Photos allegedly show bomb that killed three, wounded scores more in Boston Marathon terror attack(NYP)
War Zone at Mile 26: ‘So Many People Without Legs’(NYT) * Boston Marathon bombs: The world reacts(CBS) *About 140
Are Injured in
'Act of Terror'(WSJ) * FBI Uses 'Tripwires' to Nab Bomb Makers(WSJ) * NYPD Steps Up Security In Wake Of Boston Marathon Explosion(NY1) * Bombs at the Marathon(NYT Ed) * NYPD Increasing Security At Prominent Locations Following (WCBS) * Victims Of Newtown Massacre Ran In Boston Marathon To Honor (WCBS) * After Boston bombings, 1,000 cops deployed to landmarks (NYP) World Reaction
Pressure Cooker Also Used in Failed 2010 Times Sq Bombi (NBC)
Bloomberg warned against letting “special interests…shape our security strategies”
Fox quoted as saying three for sure are dead
Explosions occurred about three hours after winners crossed the finish line.
Race was immediately stopped. Quick efforts to treat it as a crime scene
.@Reuters also reports that NYPD is deploying counter-terrorism vehicles around NYC landmarks, including hotels. (Video)
FMR BOSTON POLICE COMMISSIONER WILLIAM BRATTON: As many as 50 injured -- NBC News (Video)
NBC: Law enforcement officials believe the explosion was at least 1 small IED - a homemade bomb.
Both CBS News and CNN now calling this a terrorist attack
MTA: Transit Police Increases Patrols, Bag Checks Following Fatal Boston Bombing; NYPD Increases Security In Subway System
Authorities have shuttered cell-phone service in Boston “to prevent any potential remote detonations of explosives”
Jimmy Oddo
Brings it all back, doesnt it? No matter how many years later...
NYPD to boost security for Five Boro Bike Tour(NYDN)
NYPD to boost security for Five Boro Bike Tour(NYDN)
Coming AttractionWho is most likely to keep us safe?
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Mayoral Flat Polls
Mayoral Candidates are Not Turning On New Yorkers
Candidates Fail to Inspire After 2 Months of Debate
Mayoral Candidates are Not Turning On New Yorkers
Candidates Fail to Inspire After 2 Months of Debate
Good Sign for Weiner After Months of Debates Not One Candidate Has Gained TractionAnother Problem for de Blasio: Staffer Hate Tweets
A staffer in NYC Public Advocate/mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio’s office quickly resigned from his city post yesterday after The Post uncovered a string of his vile tweets targeting Jews, women and cops.
Your hate parade: Staffer shames de Blasio with vile tweets(NYP)A staffer in Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s office quickly resigned from his city post yesterday after The Post uncovered a string of his vile tweets targeting Jews, women and cops. Anthony “Tony” Baker took aim at Jews in particular while using the Twitter handle “Hyman Doodlesack,” including one tweet last year when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at the United Nations. “AIPAC makes me want to be a Nazi,” Baker tweeted March 5 in a reference to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee. Two months later, he tweeted, “I need the best goddamn-Jew-lawyer money can buy!” Baker started in de Blasio’s office as an unpaid volunteer last April, moving up to an administrative assistant on Oct. 19, 2012. He was working part-time, earning $15,600 a year, de Blasio’s spokesman said. He also earned $500 a month as a part-time research assistant for the Fund for Public Advocacy, a nonprofit de Blasio controls. Baker, who also volunteered for de Blasio’s Democratic mayoral campaign, resigned after The Post inquired about the tweets.Anthony ‘Tony’ Baker took aim at Jews in particular while using the Twitter handle ‘Hyman Doodlesack,’ including one tweet last year when Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was at the United Nations. ‘AIPAC makes me want to be a Nazi,’ Baker tweeted March 5.”
