Stay-At-Home Dad Isn't Anthony Weiner's Only Occupation

Former Rep. Weiner and his wife had a combined income of $496,000 in 2012
Looks Like the NYT Still Loves Quinn As the Gray Lady Say Weiner the Lobbyists

Will Weiner INC Lobbyist Story  Take Some of the Air Out of His Big Mo to Run
Weiner the Consultant
The name of Weiner's new consulting firm: Woolf Weiner Associates, named after his great grandfather
NYT two weeks ago: @anthonyweiner is a stay-at-home dad NYT today: He's a conglomerate * All Puns Aside, Weiner Makes Lucrative Name in Consulting(NYT) Companies eager to navigate federal regulations and red tape say that Anthony D. Weiner, the former congressman, is worth every cent. Weiner feels with certitude that outreach to fed officials & former House colleagues for companies isn't lobbying. His biggest regret so far: undercharging. ‘I make far less money than I should, with all the advice that I’ve given and how lucrative it’s turned out to be for the companies,’ he said.”

Weiner reaching out to federal agencies and members of Congress in his new role as strategic consultant, he tells me. Weiner appears to have taken page from Gingrich's playbook in contrasting corporate strategic advice to lobbying * Joe Lhota calls Weiner too “undisciplined” to be elected mayor * Stay-At-Home Dad Isn't Anthony Weiner's Only Occupation(NY Mag)  * Anthony Weiner's self-esteem still intact: “I make far less money than I should..." 
* Josh Benson and Steve Kornacki debate whether former Rep. Anthony Weiner has passed the “punchline phase” yet.* Weiner Lands Consultant Work As He Mulls Mayoral Candidacy(NY1)

Albany Lobbyists
A growing trend in Albany is raising alarms for ethics watchdogs: political consultants who work to elect lawmakers, then turn around and lobby them on behalf of private clients.

maggie haberman ‏@maggiepolitico 5m

This story doesn't actually add to the convincing column that Weiner does plan to run @maggiepolitico Makes me wonder if he can afford to be mayor.

1. Michael Barbaro ‏@mikiebarb 1m During my interview, Weiner repeatedly marveled at his success in business. "I am pretty good at it," he said:

Mayoral Education Politics
The Post’s Bob McManus questions whether Board of Regents Chancellor Merryl Tisch’s involvement with Bill Thompson’s mayoral campaign is a conflict of interest given her sway over education policy

 Tisch’s tangled ties(McManus, NYP)  NY schools boss’ Thompson nod

The most powerful New Yorker in public education has just sent a message to the United Federation of Teachers: Back Bill Thompson for mayor in 2013. This is just breathtaking, coming from the person responsible for oversight of all education policy in the Empire State — public and private, pre-K to post-grad, and everything in between. In between, of course, includes teacher-evaluation policies, charter schools, the future of mayoral control of New York City’s 1.1-million-pupil public-school system — all items of critical interest to the UFT, an organization with outsized influence in municipal politics. Thompson strategist Jonathan Prince, meanwhile, castigated rival Council Speaker Chris Quinn‘s recent mayoral-style press conference as “yet another attempt by the Quinn campaign to portray her as mayor-in-waiting, to suggest her election is inevitable.” A spokesman for a third candidate, Bill de Blasio, piled on: “Speaker Quinn has been standing so close to the mayor for seven years, his commissioners probably can’t tell the difference.”

The Puppet Stands In for the mayor

Once Again Standing In for the Mayor: Someone Who Wants His Job(NYT) For the second time in a week, the City Council speaker, Christine C. Quinn, appeared at a news conference, a moment when Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg would have presided.For the second time in a week, Mayor Michael Bloomberg allowed Council Speaker Christine Quinn to stand in for him at a big announcement, giving her extra exposure for her mayoral campaign *  Will LGBT Defections Derail the Christine Quinn Political Machine ?(Village Voice)

Oh, Danny Boy

Quinn said she has “zero tolerance” for NYC Councilman Dan Halloran’s flings with young staffers, as an ethics panel prepares to grill the proudly practicing pagan on his questionable relationships. * And the headlines continue to beat up embattled Councilman Dan Halloran, with the Post‘s latest, ”Quinn gives heathen Halloran hell.” Both of Mr. Halloran’s alleged sexual partners are further “expected to be called before the ethics panel and asked about their relationships with the Queens Republican.” One of the women reportedly spent yesterday in Mr. Halloran’s house. * Christine Quinn rips Dan Halloran's alleged affairs with interns and vows an ethics probe (NYP)

