Thank You
* The Post runs William Shakespeare’s St. Crispin Day speech from Henry V in honor of Memorial Day: * The News quotes Emerson and then writes their own Memorial Day poem in honor of the holiday:
The dead we honor(NYP)The debt we owe our servicemen and women (Wash Post)
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Not Televised or Covered by the Main Stream Media
Results of the Reform Sellouts to Boss Seddio, No Elections
The Unlikely Borough President (City and State)
“First, President Obama got a mandate from the American people,” Liu told the cheering crowd. “Now Senator Eric Adams is going to get a mandate from the people of Brooklyn!” Yet his probable path to Brooklyn’s highest office is surprisingly winding, including stints as a registered Republican, antiestablishment gadfly and upstart challenger to a popular congressman. In May he was named as one of the elected officials who was wiretapped by then state Sen. Shirley Huntley, who was sentenced to a year in a prison for embezzling nearly $90,000 from a sham nonprofit. In 1994 he launched a challenge against then Central Brooklyn Congressman Major Owens, a well-established political figure in the borough. Though Adams was knocked off the ballot in that race, he would make headlines for criticizing Owens and former Rep. Herman Badillo. According to a 1994 story in New York magazine, Adams, then 33, did not appear to be someone who two decades later would have practically the entire political establishment at his back.
“Adams seems always on the brink of inciting controversy,” journalist
Craig Horowitz wrote in New York. According to multiple published
reports, Adams took aim at Badillo, a former comptroller and mayoral
candidate, for having a Jewish wife. “It’s insulting to the Hispanic
community that he can go to the Hispanic community for support, but he
can’t go to the Hispanic community when he’s picking a wife,” Adams said
at the time. Adams now insists that the comment was a “theory” on the state of
Hispanic voters at the time and not a personal opinion or criticism of
Badillo and his wife. Adams also supported the anticrime tactics of the Nation of Islam and
their controversial leader, Louis Farrakhan, according to several
published reports. Adams’ praise of Farrakhan upset members of the
Jewish community who viewed Farrakhan as an anti-Semite. In 1993 Adams
blasted then Mayor David Dinkins for keeping his distance from
Farrakhan.
Simon: “I’ve heard he was a registered Republican"
Brooklyn district leader Jo Anne Simon, a member of the party’s “reform”
wing, did not see Adams’ party switch as an indictment of his
character. “I’ve heard he was a registered Republican, but the mayor was
a Democrat, and I don’t see him doing too many Democratic things,” she
said. “I’m not sure what that says. It’s not a particular concern that
someone has seen the light.”
There Goes the Women's Vote
A year later Adams aggressively defended fellow state Sen. Hiram
Monserrate, a Queens Democrat charged with assaulting his girlfriend.
Monserrate would be convicted of misdemeanor assault and sentenced to
three years of probation. In 2009 the Senate voted overwhelmingly to
expel Monserrate. Adams voted against immediate expulsion, though he
supported a second resolution that would have ousted the senator had he
lost the appeals process and his conviction been upheld.
The Wire Tape Group
An October 2011 trip Adams took to South Korea with Brooklyn State Sen.
John Sampson has drawn additional scrutiny since Sampson was indicted on
embezzlement charges in May. Adams, through his consultant Evan Thies,
refused to provide any further details to the Times Union about the
four-day trip, other than to state that it was financed with campaign
and private funds. Adams also traveled with Stacey Rowland, a lobbyist
for the top Albany lobbying firm Wilson Elser Moskowitz Edelman &
Dicker. Filings show that Adams paid more than $3,000 for the trip out
of his campaign funds. The lobbyist, according to a source, was the
girlfriend of Sampson, then the Senate majority leader and the organizer
of the trip.
“First, President Obama got a mandate from the American people,” Liu told the cheering crowd. “Now Senator Eric Adams is going to get a mandate from the people of Brooklyn!” Yet his probable path to Brooklyn’s highest office is surprisingly winding, including stints as a registered Republican, antiestablishment gadfly and upstart challenger to a popular congressman. In May he was named as one of the elected officials who was wiretapped by then state Sen. Shirley Huntley, who was sentenced to a year in a prison for embezzling nearly $90,000 from a sham nonprofit. In 1994 he launched a challenge against then Central Brooklyn Congressman Major Owens, a well-established political figure in the borough. Though Adams was knocked off the ballot in that race, he would make headlines for criticizing Owens and former Rep. Herman Badillo. According to a 1994 story in New York magazine, Adams, then 33, did not appear to be someone who two decades later would have practically the entire political establishment at his back.
Simon: “I’ve heard he was a registered Republican"
There Goes the Women's Vote
The Wire Tape Group
In Ocean 11 The Rat Pack Tried to Steal From A Casino, In Albany They Tried to Steal the Entire Casino
Albany’s latest stench(NYP Ed) Reports of political rot in Albany keep a-comin’ — with revelations
this week by The Post of probes of top Democrats in a sleazy deal that,
by his own admission, even ensnared ex-Gov. David Paterson.For
starters, the feds are investigating whether state Sens. John Sampson
and Malcolm Smith and others were involved in a scheme to steer a
multibillion-dollar contract to a politically juiced firm, AEG, to run a
racino at Aqueduct Race Track. Since returning to the Democratic fold, Adams has faced criticism for
the role he played in the flawed bidding process to bring casino gaming
to the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. The state Lottery Division in 2010
disqualified a winning bid from the Aqueduct Entertainment Group.
A
scathing Inspector General’s report later that year would call the
bidding process a “political free-for-all” in which lobbyists and
campaign donations slanted the competition toward AEG. Adams, along with several other state senators, mingled with AEG
lobbyists at a “victory celebration” held at the Albany home of Carl
Andrews, one of the lobbyists and a former state senator, according to
the report. During the bidding process Adams also received several
thousand dollars in campaign donations from groups and individuals
associated with AEG. How AEG was ultimately chosen, according to the
report, was a “murky” business: Fisch wrote that he was given
“contradictory accounts of the climax of the process by the ‘three men
in a room’ and Senator Adams.” On this count Adams disagrees, arguing
that Fisch “made what I’m sure was an innocent oversight in its report,
which unfortunately led to misperception.”