Unions Looking for A Winner Not A Candidate That Supports Their Issues
Unions Laying Off Bill’s Mayor Bid
Unions’ case of de Blahs
(NYP)
Bill de Blasio, the presumed labor candidate in the mayor’s race, has a
labor problem. He has yet to receive a single union endorsements — in
part because of his sluggish poll numbers — and several of the city’s
most powerful labor organizations. With his proposal to increase taxes on the wealthy to fund universal
prekindergarten and his vocal support for mandatory paid sick days, de
Blasio seems the natural choice for progressive unions. But so far, no candidate has received the backing of the city’s top
four labor organizations — the United Federation of Teachers, Local 32BJ
of the Service Employees International Union, 1199 SEIU, and the Hotel
& Motel Trades Council. In the most recent Quinnipiac University poll, City Council Speaker
Christine Quinn bested de Blasio, 32 percent to 14 percent, among
Democrats, with Bill Thompson and John Liu getting 13 and 7,
respectively. The reason is that the major unions are hoping to negotiate new and
retroactive contracts with the next mayor and want to put their
resources behind a candidate with a good shot at winning.SPOTLIGHT: MUNICIPAL UNIONS: City & State asks officials to weigh in on public-sector unions [http://bit.ly/YnPT5b]; explores the challenge of expired contracts for New York City’s next mayor [http://bit.ly/ZjqJI6]; and looks at the city’s oversight of outside contractors [http://bit.ly/17ajbI1].(City and State) * Labor’s high on Rx weed(NYP) 
Tracking the Latest Polls(True News)
Democratic Candidates Criticize Disciplining of City’s Students(NYT)
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Quinn's Pay to Play Housing Support
Quinn granted $100,000 in city funds in each of the last three years to a housing advocacy group, so that they can use the money to lobby for more affordable housing, a pillar of Quinn’s mayoral campaign
Quinn granted $100,000 in city funds in each of the last three years to a housing advocacy group, so that they can use the money to lobby for more affordable housing, a pillar of Quinn’s mayoral campaign
Quinn Funds Housing Group With Member Items That Pushers for Her Mayoral Campaign Housing Plan
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City Grant Aids Quinn Housing Plan (WSJ)The City Council speaker's affordable-housing proposal is
attracting resistance from many low-cost housing advocates, but one of
them has become the plan's most active supporter. one of the groups has become the plan's most active supporter. The
Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development has lobbied city
officials on the issue and produced a series of reports warning of the
dangers of losing cheap apartments, laying out the benefits of
permanently affordable housing. The nonprofit group, which has publicly supported permanently
affordable housing for several years, requested $100,000 in city funds
for each of the past three years to advocate for the issue, and the
funds were granted by Ms. Quinn, according to the speaker's office. A
contract with the city says the group—a registered lobbyist that has an
operating budget of about $1 million—must use the money to "convince the
state and city to incorporate permanent affordability" into government
housing policy—the idea on which Ms. Quinn is campaigning.
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Weiner's Keys to City Hall
Strategists Assess What a Weiner Candidacy Would Do to the Mayoral Race(NYT) In campaign offices around the city, aides are awaiting polls that could offer a more precise gauge of Mr. Weiner’s political appeal, should he declare his candidacy for mayor.* In an interview, former Weiner says his wife is giving him a second chance and is hoping that New Yorkers will do the same, as he weighs whether to enter the New York City mayoral race*
Even though Weiner hasn’t yet formally entered the race, the already delcared candidates are strategizing about what they have to do to prevent the former Queens congressman from making it to City Hall.
Second Chance: Weiner Bumpy Road to City Hall
On Monday he did reveal where he stands on two big issues in the current race — he's against creating an NYPD inspector general and wants to continue stop-and-frisk — but of course, those aren't the biggest questions on people's minds. Rather than giving a simple "no comment," Weiner delivered a lengthy rehearsed speech on why he wouldn't be getting into the details of his sexting "out of some respect for the privacy of the people who were at the other end of these correspondences, who had their lives turned upside down." When NY1's Errol Louis gently pushed the issue, a somewhat exasperated Weiner said that none of the women involved were underage, and he probably didn't use public resources to communicate with them ("I can't say with finality yes or no, but I don't believe so.") * Anthony Weiner wants balanced judgment(Politico) * The various mayoral campaigns are still reacting to the news that former Congressman Anthony Weiner might enter the race. In the case of Jonathan Prince, a top aide to former Comptroller Bill Thompson, the situation already involves expectations-setting. “I expect that the first poll that comes out including Anthony will have him in second place,” he said. “He’s got 100 percent name recognition — nobody else comes close to that.”
In an interview, former Rep. Anthony Weiner says his wife is giving him a second chance and is hoping that New Yorkers will do the same, as he weighs whether to enter the New York City mayoral race
Weiner Stated One and One Interviews on NY1 Last Night
* NY1 Exclusive: Anthony Weiner Discusses Mayoral Race With NY1 * To watch
Weiner: Let me say this, here is what I think people need to know. I did these inappropriate things and sent these inappropriate messages with more than one person, several people. And I have been excruciatingly honest, in letter by letter, detail by detail, with my wife. And frankly, a lot of these things are in the public domain. An embarrassing amount is in the public domain…. But out of respect for the idea that I've laid it all out for her and out of some respect for the privacy of the people who were at the other end of these correspondences, who had their lives turned upside down, I am not going to go into the details of every bit of it. I'll let other people do it.
Weiner: That is exactly what I was talking about. I understand that you are asking these questions. I don't want to create a dynamic where the privacy of people is being impinged upon.
Steven Shepard
Anthony Weiner told @errollouis on Monday that he doesn't have a campaign office. He pays rent on one, filings show.
Weiner, Exploring Possible Mayoral Bid, Issues Policy Booklet With Familiar Ring(NYT)64 Ideas Anthony D. Weiner’s policy guide was similar to one he issued before he abandoned a 2009 run for mayor and before his sex-message scandal. Weiner released a 21-page policy booklet on Sunday that he described as a blueprint for keeping New York City “the capital of the middle class.” In anticipation of a potential New York City mayoral run, former Rep. Anthony Weiner released a 21-page policy booklet on Sunday largely drawn from a booklet that he distributed in his previous aborted mayoral campaign in 200 * Schumer dodges Weiner questions(NYDN)* Weiner Reissues Old Policy Guide, Scrubbed of Scandal Reminders(NY Mag)
An Embarrassed Sen. Schumer Repeatedly Declines Comment On Anthony Weiner Comeback Story * Headline of the Day: “The Anthony Weiner-Mark Sanford comeback playbook.”
