming to pay off pols to get
on the mayoral ticket. “He’s not resigning,” his attorney, Gerald
Shargel. * Spring Valley Mayor Noramie Jasmin and
deputy Joseph Desmaret likely will not resign unless they are convicted
of selling votes to an undercover FBI agent posing as a real estate
developer, The Journal News reports: * Alleged Smith, Halloran Bribery Case Also Impacting Rockland County(NY1) * The Buffalo News says Smith should “more than consider” resigning in the wake of his scandal, and calls for more oversight in Albany.* Michael Howard Saul
Bronx GOP Chairman Jay Savino, who was
arrested on bribery charges, is expected to resign today, a person
familiar with the matter said. * Looks like Dan Halloran deleted a bunch of stories on his Facebook wall after his arrest https://www.facebook.com/omisson * Bloomberg Blames Both Parties For Albany Corruption(YNN)
New GOP Bronx Chair Used to work at the BOE
After accepting the resignation of Chairman Jay Savino, the Bronx County GOP unanimously voted to elect John M. Greaney to fill out the remainder of former Chairman Savino’s unexpired term.
New GOP Bronx Chair Used to work at the BOE
After accepting the resignation of Chairman Jay Savino, the Bronx County GOP unanimously voted to elect John M. Greaney to fill out the remainder of former Chairman Savino’s unexpired term.
House of Albany Tumblr
Albany’s transactional crimes impose a corruption tax on New York. Everybody pays it.
Bronx Assemblyman Eric Stevenson allegedly paved the way for a taxpayer-funded adult day-care center by pushing buildings inspectors and Con Ed. Stevenson also drummed up customers among elderly constituents and even submitted legislation to block any competitors.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman will donate $100,000 in contributions from two donors tied to briber Moses Stern, who is involved in the federal bribery case with New York City officials, The Journal News writes* Attorney General Will Donate Cash Linked to Bribery Plot to Charity(DNAINFO)
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NYT Enables the Corruption
Has A better front page placement for an article attacking Majora Carter who earned fame and fortune as an environmental activist fighting for the South Bronx, for supporting relocating Fresh Direct in the Bronx.
The NYT did not do an editorial supporting the efforts of corruption fighter US Attorney Bharara. Both the Daily New and NYP do
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Campaign 2013
Mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota attacks fellow candidate Christine Quinn for 'corruption' oversight(NYP)
NY1 Online: Lhota Discusses Alleged GOP Bribery ScandalGOP Mayoral candidate Joe Lhota commented on the various scandals on Road to City Hall last night. “It’s really unfortunate that it’s the situation we’re in,” he said. “They got so used to the largess given by Mayor Bloomberg that they want it to continue. They never asked me and they know better than to ask me. Because my integrity is such that if they ever did, I’d be at the U.S. Attorney’s office in a matter of seconds.” * Lhota Calls For NYC Ethics Reform (NY1)
The Anti Gay Candidate for Mayor
Term Limits Attack
In latest fundraising email,
Political Committees
GOP NYC mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis on donating heavily to supportive political committees: “If it’s legal, it’s not unethical.” (His rival, Joe Lhota, disagrees)
Billionaire to Upend Race for Recchia’s Seat(Barkan)
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Political Corruption
Sen. Diaz aide sentenced to two-to-six years in prison for embezzling $560K
(NYP) A top aide to Bronx state Sen. Ruben Diaz will be doing hard time for
embezzling more than a half-million dollars from two charitable groups
founded by Diaz * At the same rally, State Senator Rubén Díaz Sr. said the latest corruption scandal is because New Yorkers keep electing politicians that have no fear of god.