Despite the senator’s unconventional history and rumors of
wrongdoing, the son of the congressman whom he attempted to unseat two
decades ago says he thinks Adams is now qualified to be Brooklyn’s next
borough president. “I believe he wants to do really good work, and I think he’s
committed to that,” said Chris Owens, a Democratic district leader in
Brooklyn. “I am shocked he has no opposition, but I’m also very pleased.
There’s long been talk of having a black borough president, so for him
to essentially walk into the position is amazing.” * Senator mum on junket questions (TU)
Albany’s latest stench(NYP Ed) Reports of political rot in Albany keep a-comin’ — with revelations
this week by The Post of probes of top Democrats in a sleazy deal that,
by his own admission, even ensnared ex-Gov. David Paterson.For
starters, the feds are investigating whether state Sens. John Sampson
and Malcolm Smith and others were involved in a scheme to steer a
multibillion-dollar contract to a politically juiced firm, AEG, to run a
racino at Aqueduct Race Track. Since returning to the Democratic fold, Adams has faced criticism for
the role he played in the flawed bidding process to bring casino gaming
to the Aqueduct Racetrack in Queens. The state Lottery Division in 2010
disqualified a winning bid from the Aqueduct Entertainment Group.
A
scathing Inspector General’s report later that year would call the
bidding process a “political free-for-all” in which lobbyists and
campaign donations slanted the competition toward AEG. Adams, along with several other state senators, mingled with AEG
lobbyists at a “victory celebration” held at the Albany home of Carl
Andrews, one of the lobbyists and a former state senator, according to
the report. During the bidding process Adams also received several
thousand dollars in campaign donations from groups and individuals
associated with AEG. How AEG was ultimately chosen, according to the
report, was a “murky” business: Fisch wrote that he was given
“contradictory accounts of the climax of the process by the ‘three men
in a room’ and Senator Adams.” On this count Adams disagrees, arguing
that Fisch “made what I’m sure was an innocent oversight in its report,
which unfortunately led to misperception.”
Albany Vito Lopez Fallout
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Future Still Up In The Air: Daily News Sources
Assembly Democrats privately fear fallout of retaining Sheldon Silver as speaker amid sexual harassment scandal(NYDN) After
two investigations found that he mishandled complaints against former
Assemblyman Vito Lopez, Dems publicly supported him. Many still think he
will stick around, but fears are growing that he will become a campaign
issue for them. With No Heir Apparent To Sheldon Silver, Some NY Assembly Members Stand Above Others * Assembly Speaker Silver's power still reigns Albany (LoHud) * Phil Reisman: There's a reason voters are cynical about Albany (LoHud) * NYS Conservative Party chairman Mike Long supports #TermLimits for #NYS lawmakers. http://on.rocne.ws/12IAGhq * Although the Assembly Democrats have publicly put forward a united front
behind Speaker Sheldon Silver in the wake of the Vito Lopez sexual harassment scandal, there is much “unrest” behind the scenes, and some doubt his ability to hold on to power in the long term. * With No Heir Apparent To Sheldon Silver, Some NY Assembly Members Stand Above Others(NYDN)
Bill Hammond
Jerry Skurnik
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Albany Lobbyists Barons
Lobbyists NY New Permanent Government
Gov-linked lobbyist the wife of the party
(NYP) The wife of a top aide to Gov. Cuomo has been quietly hired by one of
New York’s most aggressive lobbying and public-relations firms, which is
now advertising her connections to Cuomo on its Web site. Karen Hinton — married to State Operations Director Howard Glaser, one
of the governor’s oldest friends and a key figure in Cuomo’s high-stakes
efforts to legalize casino
gambling, bring a new power utility to Long Island, and finalize a
decision on hydrofracking for natural gas — is a “managing director” at
Mercury Public Affairs, which was founded by several former aides and
advisers to Republican former Gov. George Pataki.It is Time for An Update On NY's Permanent Government
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Mayor Race
Mayor Race
NY Mag Chris Makes Predictions That Will Never Come True
Hot Dog Days (NY Mag)
With Weiner in, Quinn drifting, Liu seething, and Thompson and De Blasio dueling, the campaign is about to get warm. for now, weiner helps quinn: "denies her rivals the spotlight…& it takes more time off the clock." (1) Anthony Weiner will own June. (2) The labor unions will flex their muscle. (3) The non-Quinns will attack one another. (4) The candidates will get thinner. (5) John Liu will spontaneously combust. * "Could a Mayor Weiner Pose a Threat to New York City Security?" (American Thinker) * What being a mayoral frontrunner may mean just a few months later(NYT) * Anthony Weiner’s comeback ranks among some of the greatest(WPIX) * The Anthony Weiner Show Does Memorial Day in Queens (NYO) * Mixed Views on Anthony Weiner Displayed on Dov Hikind’s Radio Show(NYO)
* Education Advocates Slam Christine Quinn for Dropping Out of Debate(NYO)
UFT On Picking Winners
RT “@Azi: “We don’t pick winners, we make them,”--@UFT's Mulgrew. http://nym.ag/12IC43E cc: @rweingarten”
* Education Advocates Slam Christine Quinn for Dropping Out of Debate(NYO)
UFT On Picking Winners
RT “
howard wolfson
Last time UFT picked a winner: 89. “@Azi: “We don’t pick winners, we make them,”--@UFT's Mulgrew. http://nym.ag/12IC43E cc: @rweingarten”
While New York makes a prediction or two on the mayoral race. Here’s one for Comptroller John Liu: “(5) John Liu will spontaneously combust. A recent, typical itinerary: up before dawn to read; deliver son to school; eight hours in the comptroller’s office; four campaign stops, dashing from the West Village to Bay Ridge to Sunnyside to Howard Beach for a church pastor’s anniversary banquet that ends after 11 p.m.”
