NYT Yesterday
NYP Today
Book 'Em Danno
The Post’s Bob McManus argues that there can be no real reform against public corruption until investigators address the current legislative leadership and their obvious conflicts of interest
NYP - There will be no real reform until Bharara, Lynch & Co. address the current legislative leadership and their obvious, egregious, conflicts of interest. And it wouldn’t hurt for the governor to bring less rhetoric and more example to this issue. There’s no room for ethics — nor for ethical people — in this mess.
So why be surprised when the skeezy back-benchers who predominate declare, Hey! I’m going to get mine! Bob McManus believes corruption in Albany starts at the top, and calls out Cuomo for his taxpayer funded pro-business ad campaign.
NYT “It will take more than public shaming to the Albany crowd to do things right.”
NYT Should Call for the Moreland Commission
NYT "encourage the prosecutors to keep probing — and listening"
Corruption in Albany(NYT Ed)
The indictment of yet another politician by federal investigators is one way to clean up New York’s rancid state government. Public financing of campaigns is another.
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Huntley's FBI Sting
Shirley Huntley also taped Melvin Lowe, former consultant of AG Schneiderman.
BREAKING: Huntley taped John Sampson, Eric Adams, Ruth Hassell-Thompson, Jose Peralta, Malcolm Smith, Ruben Wills and Velmanette Montgomery.
Wow, Unsealed court document shows Sen. Huntley invited colleagues INTO HER HOME at FBI behest to get them on tape.
* Whoa. Among NY politicians secretly recorded was
Adams gov' office said to contact campaign, campaign spox phone off. Emailed. Peralta spox promises comment shortly http://politicker.com/2013/05/ongoing-investigations-revealed-against-more-new-york-lawmakers
* State Senator Taped 7 Elected Officials in Corruption Inquiry(NYT) * Largely Unknown DSCC Consultant Cleared $300k In Last Year(City and State) * Hassell-Thompson’s office referred a call for comment to the Senate Democrats’ central press office * Remembering Melvin And Curtis(YNN) * .@CM_RubenWills left Council meeting early escorted by security; refused to answer questions. * Sen. Adams: I've not been contacted by feds, believe "deeply in
transparency and the pursuit of justice," cites 20 yrs in law
enforcement. * Three lawmakers, recorded by Huntley, deny wrongoing (TU) * Schneiderman source calls Huntley fingering them "ridiculous." AG indicted Huntley & Lowe worked for tons of pols * Peralta: ‘Confident’ He Did Nothing Wrong(YNN) * Assemblywoman Vivan Cook, who allegedly went on shopping sprees with
disgraced politician Shirley Huntley (and has not been charged), said her home was burglarized Monday night.* A classic video from Sen. Eric Adams, retired NYPD officer, on how parents can spy on their kids. (Yet he didn’t find Huntley’s wire).* Sen. Malcolm Smith’s lawyer confirmed his client spoke with Huntley in 2012, but insisted he’s “confident that there wasn’t a word spoken about criminal conduct.”* Assemblywoman Connected to Disgraced Pol Shirley Huntley Reports Burglary(DNAINFO) * #NYSenate's
Ruth Hassell-Thompson said she lunched w Shirley Huntley but never
"did we discuss anything inappropriate, improper or illegal" * What Shirley Huntley’s Wiretap List Means for Two Borough President Races(Barkan) * Mood Grim In Albany As Names Of Pols Recorded By Huntley Released (NY1) * Seven Elected Officials Caught on Federal Probe's Wire Tap (DNAINFO)
Letitia James Considering Brooklyn BP Race After Eric Adams Tapings: Sources(NYDN) * .@Tish2013 "I am absolutely running for Public Advocate. Rumors to the contrary are unfounded."
Nick Reisman
Sen. Eric Adams says he has not been
"contacted" by an investigation, which is different than simply saying
he's not under investigation
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Silver Staff Wants A JCOPE Cover Up
NYT: Legislature demands ethics regulators edit Assembly Speaker’s staff out of Lopez sex harassment report. (NYT)
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Only Morland Will Work
Why Is Everyone Afraid in Calling for Moreland?