“You have to elect god-fearing people,” he explained. “When you are a
god-fearing people, there is no pressure that will make you change your
mind, there is no money that will buy you. There is no threat that will
make you change your mind when you’re god-fearing.”Jimmy Meng is halfway home(Queens Crap)
From the Queens Courier:Disgraced ex-Assemblymember Jimmy Meng is halfway through his one month sentence, according to the Federal Bureau of Prisons. The 69-year-old father of Congressmember Grace Meng has served two weeks
so far in the low-to-minimum security Federal Correctional Institution
(FCI) at Fort Dix, New Jersey. He is slated to be released April 18.Following his prison sentence, Meng will serve four months of house
arrest and two years of probation. He was also ordered to pay $30,000 in
fines and serve 750 hours of community service.
"He has no record." Assemblyman Vito Lopez on his likely rival
Show Me the Money Before Public Financing
Cash for crooks (NYP Ed)Attorney General Eric Schneiderman backs the changes anyway. Even so,
we suspect he’ll be quiet for a while — for he took more than $100,000
from the same fishy donors who were backing Halloran.Schneiderman
says he’ll give that money to charity, but it doesn’t wash his hands of
this affair. He took advantage of the system to raise nearly $3 million
for himself under Albany’s currently high donation limits — and now
wants to cap donations before political challengers can raise as much.The AG says he wants “justice.” But he plainly wanted the money first._____________________________________________________________________________
Public Health
Hepatitis
Pass on the pastry (NYP) A trendy West Village restaurant has a new item on its dessert menu to
go along with the apple strudel and pumpkin cheesecake — hepatitis
A. Diners who ate dessert at Alta Restaurant on West 10th Street near
Sixth Avenue between March 23 and April 2..* Hepatitis Alert for Restaurant’s Diners(NYT)* NYC Health Dept. Warns Of Potential Hepatitis A Exposure(WCBS)Hospital Closing
Hamill: Long Island College Hospital is on its last leg(NYDN)
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Brooklyn Still Tops In Murder
Brooklyn Still the City's Murder Capital
Bloody Brooklyn
(NYP) It may be full of hipsters and tiger moms — but Brooklyn is still the
city’s bloodiest borough. Although the borough boasts some of the most
expensive real estate, 36 percent of the city’s 420 murders in 2012 took
place there,Less Guns In NYC
Worth the frisk as gun teens plummet: mayor mayor(NYP) Alongside relatives of murder victims,
Mayor Bloomberg said NYPD policies, including stop-and-frisk, helped
bring the percentage of teens who admit to carrying a handgun to a
decade-long low*The Damage Wrought by the Gun Lobby(NYT Ed) * CDC: Percentage Of NYC Teens Carrying Guns At All-Time Low(NY1) * Jacobi trauma surgeon urges gun control laws and social (NYDN) * Gun Control Laws, Rumors Have Ammo Flying Off Store She(WCBS) * Sen. Chuck Schumer has gone from
Republican killer to Republican whisperer, especially when it comes to
gun control, on which Majority Leader Harry Reid has given him enormous
leeway* Mayor Bloomberg met
Cleopatra Cowley-Pendleton and Nathaniel A. Pendleton Sr., whose
15-year-old daughter Hadiya was shot and killed in Chicago a week after
performing at Obama’s inauguration, before announcing the city’s
historically low murder rates.* Gun enthusiasts fearful of new weapon controls and alarmed by rumors of government hoarding are buying bullets
practically by the bushel, making it hard for stores nationwide to keep
shelves stocked and even putting a pinch on some local law enforcement
departments.* Adam Lanza’s Gun Dealer Loses License * Mayor Bloomberg’s gun control group, Mayors Against Illegal Guns, is planning national events on April 13 in at least two dozen states.* Jake Tapper thinks Obama and Bloomberg would be more effective gun control advocates if they knew more about the weapons they’re trying to ban.* The Connecticut gun store responsible for firearms used in the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School is no longer licensed to sell after an ATF investigation._____________________________________________________________________________
NYFD Hate
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Education
Breaking up big busing(New York World)
Veteran yellow bus drivers are back to work after a painful
strike — with bleaker prospects. New bids for city contracts make good on Mayor
Bloomberg's promise that companies can deliver kids to school more cheaply, and
that's bad news for the city's biggest operator and the men and women behind
the wheel.