While New York makes a prediction or two on the mayoral race. Here’s one for Comptroller John Liu: “(5) John Liu will spontaneously combust. A recent, typical itinerary: up before dawn to read; deliver son to school; eight hours in the comptroller’s office; four campaign stops, dashing from the West Village to Bay Ridge to Sunnyside to Howard Beach for a church pastor’s anniversary banquet that ends after 11 p.m.”
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Campaign 2013
Campaign 2013
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Bike Share Opening Day
Bike Share Opening Day
They Are Rolling
r NYC’s bike-share program, the
culmination of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s transportation legacy that
includes more than 350 miles of bike lanes in the city, beginsWell, that was fast! First cycle stolen(NYP)
* Brooklyn Heights is up in arms over Citi Bike racks(Brooklyn Paper)*
Out for a First Spin: City’s Bike Share Program Begins(NYT)* New Yorkers took 5,411 trips with an average ride of 20+ minutes by 5 pm on opening day of 
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Cuomo At War With Canada
Never trusted them. RT
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Ticket Tax
Tix ‘deliver’ megabucks to city
(NYP) FedEx and UPS have racked up a combined $2.8 million in city parking tickets in just the first three months of this year.* City set to collect $550 million in parking tickets this(NYDN)_____________________________________________________________________________
Broadway Down
NOT SO GREAT WHITE WAY: Broadway sees 6% drop in attendance from last year as average ticket prices climb to $101(NYDN).
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More Corruption
Feds Put More Heat on Sampson to Make A Deal Open Up Serial Corruption At Carl Kruger's Planning Board 18
Shakedowns Is the Business of Community Board 18th Where the Head of Kruger's Mob Still Rules
What the Daily News uncovered today is how elected officials used Carl Kruger's planning board in Brooklyn to make money
Daily News EXCLUSIVE: FBI investigating retainer fees charged by Sen. John Sampson to businessmen
When
constituents and others asked the Brooklyn state senator for help, he
allegedly made them hire him on as their lawyer, charging fees of
$10,000. Sampson was busted on unrelated charges of embezzling $440,000
in escrow funds to finance a campaign run in 2005. When some people sought the help of Brooklyn state Sen. John Sampson, he allegedly demanded that they hire him as their lawyer. The FBI is investigating whether Sampson broke the law by seeking and
receiving retainer fees from at least two businessmen who sought his
assistance in dealing with the government, the Daily News has learned.
Sampson Makes $$$ Off Opposing One of Planning Board 18 Shakedowns
Bonnie Turano and Clyde Kruger
Turano Named in the Kruger Indictment Is Still Planning Board 18 Manager, Was the One Blocking Auto Dealer Lilaahar Bical, Sampson Client
It
is clear from the guilty plea of Kruger and his lobbyist Lipsky that
Planning Board 18 manager Dorothy Turano was deeply involved in the
Kruger corruption. Yet astonishly she still remains as chairman of that
board to this day. Dorothy Turano, Kruger's longtime companion, chief political
partner and beneficiary, mother of his alleged domestic partner, and
district manager of CB 18 for 22 years, has, at least so far, remains
untouched. When questions were raised about her connections to the
Kruger corruption Seddio cursed out the questioner.
The Planning Board 18th Shake Down Is Their Mission
The federal complaint
states that another developer had put proposed a supermarket and home
improvement store at the Canarsie Plaza site in 2004, but Turano shot it
down, claiming, “Decisions are not made in this community unless they
are presented to elected officials.”
Michael Turano's mother, Community Board 18 District Manager Dorothy Turano, in 2001 opposed
a proposed new mall at Belt Parkway and Flatbush Avenue--apparently the
source of the now-standalone Toys 'R' Us--but later expressed support for the Four Sparrows project as a whole but opposed a Wal-Mart. She was thus in congruence with Malinsky and Kruger. Dorothy Turano, long described as Kruger's companion but now thought by
some to have been a "beard," was not charged. The Kruger federal complaint states that another developer had put proposed a
supermarket and home improvement store at the Canarsie Plaza site in
2004, but Turano shot it down, claiming, “Decisions are not made in this
community unless they are presented to elected officials.”
A year
later, Turano recommended that the board approve Malinsky’s proposal to
build a shopping center at the site, which is now anchored by a BJ’s. Two weeks later, Malinsky sent $5,000 to the bogus company run by Turano’s son, the federal complaint states. Turano, who lives in a gaudy, $2 million home the feds say Kruger paid for with his bribe money, has been beside the disgraced legislator as he rose from Community Board 18 to the state senate. * The Rise of Dorothy Turano(Bay Ridge Journal) * The House Of Horrors, Starring Sen.Kruger, District Manager Dorothy Turano
Brooklyn Daily Said In January 2012
Turano, who lives in a gaudy, $2 million home the feds say Kruger paid for with his bribe money, has been beside the disgraced legislator as he rose from Community Board 18 to the state senate. Nothing Has Happen
The Kruger Crime Family
The New York Times reported 3/20/11 on the curious relationship between Kruger and the Turano family, Mr. Kruger vaulted the Turanos into his spheres of power and influence,
prosecutors say, landing Dorothy a plum job and, later, funneling
hundreds of thousands of dollars into her sons’ bank accounts to finance
a $200,000 Bentley and pay down a $1.2 million mortgage. The Turanos, in turn, provided the senator companionship, and
prosecutors say the brothers helped conceal his growing payoffs from
lobbyists and corporations.
Sampson and Kruger Were Not the Only One Shaking Down in Planning Board 18, the Feds Say Turano and Boss Seddio How Their Own BJ Deal Going
Turano Changed Her Vote On Which Big Box Store She Wanted in Canarsie Plaza
Some Box Stores Are More Acceptable to the Community. Why Dorothy?