Oh, Danny Boy!(Queens Crap)

Giuliani Says Democratic Mayoral Hopefuls Have ‘Never Really Held a Job’(NYO) * GOP NY Mayor Candidates Spar Over Toll Hikes, Hurricane Sandy... And Cheap Bananas(NYDN)

 

Catsimatidis
Even though he’s ineligible to even run for president, GOP NYC mayoral hopeful John Catsimatidis says he could have defeated Obama in 2012.

Tech Mayor?
NY1 Online: Tech Expert Offers Assessment Of Mayoral Candidates

Mr. de Blasio has gone sharply negative...

With Democratic Mayoral Field in Flux, de Blasio Assails Quinn(NYT)

Lhota Pushes the Terror Button

Fmr PR Governor Luis Fortuño today endorsed @JCats2013 in his race to become the next NYC Mayor. Called him a friend to Hispanics. #nyc2013
* Rudy: Joe terror bane(NYP) * “Joe is someone who will keep the city safe from Islamic terrorism, keep the city safe from criminals,” Giuliani said. Giuliani: "We cannot give this city back to a bunch of Democratic machine politicians.".@JCats2013 pushes vocational ed, instead of mandatory focus on academics. "We are forcing these kids to do things that they can't do."* A Wiseguy, Eh? Joe Lhota Drafts "Sopranos" Vet For NY Mayor Fundraiser(NYDN) * NYPD should establish its own version of CIA to monitor and investigate radical Islam in NYC, @JCats2013 tells @CurtisSliwa on AM970* Catsimatidis, who initially supported cellphones in schools, is now reconsidering due to compelling opposing arguments by senior adviser. * GOP NYC mayoral contender Joe Lhota says he would take a different management approach to running the city than Bloomberg.* Republican Mayoral Candidates Turn On Each Other In Debate (NY1)

Bloomberg Calls NYT Racist and Rudy is Freaking Out the NYT 
*  With a Friend Like Rudy(NYT Ed) Former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani is actually hurting, not helping, the Lhota campaign with all his talk of trampling the Constitution.


 

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Bloomberg NYT Making NYC Unsafe

Bloomberg rips NY Times over stop and frisk coverage

Mayor Bloomberg rips NY Times over stop and frisk coverage(NYP)
Mayor Bloomberg today unleashed an attack on The New York Times, accusing the paper of hypocrisy for publishing an editorial against the NYPD’s stop and frisk policy days after the “paper of record” didn’t bother covering of the murder of a black teenager.* Mayor Bloomberg Says the New York Times Doesn’t Care About Black People(NY Mag)

Bloomberg Goes to War With Press and Politicians in Passionate Safety Speech(NYO) Mayor Michael Bloomberg has always been critical of media outlets and politicians pushing policies that he argues will weaken the New York City’s police department, but he took his case to the next level this afternoon when he blasted both the City Council and the press writ-large for undermining the city’s security.* The New York Times
Slams Bloomberg's Charges of Racial Bias   via @politicker Friendly Fire: New York Times, Mike Bloomberg Trade Accusations Of Racism
.@BillThompsonNYC does not support IG or racial profiling bills in Community Safety Act.
.@MikeBloomberg says NYT ignored Bronx black's murder. So did Bloomberg News, which did cover Bronx white sex abuse: http://bit.ly/YbQQQU
Bloomberg Says Critics of Police Would Make New Yorkers Less Safe(NYT)

NYPD "Under Attack" By Politically Motivated, Mayor Says(NY1)

NYT On Muslim Surveilance Before the Boston Bombing

Spying on Law-Abiding Muslim Citizens - NYTimes.com(2/9/2013)

Based on new court filings in a longstanding suit challenging police surveillance techniques, the courts may need to intervene to stop the New York Police Department from spying on law-abiding citizens once again, this time Muslims. 

 

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Book Publishers Politics
True News Published at 8AM Confessore Twitted At 9:47AM

Nick Confessore ‏@nickconfessore 3m

Ironic that on same day Cuomo dismissed talk of his #2016 plans, he inks a book deal, the only real selling point for which is #2016.