The NYT and NYP Call for the Feds to Lock Up Albany Without Calling on the Governor to Appoint A Moreland Commission Makes No Sense. 32 Pols have been arrested since 2006. What is the magic number before the papers begin calling for Moreland? Do New York Have A Right to Have Their Democracy Restored? * Cuomo Holds Out Threat of A Moreland Commission To Probe Corruption
Cuomo's Brain-Washing Economic TV Ads
New Yorker Voters Has Dumb Down to the Point of Accepting Corruption
The NY Voter and progress have a breathtaking tolerance for corruption in the Empire State. And, in fact, New Yorkers expect very little from their elected leaders, at least in terms of public integrity, and rarely are they disappointed.* Moynihan: Defining Deviancey Down Defines Albany, City Hall and NY Politics(True News)
True News Tuesday Wags the NYP on NY's DA's Who See No Corruption
Why Are NYC District Attorneys Not Indicting Pols?
DA Johnson Worked With the US Attorney on the Recent Bronx Arrests
Why is it always up to the federal government?
Insiders describe it as an inherently “political animal” that can often have trouble indicting members of the party—which in New York City is the Democratic Party—that controls who serves in the local legal system. To some extent, every Democratic district attorney has close relationships with Democratic Party leadership. For example, Hynes had to recuse himself from the investigation into Vito Lopez’s alleged sexual harassment of his staffers. Lopez, of course, is a former party boss that knows Hynes very well.
Today's NY Post DA Church Mouses
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Sampson Mole
Those papers also disclosed for the first time that Sampson's mole -- federal paralegal Samuel Noel -- later became a cooperating witness for prosecutors investigating the Brooklyn senator after Noel's betrayal was uncovered last year.
Sampson Meets With His Mole
The
documents filed by prosecutors also reveal the 46-year-old
Brooklyn resident Noel last September secretly pleaded guilty to a
misdemeanor
charge for having accessed accessing an internal Justice Department
computer in 2011 in an effort to help Sampson get confidential
information about investigations. "On a weekend day in either August or
September 2011, Noel received a
phone call from Sampson asking if they could meet," court papers
unsealed today said. "When Noel met Sampson, Sampson asked Noel, in
substance, whether Noel knew if Sampson's name had come up in an
investigation being conducted by the [US Attorney's Office]." That
investigation was of a Sampson legal client named Edul "Eddie" Ahmad, a
Guyanese businessman under investigation for a massive mortgage fraud.
"Noel responded in substance that he did not know the answer, but would
attempt to find out."Sampson also asked Noel to learn the names of
people who were cooperating with the probe of Ahmad, according to the
filing. That
information would have been of keen interest to Sampson, who
prosecutors claim had obtained an undisclosed $188,500 loan from Ahmad
to help cover up his alleged embezzlement. * For Democrats, Corruption Arrest Is One More Barrier to Control of the State Senate(NYT)Albany Gets Out of Town
All the Feds Have to Do is Turn One Elected Officials and They Find Corruption
Inquiry Adds 6 Officials Taped by Ex-Legislator(NYT)At least six officials are the subjects of a criminal investigation,
substantially broadening a case that has led to accusations against
Senator John L. Sampson.
6+ New Huntley Tap Names Coming Out
In response to a petition filed by
journalists, a federal judge will unseal a document this afternoon that
contains the names of nine people who were recorded last summer by
former state Sen. Shirley Huntley, six of whom are elected officials, the Times-Union writes * Judge Orders Unsealing Of Docs With Names Of Lawmakers Recorded By Former State Senator(NY1)
The Leaders of the Court Know That Foreclosure Appointments Are Political
Appointments Keep the Queens Machine Alive
The indictment of state Sen. John Sampson has led the state Office of Court Administration to launch a review of how foreclosure sales are handled, after Sampson allegedly embezzled over $400,000 from the sales of foreclosed properties, the New York Daily News writes * Stunned by the indictment of state Sen. John Sampson, charged with embezzling $440,000 from sales of foreclosed properties, the state Office of Court Administration launched a review of how foreclosure sales are handled.
Sen. James Sanders, who replaced Huntley in the Senate, slams elected officials who “snitch” on their colleagues.
Son of a snitch(NYP) “There are few among us who can stand up to 20, 30, 40 years [in jail]
without, as the streets call [it], snitching,” Sanders said. Recording
conversations for law-enforcement, he added, is “even more tragic if
you’re trying to buy down your sentence by ensnaring others.” Doing
that, Sanders insists, “proves you have no honor.” You read that right: A state “lawmaker” is saying it would be
dishonorable to help collar fellow “lawmakers” even when they’re
suspected of being law-breakers. We wonder how many of Sanders’ colleagues share his view. Does Gov.
Cuomo? Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver? Republican Leader Dean Skelos?
