A Shameful Era In Journalism - Enough

With 5 Weeks to Go the Papers Cheaply Politicize Their A Lists Reports










 NYP Wastes Dicker in A Repeat Attack on Spitzer

Spitzer again refuses to answer point-blank question about ‘girlfriend’(NYP)


 
 Now the NYT Has Dowd Campaigning for Quinn

Who’s That Candidate in the Teal Toenail Polish?(Dowd, NYT) Even Maureen Dowd can't make Christine Quinn interesting. "It matches my campaign literature, that's the point of it!" @Quinn4NY tells @NYTimesDowd of her teal toenail polish. * ICYMI: Anti-Quinn group got $320K above legal limit http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20130804/BLOGS04/130809963 …



NYT Join the Sex Police Hit Weiner and Spitzer
.@FrankBruni: "Weiner is the poster boy for a subspecies of lawmakers who are really noisemakers."
When Politics Catches Up With ‘Portnoy’(NYT) The summer of the Jewish political sex scandal and what the high hols mean for Spitzer/Weiner
 

City Council to Hold Hearing On Cable But Not Closing Hospital in Brooklyn

1. Stop Christine eQuinn‏@stopchrisquinn5m
   . @ChrisCQuinn will hold hearings on CBS, but lets Brooklyn hospitals close. #LICH #Interfaith #StVincents @countryboynyc @TWCable_Insider
   

   Christine Quinn - Moving On Up Video

Daily News Milking Weiner's Leathers
Sydney Leathers: Anthony Weiner constantly spoke of City Hall dreams during phone sex(NYDN) 'The people of New York love me': Anthony Weiner boasted of his political prowess to Sydney Leathers, who promises her new porno will be out by Sept. 10 primary
Weiner: Well, hey, at least I'm not a thief and didn't vote to extend term limits! (NYDN) * Weiner backer to sexting pol: Keep your head up (NYDN) * Anthony Weiner, Eliot Spitzer and the death of shame (BBC)

Mayor's Race 2013: Truth Lost

First the Newspapers Cover Sex and Not the Real Mayoral Issues
Not Special Interests Will Use Super PACs to Atack Each Other

Super PACs in New York City to spend millions of dollars to sway local elections(NYDN) Super PACs, political committees with no direct ties to candidates, are shelling out cash to influence this year's municipal elections. Critics say the practice 'spits in the face of campaign finance rules.'

Pay-up time for Brawley: '87 rape-hoaxer finally shells out for slander

Bill Thompson met Dov Hikind Friday night at his home in Brooklyn

Thompson Ties To The Company That Mis-Managed Closing Interfaith Hospital
Thompson’s ties to Kurron raise questions about his attentiveness to detail, judgment, and choice of associates. (WNYC)

In late June, Al Sharpton and four citywide candidates—Bill DeBlasio, John Liu, Scott Stringer and Letitia James—led a demonstration in Bill Thompson’s home territory, the Bed Stuy section of Brooklyn, where he lived all his life until 2004. They were protesting the mismanagement of Interfaith Medical Center, the last remaining hospital serving the neighborhood. Interfaith had filed for bankruptcy months earlier and was still run by managers from the company, Kurron Shares of America, that had led the death march. Had Thompson come, he would have been protesting against his own one-time business associates. In 2010 and 2011, as the hospital plunged toward bankruptcy, Thompson was serving as a paid member of the advisory board of a Kurron sister company, working intimately with the owner – a man named Corbett Price who’d been his friend since the 1990s and whose family, employees and firm have donated nearly $20,000 to Thompson campaigns, starting with his first race in 2001.

Someone Got Rev. Flake AIG?
Flake backs off Spitzer endorsement (NYP) Floyd Flake supports Stringer, then Spitzer, then neither

De Blasio candid about the Weiner Effect: his scandal is de Blasio's salvation: 

De Blasio Asks City to Address Its Inequalities(NY

1. Norman Oder ‏@AYReport 2m

   @mikiebarb Somehow @deBlasioNYC escapes scrutiny for his slipperiness on #AtlanticYards, see comments http://queens.brownstoner.com/2013/07/de-blasio-on-development-we-need-to-drive-the-hardest-bargain-possible/ … @BKcolin @Azi

Vito Lopez Campaign Mailer Rewrites History With Doctored Photo Featuring Hillary Clinton(NYDN)

Some people couldn't believe their ears when they heard Vito Lopez had launched a City Council bid after fleeing the state Assembly over a sexual harassment scandal. Based on a new campaign mailer suggesting he's got Hillary Clinton's support, they may not want to believe their eyes either.
NYC Comptroller John Liu pledged to stay in the mayor’s race even if the CFB denies him matching funds.

New York City Had a Violent Friday(NY Mag)

Results of New Testing Standard Could Complicate Bloomberg’s Final Months(NYT)

Rookie cops shoot 14-year-old dead after teen shot at fleeing man in South Bronx*NYP)

Teenager Shot and Killed by an Officer on Foot Patrol in the Bronx(BTR)

A Bounty, But No Mutiny

NYT is Racing While NYers Are Dying
Today the NYT write about a A Race Like No Other. A read who would assumes that they are writing about the 2013 mayoral race, would be wrong.  It is an editorial about the America's Cup boat race. In face there beside sex stories they is nothing in today's papers to inform the city's residents on the candidates they must choose from in 38 days to run their city.  As New Yorkers on dialysis who use the closing LICH Hospital to clean their blood look to stay alive we learn from the NYT from their summer homes in Martha Vineyard that a catamaran that, at top speeds and racing downwind, seems to fly above the water.  