Bronx Lacks Computers
Computers, Internet access lacking in Bronx homes(NYDN)
Bronx Lacks Computers
Computers, Internet access lacking in Bronx homes(NYDN)_____________________________________________________________________________
Blight Block
Renovations and Hope on a Block Once Marked by Blight(NYT) Side Street: The transformation of five buildings on Kelly Street in the South Bronx is almost impossible to believe.
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NYC Pushes Out Middle Class
City Urges 5.6% Water Rate Increase(WSJ)
Priest Hits NYC Ticket Tax
Twitter priest blasts Mike’s ‘false profits’
(NYP) A priest at a beloved Brooklyn church used Twitter as his pulpit to
blast the FDNY’s ticket-writing inspectors for taking part in a Mayor
Bloomberg “scam.” Father Michael Gelfant, the cigar-chomping pastor of
St. Finbar Roman Catholic Church in...
Priest Hits NYC Ticket Tax
Twitter priest blasts Mike’s ‘false profits’
(NYP) A priest at a beloved Brooklyn church used Twitter as his pulpit to
blast the FDNY’s ticket-writing inspectors for taking part in a Mayor
Bloomberg “scam.” Father Michael Gelfant, the cigar-chomping pastor of
St. Finbar Roman Catholic Church in... _____________________________________________________________________________
WTC Remains
New Efforts to Sift for 9/11 Remains(WSJ) Workers are again searching debris from the World Trade Center to find human fragments to identify from the terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, with only 1,119 of the 2,753 victims identified* The Times’ Jim Dwyer speaks with two 9/11 widows who are hoping that a new effort to sift through the remains of victims of the terrorist attack will uncover the remains of their husbands * 39 WTC body fragments found(NYP) * The Search for 9/11 Remains Goes On(NYT)
* LOOK: Beastie Boy Serves Up Meals To Hurricane Sandy Victims(Huff Post)
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Sandy
Post-Sandy Coney Island Construction Unnerves Residents(NBC)* Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice has expanded an investigation into how county officials entered into emergency contracts with companies doing cleanup work after superstorm Sandy. New York Aquarium in Coney Island set for partial reopening May 25, almost seven months after Hurric(NYP)* Brooklyn Tenants Forced To Use Stairs Since Sandy File NY1) * Brighton Beach rebuilding noise(Fox 5)* Breach Through Fire Island Also Divides Opinions(NYT)
* SI Homeowners Impacted By Sandy Attend Informational Fo (NY1)
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Corrupt Newspaper
Nussbaum in, Schenkler out at Tribune?(Queens Crap)
Crapman:
Where is Schenkler? Completely eradicated from the current Tribune masthead. No trace. No "Not 4 Publication". No nothing. Gone. Into the void? Nussie is in charge? Whore ads still being published. What does this portend? What is going on?