Independent Democratic Conference head Jeff Klein? Don’t expect them to answer that, of course. In Albany, omerta rules.* James Sanders Clarifies ‘Snitching’ Stance Regarding Corruption http://fb.me/KLyRa7ErAlbany's Closed Reform
During a state Senate hearing on New York City’s campaign finance system, the Senate’s sergeants-at-arms would not allow members of the public into the hearing room, saying the room had reached capacity despite a smattering of empty chairs
Senate Hearing On NYC Campaign Finance System Goes Out The Window(NYDN) The New York Public Interest Research Group reports
more than 100,000 actual violations of state campaign finance laws
since 2011, including campaign committee failures to file accurate
reports, or any reports at all.As many as 2,318 campaign finance reports required of these political clubs were not filed* “Something was missing at a public hearing held by the State Senate on Tuesday to examine New York City’s campaign finance system: the public.”
Public Hearing in Albany Is Held Without the Public(NYT)
Public Hearing in Albany Is Held Without the Public(NYT)
At a State Senate public hearing on Tuesday about campaign finance,
members of the public were not being allowed into the hearing room.* A report released by The New York
Public Interest Research Group showed that political candidates and
committees in New York have racked up at least 103,805 violations of
state campaign finance law since 2011, Gannett Albany reports * Good Gov't Groups Upset About Being Shut Out Of State Senate Hearing On Campaign Finance Reform(NY1) * Klein and Carlucci OpEd in favor of the IDC’s campaign finance reform and ethics proposals.* "It does not help matters that the previous lead sponsor of a public financing bill was John Sampson" * Protesters, shut out of hearing, throw cash - Times Union
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Kruger Rasputin Connection
Rasputin Debt Relief Fraud
Rasputin Supper Club owner nailed for ‘fraud’
(NYP)
It could be “do svidaniya” for the Rasputin Supper Club after the feds
busted its owner yesterday on brazen fraud charges and filed suit to
seize the swanky Russian-themed Brooklyn hot spot. Michael Levitis, 36,
is accused of masterminding a scheme that soaked the down-on-their luck
through a crooked debt-relief agency he opened in the wake of the recent
financial crisis. Brooklyn Club Owner’s Debt Agency Cheated Clients, U.S. Says(NYT) * Feds Say Debt Settlement Company Officials Ripped Off Debt-Ridden People(NY1) _____________________________________________________________________________
Mayoral Campaign
Weiner's congressional record: heavy on stuff for his district, light on major legislation
As Anthony Weiner considers a bid for mayor of New York, his congressional career—abruptly cut short by a sexting scandal in the spring of 2011—provides a window into how the Democrat might govern. As former Rep. Anthony Weiner considers entering the New York City mayoral race, a look at his legislative record in Congress shows a politician who focused on local issues in his district at the expense of producing significant legislation.
Ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner was an outspoken advocate for – and opponent to – many things while he served in Congress, but he was the lead sponsor one just one bill that was signed into law – a 2010 measure aimed at reducing cigarette sales-tax evasion. * Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer was overheard saying that if he runs for office again, it needs to be an office that demonstrates his willingness to “work my way back up.”* "Why the ‘Mark Sanford=Anthony Weiner’ equation doesn’t add up" (Wash Post)
However, Council speaker is wrong to erode admission rules
Christine Quinn was the only mayoral candidate not to promise to pick an educator as the next schools chancellor. [Erin Durkin]*
As Candidates Vow to Hire Educator as Chancellor, Quinn Keeps Options Open(NYT) * .@ChriscQuinn: @Dan_Halloran is too busy defending himself to serve his district http://capi.tl/ZQ9FKy cc
Christine Quinn was the only mayoral candidate not to promise to pick an educator as the next schools chancellor. [Erin Durkin]*
As Candidates Vow to Hire Educator as Chancellor, Quinn Keeps Options Open(NYT) * .