The New Tammany Grows As More and More New Yorkers Become Unenlighten to What is Really Going on in Their Government

As a single mother shops for back to school supplies to send her son to a school that will fail to teach her son, the NYT writes This year’s America’s Cup finals — featuring a new, high-tech boat design.  As the growing city unemployed or under employed search for ways to feed and house the families the NYT worries that a rich mans boat race is become lackluster.  As gangs of criminal party leaders and lobbyists led by Hank Sheinkopf (Video) run campaigns of future elected officials who will in time wind up in prison. 

The NYT is Spokespaper and Gatekeeper for the New NYC Tammany Hall

The media makes no effort to go beyond the press releases written by professional liars which are spun to deceive New Yorkers so they and their permanent government friends in banking and real estate can continue to loot the city's budget for their personal gain. Very soon a someone who lives in the shadows of a closed Interfaith will in an ambiance while waiting for or being transported to a far away hospital.  NYT Boston Globe bought for $1.1b, sold for $70m
93% Loss

Only One Man is Willing and Has the Power to Take On the of NYC New Tammany Hall

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara


Now the NYT Has Dowd Campaigning for Quinn

Who’s That Candidate in the Teal Toenail Polish?(Dowd, NYT)

Saturday's NYP Sex Report

Fellow candidates: El, no, we don’t cheat(NYP)

Now the NYP a bunch of lying reporters expects candidates who cheat to tell them the truth.   All of These people are professional liars” They spin and report on solutions that are unworkable in the real world and promise new services that their no money for

Vying for NYC controller spot, Eliot Spitzer ignores questions about having a girlfriend as wife Silda is absent from campaign trail

The Media's Hang Up With Sex Has Robbed New Yorkers of the Ability to Know Who the Candidates Running for Mayor Really Are and What They Will Really Do As Mayor

Weiner Adopts Tougher Tone (WSJ) *  Liu Won't Leave Race Over Campaign Finance Board Decision(WSJ) * Anthony Weiner Is Not Hanging On to Any Sexting Souvenirs(NY Mag) * Weiner Assures He's '100 Percent Not' Sexting Anymore, Annoyed That People Are Still Badgering Him About It  (VIDEO)

The Daily News Forgot to Say That This Years Lulu's Were Tied to Support for Quinn's Council Run

A lulu of an idea (NYDN ED)

City Council Speaker Christine Quinn doles out the moolah one more time. For a final time in eight years as City Council speaker, would-be mayor Christine Quinn has just handed favored members the biannual cash payments called lulus. Here is one more argument for imposing an inspector general on the municipal legislature.

The New Political Operatives: Whining and Tattling and Leaking to the Press(NYO)

Former $187,000-a-year NYCHA board member gets new job in same agency (NYDN)

Margarita Lopez was one of two full-time New York City Housing Authority board members whose jobs were eliminated last month. Lopez now has a new gig at NYCHA, but bureaucrats are mum on her new salary.

Maher Panel Rips Fox’s ‘Concern-Trolling’ On Black Crime, Jay Z Battles Barney Frank Over Stop-And-Frisk

Police Look For Shooter Who Grazed 10-Year-Old Girl In Queens

Next Week the NYP Will Demand A Puritanical Trial For Spitzer and His Girlfriend

Eliot’s lame ‘duck’ on affair rumor: Spitzer refuses to say if he has a lover(NYP)
Unfaithful to the truth(NYPEd)
Just hours after this page ticked off the many examples of ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s hypocrisy, the hooker-loving candidate for city comptroller reminded us how he also can’t be candid: He refused to say whether he’s seeing another woman (presumably one who doesn’t charge by the hour) — while still being married. * The Weiners and Spitzers were all over tonight's edition of Entertainment Tonight.



Sex Police NYP Wants Spitzer Prosecuted on the Racist Mann Act

Eliot Spitzer: Confessed criminal(George Marlin,NYP) In the Post, conservative author George Marlin calls Spitzer a “confessed felon”, and points out the various laws he violated while serving as governor, including hiring a prostitute and violating the Mann Act. In October 1912, Jack Johnson was arrested under the Mann Act. It is generally acknowledged that the arrest was racially motivated, and that the "prostitute" in question was actually his girlfriend, whom he later married. A presidential pardon was requested in 2009 because he was the only one convicted by the Mann Act.

Is the Post Become A Weekly?
The paper keeps repeating every day the same attacks on Spitzer, Weiner and Councilwoman Inez Dickens who wants to be the the new speaker






Stand By Your Woman
The Post’s William McGurn argues that the national focus on Weiner’s inappropriate behavior is an uncomfortable reminder of the personal antics of former President Bill Clinton

Coming to an Old Friend’s Aid, With an Eye on the Clinton Image(NYT)
Clinton loyalists have rushed to assist Huma Abedin, herself a top Clinton aide and Anthony D. Weiner’s wife. Advisers for Hillary Clinton have helped Anthony Weiner’s wife, Huma, navigate the circuslike atmosphere surrounding his campaign while remaining protective of the Clinton brand from spillover damage * The Clinton Team Is Closer to the Weiner Campaign Than They’d Like to Admit (NY Mag)

The biggest Weiner of all (NYP) The comparisons to the Clintons' make sense The New York Times reported that a top Hillary Clinton aide, upon hearing about Anthony Weiner‘s latest indiscretions “was enraged and proceeded to berate Mr. Weiner, saying he would ‘reach through this phone’ and ‘pull out’ his throat, adding an expletive, according to a participant on the call. *Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said he is “100 percent not” having any online relationships with anyone now, that he “deleted everything” and that he does not think Hillary Clinton is annoyed with him, NBC 4 News writes:

Weiner Trying to Control the Press
Are the Clintons' Responsible for Weiner No Longer Talking to Press Gangs? 1 on 1
 Running out of mayoral debates avoiding the press, scolds the media after an audience scolds his rivals for attacking him