HarperCollins is Owned by Murdoch's News Corp

24 Hours After Bowing to Hillary He is Writing His Own Book
In a radio interview, Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed back against a report that said he would not run for president in 2016 if Hillary Clinton runs, saying he is focused on running the state government, The Buffalo News writes:  In negotiating with HarperCollins, Cuomo was represented by Washington attorney Robert Barnett, whose clients include President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. Cuomo said he’s not discussing “presidential politics” behind the scenes or publicly, insisting in a radio interview that he isn’t gauging whether Clinton is going to ultimately run in 2016.

Pay to Not Run Book?
HarperCollins is backing away from publishing a biography of Cuomo by columnist Fred Dicker but will release a memoir by the governor because of concerns over a conflict of interest in publishing both

Publisher Is Backing Off a Book About Cuomo in Favor of One Written by Him(NYT) HarperCollins is retreating from plans to publish a book by a political columnist and is working with the governor on his own project. The proposed journalistic biography, by Fredric U. Dicker, a political columnist for The New York Post, had been hotly anticipated in the state’s political world since Mr. Dicker announced the project last April. The book was to be published by Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins, in 2013, and Mr. Cuomo had agreed to cooperate with the project. But Mr. Cuomo’s relationship with * HarperCollins confirmed Cuomo will write “a full and frank account” about his private life and the “profound moments” of his first term in office, including signing gay-marriage legislation.

Mr. Dicker has since soured, and the governor’s ambitions for his own book, which he had initially seemed to suggest would be some sort of monograph about governing, have apparently increased. In a news release late Monday, issued after The New York Times reported the publisher’s change of plans, HarperCollins said that Mr. Cuomo’s memoir “will be a full and frank look at his public and private life.” At the time he announced his intention to write a book about Mr. Cuomo, Mr. Dicker had enjoyed a close relationship with the governor, praising his tenure in print and on the air, hosting him as a frequent guest on his radio talk show, and landing scoops for his column from the governor’s administration. But in recent months, Mr. Dicker has been deeply critical of Mr. Cuomo over gun control and hydraulic fracturing. And Mr. Cuomo has not appeared on Mr. Dicker’s radio show in months.Financial terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, and the publisher said Dicker remains under contract for his book.

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Election Reform

The Fight to Do Election Reform That Keeps Incumbents in Power

Cuomo Klien Corruption Bills
Cuomo unveiled a bill to have public officials face a misdemeanor if they fail to report suspected corruption by a colleague, and would also increase penalties for violating existing anti-corruption laws, Newsday reports: * Behold: Cuomo’s first anti-corruption bill (TU) * Cuomo Unveils Wilson-Pakula Repeal, Electoral Reform(YNN)

Jimmy Vielkind ‏@JimmyVielkind 3m

Just back from a @ShellySilver press conference on early voting. Silver & AG Eric Schneiderman got lots of qs on Cuomonian elections czar.

Klein’s Campaign Finance Proposal(YNN)
\JCOPE proposal would make it easier for lobbyists to hide donors if they have 'reasonable' fear of harm http://bit.ly/157VKDV * State Assembly Wants To Bring Early Voting To New York http://dlvr.it/3Jchcm 
Ethics Panel Vows to Release Report on Vito Lopez in Harassment Inquiry (NYT)
NY looking to allow early voting: Tuesday saw two different proposals to change elections in New York. Governo...

  

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Vito Lopez Cover Up

JCOPE Pressures Legislative Ethics Commission and DA Donovan to Release Vito Report

JCOPE threatens to release "Substantial Basis Investigation Report" (presumably on Vito Lopez) if Legislative Ethics Commission doesn't.  JCOPE pressures Sp. Prosecutor Donovan in probe, saying it will release Vito Lopez report 'in its entirety' in May. http://on.wsj.com/ZUqofc
* JCOPE To Legislative Ethics: You Release That Lopez Report, Or We Will(YNN)
* JCOPE tries to get Donovan, leg ethics off the dime (TU)
JCOPE Says It Will Release Vito Lopez Report Regardless of DA (NYDN)
Lopez sexual harassment report to be released, NY ethics (Newsday)
NY ethics board: Lopez sex report will be public — eventually(Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Ethics Panel, Upset by Delay, Vows to Release Report on Lopez(NYT)

Albany Hush Fund Cover Up, Press Containment Timeline 

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Liu Trial Update

 Feds Give Closing Arguments In Case Against Former Liu Campaign Treasurer, Fundraiser(NY1)

Liu Is Prominent Figure in Closing Argument at Ex-Aides’ Trial(NYT)

A federal prosecutor told the jury that John C. Liu, a Democratic candidate for mayor, had to have been aware of a scheme to use straw donors for Mr. Liu’s campaign.