The Brooklyn Boss Wants A BJ
In 2007 when a BJ was chosen for that site with a different developer (the developer who the indictment said sent checks to Turaino house) Frank Seddio small business group changed their mind and accepted BJ’s at Canarsie Plaza. The Feds say Kruger partner Michael Dorothy son was delivered the bribe money shortly after the vote. Fidler’s decision not to call for Turano’s ouster could provide an opportunity for further attacks by his GOP opponents, but Storobin has not returned a request for comment on Turano’s situation * Dorothy Turano, Kruger ally and partner, ducks and weaves at CB18 meeting Once the meeting ended, a beefy board member flanked Turano as local powerbroker Frank Seddio, who was Community Board 18’s district manager before becoming an Assemblyman, surrogate court judge and democratic district leader, led her to his car. * “I don’t know what will happen with Carl Kruger but anytime I have dealt with him he has been an honest broker,” Seddio said, adding that he would not turn his back on Kruger now. “I stand on the belief that you stand by your friends. If that is something that would hurt me so be it. I am not going to shrink away from people that I have a relationship with just because some one made an allegation.” * Fidler Staying Out Of Fight Over Kruger Companion [UPDATED ... * Brooklyn Gothic: State Senator Carl Kruger And His Surrogate
Dorothy Turano Cover Up
There is a lot to be learned by investigating how
Seddio used the machine and government to make $$$ and remain in power
in a community with dramatic racial change and his loss of ability to
deliver the vote. Moderator
Mark Fertig asked Seddio and the other candidates running for city council before Fidler lost his senate race, if Planning
Board 18 manager Dorothy Turano should be fired because of her
involvement in the Kruger scandal. Seddio did not only answer the
question but he called Fertig a very inappropriate name.It
is clear from the guilty plea of Kruger and his lobbyist Lipsky that
Planning Board 18 manager Dorothy Turano was deeply involved in the
Kruger corruption. Yet astonishly she still remains as chairman of that
board. In 2007 when a BJ was chosen for that site with a different developer (the
developer who the indictment (charges later drop) sent checks to Turaino house. Frank
Seddio small business group changed their mind and accepted BJ’s at
Canarsie Plaza. The Feds say Kruger partner Michael Dorothy son was
delivered the bribe money shortly after the vote. * Dorothy Turano, Kruger ally and partner, ducks and weaves at CB18 meeting (NYP)
The Planning Board 18th Shake Down Is Their Mission
Brooklyn Daily Said In January 2012
Turano, who lives in a gaudy, $2 million home the feds say Kruger paid for with his bribe money, has been beside the disgraced legislator as he rose from Community Board 18 to the state senate. Nothing Has Happen
The Kruger Crime Family
Turano Changed Her Vote On Which Big Box Store She Wanted in Canarsie Plaza
From
her perch at the community board, prosecutors suggest, Dorothy might
have played her own small part in the Kruger corruption. The federal complaint
states that another developer had put proposed a supermarket and home
improvement store at the Canarsie Plaza site in 2004, but Turano shot it
down, claiming, “Decisions are not made in this community unless they
are presented to elected officials.”
Some Box Stores Are More Acceptable to the Community. Why Dorothy?
After rejecting plans for a retail
development at a vacant site in 2004, Dorothy and the board approved a
similar proposal in March 2007. Within a few weeks, a developer Aaron
Malinsky involved
in the proposal began sending checks totaling $472,500 to Michael’s
(Dorothy son)
bank accounts. The Feds say a check was even delivered to Kruger house
where Dorothy and her sons lived with the state senator. In 2004 Seddio
represented small businesses at Canarsie Plaza who opposed building a
Home
Depot on that site. In 2007 he worked for and pushed for BJs according
to Fertig. The district manager Turano is featured prominently in the criminal complaint,
where FBI investigators accuse her of advocating for developer Aaron
Malinsky’s Canarsie Plaza, a project that Kruger was getting paid to
promote.
The Brooklyn Boss Wants A BJ
In 2007 when a BJ was chosen for that site with a different developer (the developer who the indictment said sent checks to Turaino house) Frank Seddio small business group changed their mind and accepted BJ’s at Canarsie Plaza. The Feds say Kruger partner Michael Dorothy son was delivered the bribe money shortly after the vote. Fidler’s decision not to call for Turano’s ouster could provide an opportunity for further attacks by his GOP opponents, but Storobin has not returned a request for comment on Turano’s situation * Dorothy Turano, Kruger ally and partner, ducks and weaves at CB18 meeting Once the meeting ended, a beefy board member flanked Turano as local powerbroker Frank Seddio, who was Community Board 18’s district manager before becoming an Assemblyman, surrogate court judge and democratic district leader, led her to his car. * “I don’t know what will happen with Carl Kruger but anytime I have dealt with him he has been an honest broker,” Seddio said, adding that he would not turn his back on Kruger now. “I stand on the belief that you stand by your friends. If that is something that would hurt me so be it. I am not going to shrink away from people that I have a relationship with just because some one made an allegation.” * Fidler Staying Out Of Fight Over Kruger Companion [UPDATED ... * Brooklyn Gothic: State Senator Carl Kruger And His Surrogate
Dorothy Turano Cover Up
Sampson (Senator #1) Ratner and Walmart
Still, another look at the complaint suggests some shocking--at least to those who believe what they learned in civics class--behavior from a Senate staffer, apparently at the behest of "Senate Leader #1."
Who's that? Apparently Senator John Sampson (as identified in news coverage), who has had supporters use Forest City Ratner offices for a fundraiser.
Still, another look at the complaint suggests some shocking--at least to those who believe what they learned in civics class--behavior from a Senate staffer, apparently at the behest of "Senate Leader #1."
Who's that? Apparently Senator John Sampson (as identified in news coverage), who has had supporters use Forest City Ratner offices for a fundraiser.