Boos at Mayoral Forum but Not for Weiner(NYT) At a mayoral forum in southeast Queens, Weiner fended off personal attacks from Republican candidate George McDonald and Democratic opponent John Liu as the audience warmed to his persecuted persona *
watch: rival calls @AnthonyWeiner a "self-pleasuring freak"; gets booed. http://bit.ly/13H6rWY 
He’s ‘High’ on Weiner: Rent guy McMillan endorses Anthony for mayor(NYP)  Fake 'Interns Wanted' flyers for Weiner's campaign * watch: @JohnLiu2013: "i certainly will not be talking pictures of myself."  * McDonald's spokesman had a different defense: "Sure, stick to the issues … those are getting a lot of coverage."* Anthony Weiner Attacks Backfire At Queens Forum(Huff Post) * Interns in the Age of the Employment Selfie (NY Mag)

New Weiner Manager

NY1 Political ItCH Alert: Anthony Weiner Hires New Campaign Manager(NY1)  Anthony Weiner reveals that he has hired Camille Joseph to run his campaign. Joseph worked on the re-election campaign of President Barack Obama and served as a legislative assistant to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.

Reporters overrate DC sources, says Nate Silver: “You’re being spun by someone. These people are professional liars”

Nate Silver likens newspapers to Ivy League universities: prestigious, but now we admire the drop-outs

New York Today: Up All Night(NYT)

Mayoral Hopeful Thompson Takes 24-Hour Tour Of Five Boroughs(NY1)

Live blog: Mayor candidate Bill Thompson is still out on his now-more than 24-hour campaign marathon http://bit.ly/13A7ZSH 
Thompson Stumps Before City's Graveyard Shift Workers http://bit.ly/1cl5lJV * Friday news dump: Bill Thompson, Dem mayoral candidate, earned $727,000 in 2012, $734,000 in 2011. *  Thompson donated 0.65 percent of his 2012 income to charity. Zero percent in 2011.


Does Not Look Good For Liu Public Matching Funds

Lui Supporters Protesting At the CFB
Board Advised to Deny Liu Public Funds(WSJ)
The New York City Campaign Finance Board sent the campaign of mayoral candidate John Liu a letter recommending that he be denied public matching funds, though the reason why is unknown * Queens Week: John Liu Has High Popularity Among Some Queens Voter Report: Campaign Finance Board Aims To Block Liu's Funds (NY1) Liu vowed to stay in mayoral race despite the Campaign Finance Board’s move to deny him matching funds because it found problems with his donations *
Campaign Finance Board Aims To Block Liu's Funds (NY1)


NYP Says de Blasio Public Funded His Own Day Care

While a member of the City Council, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio allegedly had employees in his Council office watch his son and daughter at the office after school, while de Blasio insists he watched his kids himself, the Post says *  Bill de Blasio Finally Gets a Scandal of His Own * Michael Mulgrew, the head of the city’s teacher’s union, sure knows how to deliver the snark on Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for touting his independence from the union. “I am surprised he would have found our endorsement such a potential threat to his independence,” Mr. Mulgrew said, “particularly since he was on my calendar so many times earlier this year, many of our staff members thought he had an office in our building.” * Courting Hispanic Voters, in Spanish(NYT)
 LICH Lawsuit Update

1. Brooklyn Daily Eagle ‏@BklynEagle 3m

   #Brooklyn power players join LICH lawsuit: Six civic organizations join de Blasio against SUNY Downstate. #savelich http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/brooklyn-power-players-join-lich-lawsuit-2013-08-02-193300 …

Rudy's Pro Lhota Pac

Three former advisers to former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani formed a political action committee, New Yorkers For Proven Leadership, to help GOP mayoral candidate Joe Lhota, with Giuliani possibly helping raise money, the Post reports: http://bit.ly/1cvfanc * NY1 Online: Lhota Lays Out Plan To Become Next Mayor

While the longstanding African-American Amsterdam News newspaper endorsed Julie Menin over Harlem Councilman Robert Jackson in the Manhattan borough president’s race. A source says the paper also backed Bill Thompson for mayor, Scott Stringer for comptroller, Tish James for public advocate, Melinda Katz for Queens borough president and Ken Thompson for Brooklyn district attorney.

Stringer

While New York City comptroller candidate Eliot Spitzer received a warm reception from voters on the campaign trail, his opponent Scott Stringer criticized Spitzer for not participating in a candidate forum Spitzer Gets Warm Receptions On Campaign Trail As Stringer Moves Forward With Policy Proposals * Stringer Backs Development Plan for Midtown East(WSJ) * Stringer Makes Pitch To Asian American Electorate http://bit.ly/1bUjjmT



Shocking That Zoning Changes Will Make More Money for Landlords
Office Tower’s Owners May Profit From Plan to Allow Sale of Landmarks’ Air Rights(NYT)

Ain’t that the Dickens!(NYP)
Shelly Silver, watch out — City Councilwoman Inez Dickens is challenging your claim as one of the sleaziest rulers of a major legislative body in New York. It turns out that Dickens, a top contender to be the next council speaker, is a major city slumlord.

Councilwoman Whose Campaign Allegedly Collected Fraudulent Signatures Pleads Case To Stay On Ballot(NY1)

Brooklyn Hospital Closings a Blow to Psychiatric Care(NYT)
The planned closure of the Interfaith Medical Center threatens to create a severe shortage of inpatient mental* Protesters Urge State Officials To Keep Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center Open(NY1)

He's said it before. He'll say it again."I will never be involved in anything that saves as many lives," Mayor Bloomberg on smoking ban.




For Two Weeks the Press Has Been Attacking Weiner 24/7.  NYT Writes Today That the Campaigns Are About to Turn Negative

The Media Has Failed to Connect the Dots For the Voters of NYC
To Inform the Voter
To Challenge the Candidates Promises 
Primary Is Getting Closer? Cue the Negative Phase(NYT) After months in which candidates have sat beside one another at a seemingly endless series of forums, most of them polite, and few of them memorable, the campaigns are going negative.