Joel Siegel
On NY1 Tonight, Weiner opposes an I-G for NYPD - breaking with all other Dem mayoral candidates. Any doubts he's running?
Donald J. Trump
I sure hope the sexting pervert Anthony Weiner runs for mayor. Will be great fun watching him both lose and be humiliated.
City Council Questions and Answers
More on Weiner 2.0 (True News)
Ben Smith
carolynryan
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Campaign 2013
Republican mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota urges Anthony Weiner(NYDN)
"[
Chart shows the jump in Dem voters who "don't know" who they're voting for in
* Alighting on Staten Island, Democratic Mayoral Hopefuls Make Their Appeals(NYT)
Comeback Kim? Ex-City Council candidate may join race(NYDN) The ever-shifting landscape of the 19th District City Council race got
another jolt last week when former Democratic City Council candidate
Kevin Kim admitted he is mulling a comeback.The seat is currently held by Republican Councilman Dan Halloran, who was arrested earlier this month on bribery charges....Why County Would Want to Back Jose Peralta for Borough President | The Barkan Report:
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Queens GOP Civil War Catsimatidis Vs Lhota
Hand to Hand Combat Over Control of the Queens County Chair Endorsement of Catsimatidis
Update Hornak Signed Como Name to A Letter of Support For GOP Leader Ragusa Without Showing It to Him
I want to update you on the letter from our former elected officials that was sent out yesterday. Regrettably, former City Councilman Anthony Como did not have the benefit of seeing the actual letter therefore he did not approve or authorize it before it was sent out. I apologize for putting anyone in a position to defend a statement they did not help craft. This mistake was mine and mine alone and I accept full responsibility and sincerely apologize to Councilman Como.
Robert Hornak. Executive Director
More About Hornak
Robert Hornak who at the same time he was working at the Board of Elections was illegally getting paid by Councilman Dan Halloran through his consultant company Lexington Public Affairs. It is illegal for BOE employees to run a consultant company. Hornak is Executive director of Queens County GOP. His former boss and pal in the Queens GOP party was Vincent Tabone until he quit yesterday after getting arrested the day before
What About the Sworn Papers Filed in Court by Ragusa to Save His BOE Commissioner?
Is DOI, the DA or the AG investigating if the papers were real or forged? Robert Hornak the director of machines for the Board of Election testified in sworn statements to the court that the Queens leadership executive committee members met and voted
Nov. 1 to reappoint Stupp, and that on Nov. 3, Ragusa signed a
certificate saying so. That information was to have been mailed to the
City Clerk and City Council on Nov. 19 -- although apparently neither
envelope ever arrived. Hornak sworn statement said he mail the papers to reappoint Stupp on Nov. 19. to the executive committee.Ognibene
said the gathering at which the organization members supposedly
agreed -- having met at Dante's Caterers on Nov. 1 -- to re-nominate
Stupp would have coincided with "GOP night," which is more of a cocktail
party than a formal party proceeding. "I don’t know if there was ever a
notice" of such a meeting, Ognibene continued. "I think they looked
back and said, 'Where we all together where we can say we did this?'"
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NYS BOE See No CorruptionPols Leave BOE Impotent To Fight Corruption
NYS Has No Investigators to Go After Corruption
The state Board of Elections has received more than 1000 complaints on instances of abuses within the state’s political system in the last ten yers, but has only referred cases to prosecutors six times over that period, the Times-Union writes:
Update Cuomo Wants Enforcement BOE
End Wilson Pakula
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Party Tools Fusion Voting by Minor Parties are Tools for the Democrat and Republican Parties
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Cuomo Machiavelli DanceWorking With Political Corrupt Albany While Fighting Corruption
The state Legislature resumed session yesterday after two bribery scandals rocked the state Capitol earlier this month.
The Albany Machiavelli(NY Mag)
With unmatched political virtuosity, Andrew
Cuomo has so far bent the state capital to his will. But things are
about to get a lot tougher. New York Magazine profiled Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s
“Albany Machiavelli” leadership style. Here’s one part: “‘You think
they’ve got Felder?’ Cuomo said, according to Senate Republicans. ‘I
have the rabbis who Felder reports to! You think you have Klein? I’ll
get Klein to be a Democrat again! You are in power only so long as you
can move progressive measures.’ (Cuomo denies making the remarks.)”* Are Transactional Politics Popular Again?(YNN) * Cuomo's Taxes Cuomo’s ’12 Tax Forms Show Income Similar to ’11(NYT) * Gains, Losses in Cuomo's Tax Returns(WSJ) * Cuomo earned more
than $228,000 from his state salary and investment income and lost more
than $25,000 on the sale of securities in 2012, according to federal
and state tax filings his office made available for review.Cuomo on prospect of Anthony Weiner entering mayor's race: "I have no comment on that. This press conference is over."
Felder Reports Only to His Wife Not Cuomo
Here's a passage from Chris Smith's big Cuomo story in New York magazine about Cuomo's
alleged attitude toward interfering the inner workings of the
legislature, and to Simcha Felder's defection in particular.