Prosecution Scores a Victory in Liu Associate Trial

 

• The government got a boost Monday in its corruption trial against two associates of Comptroller John Liu. The judge appears likely to allow the jury to consider whether former campaign treasurer Jenny Hou is guilty of “conscious avoidance.  In essence, while Hou may not have known straw donors were being set up, she should've seen what was coming and done more to prevent it. Hou's lawyer said the move lowers the government's burden of proof. Lawyers for the other defendant, Oliver Pan, say he was entrapped by a government agent who pushed him to take funds as part of a fake donor scheme Closing statements in the trial are expected to begin on Tuesday.(WNYC)
  
  

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  Relevance of Mayoral Debate Discussion About Forest City Ratner Atlantic Yards Misconduct To The Sale and Underfunding of NYC Libraries(Noticing NY)

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Sandy

Gov’s Con Ed $hock: Demands probe of hurricane bonuses(NYP)Cuomo warned Con Edison’s CEO that the state’s Public Service Commission will review documents associated with the approval of the bonuses given to executives for their handling of Sandy. Cuomo has ordered an investigation into the big bonuses Con Ed executives hauled in as a reward for the their handling of Hurricane Sandy — a storm response that he called “a complete failure.”* Cuomo To Con Ed: Freeze Remaining Bonuses(YNN) * Cuomo Asks Con Ed to Freeze Bonuses for Top Executives(NYT) *   Over 10 Billion Gallons of Sewage Into Waterways(NYT)

FEMA to Release More Cash(WSJ) * Six Months After Sandy (WSJ) With Federal Emergency Management Agency spending over $2.5 billion in New York on Superstorm Sandy repairs, it can increase reimbursement from 75 to 90 percent of costs


Housing Authority Is Sued Over Slow Pace of Repairs(NYT)

More than 300 plaintiffs from the Alfred E. Smith Houses in Lower Manhattan complained of leaks, mold, broken stoves and many other unaddressed problems.

In Sandy's Wake, Some Saw Love Grow(WSJ)
For most who endured the floodwaters, wrecked homes and lengthy power outages six months ago, superstorm Sandy is remembered as a grim ordeal at best. But a few found unexpected closeness in the chaos of the storm.

State Supreme Court Justice Margaret Chan blocked a plan to end a New York City program to shelter displaced Superstorm Sandy victims in hotel rooms, while the city moved to challenge the order, the Journal writes: 
 Chris: O still dandy on Sandy(NYP)
Aftermath Of Hurricane Sandy Making For Dreadful Allergy (WCBS)
6 Months After Superstorm Sandy, Signs Of Progress But More(WCBS)
Storm Relief Work Causes Rift in a Shifting Occupy Movement(NYT)
Cuomo Asks Con Ed to Freeze Bonuses for Top Executives(NYT)
 

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Taxi Apps

Company’s App Can Now Be Used to Hail Yellow Cabs in City(NYT)

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Housing

‘Whites only’ at Brooklyn building(NYP)

Fines for Agents Who Show Illegal Dwellings(NYT)

The city’s Buildings Department has long made landlords the focus of its attack on illegal rental apartments, but has now decided to go after those listing and showing the homes.* Fines for NYC agents who show illegal apartments(WSJ) * Fines for NYC agents who show illegal apartments(Fox 5) * Residents of the Smith Houses banded together and filed lawsuits in Housing Court, demanding repairs or civil penalties against the NYC Housing Authority if a long list of problems are not fixed.
  