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The Great Reporters Are Gone

Where Have You Gone Mike Wallace, Jack Newfield, 

Tim Russert?

The Daily News Hounds Weiner But Has Not Hounded Any Other Candidate for the Fake Promises They Are Making

Anthony Weiner claimed he never spent $43,000 in campaign funds to hire a private investigative firm to see if his Twitter account was hacked in 2011, but the News wants to see documents to back up his story:

NYP Continues the Weiner's Soap Opera, While Blacking Out the Other Campaigns

According to People magazine, Huma Abedin blames herself for some of the couple's troubles.
Weiner wife Abedin partly blamed herself after pol said he was sexting again(NYP) * A Chilly Reception for Weiner in Rockaways(NYT) * Anthony Weiner Still Converting Critics(NYO)
* 'Not my best day yesterday': Foul-mouthed Weiner spokeswoman puts on brave face as she debuts 'swear jar' after EPIC RANT in which she called ex-intern a 'f---ing slutbag'(NYDN) * Anthony Weiner Says ‘Carlos Danger’ Was Just a Joke (NYO) * PUTTING ON A BRAVE FACIAL: Anthony Weiner's beleaguered wife Huma hops a ride on the subway for a fresh haircut(NYDN) *Weiner Meets With Old Constituents At Candidate Forum In Rockaways(NY1) * Weiner-gate in Chinese is 內褲門 ("underpants-gate") but I haven't seen a translation yet for slutbag.

Weiner New Media Strategy
Weiner media strategy upended? @Univision was first national interview, and now dodging local press
Weiner attacks the "elites," newspaper editorial boards, and of course the City Council Speaker who gave @MikeBloomberg a third term.



Jimmy McMillan on Anthony Weiner: “We all are freaky. He just exposed his freaky-ism in the wrong way”

1. jimmy mcmillan ‏@damnrentparty 1h

   Jimmy McMillan officially endorses Anthony Weiner in the Sept 10 Democratic Primaries! #1010WINS #RentIsTooDamnHigh 

The best of Anthony Weiner(SETH LIPSKY, NYP)

 Weiner showed some gumption, such as in 2005, when he went to Morningside Heights to call on Columbia University to confront the anti-Israel ideology that had infected its campus. Weiner was the first public official to enter that fray on the side of the Jewish students. Weiner has been active in the Israel cause in less-well-known ways. For one, he wrote the law that gives an American born in Jerusalem the right to a US passport listing his country of birth as Israel. Hillary Clinton was a senator at the time, but when she became secretary of state, she refused to obey the law. After the parents of an infant named Menachem Binyamin Zivotofsky sued for his rights under the law, Weiner filed an amicus brief in federal court against the same secretary of state for whom his wife was working.

Weiner Protects the Clintons' (Huma Met Will Hillary Monday)

Weiner said he doesn’t care what Eliot Spitzer thinks of his campaign, but made it clear that he did not want to disrespect the Clinton family earlier this week, the Daily News writes:






 NYP Attacks Spitzer Again With Old Stuff

No one likes a hypocrite(NYP Ed)
Spitzer’s hooker scandal and his return to politics is a flaw that alone is reason enough to oppose his bid: his blatant double standards.  * The therapy dodge (NYP Ed) Healing or hypocrisy? NYP ties Spitzer into San Diego Mayor Bob Filner going to a therapist to end his sexual problems.  The NYP did not both to say that Spitzer did not sexual harass any of his employees. * State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli wouldn’t say whether Eliot Spitzer is qualified to be the next city comptroller, but he said that Scott Stringer has the right temperament for the job, the Associated Press reports: * Now, Stringer's campaign calls Spitzer's scandal a 'relevant' issue for voters. [Azi Paybarah] * One editorial page can't believe Eliot Spitzer ruled out voting for Anthony Weiner. [New York Post] * Eliot Spitzer Finds Some Fans in Downtown Brooklyn (NYO) * .@scottmstringer OKs rezoning of area near Grand Central Terminal, as long as city improves 4,5,6 subway service at GCT * Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer announced his support for a major midtown east rezoning plan, giving the controversial proposal a boost after the city committed to more transit investment, Crain’s reports: 

The New Political Director of the NYP Wrote this One DAVID SEIFMAN
Next question! Spitzer refuses to deny rumors of 'extra-marital affair'(NYP) * Eliot Spitzer Hounded About Possible Existence of Girlfriend(NY Mag)




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The BOE is A Political Tool

Council Control of the BOE Led to Petition Shredding

There is evidence that since the City Council shake up Of the Board of Election’s commissioners, the Board has become more corrupt. The board is now being run by several key council members and their political pals. Led by Councilman James Oddo the 4 GOP members of the council now have more power than the GOP county leaders.  They have picked the new GOP bosses in Staten Island, the Bronx and are along with Senator Golden trying to dump the Brooklyn GOP leader.

With the help of the council GOP gang of 4 Senator Golden push out GOP chairman Craig Eaton guy at the BOE and replaced him with his supporter Simon Shamoun.  Now Golden is trying to use his control of the BOE to drive out Brooklyn GOP county leader Eaton.  Since Shamoun took over at the BOE, employees put in the job by Eaton have experienced constant threats of losing their jobs.   Shamoun bullied most of the Eaton job holders to join Golden slate running against Eaton.  Getting a patronage job at the BOE has often been described as the last stop.  Meaning, that board workers have problems finding jobs. Not the Donald Trump independent type.  