Community Board 18 is hoping to rekindle public interest in the project with a new plan that still includes the auto mall and marina expansion. * New Flatbush Ave shopping center could fit Walmart • The Brooklyn ...(Brooklyn Paper) * Forest City Ratner project in Mill Basin, touched by corruption indictment, "has been withdrawn;" indicted developer had role in City Point, whose lead developer didn't pay bribes but made gifts to Markowitz charities(Atlantic Yard Review)
Everyone Goes the Jail and Teflon Ratner Their Beneficiary Keeps Making Money
Sampson Liquor Store
The partner, Jaichand Singh, was secretly recorded by the bureau discussing the store’s finances, the sources said. Sampson listed himself as a “shareholder” in the store, Gateway Wines & Spirits, on his 2011 financial disclosure form. Yet Sampson is not listed as a principal on Gateway’s state liquor license.
DSCC Tainted $$$
Dems’ ‘tainted’ money(NYP)
In Albany A Bribe Is A Fee If You Are A Lawyer
Since
the state’s Legislature is a part-time job, elected officials who are
lawyers can practice law while they simultaneously enact laws. Albany’s
two top leaders — Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-L.I.) and
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) — are lawyers, and within
the Senate alone, nearly one third of its members are also lawyers. * Despite scandal, Vito Lopez left positive legacy in Staten Island judicial politics http://blog.silive.com/politics/2013/05/despite_scandal_vito_lopez_lef.html … via @TomWrobleski1
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Michael Benjamin
The Weiner Campaign Plan
Weiner Campaign Going Rogue and Around the Tabloids
Update: Weiner disses old nabe(NYDN)
Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner yesterday stiffed Forest Hills voters — the very constituents who elected him to his ill-fated seat in Congress. Weiner failed to show up at the neighborhood’s big Memorial Day parade, causing residents to question whether they would support him — a potential blunder that gave an edge to his chief rival, Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who did attend. * Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner compared his faith to a navigation system in a car whose owner took a wrong turn and needs to “recalculate” in his first visit to a church this campaign, the News reports:
Going Rogue and
Smart Politics
“Adding stops to his day on the fly will be the rule rather than the exception during this campaign,”
Weiner Campaign Spokesperson
Weiner Brings A Washington Trick to NY, Go Around the Attacking Media
“You can just as easily talk to the New York Post but this is much more fruitful” Anthony Weiner to NYP Starts the Mud Fight With An Anonymous Campaign Consultant of A Weiner Rival
No-Wein situation (NYP)Rivals: Gov dig is ‘gold’
maggie haberman
Weiner is trying to re-run his 2005, somewhat below-the-radar strategy. I think - I THINK - that will be harder this time. As Weiner speaks, man in the audience mutters, "Bill Thompson shoulda been here."
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Public Financing No Cure 4 Crooks
Bloomberg and Skelos Use Crook Smiths' Attempt To Game the City Public Funding System to Oppose State Public Financing System
But Read Reason It To Allow Bloomberg $$$ and Skelos to Keep the Dems From Taking Over the Senate
Public elex funding no cure for crooks: MikePublic elex funding no cure for crooks: Mike
(NYP) The crooks running rampant in Albany won’t change their ways if the
state institutes taxpayer funding for election campaigns, Mayor
Bloomberg said yesterday. His stance placed him in direct conflict with
Gov. Cuomo, who has pledged to enact just... A recipe for political corruption(TU) By DEAN SKELOS, Commentary * Cuomo to End Session with Fundraiser Featuring $50,000 Chair Tickets(WSJ)
Debate About Silver's Future
Charmian Neary
This Assemblywoman's unintelligible attempt to defend Silver is a prime example of why Albany is as bad as it is. * NYS Assembly Protecting their own | Rochester Business Journal New York business news and information
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State Could Bring Back Old Lever Machines For Mayoral Runoff(NY1)
BOE: Wrong Voting Machines For Runoff Because of Pay to Play Bribery(True News).
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BOE Voted for a Voter Scanner That Cannot Do the Job. Why?
Christine Quinn's lead in the race for the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor continued to slide, with it looking increasingly unlikely she, or any candidate, will win the primary without a runoff, a poll released Wednesday showed.
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Freedom of the Press
Judge Rejects Bid to Delay CBS' Airing of 'Brooklyn D.A.'
DA foe faces TV reality in court
(NYP)
A Manhattan judge yesterday tossed a last-ditch effort by Brooklyn DA
Charles Hynes’ political adversary to block next Tuesday’s premiere of a
CBS reality show about the DA. Justice Paul Wooten denied an injunction
brought by Abe George, a Democrat.. “A national audience has no idea who Charles Hynes is,” insisted
Susan Zirinsky, the reality show’s executive producer, in court
yesterday. Instead, she said the borough of Brooklyn was the show’s true hero.* 'DA' Show Will Go On(WSJ) A judge ruled that a television
series about Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes's office can air,
turning down the legal challenge of a political opponent who said the
show is "reality TV" that violates state campaign finance law.* Judge Says Reality Show About Brooklyn DA's Office Can Go On(NY1) * New Evidence Could Harm Case Against Abuse Whistleblower (Jewish Week)
Emergence of tape suggests friends of convicted child molester pressured a witness to fabricate claims about Sam Kellner.* Television Review: ‘Brooklyn DA’ Begins on Tuesday on CBS (NYT)
Never a Crime-Free Moment
Never a Crime-Free Moment
A six-part series exploring the Brooklyn district attorney’s office has been challenged in court as a September primary for the job of district attorney approaches.
‘Bad bust’ cop defense
(NYP)
He allegedly browbeat witnesses and railroaded suspects, but the
retired Brooklyn homicide detective with 50 cases now under review
insists he did nothing wrong — and that a killer has been freed. “I’m
standing up for myself because it’s the... _____________________________________________________________________________
GOP Ads War Coming
John Catsimatidis and Joe Lhota To Launch T.V. Campaign Ads* New York's Republican Mayoral Candidates Will Introduce Themselves on TV Soon(NY Mag)* GOP mayoral candidate @JCats2013 oozes condescension. Urges rival @JoeLhota4Mayor to run for lower office instead. * The GOP candidates for NYC mayor will spend millions of dollars in TV
ads just to win a few hundred thousand votes to secure nomination.