Construction Fines
City Kicks Off Construction Safety Week By Dishing Out $1 Million In Fines

As East Midtown Girds for Taller Buildings, a Few Knee-High (NYT)

Notorious Flatbush Gardens scores a whopping$400K to buy Cameras(NYDN)

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Education

$15 Million Gift and New Name for Community College(NYT)

New Community College in Manhattan will be renamed for Stella and Charles Guttman, whose foundation is giving CUNY an additional $10 million.* School Days Add Hours(WSJ)
 Some Sixth Graders Will Have Longer School Days In The Fall(NY1)
NYC school day to go as late as 6 pm(NYDN)
Parents Irate Over NYC DOE Plan To Give Student Data To (WCBS)
Weingarten calling for moratorium on Common Core stakes  

Postpone Use of New Test Scores, Teachers’ Union Leader Says(NYT)
National Teachers' Union President Critical Of State Giving New Tests Before Students Adjust To Common Core (NY1)
Queens Public School Becomes First In City To Go Vegetarian(NY1)

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Soccer Sheik

The Times’ Michael Powell writes that by allowing an Abu Dhabi sheik 13 acres of the parkland to build a Major League Soccer stadium, New York City is handing over one of its “gems,” Flushing Meadows-Corona Park

Park Deals Chip Away at City’s Gems(NYT)

Sheik Mansour bin Zayed al-Nahyan of Abu Dhabi hopes to convince New York City officials to part with 13 precious acres of Flushing Meadows-Corona Park.

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Bike Share Lawsuit

A rack & a hard place: W. Village suit over rental bikes (NYP)  A group of West Village residents wants to slam the brakes on the city’s bike-sharing program, claiming in the first suit filed over the new rental racks that they’re an eyesore and a hazard. 

NYRA
Three high-ranking managers with the New York Racing Association will share interim executive leadership while a search for a new top officer continues.

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Recycling Return


The Mayor Rethinks Recycling(NYT Ed)

Mr. Bloomberg’s green legacy will be enhanced if he can get New York City’s recycling program as strong as it was when he first took office.The Times applauds Bloomberg’s efforts to increase the lackluster recycling rate in New York City, highlighting a recent effort to tackle organic waste*
The NYT says Bloomberg has come “a long way” on recycling.

PCB Hudson
Dredging of PCBs from the Hudson resumed for the season with two unanswered questions: Will GE, which has spent about $1 billion so far on the cleanup, convince a judge that a utility company ought to help pay for the work? And will PCBs ever be dredged from the river’s tainted Champlain Canal channel?

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Health Care

Advocates Say Managed-Care Plans Shun the Most Disabled Medicaid Users(NYT)

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Central Park's Killer Fish

Central Park Lake to Be Searched for Predator Fish(NBC)
Central Park is being attacked by a monster fish that can breathe air and live out of water for days. (NY Mag) * Central Park Rightly Afraid of ‘Frankenfish,’ Which Can Breathe Air

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WTC Then and Now
 Towering over terror(NYP Ed)


 9/11 gear theory flies with cops(NYP)
Cops believe the newly discovered piece of WTC plane wreckage found near the Ground Zero mosque wasn’t intentionally placed there — but instead blasted into the tiny alley on 9/11. “There’s no evidence to suggest that it’s part of a hoax,” NYPD. * Jet Debris Near 9/11 Site Is Identified as Wing Part(NYT) The police initially said the damaged machinery, apparently deposited in Lower Manhattan after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, was part of a landing gear. * 9/11 Remains Sought in Debris(WSJ) Anthropologists from the city medical examiner's office will begin searching for human remains behind a building where wreckage believed to be from the World Trade Center attacks was recently discovered.* Police: Newly Discovered 9/11 Wreckage Came From Jet Wing(WSJ) * Human Remains Search at 9/11 Plane Debris Site Set to B (NBC) * Search for human remains at 9/11 plane debris site(Fox 5) * Sifting Begins At Site Of Newly Found 9/11 Plane Wreckage (NY1)

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Boston Bomber

Tsarnaev family received $100G in benefits(Boston Herald)

Ex: Boston bomber tried to 'brainwash' me to hate America(NYP)
EXCLUSIVE: Inside a secret terror training exercise(WABC)
Boston bombing probe: What female DNA may mean in investigation(CBS)
Schumer said he will question why the FBI didn’t interview the older brother suspected in the Boston Marathon bombing when he returned from Russia after six months. Rudy says Deval Patrick was "giving welfare" to Boston Bombers 
Two of Tamerlan Tsarnaev’s Potential Jihadist Friends Are Dead (NY mag)

Rudy Giuliani Says Some in Washington in ‘Denial’ Over Terror Threat(NYO)
FBI hints it's OK to question terror suspects after they ask for lawyer:(Politico)

President Obama backed the F.B.I.’s handling of a Russian intelligence tip about a Boston Marathon bombings suspect, even as his intelligence chief ordered a review of whether the attack could have been prevented.
Boston bombing suspect's widow wants body released(NYP)
Boston - Marathon Bomb Amputees Offered Prosthetics Free Of Cost http://su.pr/2rtPxd

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Media

 Dancers audition to appear with Rockettes(Fox 5)

The state is on pace to beat its record for 20 television pilots shot in New York during a single filming season.  