"I have my wife and she's the only one I report to."
NYT 's Michael Powell wonders what happened to the old ethics reform crusader version of the governor
The Times’ Michael Powell examines the ethics reforms that the Cuomo administration passed in 2011 in the wake
of the Malcolm Smith corruption scandal. “This legislation,” the governor declared, “will help end an era of corruption in Albany.” Mention ethics reform, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican leader in the
State Senate, and Sheldon Silver, the Democratic Assembly leader, pace
about like suspicious cats with wrinkled noses. And the governor sounds a
bit plaintive of late.” * Headline of the Day: “Is this the part where Andrew Cuomo really tackles public corruption?”
Felder Reports Only to His Wife Not Cuomo
[Cuomo] threatened to blow up the coalition if legislators didn’t cut short holiday vacations and return to Albany so that New York could be the first state to tighten gun laws. 'You think they’ve got Felder?' Cuomo said, according to Senate Republicans. 'I have the rabbis who Felder reports to! You think you have Klein? I’ll get Klein to be a Democrat again! You are in power only so long as you can move progressive measures.' (Cuomo denies making the remarks.)"I emailed the story and quote to Felder's office and got the following response from Felder:
"I have my wife and she's the only one I report to."
NYT 's Michael Powell wonders what happened to the old ethics reform crusader version of the governor
Cuomo's Protecting His Political Friends
Despite the recent corruption scandals in Albany, Gov. Cuomo is not expected to call for a special panel with subpoena power to probe corruption in the Legislature among his expected proposals for electoral and campaign finance reform, the New York Daily News’ Ken Lovett writes If he appoints a Moreland commission he believes he will not be able to get anything done in Albany. The gov plans to use the investigative threats to get Albany to pass election law reforms. Good Luck! It’s unlikely Gov. Cuomo’s plans for ethics reform will include the nuclear option of the Moreland Act Commission to investigate legislative wrongdoing.* Rubén Díaz Says Ethics Reform Should ‘Begin in the Governor’s Mansion’(NYO) *And Speaker Shelly Silver is indeed already skeptical of a Cuomo-backed bill to criminalize failure to report bribery. “We have to see exactly what he has,” Mr. Silver contended. “We’re not going to put a burden on someone who is indefinable. It wouldn’t be constitutional if you did in such a way that was really vague. So, it’s a difficult thing to do, but we look forward to seeing the language and how it works.”
Powell and Jimmy Vielkind Tweet About Reasons Behind Albany's Ethics Failure
Once a Vocal Champion of a Cleaner Albany, Cuomo Appears Plaintive http://nyti.ms/10ZM9rW
Fredric U. Dicker
Having Applauded His so-called Cleaner Albany, Cuomo finds unethical inmates running Albany Asylum. My Gotham: http://nyti.ms/10ZM9rW
Michael Powell
Jimmy Vielkind
Nick Confessore
Bill Hammond
Cuomo is leaving abortion rights advocates and opponents guessing as to what measures he will propose to safeguard abortion rights in New York State, though advocates are confident he will advance a proposal at the appropriate time, Newsday writes: * Beyond abortion trench warfare * The Daily News’ Bill Hammond writes that abortion opponents and advocates should study the murder trial of Philadelphia doctor Kermit Gosnell when debating whether New York should codify abortion rights
2014 Reelection
Rep. Chris Gibson announced that he will not challenge Cuomo in the 2014 gubernatorial election, but believes that the Republican Party has a good chance of defeating Cuomo, calling the governor’s accomplishments “shallow”, the Times-Union writes:
Senate IDC 2014 Coalition?
Fred Dicker takes a look at the Senate Republicans who may be considering retirement or running for another office and what this means for GOP Leader Dean Skelos (the last item).
Cuomo Hits the Magazine Stands, Head First(NYT)
Disabled CutsIn the Times-Union, Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor advocates for the restoration of state aid to the developmentally disabled in the state budget: Advocates for the developmentally disabled fret over the $90 million to service providers in cuts approved in the state budget.
Guns
New provisions for the state’s sweeping gun control law passed in January are due to kick in today, including a ban on loading more than seven rounds into a 10-round magazine.* New York State's Weapons Law Takes Effect(WSJ)
Fed Taxes Reforms Will Cost NY $$$
Cuomo aide Howard Glaser says
Minimum Wage
Labor groups gathered at the Capitol protesting against Walmart’s political influence over the minimum wage bill by making contributions to Senate Republicans for minimum wage subsidies.
Campaign Reform
Cuomo No AG Election Enforcement Power
Medical Pot
Sen. Diane Savino says the new med-mar bill was specifically crafted to increase its chances of passing the Senate, but the governor appears to be its biggest stumbling block.