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Met's No Free Ride
Fee? What fee? : The Met denies hiding free entry option from visitors(NYP)_____________________________________________________________________________
Media
Best Late Night Clips Of The Week: Leno, Fallon And The Tonight Show Shakeup
SNL's Kim Jong Un 'Evolves' On Same-Sex Marriage, Takes Advice From The Real Dennis Rodman
In your facelift, LA!(NYP) In the 40 years since Johnny Carson hijacked “The Tonight Show” from Rockefeller Center to... _____________________________________________________________________________
Washington
Sunday
Tax Lobby Builds Ties to Chairman of Finance Panel(NYT)
US diplomat killed in Afghan attack was State Dept. up-and-comer(NYP)Can We Get Hillary Without the Foolery?(NYT)How We’ve Wasted Our Timeout(NYT)
U.S. Economy Not Great, But Better Than Most - Nouriel Roubini, Slate
Obama Should Panic at Jobs Report - John Judis, The New Republic
The Stock Market vs. the Labor Market - Derek Thompson, The Atlantic
Easy Money Helps Wall St., Threatens Main St. - Jack Kelly, Pittsburgh PG
Obama's War on Growth - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
Understanding the Texas Miracle - Bryan Burrough, New York Times
Rebuilding a Ruined City - Ed Feulner, Heritage Foundation
Of Course Hillary Is Running - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Hillary Clinton Would Not "Clear the Field" - Tod Lindberg, New Republic
GOP Looking for Fresh Face. So Far, It's Rubio - Doyle McManus, LAT
Improve GOP Product, Not Just Sales Pitch - Matt Kibbe, USA Today
Welfare Cowboys Rustle Up Disability Checks - Kyle Smith, New York Post
Debunking Krugman's Euro Austerity Narrative - Daniel Mitchell, Cato
America the War-Weary - David Ignatius, Washington Post
The Arab Spring Started in Iraq - Kanan Makiya, New York Times
Why Gun Coverage Is So Biased - John Hinderaker, Power Line
The Benefits of 'Leaning Back' - Warren Binford, USA Today
Unemployment Is an Emergency - New York Daily News
Wall Street Is Increasingly Trading in the Dark - New York Times
The Dirty Truth About Wind Energy - Boston Herald
John Kerry's Missing Crew - New York Post
Saturday
Half-cocked Kim’s itchy trigger finger(NYP)
‘Bam’nesty boosts 454,000 immigrants
(NYP) WASHINGTON — President Obama’s temporary-amnesty program has paid off
for 454,000 young immigrants who were brought here illegally.Rubio Is Yet to Commit on Immigration Bill(NYT)
Jobs Report Casts Shadow on U.S. Economy - Christopher Matthews, Time
Guns and Babies: A Tale of Two Massacres - David Freddoso, DC Examiner
Rewrite the Second Amendment - Zachary Elkins, New York Times
Dumb Things Too-Big-to-Fail Bankers Say - Mark Whitehouse, Bloomberg
The Trigger and the Poison Pill - Charles Krauthammer, Washington Post
Schumer's New Brief: Turning Foes Into Friends - Jeremy Peters, NYT
Beware Chuck Schumer's Latest Pose - Andrew Stiles, National Review
GOP Fights the Blues in Texas - Neil King Jr., Wall Street Journal
A California Comeback? Not Even Close - Matt Miller, Washington Post
Why Is North Korea Our Problem? - Robert Robb, Arizona Republic
The Debt I Owe Roger Ebert - Roger Simon, Chicago Sun-Times
The Daily Debate: Is Stimulus an Illusion?
In Connecticut, New Firearms Limits Faced Uphill Fight(NYT)
Bill Maher Trashes Libertarians: Movement Went ‘Nuts,’ ‘Intellectually Stuck In Their Teen Years’
Gun Control May Have to Wait - A.B. Stoddard, The HillA Golf Shot Heard Round the Academic World - David Feith, WSJ
When Justices Must Act - Ruth Marcus, Washington Post
The Tolerance Enforcers Will Not Tolerate Dissent - Mark Steyn, NRO
WaPo's Airbrushed History of Mass Shootings - Gene Lyons, Detroit News
Health Care: The Sleeper Issue of 2014? - Amy Walter, Cook Political Report
The Young Are the Restless: Advantage Dems - Charles Blow, NY Times
Bloomberg's Liberal Ideas Lack Supporting Data - Tim Carney, Examiner
Obama's "Best-Looking" Gaffe - Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic
Interfaith Unions: A Mixed Blessing - Naomi Schaeffer Riley, NY Times
Find a Man Today, Graduate Tomorrow - Emily Esfahani Smith, WSJ
Economy Is Worse Than We Thought It Was - Neil Irwin, Washington Post
The JOBS Act Turns One, and It's a Failure - Zachary Seward, Quartz