The Great Petition Shredding BOE mystery

On July 19^th at around 11PM, a 20 page volume of Brooklyn GOP county leader Craig Eaton slate for the 46^th Assembly District was shredded by BOE employees.  Political observers have never heard of petitions being destroyed during the BOE review process. Safeguards are supposed to be in place to protect the BOE petitions in the procession of the board.  There is a strong buzz going around that BOE employees overheard Golden and Shamoun trash talking that they wanted Eaton’s petitions gone.  Shamoun mother is on the Golden slate opposing the petitions that were destroyed.  Board safeguard rules state that every time a petition is handled that includes making copies of them, there must be jointly controlled by both a GOP and Democratic employee of the BOE.   

Shredding Golden Brooklyn GOP Take Over

What the BOE is telling the interested parties that the petitions were handled by only the democratic employee, Gregory Jackson.  The BOE says that Jackson told another democrat to copy them and that employee thought Jackson said shred them.  Another source said that the petitions were signed out by a GOP employee David Annarummo who was supposed to be the co supervisor with Democratic Jackson. David mother Clorinda is the co-leader with Shamoun in the 46^th Assembly District. David is also on the Golden slate head by his mother running against Eaton in the 46^th AD.  The BOE has not explained why their petition sign out rules were violated. An election lawyer for one of the other slates who is trying to get to the bottom of why the Eaton petitions were destroyed was working on a court subpoena for Shamoun at the last BOE meeting. 

The BOE is the Center of the Fight for Party Control, Not A Place Where Fair and Competent Elections Are Run

 One of Golden’s supporters noticed his work and texted Shamoun who along with the other 10 commissions was running the Brooklyn hearing which determines which petitions are good.  Once he got the text Shamoun left the meeting without explanation.  Could it be that Simon Shamoun, an attorney and a public official, was trying to avoid personal legal service of some sort?  That would be unseemly to say the least. One suspects that there are a few very specific subpoenas out there in connection with giving testimonial evidence in Brooklyn Supreme Court concerning the irregular handling of petitions at the Board of Elections leading to an alleged shredding of a volume of signatures and the substitution of a photocopied volume in its place.  Today's session before the Hon. David Schmidt should be very interesting. A subpoena was later served on BOE counsel Steve Richman for (a) specific BOE witness(es).

Update: According to a Gadfly in the Golden camp senator Golden side was so scared about the lawyer for opposing side pursuing the subpoena business they stipulated that the two candidates thrown off by ballot by Shamoun's motion at the commissioners hearing (before he absconded) to sustain the Clerks report were to be reinstated to the ballot. 
 

Brooklyn Boss Seddio Pushes for Vito Lopez Puppet to Run the BOE

Staten Island’s Mike Ryan still believes he has a shot at running the beleaguered Board of Elections, despite what appears to be a significant behind-the-scenes push by Brooklyn Democratic Chair Frank Seddio to get Brooklyn Councilman Erik Dilan the job. “For those who chose not vote for me, they have to make their own decisions [for] their own reasons, [but] I believe this process will continue and perhaps on further reflection they may come to a different conclusion,” Mr. Ryan told the Daily News. Mr. Dilan, of course, is the crucial 34th vote the City Council needs to override Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s veto of the controversial racial profiling bill.

1. 1. Glenn Blain ‏@gblainnydn 17m

      Assembly GOP Leader Promises To Make Campaign Issue Of Vito Lopez Scandal http://fw.to/kwv2ZtZ
      

      Lalor: Find A Firm Without Political Ties To Investigate Harassment(YNN)

      
      

      True News ‏@unitedNYblogs 42s

      @gblainnydn At the same time Lopez makes deals with the city's GOP leaders to have his guy run the NYC Board of Elections

 Albany needs political corruption museum - Times Union


GOP hopeful disqualified from ballot(Times Ledger)

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Haggerty is A Free man

Haggerty A Free Man(YNN)

Haggerty’s attorney, Paul Shechtman, filed a stay application on his client’s behalf following Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman’s decision last month that the high court will take up his case. Bail was set at $300,000 cash, which Haggerty had already paid back in 2011.
Haggerty, as you’ll recall, was convicted of stealing $750,000 worth of Mayor Bloomberg’s money that was contributed via the billionaire mayor’s foundation to the state Independence Party during the 2009 New York City mayor’s race and intended to pay for an Election Day voting security program that never materialized.


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Sharpton On Thompson Confusing Signals

Runner-Up: “Second Place Now a ‘Battle Of the Bills”

August 31? RT @Azi: .@BillThompsonNYC tells supporters radio & tv ads will start in "next couple of weeks."#24HourThompson #24Thompson  Rev. Al Sharpton said Bill Thompson is sending "confusing signals" about public safety, but that Thompson "has enough of a track record where you can give him the benefit of the doubt." [Michael Howard Saul and Andrew Grossman]   Rev. Al Sharpton told the Wall Street Journal, suggesting Mr. Thomspon’s stance on the issue might be “political.” When talking about @johncliu, norman seabrook hits @BillThompsonNYC, saying he gave away millions of dollars to citytime #2013 * Mayoral Hopeful Thompson Takes 24-Hour Tour Of Five Boroughs(NY1)

BILL & BILL'S RACE FOR MAYOR: De Blasio, Thompson battle for black vote and fight each other's stance on stop-and-frisk(NYDN)

A (Very, Very Long) Day on the Campaign Trail With John Liu(NY Mag) * Liu echoing Thompson's comparison of stop-&-frisk to George Zimmerman's killing of Trayvon Martin.





Lhota
At least three former aides to ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani have formed a new political action committee to support former Deputy Mayor Joe Lhota‘s campaign for mayor, Crain’s New York Business reports. It remains unclear how much the group, called “New Yorkers for Proven Leadership,” intends to spend on the race. But a spokesman stressed the the former mayor will not personally be involved.

Quinn
Christine Quinn Launches 'Multi-Pronged Effort to Energize Female Voters' (NYO)
Steinem Makes a Video for Quinn

1. 1. Grace Rauh ‏@gracerauh 25m

      Quinn: Stop and frisk has gotten out of control.