NY Times Circulation Jumps 18 Percent, Daily News and Post See Declines

According to the new circulation report from the Alliance for Audited Media (AAM), The New York Times has been enjoying some success, but the New York Daily News and New York Post haven’t. For the period between March 31, 2012 and March 31, 2013, the Times’ circulation grew by 18 percent; while the Daily News and Post saw their numbers drop by 11 percent and 10 percent, respectively.
As of the end of last month, the Times had a circulation of 1,865,318, but that still wasn’t enough to take the top spot from the Wall Street Journal. The paper’s circulation experienced a solid 12 percent growth, and clocked in at 2,378,827. Much like the Daily News (516,165) and Post (500,521), Newsday’s numbers left a lot to be desired. The Long Island daily saw circulation drop by five percent over the past year, down to 377,744. Let the over celebration or casual dismissal of the numbers begin.* The New York Times is now the second-largest U.S. newspaper
 
  Whoops! New York Times Forced To Issue Correction Of Its Own Corrections Page

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Washington

BREAKING: Associated Press calls Mass. Senate Republican primary for Gabriel Gomez
Pro-gun senators take heat(NYP)



‘Ricin’ man put on ice (NYP) OXFORD, Miss.— Calm, polite but shackled to the waist, a Mississippi man charged with sending a ricin-laced letter to President Obama was ordered held without bail yesterday in his first court appearance since being arrested by the FBI.
*  Obama: Not 'rushing to judgment' on chemical weapons in Syria, need 'hard, effective evidence'(NYT)

Kelly Ayotte Confronted Over Background Checks Vote By Erica Lafferty, Newtown Victim's Daughter(Huff Post)
President Obama: In Charge, But Not in Control - Zeke Miller, Time
Why Community Organizing Doesn't Work in WH - James Taranto, WSJ
Don't Buy Right's Slippery-Slope Arguments - Cass Sunstein, Bloomberg
The Art of the Impossible - Thomas Sowell, Investor's Business Daily
Republicans Ignore Black Voters at Their Peril - Jamelle Bouie, Wash Post
Democrats Lose Sequester Battle - Glenn Harlan Reynolds, USA Today
Basketball's Gay Paragon - Frank Bruni, New York Times
Tsarnaev Deserves to Die, But We Shouldn't Kill Him - Mark Salter, RCP
We're Letting the Blood Flow in Syria - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
America Can't End Syria's Civil War - George Friedman, Stratfor
The Last, Best Hope for GOP Neocons? - Alexander Burns, Politico
Why Is There a Hookup Culture? - Dennis Prager, Townhall
FiveThirtyEight: How Immigration Reform and Demographics Could Change Presidential Math http://nyti.ms/12Y4Yz1
The Warnings Behind the Numbers - Steven Rattner, New York Times
Labor Pains Continue Despite Soaring Profits - John Crudele, NY Post
GOP Debt Limit Threat Goes Off the Rails - Jonathan Bernstein, Wash Post
The Coming ObamaCare Shock - Daniel Kessler, Wall Street Journal
Gosnell's Abortion Atrocities No "Aberration" - Kirsten Powers, USA Today
Late-Term Abortions Horrible But Necessary - M. Goldberg, Daily Beast
Unholy Alliance: Obama, Dems & Planned Parenthood - Cal Thomas, FOX
Sarah Palin Is Right About Washington - Margaret Carlson, Bloomberg
The Giant Reparations Scam That Is Pigford - Rich Lowry, National Review
Black Turnout, GOP Denial Both High - Michael Tomasky, The Daily Beast
Southern Whites' Shift to the GOP Predates the '60s - Sean Trende, RCP
The Establishment Is Losing & They're Not Happy About It - Sen. Ted Cruz
Don't Be a Jerk, Senator Cruz - Jennifer Rubin, Washington Post
Time to Intervene in Syria - John Judis, The New Republic
Stay Out of Syria! - Ed Morrissey, The Week
China's Ruthless, Dangerous Foreign Policy - Jonathan Kay, National Post
Collins Proves Bravery Takes Many Forms - Sally Jenkins, Washington PostDebt and Growth - Wall Street Journal
Ill-Considered Syria Advice - New York Times
A Tale of Two Columbia Profs - New York Post
Ignorance By Design in West, Texas - Dallas Morning News
Larry Flynt endorses Mark Sanford http://j.mp/11AmYMZ 