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Smith's Clean CorruptionThe Kruger Seat
Smith's in the Carl Kruger Seat . . . Next Stop After A Ratting Kruger Cell
Dems move disgraced Smith to the ‘crook’ seat(NYP) Disgraced state Sen. Malcolm Smith was booted from the Independent
Democratic Conference yesterday and shunted into the Carl Kruger dunce
seat. Smith lost all committee assignments and was moved to the same back-row
corner spot in the Senate chamber where the bribe-taking Kruger was
seated before heading to prison on corruption charges.* A MAN WITHOUT A CONFERENCE: State Sen. Malcolm Smith yesterday returned to the Senate floor following his arrest for his role in an alleged bribery scheme, but he was removed from the Independent Democratic Conference (City and State)
Busted For Trying To Bribe Way On To Ballot, Malcolm Smith Once Pushed 'Clean Campaign' Bill(NYDN) The 2011 bill sought stricter enforcement of election laws and public
financing of state campaigns. A similar version is now sponsored by Sen.
John Sampson, Democrat of Brooklyn, who is said to be under federal
investigation. * Malcolm Smith: I Still Have To Serve My Constituents * Malcolm Smith is now a man without a country, but says he can still serve constituent*Smith: ‘I’m Here to Serve My Constiutents’(YNN) * With Smith Gone, Committee Assignments An Issue(YNN) * Senate Dems Unveil Ethics Reform Package(YNN) * On seating chart, Malcolm no longer in the middle
(TU) * Silver questions Cuomo's proposal to require public officials report alleged corruption (NYO) *Silver Plans Campaign Finance Reform Push, Questions Reporting Legislation(YNN) * Good news, New York! It looks like Chicago/Illinois has you beat in the public official corruption department.* No one wants to sit near Sen. Malcolm Smith in the Senate chamber.* Lawmakers Return To Albany For First Time Since Corruption Scandals(NY1) * A week after he resigned from the Legislature, former Assemblyman Nelson Castro’s placards have been removed from his Albany office.
More Malcolm Smith Corruption(True News)
More Corruption
Kallos Accuses Lappin of Engaging in ‘Pay-to-Play’ Politics(Barkan)(TU) * Silver questions Cuomo's proposal to require public officials report alleged corruption (NYO) *Silver Plans Campaign Finance Reform Push, Questions Reporting Legislation(YNN) * Good news, New York! It looks like Chicago/Illinois has you beat in the public official corruption department.* No one wants to sit near Sen. Malcolm Smith in the Senate chamber.* Lawmakers Return To Albany For First Time Since Corruption Scandals(NY1) * A week after he resigned from the Legislature, former Assemblyman Nelson Castro’s placards have been removed from his Albany office.
More Malcolm Smith Corruption(True News)
More Corruption
Liu's High Noon
Trial Tweets:
Sarah Steiner
Liu Trial Jury Selection
Potential jurors rejected from Liu aides’ campaign-finance trial due to negative opinions
Opening statements are scheduled today in the trial of NYC Comptroller/mayoral contender John Liu’s former fundraiser and campaign treasurer
Turned Liu-se: Critical would-be jurors excused(NYP) Several potential jurors were bounced from the John Liu campaign-finance trial yesterday after expressing strong opinions about the Democratic mayoral hopeful — mostly negative. One prospective panelist, former reporter James Bieber, said he thought Liu was “not above board.”One prospective panelist, former reporter James Bieber, said he thought Liu was “not above board.” Another blasted the embattled comptroller’s televised reaction to the fraud charges against ex-campaign treasurer Jia “Jenny” Hou and fund-raiser Xing Wu “Oliver” Pan. “I didn’t like the way he deflected the questions that were asked, and I had the opinion he was probably involved,” James Fuchs said during questioning by the judge.
Liu Aid Sharon Lee Said She Did Not Coordinate With Campaign, Feds Say She is Lying
Liu Trial Starts
Jury selection will begin today in the
trial against Jenny Hou, a former campaign treasurer for New York City
Comptroller John Liu, who was charged with conspiring with another
individual to defraud the city’s campaign matching funds program. Yet another mayoral candidate, Comptroller John Liu, commented on his former campaign treasurer’s upcoming trial, the Post and more:* Liu cuts to the Chase(CrainsNY) The city comptroller takes on Jamie Dimon despite—or because of—his own trouble.* Ex-aides of mayoral hopeful John Liu set to face trial over campaign donations(Huff Post) * Judge: Former Liu Staffer To Be Heard In Straw Donor Trial(NY1) * Former Liu Staffer Expected To Testify On Fake Campaign Donors In Conspiracy Trial(NY1) *
Liu's Muslim Vote
Liu makes inroads with Muslim voters, but it's not much of a contest(Capital)
Liu's Muslim Vote
Liu makes inroads with Muslim voters, but it's not much of a contest(Capital)
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The End of the NY Post 
The New York Post: the game is up for Murdoch's plaything(Wolf, guardian.co.uk) Murdoch's once-mighty tabloid toy is out of time: the new News Corp can't carry the spectacularly loss-making vanity project. The power vacuum in New York
City that will be left by Michael Bloomberg's departure from public
office will likely be compounded by another unfillable hole: the loss of
the New York Post. This joie de guerre has cost Murdoch as much as $80m a year in unstoppable losses – perhaps more than $1bn over 35 years.
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NYU Cooks the BooksNYU Taps DC Legal Ace Amid Heat Over Loans & Pay Problem
NYU’s best defense(NYP) WASHINGTON — NYU is lawyering up. The school has retained one of DC’s
top lawyers, specializing in congressional investigations, to help it
field queries about its multimillion-dollar mortgage-loan program for
faculty and execs, as well as its high.