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A Stop Weiner Movement?
Sources said state GOP Chairman Ed Cox is part of the push. Kelly maintained that he has no plans to enter politics.(NYP)
Rupert Murdoch
Ray Kelly great public
servant. Only hope of averting disaster for NY. Look at alternatives
lining up to bankrupt city , hobble cops, etc.
A Stop Weiner Movement?
Mark Halperin
Despite/because of A Weiner's entry into the race, a giant # of NYC elites are desperate for a savior candidate including @MikeBloomberg
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Mayoral Campaign
Labor Split
"the labor movement is hopelessly splintered" in#nyc2013 mayor's race, says @NYDNLemire http://nydn.us/12Ix6ny cc
Catsimatidis Releases First TV Ad In Mayor's Race: Republican candidate John Catsimatidis released a... http://dlvr.it/3QxnW3
Cynthia Nixon, on Stage as a Celebrity Activist(NYT)
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Mayoral Campaign
Labor Split
"the labor movement is hopelessly splintered" in
Catsimatidis Releases First TV Ad In Mayor's Race: Republican candidate John Catsimatidis released a... http://dlvr.it/3QxnW3
Ms. Nixon is campaigning heavily for Bill de Blasio in his effort to become New York’s next mayor, just one of many choices that demonstrate her independent judgment.
The race to Gracie Mansion (Daily Kos)
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In Earlier Mayoral Races, Lessons but Little Direction(NYT)
Weiner vs. Quinn: New York City's TMI Primary (The Atlantic)The battle for City Hall will test how much New Yorkers can tolerate knowing about their political leaders. Weiner's sexting, Quinn's bulimia, de Blasio's ex-lesbian wife. The Altantic on NYC's "TMI Primary":
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Ready to Roll
Update For Bloomberg and Bike-Sharing Program, the Big Moment Arrives(NYT)
Questions and Answers on Citi Bike(NYT)
Bikes For City Bike Sharing Program Begin To Appear In Manhattan(NY1)
The Citi Bikes Are Here in Brooklyn Heights!
brooklynheightsblog
* Bike sharing program begins Monday(WABC)
Head case(NYP)New York’s ambitious bike-share program launches this Memorial Day weekend. It’s a joyrider’s dream . . . but one thing’s missing: There are 6,000 bicycles for rent but no bike helmets at the rental kiosks. Looks like a public-health crisis in the making, and one perfect for Mayor Bloomberg. But Mike’s not interested in forcing bikers to wear helmets. To the contrary, he opposes legislation requiring riders to use that all-important safety gear. What happened to our nanny-in-chief? * Bikes rack up protests(NYP) * Is the Citi Bike program necessary? Social Bicycle offers (WABC) * Bulky Blue Citi Bikes Roll Into New York Ahead of Memorial Day Launch(DNAINFO)
Artful bike-share protest in Soho
(NYP) Protests against Citi Bike moved into high gear yesterday. Soho
residents rallied at Petrosino Square, demanding the removal of a
43-cycle station that replaced a public art space in the tiny park in
the square. Dozens of people held signs and...* The Daily News editorial board calls for systematic tracking and sharing of Citi Bike's vital signs: _____________________________________________________________________________
City Beaches Back
Welcome Back
Rallying for flood relief in southeastern Queens(NYDN)- Sandy-damaged New York Aquarium reopens this weekend(WABC)
- NY to raise sand levels on SI in aftermath of
#sandy -
Beach Club Knocked Down By Sandy Opens Its Cabanas Once More(NY1) Teen in Sandy-stricken Brooklyn housing project will be graduating at the top of his class(NYP) Seven months after Hurricane Sandy devastated the East Coast, Cuomo proclaimed that May 26 through June 1 will now be Hurricane Preparedness Week. Schumer and Kelly slam new LadyPreparing 9 Months for the Fruits of a Storm(NYT)
Several New York area hospitals are bracing for an increase in late summer births, which would be about nine months after Hurricane Sandy left many couples without anything else to do.
Liberty security plan
- Citing Danger, Schumer Calls for Scrapping New Screening Plan for Statue of Liberty(NYT)
The Jersey Shore New Couple
Christie snipes at ‘Snooki’
(NYP)
Snooki and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie went toe to toe on the
Jersey Shore yesterday during a Memorial Day weekend media blitz to
showcase the area’s recovery from Hurricane Sandy. Christie frequently
slams “Jersey Shore” — and the wild antics... * As Boozy Invaders Hit Beach, Hamptons Sound Snooki Alert(NYT)_____________________________________________________________________________
Spider Fees
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Harlem Gentrification
At the heart of the struggle for the churches is a contradiction: As Harlem’s fortunes rise, tithing — the traditional source of the churches’ money — is fading away.
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Education
Tuition Protesters Still in Top Office at Cooper Union
Since May 8, students have used the room to spread word about their rebellion against charging undergraduate tuition, eat catered meals and entertain visits from activists.
Bloomberg and Walcott should stop trying block worship in rented school space
Horace Mann Sorry
Horace Mann School apologizes for decades of sexual abuse(NYP)
* Horace Mann Apologizes for Abuse but Won’t Start New Inquiry(NYT) * Bronx Prep School Leaders Apologize For Sex Abuse Scandal(NY1) - Horace Mann Apologizes for Abuse(WSJ)
Teen in Sandy-stricken Brooklyn housing project will be graduating at the top of his class(NYP)
At School Papers, the Ink Is Drying Up(NYT) Fewer resources, lack of interest and the Internet have led to fewer high school newspapers in the city’s public schools.
A Hospital's Future
Perspective: The fate of the Cobble Hill hospital lies in the hands of one person — Gov. Cuomo — says our reporter
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Never Forget
A Tradition of Sacrifice, From Yorktown to Ramadi(WSJ)
It was not the Declaration of Independence that gave us freedom but the Continental Army.