Stay Out of Syria - Andrew McCarthy, National Review
Iraq: End of an Era - Jackie Spinner, American Journalism Review
MF Global Saga: Why Is Corzine Getting a Pass? - Teresa Tritch, NY Times
Has America Lost Its Mojo? - Mortimer Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report
The Shrinking U.S. Workforce - Chicago Tribune
Club Corzine: How It Works for Wall Street & Washington - New York Post
Guantanamo Still Damages America's Reputation - Boston Globe
The North Korea Conundrum - Los Angeles Times
Friday
Fed Is Weighing a Reaction to Stirrings of Recovery(NYT)
Connecticut Governor Signs Gun Measures(NYT)
Deep in the Red of Texas, GOP Fights the Blues(WSJ)
Frank Rich: Sanford Defeats the Bible Thumpers(NY Mag)
Has America Lost Its Mojo? - Mortimer Zuckerman, U.S. News & World Report
To Create Jobs, U.S. Must Spend - Dimitri Papadimitriou, Los Angeles Times
The Truth About Taxes and Spending in Europe - Alan Reynolds, Cato
Culture Wars Now Favor Democrats - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
On Immigration, Distrust and Then Verify - John Fund, National Review
Here's to States Saving Gun Control - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post
The Great Gun Control Fizzle - Rich Lowry, Politico
Hillary Derangement Syndrome - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Clinton Is Less "Inevitable" Than You Think - Matt Continetti, Free Beacon
Ben Carson's Rapid Rise & Long Odds - Scott Conroy, RealClearPolitics
The Urge to Purge the Economy - Paul Krugman, New York Times
Moving Beyond Contorted Keynesian Logic - Peter Schiff, RealClearMarkets
For Dr. King, Everybody In and Nobody Out - Jesse Jackson, CNN
Decline & Fall of American Liberal Education - Linda Chavez, DC Examiner
Will Gay Marriage Split the Republican Party? - Ana Marie Cox, Guardian
Obama's Insulting Salary Stunt - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Can Austin, TX Become the Dubai of the U.S.? - Carl Schramm, Forbes
Jobs report: March numbers a big miss, : http://politi.co/16Blkyg
The Damage Wrought by the Gun Lobby - New York Times
Big Government Almost Always Means Big Failures - DC Examiner
The North Korea Conundrum - Los Angeles Times
We Were All Better for Knowing Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
$14M set for Hill’s new book(NYP)John Avlon says Hillary Clinton “has transformed herself from a polarizing political figure into an icon for feminists around the world,” and could surf that wave to the White House.
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Wall Street
Man vs. machine
(NYP) Massive fraud in the high-speed trading markets is escaping detection
because regulators and exchanges are dithering on a powerful
supercomputer to uncover the scams,_____________________________________________________________________________
Law and Order
New York's top cop Ray Kelly on fighting crime and fighting off critics of a basic police tool: stopping suspicious characters and checking for weapons.
Police searching for Washington Heights burglary suspec (WABC)
NY man charged in thefts of silver ice buckets(Fox 5)
31-Year-Old Woman Stabbed to Death in Brooklyn(NBC)
Police: Man Stabbed Girlfriend To Death In Brooklyn Before (NY1)
WATCH: Video shows Washington Heights cat burglar fleeing(NYP)
Drug lord shapes up (NYP) A drug kingpin who controlled a multimillion-dollar cocaine empire in
Queens that was so lucrative his lifestyle became the stuff of rap
lyrics and street legend, is now in the midst of a senior moment.Back-Alley Burglar Used Fire Escapes To Sneak Into Victims' Homes (NY1)
Cuomo Picks Judge in City to Fill Spot at Top Court(NYT)
Gov ‘courts’ NY history(NYP) ALBANY — Gov. Cuomo’s nominee for New York’s highest court would become the first African-American woman on the seven-member Court of Appeals if confirmed by the state Senate.Justice Sheila Abdus-Salaam
Man charged with subway attack out on bail(WABC)
Jury Still Out on Killer of Psychologist(NYT)
5 Women, 1 Man Arrested After Cops Find High-Powered Firearms (WCBS)
Man charged with subway attack out on bail(WABC)
* Dupe’s ‘I’ll do it again’ He’s a mogul in his own mind! The blind vagrant who landed in jail last week for trying to steal a Brooklyn building from a man with the same exact name will likely use the ruse again.