      Expand
   2. Joseph Mercurio ‏@Natpol 1m

      @gracerauh And after all those years as Speaker you did not stop it—why?

Queens Week: Democratic Field Narrows In Race For Queens BP(NY1)

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Hynes Opponent 180

In January, Thompson Reprimanded Hynes For Treating OrthodoxCommunity Better(yeshivaworld.com)

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Silver Still Controls JCOPE

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver wasted no time in replacing JCOPE member Pat Bulgaro, naming former Surrogate Court Judge Renee Roth to the state ethics commission, the Times Union writes: 

Kolb: Albany Scandals On The Democrats(YNN)

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2nd Brooklyn Hospital Ordered Close

Interfaith Medical Center Plans to Close(NYT)

The Central Brooklyn hospital, asking a bankruptcy court to approve the plan, outlined a phased shutdown, from mid-August to November. * Protesters Urge State Officials To Keep Brooklyn's Interfaith Medical Center Open(NY1)

Assembly Health Committee head Gottfried on #Brooklyn hospital crisis, de Blasio's Health Authority plan. #saveLICH http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/brooklyn-representatives-urge-reprieve-closing-interfaith-medical-center-2013-08-01-204900 …

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Cuomo All About Reelection

Cuomo has made nine stops in Western New York since June, drawing criticism from former Republican challenger Carl Paladino that Cuomo is trying to rebuild his popularity upstate, Buffalo News writes:

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Bloomberg Attacks Out of State Gunsa

Bloomberg said 90 percent of gun crimes in 2011 involved guns from out of the state, and he vowed to continue to fight for tougher federal laws, the Daily News writes
'YOUR GUNS ARE KILLING US': Bloomberg blasts trigger-happy states after data reveals out-of-state guns used in grand majority of city crimes

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MTA Fare Card $

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has netted almost $11 million in added revenue since implementing the $1 fee for plastic MetroCards and expects to print 60 million fewer next year, the Daily News writes

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Media

• The Media's Moral Decline: Standards, Story Selection Now Tabloids On Steroids

Andrea Peyser Is Leaving the New York Post for a While

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Wednesday
The New Journalism is Not to Inform It is to Entertain and Titillate

Everyone knows reporters and even the so called elite media have turned into gossip whores looking for anything salacious about Weiner






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Homeless New Yorkers Are Sleeping in Hallways and This Jerky NYP Reporter is Bragging How Many Fuck Words She Put in Her Story Today

1. 1. 

      Beth DeFalco ‏@BethDeFalco 48m

      I have just set a new personal record for abreviated words in a story: Weiner beat goes on – and on! Sext gal says jerky pol would call 5 times a day(NYP)

      
      

The Drive For Salacious Stories Has the Daily News Pushing Lies About Weiner

1. Michael Howard Saul ‏@MichaelHwrdSaul 30m

   DN issues clarification in Weiner QandA from Tuesday. Weiner took heat for not answering Q on when he stopped sexting. Looks like he did.

Hospitals closing Brooklyn, Unemployment increasing, School do not teach -reporters jerking off about a flack?

Lead Story on the Today Show This Morning

Weiner Aide Lashes Out at Former Intern(NYT)

In an interview she said she thought was off the record, the chief spokeswoman for Anthony Weiner’s mayoral campaign referred to the intern with vulgar and sexist terms.  * Former Weiner Intern Updates Twitter Profile With Expletives Used Against Her(TPM)



True News PM Updates

Another Ethic Investigation Silver Fixed

Firm Investigating Assembly Sexual Harassment Donated To Lopez(YNN)

1. Grace Rauh ‏@gracerauh 3m Warm reception so far for @anthonyweiner in his old district. He was known as a real go-getter when it came to responding to constituents.
   
   .@anthonyweiner talks about how much he loves campaigning. "I'm like, this is it. This is Nirvana for me."

Interfaith Medical Center Files Request For Permission To Close With Bankruptcy Court

Weiner supports spokeswoman after Morgan's rant calling ex-intern a 'f--king slutbag', a 'tw-t' and a 'cu-t'(NYP)

Weiner Rep Claimed Past Profanity Quotes Were Also Off-the-Record(NYO)

Why is this Gossip Reporting in the Times?
 






The Old Gray Lady Slut?
Maureen Dowd (NYT) “Just as Bill sparked a tawdry debate on whether oral sex counted as intercourse, 
so Weiner has sparked a tawdry debate on whether cyber-sex is more or less forgivable than illicit 
sex the old-fashioned way.”
NYT only mentions that Morgan referred to Nuzzi with "several vulgar and sexist terms." (NYT)


'F--- you, you little c---. I'm not joking, I am going to sue her': Anthony Weiner's spokeswoman goes on EPIC RANT against ex-intern who slammed campaign in Daily News column, calling her a 'f---ing slutbag' who won't get a job in this town again(NYDN)

'There was no intent to disrespect': Weiner waves off Spitzer, clarifies comments about Clintons -
.@CurtisSliwa offered interesting critique of Weiner detractors Monday. What would these same ppl say about how Kennedys treated women?
A Glimpse of Anthony Weiner’s Spokesperson, Barbara Morgan, in Action(NY Mag)
An open letter to Sydney Leathers: please don't do porn(The Daily Beast)

Wicked Weiner The Right Kind of Popular - Surreal

Kristin Chenoweth, the Tony Award-winning Broadway star best known for her performance in “Wicked,” on Tuesday night performed a reworked version of that show’s signature song, “Popular,” to mock, on the tonight show.