Medal of Honor Recipients
Medal of Honor Recipients
Washington
Monday Update
A Tradition of Sacrifice, From Yorktown to Ramadi - Leif Babin, WSJ
Americans & Their Military, Drifting Apart - Eikenberry & Kennedy, NYT
A Day of Dedication - Walter Russell Mead, The American Interest
No End to Scandals in Sight for Embattled WH - Niall Stanage, The Hill
It's Not Easy Being Barack Obama - E.J. Dionne, Washington Post
President Obama's Scandalous Legacy - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street Journal
The Unexpected Success of ObamaCare - Paul Krugman, New York Times
ObamaCare & the IRS: A Toxic Combo - Tod Lindberg, Weekly Standard
Labor Unions Can Save Lives - Lance Compa, Washington Post
"Austerity" to Blame? But Where's the Austerity? - Paul Gregory, Forbes
Political Ground Is Shifting Under the President - Scott Rasmussen
The Curse of the Dollar? - Robert Samuelson, Washington Post
Self-Made Jihadis: All You Need Is a Meat Cleaver - Margaret Wente, G&M
A Memorial Day Tribute - Rich Galen, Mullings
Our Mixed Message to Veterans on Memorial Day - Al Hunt, Bloomberg
How George W. Bush Really Rolls - Mark McKinnon, The Daily Beast
Groups Flagged by I.R.S. Tested Political Limits on Tax Status(NYT)
Partisan Gridlock Thwarts Effort to Alter Health Law(NYT)
Editorials
The Debt We Owe Our Servicemen and Women - Washington PostEaster in Korea, 1951 - Wall Street Journal
'A' Is for 'Apple' and 'Avoidance' - New York Times
Now the Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense - Investor's
A walk through hell
(NYP)
A somber President Obama toured the wreckage of tornado-ravaged Moore,
Okla., yesterday, walking past piles of rubble and debris that were
once part of a tidy suburb. Six days after the twister, Obama examined
the deadly destruction, which included...Cardinal Timothy Dolan has led the fight against a birth control provision of the new health care law while the archdiocese has been quietly paying for contraception services for unionized workers for over a decade, the Times writes:
McCain Travels to Syria to Meet With Anti-Assad Forces(NYT)
Sunday
In Afghanistan, U.S. Forces Take Step Back(NYT)
Can 44 Subtract 43 From the Equation?(Dowd, NYT)
Unlike the Obama DOJ, the Bush DOJ "openly" requested NYT phone records after Al Qaeda leak: (NYT)
Transparency Not Coming Easy to Obama WH - Parsons & Hennessey, LAT
The Deep Historical Roots of IRS Corruption - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
GOP: Party of Crybabies - Jonathan Bernstein, Salon
President Obama's Split Personality - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
Is the Bush Administration Finally Over? - Maureen Dowd, NY Times
CBS's Attkisson Wins Respect, Recognition - Dylan Byers, Politico
How Does Eric Holder Still Have a Job? - Michael Walsh, New York Post
Wall Street Writes Bills, DC Passes Them - Brianna Ehley, Fiscal Times
America's Suicide Epidemic - Tony Dokoupil, Newsweek
The Education Dept. Censorship Scandal - George Will, Washington Post
ObamaCare's Pleasant Surprise - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Courtesy of ObamaCare, Two-Tier Health Care - John Goodman, Forbes
How ObamaCare Endangers Your Breasts - Kennedy, ReasonTV
New York City's TMI Primary - Garance Franke-Ruta, The Atlantic
Who Are the Real Climate Deniers? - David Solway, PJ Media
We Must Stop Radical Jihad - Karima Bennoune, The Guardian
Keeping the Past Alive, Honoring the Dead - Diana Reese, Washington Post
Graham: Obama is 'tone deaf' on terror(Politico)
Brooklyn Man Charged With Murdering His Ex's Boyfriend http://bit.ly/139pQS2
Walsh: Attorney general is Obama's alter-ego, so his fall would be a defeat and an insult(NYP)
Editorials
'A' Is for 'Apple' and 'Avoidance' - New York TimesHow ObamaCare Could Be Even More Expensive - Chicago Tribune
EPA's Backroom 'Sue-and-Settle' Deals - Washington Examiner
Now the Gibson Guitar Raids Make Sense - Investor's
Dole: Senate is 'bent pretty badly' (Politico)
Dole: 'I doubt' I could make it in today's GOP ((Politico)
Rep. Peter King on "This Week" objects to Obama's "moral tone." Morality, apparently, has no place in discussions of how we wage war.