Jon Stewart Mercilessly Slams Syria ‘Red Line,’ GOP Hawks: Did You Learn Nothing From Iraq?

Jon Stewart Slams ‘F@#ktard’ Congress For Only Fixing The Part Of The Sequester That Affects Them

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Law and Order


 This Mayor Has A Gun

100 Years Ago, Mayor Had a Ready Trigger Finger(NYT)

Mayor John Purroy Mitchel, elected in 1913, carried a revolver and sometimes drew it in defense. He also dropped it on occasion.

Albany Special Interests Pot Law
“The fight for saner marijuana laws has a new poster boy in Albany: Westchester Assemblyman Steve Katz.”
The Daily News’ Bill Hammond examines the discrepancy in the punishment handed to Assemblyman Steve Katz for marijuana possession compared with average New Yorkers:  Every pot user should get the same kid-glove handling as Assemblyman Steve Katz
13 Arrested in Alleged NY Sex Trafficking Ring http://dlvr.it/3JcZrF 
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will let the Assembly Ethics Committee to decide whether Assemblyman Steve Katz should remain on the chamber’s Committee on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse after his pot arrest. 

In Its Defense, Police Dept. Cites Laziness of Its Officers(NYT)

To counter claims that commanders created quotas for street stops, officials have contended that they were simply nudging some lethargic officers to be proactive.*NYPD Deputy Chief Testifies In Seventh Week Of Stop-And-Frisk Trial(NY1) * NYPD's Stop-and-Frisk Defense Is Extremely Unflattering to Cops(NY Mag) * As New York City defends its controversial stop-and-frisk policy in court, here's what you need to know(Mother Jones)
. @HuffPostNY giving big play to Len Levitt column: "Ray Kelly's Terror Fairy Tale" http://huff.to/101URoE  http://twitpic.com/cn858c

In Misdemeanor Cases, Long Waits for Elusive Trials(NYT)

Those accused of minor offenses in the Bronx have all but lost their fundamental right to a trial, subjected to such hardship in pursuit of a hearing that it is often easiest to agree to a plea bargain.

Civil Service: Detectives' union bests city in court over pay(NYDN)
Woman clinging to life after brutal stabbing in Brownsville(NYP)
Crown Heights Teen Shooting Victim Drags His Friend to Safety(NY Mag)

Police Trying To Identify Buried Body Found In Queens(NY1)

Bullets fly in Brooklyn police shootout(NYP)
Bullets fly in Brooklyn police shootout (NYP)  A gunman opened fire on cops last night, leading to an exchange of gunfire and a pursuit through the streets of Brooklyn, a police source said. Cops were investigating a crime in Crown Heights when the suspect opened fire on them at around 10 p.m....
Victim in psycho subway slashing sobs as story is retold(NYDN)
Creepy Russian body chopper Sergey Mamonov gets 25 to l(NYDN)
Worker shot inside Brooklyn supermarket(WABC)Cabby can’t hack it, wilts on crash DA’s grill (NYP)  He crashed again — this time on the witness stand. A cabby accused of ramming his taxi into two men rather than drive them from Midtown to The Bronx turned his trial into his own personal smash-up derby yesterday — taking the stand to insist that... 

NYPD investigating death of Bronx toddler(NYDN)

Suspect caught on camera in Manhattan Chipotle robbery http://dlvr.it/3JW5tt  #newyork #nyc

‘Whites only’ at Brooklyn building (NYP) An advocacy group filed suit yesterday against the operators of a Brooklyn apartment building it says turned away black applicants in favor of prospective white ones. The federal civil-rights lawsuit filed by the Fair Housing Justice Center says the...