 
Reporters Only Covering Weiner's Negatives

Hint: Quinn's Slush Fund, de Blasio's WFP Field and Date, Thompson's Pension Pay to Play, Liu's Treasure - Are there any reporters left in NYC

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Real Issues Not Being Debated and Investigated

Advocacy Group: MTA Fares Could Jump To $3.75 In A Decade 
NYers on track for a $168 MetroCard(NYP)

Press Has Not Challenged Candidates Promising City Takeover of the MTA Which Would Cost Billions
Bloomberg on NYC takeover of MTA Weiner, Quinn & Lhota campaign on: "It is such a nonstarter."


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Bloomberg: Tammany Hall 4 Ever At BOE

As the New Mayor In 2004 Bloomberg Called BOE A Tammany Hall Board, Today As He Leaves He Giving the Board to the Corrupt Bosses  

Bloomberg Will Make Vito Lopez County Leader Again? Or at Least Give Him the Powers
The New York City Board of Elections may appoint Councilman Erik Dilan as executive director, which could kill an override vote on legislation expanding the right to sue the NYPD over racial profiling, the News writes: 
* ICYMI: Will The NYC Board Of Elections Go Executive-Directorless Into That Big Vote? | New York Daily News

Citing Election Problems, Bloomberg Creates Task Force (2004, NYT)
The structure of the board, like our method of selecting judges, is a remnant of the days when Tammany Hall ruled New York." Calling the city's election system hobbled by patronage and poor technology, Bloomberg. politically driven, state-mandated employment practices, which "dictate hiring decisions based on party connections, or family connections, not merit," Bloomberg said.

Thomas Roberts just called Sydney Leathers "batshit" crazy on MSNBC. Ooops. He quickly apologized

Sext gal Sydney Leathers in talks to star in Weiner parody porn flick(NYDN)

'There was no intent to disrespect': Weiner waves off Spitzer, clarifies comments about Clintons
 
Anthony Weiner doesn’t care what Eliot Spitzer has to say about him, but he really wants to clear the air with the Clintons.

'I think he’s a little too busy j-----g off to do anything for the city': Sydney Leathers rips Weiner in X-rated interview

1. Jeff Greenfield ‏@greenfield64 52s

   Breaking News: Sydney Leather's secret lover revealed: Snidely Whiplash. Snidely Whiplash (far left)

Sydney Leathers, Anthony Weiner’s sexting paramour turned prospective porn star, is throwing cold water on her old flame’s mayoral aspirations.

A United Federation of Teacher's flier that was designed to tout NYC mayoral candidate Bill Thompson features someone flipping the bird.

Board of Elections tosses 1,800 signatures collected by beleaguered Bronx City Councilwoman which included likely fabrications from celebs

The NYC Board of Elections has nullified more than 1,800 of the 3,863 signatures collected by Maria del Carmen Arroyo and her team in Arroyo’s bid to maintain her South Bronx Council seat.




 The Police Unions Stop and Frisk Dance
Police Unions Will Not Move For A Candidate At 1%

There must be a lot of back channel communication by team Thompson to the police unions not to worry about his stop and frisk statements
Mayoral candidate Sal Albanese is trying to poach the support of police unions backing rival Bill Thompson, arguing that Thompson’s recent speech blasting stop-and-frisk shows he is trying to be all things to all people, the News writes
Often level-headed mayoral candidate Bill Thompson’s “racially and religiously inflammatory rhetoric” against Police Commissioner Ray Kelly over the weekend is a shameful play for media attention, Bill O’Reilly writes in Newsday:  * "Christine Quinn and the City Council are so out of touch. They want to silence our police. That's a dumb idea." — John Catsimatidis  
Thompson said he hasnt & wont reach out to Council members about the #nypd oversight bills.
NYPD: Majority Of Guns Used In City Crimes Are From Other States(NY1)

Thompson Vs. de Blasio

* Bill Thompson's 'Concerned Leaders' Rip Into Bill de Blasio http://politicker.com/?p=61588  v * Church, state. State, church. RT @brigidbergin: .@BillThompsonNYC receives endorsement from city-wide clergy pic.twitter.com/pYAezdBV6K
Thompson rips on de Blasio this am. Says he's trying to score cheap political points in his criticism on IG pic.twitter.com/ve89g5aJVw
.@BillThompsonNYC has a "24 hr tour" coming up. Does this mean 3 am pizza runs?
Bronx insurgent @JulioPabonBx has incumbent CM Arroyo on the judicial ropes over fraudulent petitions. http://m.nydailynews.com/new-york/bronx/board-elex-tosses-hundreds-arroyo-signatures-article-1.1412718 … 
Bill Thompson laments focus on #Weiner campaign on @Morning_Joe, encouraging a return to the issues. http://nyob.co/15vLNxe
In 2011, 90 percent of the 2,433 traceable guns used in city crimes were from outside New York state, including 237 from Pennsylvania, Bloomberg said.

1. 1. Michael Powell ‏@powellnyt 16m

      Thompson changes view on stop-frisk and campaign pretends racially offended because de Blasio criticizes? Really? http://bit.ly/17i7krm

1. Michael Benjamin ‏@SquarePeg_Dem 2m

   @powellnyt Does the image of a "pretzel" come to mind? Comparing a racist vigilante to the NYPD simply protecting black nabes is offensive.
   