CBS’ Bob Schieffer Shreds Obama: ‘President Needs To Rethink His Entire Communications Policy’ http://bit.ly/11oNAVj (VIDEO)
Sen. Chuck Schumer is becoming the broker and dealmaker on immigration reform, which would create a path of citizenship for 11 million immigrants, when the bill comes to a vote early next month, the News writes: http://nydn.us/1aluNcX
Saturday
‘Holder’ing the bag
(NYP) WASHINGTON — Attorney General Eric Holder’s fingerprints are all over
an FBI warrant that authorized snooping on Fox News reporter James
Rosen, the Justice Department confirmed yesterday. The FBI warrant that
sought Rosen’s private e-mails as part... MSNBC Guest Skewers White House: They Have This Attitude They Don’t Have To Answer Questions From Journalists http://bit.ly/ZkP82t (VIDEO)Leak Inquiries Reveal How Wide a Net U.S. Has Cast(NYT)
This Is Not 2009 - Charles Blow, New York Times
Why Liberalism Is in Trouble - David Harsanyi, Washington Examiner
White House Press Must Get Back to Basics - Martin Schram, Boston Herald
The IRS Had the Right Idea - Ken Stern, The Daily Beast
Obama Is Particularly Vulnerable to These Scandals - J.T. Young, RCP
How DOJ Fought to Keep Rosen's Warrant Secret - Ryan Lizza, New Yorker
Did Eric Holder Lie in Congressional Testimony? - Ed Morrissey, Hot Air
After Terrorism, Fools Rush In - Will Marshall, RealClearPolitics
LBJ's Gettysburg Address - David Shribman, New York Times
Rand Paul's Hipster Outreach Mofo Party Plan - Nick Gillespie, Reason
Stop Wrecking Lives Over Weed - Paul Zukerberg, Washington Post
A Farmers' Rebellion Lifts California Republicans - Allysia Finley, WSJ
Jerry Brown's Political Reboot - James Fallows, The Atlantic
The Corruption of Traffic Light Cameras - Seth Mandel, Commentary
20 Things I Wish I'd Known When I Was 30 - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Esquire
There Really Aren't Many Atheists in Foxholes - Science 2.0
More on RCP: Morning Commute | Videos | Cartoons | Latest Polls
The Freedom to Investigate - Washington Post
Special Prosecutor for IRS? - Detroit News
Amid Scandals, Obama Looks to Change the Subject - Boston Herald
How to Save Obama's Second Term - The Economist
GOP strategist cut Bloomberg gun-group ads (Politico)
Judge Orders Arpaio to Stop Profiling
The latest blog from@JoeNBC: How not to handle the scandals http://politi.co/10TErhE
Hagel tells West Point cadets they must stamp out scourge of sex assault in military
Manhattan Teen Charged With City's Latest Alleged Anti-Gay Bias Attack http://bit.ly/129RS4o
The latest blog from
Hagel tells West Point cadets they must stamp out scourge of sex assault in military
Manhattan Teen Charged With City's Latest Alleged Anti-Gay Bias Attack http://bit.ly/129RS4o
Michael Powell
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Law and Order
The conviction of Nelson Morales was the third to result from the shooting death of Officer Peter J. Figoski in 2011.
EXCLUSIVE: New Yorkers send in thousands of pictures of annoyances and lawbreakers to 311 complaint hot line http://nyp.st/13TBFOu
New York City EMT fingered for murder after wife found dead in 2008 house fire http://nyp.st/17aMj7t
Thousands Mourn 14-Year-Old Girl Shot Dead on City Bus in Queens
Tears for bus-slay victim, 14
(NYP) The best friend of the Queens teen shot dead on a city bus collapsed
into tears at her funeral yesterday. “I’m gonna really miss you baby,
but I’m gonna hold [your] mama strong,” sobbed Shaquana Almonds, 16.
A line stretched around the block, as...* Recalling a Girl, 14, Laughing, Before She Was Shot on a Bus(NYT) *Police Release 16-Year-Old Being Questioned In Connection With Queens Teen's Murder(NY1) * Teen questioned in Queens bus shooting released
Tot Tossed From Stroller After Botched Robbery in Bed-Stuy, Police Say(DNAINFO)
17-Year-Old Queens Teen Caught With Loaded Gun in Pants, Police Say (DNAINFO)Man Shot to Death in The Bronx (DNAINFO)
Rev warns teens against revenge for D'aja: "God made you in his image, not to be a corner warmer or a sneaker pimp." (NYDN)
Brownstone Brooklyn's $1 stickup guy(NYDN)* Video Captures Men Attacking Teen With Baseball Bat in (NBC)
Kid busted in $1 muggings
(NYP) Police nabbed a freckle-faced teen terror yesterday who allegedly was
sticking up boys for single dollar bills in Carroll Gardens. The bully
allegedly began his spree Monday when he approached a 12-year-old at
about 7:20 a.m. near Court Street and...15-Year-Old Arrested For Mugging Carroll Gardens Teens For $1 Bills
Street violence and social media collide as gangs start (NYDN)
2 Arrested In Bedford-Stuyvesant Gun, Drug Bust - CBS Local http://ow.ly/2x9VPN
Cab ride from hell(NYP Ed)
Chinese takeout
(NYP) The sister of a high-ranking Chinese diplomat was busted for alleged
shoplifting from the Herald Square Macy’s — and her well-connected
family caused a huge scene trying to get her out of police custody,NYPD Searching For Man Accused Of Brooklyn Subway Sex Assault
2-Year-Old Injured During Attempted Robbery in Brooklyn(NBC)
Crooked doc gets 8 years (NYP)
A doctor at the heart of the massive LIRR “gravy train” scandal was
sentenced to eight years in federal prison yesterday for the audacious
$1 billion pension scam — which the judge condemned as “a large pool of
corruption.” Dr. Peter Ajemian, 63,.* Doctor Gets Eight Years in L.I.R.R. Fraud Scheme(NYT)B’klyn drug and gun raid(NYP)
2 Arrested In Bedford-Stuyvesant Gun, Drug Bust(WCBS)
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Figoski slay fiend convicted(NYP)
The ringleader of a burglary crew that gunned down NYPD cop Peter
Figoski was convicted of felony murder yesterday. Nelson Morales, 28,
rounded up the five-man burglary team that broke into the home of an
East New York drug dealer in 2011. - NYPD street stop policy's critics seek big changes(Fox 5)
Police collared a teen for an illegal handgun during a police stop in Jamaica, authorities said. Plainclothes cops spotted Nicholas Morris, 17,..
Suspect In Queens Kidnapping: 'I Made A Mistake': NEW YORK -- A man charged in the brazen abduction and brutal... http://dlvr.it/3QlXct
B'klyn man accused of killing businessman who dated his ex
(NYP) A businessman whose body was found in an upstate ditch after a date
with a Brooklyn woman he’d met online was killed by her ex-boyfriend,
authorities charged yesterday. Mikhail Chernyaev, of Brighton Beach,
was arrested and charged with second... _____________________________________________________________________________
Terrorism
In letter to feds, Kelly raises specter of terror attac(NYDN)
Kenya: UK soldier killing suspect arrested in 2010(NYP)
Fears of a copycat: Uniformed French soldier is stabbed in throat outside Paris(NYP)
3 more suspects arrested in London in brutal killing of British soldier. (CNN)
Protesters Call for Muslims to Leave U.K. (Daily Beast)