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GentrificationBedford-Stuyvesant Historic District Triples in Size(NYT)
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Guns High NoonSchumer Fights NRA Concealed Guns GOP Plan
Chuck blasts permit bid
(NYP)WASHINGTON — Sen. Charles Schumer yesterday slammed a Republican plan
that would allow out-of-state gun carriers with concealed-carry permits
to bring their weapons into New York. Republicans are trying to make
concealed-gun reciprocity among the..* Suit targets holes in gov’s gun ban(NYP) The New York State Rifle & Pistol
Association will seek a preliminary injunction in court today to block
several sections of the state’s recently enacted SAFE Act, including a
provision restricting the number of bullets in a magazine, the New York
Post’s Fred Dicker * On Guns, a Mixed Report From the States(NYT Ed) Broad federal legislation is needed to close potentially lethal interstate loopholes. * Schumer Opposes Possible Concealed Weapon Addition To Gun Control Bill(NY1) * Beginning Monday, gun owners will be
prohibited from loading more than seven rounds into their magazines
unless they’re at a range or competition, and owners of assault rifles
and military-style semi-automatic guns must register those guns with the
state, The Journal News reports: *Gun-Rights Group Endorses Bill to Expand Background Checks(NY Mag) * Manchin-Toomey bill inching closer to 60 votes in the Senate(The Hill) * The NRA misfired in attacking
a new television ad by Mayor Bloomberg’s Mayors Against Illegal Guns,
suggesting the gun-toting star is an actor, which he is not. * Joe Baca, the pro-gun California Democrat who was defeated last year because he was targeted by Bloomberg’s super PAC, is running for Congress again.* Senator’s Absence Worries Democrats as Gun Votes Near(NYT)* Justices Refuse Case on Gun Law in New York(NYT) The Supreme Court turned down a case concerning a New York State law that requires people seeking permits to carry guns in public to demonstrate that they have a special need for self-protection. The U.S. Supreme Court turned down a case concerning a New York State law that requires people seeking permits for carrying guns in public to demonstrate that they have a special need for protection, with the justices giving no reason for declining
New bipartisan Federal gun laws in peril because of expanded background checks(NYP)
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Education Hard TestingState’s new Common Core testing standards troubling for both students and teachers
* Before Tougher State Tests, Officials Prepare Parents(WSJ) * Parents Call For Boycott Of New, More Difficult Statewide Tests (NY1)* New York City elementary school students are in the hot seat! State exams set to get much tougher(NYDN) * City Students Begin New Standardized Testing (NY1)
* Parents to schools chancellor: Kids can’t take tests (NY World)
‘Cheating teacher’ claims up(NYP)
New School Takes Shape With Condos Above(WSJ) At a time when many Roman Catholic schools are being cut back, Xavier
High School in Manhattan is expanding with a new six-story wing, adding
classrooms, a gymnasium and recital space.
The Post’s Bob McManus looks back at the tenure of outgoing City University Chancellor Matthew Goldstein, and implores Cuomo to not let Goldstein’s good work “slip away”
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CM USTA Hide GameCowardly council members hide during USTA borough board vote(Queens Crap)
From the Queens Chronicle: The USTA’s proposal reached the Borough Hall-stage of the Uniform
Land Use Review Procedure during a Borough Board hearing on Monday
before it winds its way towards a vote in the City Council and a hearing
before the City Planning Commission. But the gathering abruptly ended with a touch of confusion, as the
various community board chairmen and women and four City Council members
left without conducting a vote due to the lack of a quorum. The unusual move was propagated by a dearth of the 12 eligible voters
needed, falling short by one City Council member. The math for a quorum
calls for at least one person more than half of the 22 eligible voters
in the USTA’s case. A dozen would have put a vote through — a vote the
USTA may have lost.
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MTA Free Cards
The Next Stop Project is hoping to gather discarded subway fare cards and combine leftover balances to distribute to needy people. * M.T.A. Bars Group From Soliciting MetroCards in Station (NYT)
In the Post, Nicole Gelinas, a contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, examines Christine Quinn’s proposals on how to fix New York City’s transportation system* New MTA Chief Warns of Another Fare Hike in 2015(NYT)
Gauging the Habits of Passengers Underground(NYT) The daily seating calculations of subway riders have been recorded for academic use, as part of an observational study.
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MSG Barclay Tax Breaks?
EXCLUSIVE: Madison Square Garden cries foul over attempt to strip company of annual $16M state tax break(NYDN) *
Barclay
"Night of the living tax break": Forest City Ratner big beneficiary of canceled but operating ICIP(Atlantic Yard Review)
USTA
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WTC Broken Fees Promise
9/11 Memorial goes back on its word, charges reservation fee; victims' families furious(NYP) * National 9/11 Memorial Charges Reservation Fee For Advance Passes(NY1) * Service Fee At 9/11 Memorial Angers Some Victims’ Famil(WCBS) * 9/11 memorial charging reservation fee(Fox 5)
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Bike Share
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Sandy
Report: City may leave Sandy vics homeless(NYDN)NY1 Online: Housing Secretary Discusses Sandy Relief(NY1)
After Hurricane Sandy, Homeowners Elevate Property(NYT)
City extends Coney Island lease agreement(NYP)
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Room With A Bathroom View
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Jackie Robinson Teammate Ralph Branca Reflects On Anniversary
Baseball marks 5th annual Jackie Robinson Day: Baseball is holding its fifth annual Jackie Robinson Day...