Search warrant for drugs leads to gun bust(NYDN)* 5 Women, 1 Man Arrested After Cops Find High-Powered Firearms(WCBS) 
Man who decapitated common-law wife sentenced 18 years to (NYDN)
Gotti’s last hit
(NYP) A reputed Gambino crime-family associate was charged yesterday with
taking part in the last rubout believed ordered by the late mob boss
John Gotti. Ex-con Daniel Fama, 48, was allegedly part of the hit team
that gunned down demolition contractor... 
Mom in dark as B’klyn crash toddler dies(NYP)
Butcher guilty – & poor juror needs a shrink
(NYP) The Brooklyn carpenter who admitted to chopping his roommate into tiny
pieces was convicted of murder yesterday by a panel of disgusted jurors
who deliberated just 15 minutes before coming to a verdict. Russian
immigrant Sergey Mamonov, 51,
New York Is Shelving Its Prison Law Libraries(WSJ)New York has decided that the law library is an unaffordable luxury.
Man arrested in violent NYC subway attack(WSJ)Ketchup attack(NYP)
Man Sought In Ketchup Bottle Attack At Manhattan Diner (NY1)
Man Cuts Woman With Bottle in Bias Attack: Police(NBC)
Police Seek Brooklyn Laundromat Groper(NBC)
Fraternity ‘thug’ slapped with 10 charges
(NYP) The frat boy accused of violently mugging a woman in a Brooklyn subway
station was charged with 10 assault and robbery-related charges
yesterday after he was caught with an envelope of cash that belonged to
the woman* Fraternity ‘thug’ slapped with 10 charges(NYP)UWS Nanny Charged In Kids' Slay Fit For Trial(NY1)
Facebook Gangs
Gang-bangers’ ‘tweet’ sorrow
(NYP) These gang-bangers love social media — and so do the cops who busted
them. East Harlem has been cleared of 63 dangerous gangsters who openly
incriminated themselves in slang-filled, misspelled postings on
Twitter, FaceBook and YouTube* 63 Gang Members Indicted in East Harlem Shootings(NYT) * Dozens Arrested in Manhattan Gang Takedown(WSJ)
Late in October 2009, a gunman killed 19-year-old John Williams with a single shot to the back of the head following a fight outside an East Harlem housing project.* Manhattan Gang Roundup Ends In Dozens Of Arrests(NY1)
Social media breeding anti-social behavior on streets(NYDN)
an fatally knifes girlfriend, then stabs self in Brooklyn: police sources(NYP)
'Killer' nanny found fit to stand trial in brutal slashing deaths of 2 tots in her care(NYP) * Nanny Charged in 2 Killings Is Found Mentally Fit for Trial(NYT)*
‘Killer Nanny’ Yoselyn Ortega mentally fit to stand tri (NYDN) 
Feds and cops bust up heroin crew based in Bedford Park(NYDN)* Man accused of sneaking into NYC jails(Fox 5)
Nutty cop impersonator 'felt nice' sneaking into jails(NYDN)
TLC didn’t call 911 for dying cabbie for 7 minutes(NYDN)
Cops arrest ex-con in rape spree(NYDN)_____________________________________________________________________________
Terrorism
TSA blunder at Kennedy
(NYP) Blundering TSA workers allegedly let a JFK Airport worker who didn’t
have a boarding pass get on a jet to Florida without being screened
Airline worker avoids security, boards flight at JFK9(NYDN)* Airline Worker Arrested After Bypassing Security, Boarding (NBC)