Catsimatidis Liberal
Outsiders in Race for Mayor Are Irritating Their Better-Known Rivals(NYT)
John A. Catsimatidis, the billionaire businessman, picked up an
endorsement by the Liberal Party, and Sal F. Albanese, a former city
councilman, accused two rivals of misusing taxpayer dollars.* Mayoral Candidate Says Clintons Have Used His Private Jet(NYT)
Liberal Party Backs Catsimatidis for Mayor(WSJ) * GOP Mayor Candidate Catsimatidis Picks Up Liberal Party Endorsement(NY1)
Are party lines for sale in NYC? Liberal Party asked Catsimatidis to finance petition drive to get on ballot line:
Thompson Picks Up Backing of a Fiscal Repairman(NYT)
Richard Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor known for righting wobbly institutions’ finances, has beco
Quinn Criticized By De Blasio At Mayoral Forum On Education(NY1)
Liberal Party Backs Catsimatidis for Mayor(WSJ) * GOP Mayor Candidate Catsimatidis Picks Up Liberal Party Endorsement(NY1)
Are party lines for sale in NYC? Liberal Party asked Catsimatidis to finance petition drive to get on ballot line:
Michael Barbaro
George McDonald
.@jcats2013 Do you "feel guilty" running Republican? RT Catsimatidis gets Liberal Party Endorsement http://bit.ly/11QFbWI @joelhota4mayor
Richard Ravitch, a former lieutenant governor known for righting wobbly institutions’ finances, has beco
Quinn Criticized By De Blasio At Mayoral Forum On Education(NY1)
Albanese Criticizes 2 Elected Rivals Over Office Staff Hiring(NYT) Sal F. Albanese accused Christine C. Quinn, the City Council speaker,
and Bill de Blasio, the public advocate, of having hired political
operatives at taxpayer expense as they readied their own campaigns for
mayor. New York City mayoral candidates
Republican John Catsimatidis and Democrat Sal Albanese, are managing to
get under the skin of their opponents despite remaining longshot
candidates themselves
NYT Should Ask Where is the Mayoral Forum on NYC's Unemployed
Four Legs Are Good(NYT Ed)
Five
candidates running for New York City’s mayoral race try to outdo one
another in compassion at a forum on animal rights. Who loves pets the
most? The Times explains some of the New York
City mayoral candidates’ positions on the topic of carriage horses in
Central Park and Midtown Manhattan* At One Forum, Mayor's Race Goes to the Dogs (and Cats and Horses)(WSJ) * “I’m going to make news tonight,” mayoral hopeful Joe Lhota said on AM 970 yesterday
when asked if he’d ban horse carriages in Central Park. “Quite
honestly, there are ways to do this without horses. You can have
carriages with motors in it if you want … The smell that they drop
there, is unfortunate. The smell on Central Park South is also
unfortunate … I will get rid of the horses.”
Why John Liu May Be Sticking It Out | The Barkan Report:
Stop and Frisk and the Mayor's Race
Officials Divided on Police-Stop Drop(WSJ) Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said a recent reduction in street stops was a reflection of the deterrent effect of stop-and-frisk, while City Council Speaker Christine Quinn drew a different conclusion
Data Shows Dip In NYPD Stop-And-Frisks(NY1) * Mayor Michael Bloomberg and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn draw
opposite conclusions from statistics that show crime went down at the
same time police conducted fewer stop-and-frisks. [Tamer el-Ghobashy and Joe Jackson]* Mayor Bloomberg: Stop-and-frisk is lowering NYC crime, need for searches (NYDN)
Mr. Lhota regrets art flap(NYDN)At a New York City mayoral forum last
night, Republican candidate Joe Lhota said he regretted waging war with
the Brooklyn Museum over a dung-covered painting of the Virgin Mary
while serving as Rudy Giuliani’s deputy mayor * Republican mayoral candidate Joseph Lhota said
if he could turn back time, he would not have waged war with the
Brooklyn Museum over a dung-covered painting of the Virgin Mary while
serving as Rudy Giuliani’s deputy mayor. * Joe Lhota: "I have no interest in seeing the resurrection of the deceased Liberal Party in New York State." [Michael Howard Saul]* UPDATE: NYC Mayor hopeful Joe Lhota apologizes for calling Port Authority police "mall cops * Angry Response to Lhota’s Flip Remark Prompts His Apology(NYT)- * Joe Lhota is learning slowly not to call police ‘mall cops’ if he wants to be mayor. (NY Mag)
- *Angry Response to Lhota’s Flip Remark Prompts His Apology (NYT)
Michael Benjamin
Wonder why school bus strike & new
bid routes aren't discussed at mayoral education fora? Didn't some sign
letter supporting ATU & the EPP?
Brooklyn DA candidate
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Mayoral Real Estate
Saving Midtown Developers
Saving Midtown East (NYP) Don’t look now, but the city’s future as a premier center of commerce
is in grave danger: A good chunk of its central business district,
Manhattan’s Midtown East, is rotting, and no one has lifted a finger to
stop it. At least, not until now. Last month, Mayor Bloomberg’s
staff finally moved to breathe new life into the commercial heart of the
city by officially floating a plan to update zoning laws there. _____________________________________________________________________________
Two new private Broadway Triangle developments unfairly(NYDN)
Gonzalez: Hudson Yards lags in affordable housing(NYDN)Sandy
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Six months after superstorm Sandy shut down much of Lower Manhattan, reminders of the destruction linger on Water Street, where half the shops and restaurants remain closed, their windows papered over.