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Times Square Muppet Gangs
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Media
Late Night Hosts React To Boston Marathon Bombings
The 10 Absolute Worst Media Reactions To The Boston Marathon Bombings http://www.mediaite.com/online/the-10-absolute-worst-media-reactions-to-the-boston-marathon-bombings/ … (SLIDESHOW)
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Washington
Immigration Bill Is Likely to Ignite Fierce Debate(NYT)
Immigration Bill Opens Path for Workers(WSJ)
Leading POLITICO this morning -- What Obama's learned about talking about terror, via (Politico)
A Perfect Day, Then the Unimaginable - Kevin Cullen, Boston Globe
We Must Confront, Defeat Acts of Evil - Joe Fitzgerald, Boston Herald
Bombings Shatter National Sense of Safety - David Lauter, LA Times
A Psychological Shock for America - Charles Krauthammer, FOX News
Obama Vows "Full Weight of Justice" - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Lawyer, Judge Erupt in Anger in Gosnell Trial - Joe Slobodzian, Philly Inq
Gosnell and Reproductive Care - Andrew Rosenthal, New York Times
From Roe to Gosnell - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Abracadabra on Guns - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Fact-Free Crusades on Gun Control - Thomas Sowell, National Review
Cookies & Baseball Bats at High Court - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Bernanke Swamps the Gold Bugs - Rick Newman, U.S. News & World Report
QE's "Paper" Recovery Going Up in Flames - John Crudele, New York Post
Dr. King's Righteous Fury - Jonathan Rieder, New York Times
What the NYT's Op-Ed From Gitmo Left Out - Geoff Earle, New York Post
A Tough Blow - But a Tougher Town - Scott Lehigh, Boston Globe
The Pursuit of Liberty Is a Marathon - Dr. Keith Ablow, FOX News
Videos: Footage of Blasts | Obama | Hume | Matthews | McCaul
Terror in Boston - Wall Street Journal
Bombs at the Marathon - New York Times
After Attack, Fellowship Must Prevail - Boston Globe
Get the Cowardly Bastards Who Did This - Boston Herald
Leading POLITICO this morning -- What Obama's learned about talking about terror, via (Politico)
We Must Confront, Defeat Acts of Evil - Joe Fitzgerald, Boston Herald
Bombings Shatter National Sense of Safety - David Lauter, LA Times
A Psychological Shock for America - Charles Krauthammer, FOX News
Obama Vows "Full Weight of Justice" - Alexis Simendinger, RealClearPolitics
Lawyer, Judge Erupt in Anger in Gosnell Trial - Joe Slobodzian, Philly Inq
Gosnell and Reproductive Care - Andrew Rosenthal, New York Times
From Roe to Gosnell - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
Abracadabra on Guns - Richard Cohen, Washington Post
Fact-Free Crusades on Gun Control - Thomas Sowell, National Review
Cookies & Baseball Bats at High Court - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
Bernanke Swamps the Gold Bugs - Rick Newman, U.S. News & World Report
Dr. King's Righteous Fury - Jonathan Rieder, New York Times
What the NYT's Op-Ed From Gitmo Left Out - Geoff Earle, New York Post
A Tough Blow - But a Tougher Town - Scott Lehigh, Boston Globe
The Pursuit of Liberty Is a Marathon - Dr. Keith Ablow, FOX News
Videos: Footage of Blasts | Obama | Hume | Matthews | McCaul
Terror in Boston - Wall Street Journal
Bombs at the Marathon - New York Times
After Attack, Fellowship Must Prevail - Boston Globe
Get the Cowardly Bastards Who Did This - Boston Herald
Rubio in immig bill push(NYP)
What Would Thatcher Do? - Robert Merry, The National Interest
Family Meltdown - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
The Antisocial Network of Bitcoins - Paul Krugman, New York Times
The Trouble with the Press, Part 1: Religion - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics
Gosnell Case Raises Troubling Questions - Timothy Carney, DC Examiner
Why Gosnell Hasn't Been on Page 1 - Melinda Henneberger, Washington Post
This Is What Illegal Abortion Looks Like - Katha Pollitt, The Nation
Would It Be "News" If Gosnell Used a Gun? - Derek Hunter, Townhall
Gitmo Is Killing Me - Samir Naji al Hasan Moqbel, New York Times
With Immigration, Rubio Puts a Lot on the Line - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Andrew Cuomo: The Albany Machiavelli - Chris Smith, New York Magazine
Global Warming Consensus Is Cracking - Lawrence Solomon, National Post
Rodman defends Kim Jong Un's missile threats, says he's returning to N. Korea Aug. 1((NYP)
Newtown's Call to Reason on Guns - E.J. Dionne, Washington PostThe Republican Advantage - Charlie Cook, National Journal
America Needs an Alternative Maximum Tax - John Cochrane, WSJ
Cowboys and Eggheads - Bill Keller, New York Times
Sunday Panels: This Week | FTN | FOX News Sunday | Meet the Press
Unofficial diplomat-at-large Dennis Rodman is heading back to North Korea.
A World of Cheap Money - The Economist
The Immigration Puzzle - Chicago Tribune
A Different Model for Sale of Recreational Marijuana - Denver Post
The Hillary Clinton Standard - New York Post
Politico has a quiz on how well readers know New York’s own U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
‘The Hypocrisy Is Mind-Boggling’: Scarborough Tears Into ‘Class Warrior’ Obama For His Low Tax Rate
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Law and Order3 Year Wait for Murder Trial
Bronx's Court Delay Mess
Courts in Slow Motion, Aided by the Defense(NYT) Douglas G. Rankin, with his reputation for late arrivals, frequent postponements and courtroom filibusters that drag out the judicial process, is an example of how defense lawyers often use time as a weapon to win their cases.
Mistrial in 'Cleaver Slay' case
(NYP)
A mistrial has been declared in the murder trial of cleaver-swinging schizophrenic David Tarloff.* Mistrial Declared in Killing of Psychologist(NYT) * Jury deadlocks in NYC therapist killing trial(Fox 5) 
Woman charged with murder after allegedly running over boyfriend(NYP)
Probe opens into court clerk union spending(NYDN)Stuy HS Sick Plot
2 busted in sick plot to allegedly rape, torture women and children - share connection with convicted 'cannibal cop'(NYP) * Two Men Accused of Plotting to Kidnap and Torture Women(NYT) * Former Stuyvesant Librarian Among Two Arrested In Alleged Plot To Murder Women(NY1) * Two More Are Accused of Plotting to Kidnap, Torture and Kill Women(NYT) * Stuy HS librarian shocker(NYP) * Ex-Stuyvesant HS Librarian Arrested in Kidnap, Torture(NBC) Stop and Frisk Trial
The NYP says the Stop and Frisk trial is Clearing the cops
NYPD oversight plan is needless(NYDN)The
election-year brainstorm to add another layer of administrative
bureaucratic oversight to the NYPD will serve absolutely no purpose
other than to give some recent college graduates with criminal justice * In the Daily News, Heather Mac Donald, a
contributing editor to the Manhattan Institute’s City Journal, writes
that the federal trial on stop-and-frisk should include more examination
on how the tactic prevents violent crime: * Image released of suspect in Park Row sex assault(WABC) * Woman Sexually Assaulted Near City Hall Park in Manhatt(NBC)* Survey on Gun-Carrying Youth Adds Fodder to Stop-and-Frisk Debate(NYT)
Man shot, killed in his Brooklyn home(NYDN)
Cops: This is a perv(NYDN)NYPD Tragedy
NYPD tragedy: Policewoman kills her baby, beau and self(NYP)Sources: Off-Duty Officer Killed Boyfriend, Child In Apparent Murder-Suicide(NY1)
Ray Kelly says he’ll spend the rest of his tenure working on education and improving technology at the NYPD.* Off-Duty Officer Killed Boyfriend, Their Year-Old Son and Then Herself, Police Say(NYT) * Two Killed by Officer(WSJ)
Man Sought in 3 Brooklyn Rapes in 2 Weeks(NYT)
Family’s fury over 1975 slay reversal
(NYP)
Relatives of an 8-year-old girl who was raped and slain in 1975 are
furious over last week’s release of the Bronx man who was convicted of
her murder.Two Men Accused of Plotting to Kidnap and Torture Women(NYT)
Russian mob ran poker games for celebs: Feds (NYP)
Federal authorities in New York say members of Russian organized crime
ran high-stakes poker games attended by professional athletes,
Hollywood celebrities and Wall Street titans.* Agents Raid Gallery in Carlyle Hotel in Gambling Investigation(NYT) * Feds: Alleged Organized Crime Ring Ran Poker Games For Rich And Famous (NY1) Again, Tarloff Jury Reports Deadlock(NYT) The judge said the trustee waited to intervene far too long after the New York attorney general first moved against a hedge fund manager who steered client money to Bernard Madoff.
2 arrested in rape torture plot connected to 'Cannibal Cop' (NYDN)
Mob Funerals
‘Coffin’ up blood
(NYP) Dozens of surveillance photos showing New York mobsters hobnobbing at a
succession of funerals spanning two decades are key evidence in the
Mafia double-murder trial of a Gambino capo in Brooklyn federal court. Brick victim foiled attacker's thefts: files(NYDN)
Queens teen girl clinging to life after being attacked with a brick when she foiled assailant's car break-in(NYDN)
Cops hunt for sicko caught on video raping 2 teens(NYP)
Charles J. Hynes
Brooklyn father, son will go to jail for beating black cat to death with broomstick http://soa.li/WnU1FXB #StopAnimalCruelty
Good news, New York! It looks like Chicago/Illinois has you beat in the public official corruption department.
Suspect Sought In Alleged Brooklyn Rape Pattern(NY1)City Hall Assaul