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Frustration remains, even though New York City has one of the most aggressive antimold programs in the country. * At Hurricane-Ravaged Seaport, New Forecast Calls for Glitter Rain(NYT)
Hit hard by Hurricane Sandy, the neighborhood will be the center of a program of concerts, films and pop-up shops during the summer. * Manhattan Store Repays Far Rockaway Resident For Her Efforts Collecting Dresses For Sandy Victims(NY1) * Subway service to return to Rockaway in June(NYDN)* ._____________________________________________________________________________
Education
A Village Voice intern explains the backstory to the Cathie Black emails.* The Times’ Jim Dwyer details the long battle of one journalist to get the Bloomberg administration to release embarrassing emails about the appointment of former Schools Chancellor Cathleen Black: http://nyti.ms
"The dispute over these e-mails has lasted nearly 10 times as long as [Cathie Black's] chancellorship."
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NYC Government
Sick Days
New York City set to pass paid sick days plan(WABC)
City Council Holds Vote On Paid Sick Leave Bill (NY1)
Update: City Council Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill(NY1)
The NYC Council voted 45-3 to pass a paid sick leave bill
City Council Passes Paid Sick Leave Bill, Faces Bloomberg’s Veto(NY Mag)
Guns
Filmmaker Michael Moore thinks Mayor Bloomberg’s crusade against illegal guns is “wonderful.”
Brunch
The "War on Brunch" may be lifted. [Jennifer Fermino]
Council Fearlessness
There may be "a new fearlessness" among City Council members in the waning days of Quinn's speakership. [Colin Campbell and Jill Colvin]
Bike Lanes
Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t think his successor will have the “nerve” to roll back bike lanes in NYC.
Cornell Tech
City Council Gives Approval To Cornell Tech Campus On Roosevelt Island
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NYS Gambling
The Senate GOP’s casino plan, which is still being drafted, protects the Seneca Nation of Indians’ three casino investments in the region by honoring a decade-old compact between the state and tribe to keep new Las Vegas-style casinos from locating in a large portion of the region.*
When it comes to casinos, the TU says, Cuomo “is asking New York to buy into a game where the rules have yet to be explained and the payout is a mystery. Who’d take a bet like that?”
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Stealing Parkland Again
Efforts by the tennis association to take over the plot of land have been fiercely opposed by local residents. * Expanded Willets Plan to end committee review(Queens Crap) *Fake park advocates think fake parkland swap is great(Queens Crap)
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Toxi Gowanus
Red Hook residents object to Gowanus Canal cleanup plan(Fox 5)
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NYC Wi-Fi
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MTA
After Mr. Bloomberg joked that he had a 50 percent chance of seeing the Second Ave. subway open before he dies, MTA spokesman Adam Lisberg issued this cheeky statement yesterday: “We hope and fully expect Mayor Bloomberg will live a long and healthy life, which means that he can celebrate his 75th birthday by taking a ride on the Second Ave. subway.”
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Bike Share Memorial Day
Mayor Says Bike Share Program May Be Running By Memorial Day(NY1)_____________________________________________________________________________
Brooklyn Navy Yard
The idea driving the project was to bring together a variety of creative
people and have them share equipment that would be too costly for them
on their own.
The Fat Man No More
WH shot grows as he shrinks(NYP) * Weight Led Governor to Surgery(NYT) * Interactive Feature: The Personal and the Political on a Candidate’s Diet * No Easy Path to Slimness, Patients Say of Procedure(NYT)
Ad Criticizes Christie's Late Show Appearances(WSJ)
A new television spot from a liberal political advocacy group seeks to turn Gov. Chris Christie's talent for making quips on late-night TV on its head, the latest in a growing advertising war in this fall's race for governor.* Gov. Christie Discusses Weight Loss Surgery, Says Decision (WCBS)
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Media
Layoffs Hit The Daily News: Today is layoff day at The Daily News , reports Capital NY , who put the nu... http://q.gs/4EjAQ
Daily News Digital ‘Restructuring’ Includes Big Layoffs(NY Mag)
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Washington
A new Defense Department study shows the numbers rising to alarming levels. And all the while, the Pentagon’s credibility is sinking.
In the Daily News, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman writes that replacing the acting director of the Federal Housing Finance Agency is crucial to ending the country’s foreclosure crisis and providing relief to homeowners
Can Obama Avoid Lame-Duckery? - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles TimesObama's Rising Inequality - Peter Ferrara, The American Spectator
Dems Freaking Out on ObamaCare. Good. - Jonathan Cohn, New Republic
Mark Sanford Completes His Comeback - Alex Roarty, National Journal
Clinton's Candidacy May Ride on Benghazi - Chris Stirewalt, FOX News
America's Military Injustice - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
The Madness of Liberal Moralizing - Heather Mac Donald, New York Post
Zero Hour for Obama and Congress - Huey-Burns & Simendinger, RCP
Why the Public Is Skeptical of Immigration Bill - Byron York, DC Examiner
Gabriel Gomez, a New Kind of Republican? - Greg Sargent, Washington Post
Operation Smear Benghazi Whistleblowers - Michelle Malkin, Townhall
Scandal Returns, But Did Republicans Lose Cred? - Alex Seitz-Wald, Salon
Huckabee: Obama Lied to the American People - Jonathan Easley, The Hill
Chris Christie: Fit to Be President? - Marc Ambinder, The Atlantic
Graduates, Your Ambition Is the Problem - Roger Pilon, Wall Street Journal
Al Gore's Golden Years - Steve Fishman, New York Magazine
Dems Didn't Want to "Count All the Votes" in 2000 - Megan McArdle, DB
Editorials
Stock Rally Is Disconnected From Wage and Job Growth - USA TodayObama's Benghazi Lies Begin Unraveling Today - Washington Examiner
WATCH: Diplomat Gregory Hicks Describes Night Of Benghazi Attack In Excruciating Detail
House Should Block Internet Sales Tax - Orange County
Former President Clinton says his wife is “having a little fun being a private citizen for the first time in 20 years,” and hasn’t mentioned 2016 to him.
For 1st time ever, black voter turnout rate in a prez election exceeded white turnout rate http://pewrsr.ch/11kayy1
Man Charged In Alleged Attempted Rape Of 13-Year-Old Girl http://bit.ly/15qhQlb
Hillary Clinton is in Beverly Hills tonight.
Former US official describes 2 a.m. call from Secretary of State in middle of Benghazi attack
Al Gore's Golden Years (NY Mag) The almost president has become the ultimate Davos Man, a moral entrepreneur and richer than Mitt Romney. 
The Daily Beast Reporter Eli Lake Hilariously Destroys Anti-Israel C-SPAN CallerMan Arraigned On Charges Connected To Alleged Queens Sex Assaults http://bit.ly/1912IXA
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Law and Order
Kid-sex arrest
(NYP) Police arrested a man for allegedly forcing a 7-year-old to perform
oral sex and groping another girl in South Ozone Park, Queens, on May 1,
police sources said. Lee Samuel, 25, has been charged with forcible
touching and other sex crimes * Police Want To Question Men Seen In Video In Connection With Possible Bias Attack http://bit.ly/190RTVI
Columbia ‘hate’ rap(NYP)A Columbia University football player has been charged with a hate
crime after an altercation outside a campus dorm building last weekend,
cops said. Chad Washington, 19, was arrested yesterday over the incident early Sunday morning. He grabbed a 19-year-old Asian man on West 113th Street and made ethnic slurs while threatening to pummel him, police said.Accused gangbangers in fatal Bx. shooting ordered held without (NYP)
Brooklyn Starbucks ex-employee sexually harassed by male(NYDN)The parents of police shooting victim Kimani Gray plan to sue the city. [Oren Yaniv]
Thief steals girl’s cellphone in Bronx; police seek tip(NYT)
'Killer Nanny's' lawyer insists she's crazy, unfit to stand (NYDN)
Bail denied in Bronx teen slay(NYP) The two gangbangers accused of fatally gunning down an innocent...
Mothers Convicted of Felonies May Get Chance to Stay Out of Prison(NYT)
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A new effort announced in Brooklyn will allow a carefully chosen group of women who plead guilty to felonies remain in their own homes instead of serving their sentences in jail.
Terrorist
Detainee’s Appeal Cites Long Wait for a Trial(NYT)
Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani’s appeal comes amid continuing debate over whether the criminal justice system is the proper place to try terrorists.
Worcester police chief pleads for someone to step forward with cemetery plot for dead Boston bombing suspect(NYP)