   

   
   

   

   Bill de Blasio Finds Himself an Indirect Beneficiary of the Weiner Scandal(NYO)

The Ad Campaign: Catsimatidis Takes Aim at Quinn on Issue of Public Safety

Spitzer Camp Fires Back At Stringer(YNN)

 

1. Ross Barkan ‏@RossBarkan 4m

   Last tweet is ripe for a sexting joke. But still, I'm not writing Weiner off yet. Not completely. I've had the chance to watch him a lot these past few months. He is a deeply flawed man. But he connects with people in a way few do .@anthonyweiner walked into hostile territory and turned crowd completely around. It was a unique performance. Anthony Weiner Still Converting Critics
   
   

   

   Dolan on Weiner: 'I think redemption is always possible, and always God's preference'

Nepotism or love? Councilman Charles Barron backs his wife Assemblywoman Inez Barron for his Council seat (NYDN)

It Took Black Bank Robbers Wearing White Masks To Almost Knock Weiner Off the Front Page of the NYP

Black robbers used $2,000 white masks to fool victims in $200,000 'Town'-style stickup, prosecutors say(NYP)

Metro New York spoke to the various long-shots in the mayoral election for their take on the race. “They’ll fight each other like cats and dogs and I’m sitting on the sidelines eating popcorn,” Jimmy McMillan, the founder of The Rent Is Too Damn High Party, said, for instance. He further said he’s running “because, the rent is still too damn high.”



Comptroller Race: From Sure Thing to Mud Fight
City comptroller candidate Scott Stringer released a new television ad attacking his rival Eliot Spitzer for his prostitution scandal as well as the Troopergate scandal that mired his time as governor Stringer launches ad ripping Eliot Spitzer’s 'colossal failures' as governor, highlights Love gov's 'Troopergate' and hooker scandals(NYP)

Stringers Midtown Zoning Decision
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer has until midnight to weigh in on the proposal to re-zone a huge area around Grand Central Terminal, a plan the Times encourages him to oppose:
The Post argues that Stringer should back the re-zoning if Midtown Manhattan is to remain viable for attracting business, and said it will also help him draw a distinction from his rival Eliot Spitzer: * Now, Stringer's camp calls Spitzer's scandal a 'relevant' issue for voters(Capital)

Spitzer Vs the Elites
Spitzer said the two new super PACs opposing his candidacy are more signs the “elites” don’t want him to get elected as he positions himself as the anti-establishment candidate, the Times writes: 

Spitzer Will Get Strong Black Support in Brooklyn and Queens
Rev. Floyd Flake dropped his endorsement of Scott Stringer and is backing Eliot Spitzer for comptroller. [Aaron Short] 

 Who is Behind Lobbyists $$$ to Pay For Indicted Assemblyman Stevenson Legal Costs?

Assemblyman Eric Stevenson demonstrated the strength of New York State’s current campaign finance laws. Mr. Stevenson, indicted on corruption charges that include exchanging legislation for cash, is asking lobbyists and others to contribute to his legal defense fund. The event is a “summer night jazz mix.” 

Did JCOPE just give every lobbying group in Albany a license to not disclose their donors for another year? (TU)


Character Counts?

1. Michael Benjamin ‏@SquarePeg_Dem 15m

   Brownsville voters tell C&S they're "concerned about character" yet re-elected "Baby" Boyland in 2012: http://bit.ly/14BXuyn

   
   

   
   

Silver Makes His JCOPE Replacement(YNN)

A day after Patrick Bulgaro officially stepped down from the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has named a replacement: Judge Renee Roth. 

Rep. Michael Grimm blasted the Manhattan GOP for inviting Kentucky U.S. Sen. Rand Paul to headline an August fundraiser after Paul criticized Grimm and other lawmakers for asking for Sandy relief funding, the Daily News writes: http://nydn.us/16iWS5H



 Tuesday: Mayoral Campaign Out of Order
Weiner Calls His Own Mayoral Bid "Surreal."

Groundhog Carlos Danger
Eliot Spitzer says Anthony Weiner should not be mayor after latest sex scandal(NYP) * A danger to New York(NYP Ed) * Weiner’s Behavior Prompts a Question: Why Did He Do It?(NYT) * Weiner Drops to Fourth in Poll(WSJ) *Weiner: Voters, Not Pundits, Should Choose Next Mayor (WSJ) * INSIDE WEINER'S CIRCUS: Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner talks to The News in one-on-one interview about his marriage, the sexting scandal and his hopes for City Hall(NYDN)  Weiner sits down with Daily News columnist Denis Hamill to discuss his mayoral campaign, his marriage and the recent reports that he continued sexting women after resigning from Congress*

Weiner’s con game(NYDN Ed)  He’s a documented cheat and liar, and now there’s strong evidence that Anthony Weiner is also a thief. On Sunday, the Daily News’ Greg B. Smith reported that Weiner took $43,100 from his campaign account to pay a private-investigative firm he had called in while attempting a coverup in the scandal that forced him from Congress in 2011.* Ethic Chen of the American Chinese Women's Association said Weiner "didn't have [an] affair and we are looking [for] a can-do candidate. We are not looking for a priest." [Grace Rauh] * Weiner: "Voters don't give a s-t how my campaign is organized...Leave that for http://Politico.com ." http://nydn.us/14fdFZs * Audience members, organizers & candidates kvetch when Weiner leaves a forum room early w/ the media http://politicker.com/2013/07/bronx-forum-rails-against-weiner-media-circus/ …* Reporters now outnumber attendees at Weiner events (at least if they're near Times Square) *  Landscape Continues To Shift In Mayor's Race(NY1)
Huma Abedin is expected to take an extended vacation from her job with Hillary Clinton, @maggiepolitico has learned: http://politi.co/1bHRYnU 

Sydney Leathers To Howard Stern: Anthony Weiner ‘Too Busy Jacking Off’ To Be Mayor Of New York City * Weiner sext pal in raunchy tell-all interview: Phone sex '15 times a day wouldn't be enough' for obsessed pol(NYP) * 'I think he’s a little too busy j-----g off to do anything for the city': Sydney Leathers rips Weiner in X-rated interview — and admits she's keeping 'options open' for porn career

Bill and Hillary
Mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner shot down reports that Bill and Hillary Clinton hope he quits the race, saying that he was not interested in what two non-New York City voters think, the Daily News reports: 



Political Enemies Hate Spitzer
Groups That Are Often at Odds Join Forces to Oppose Spitzer’s Campaign(NYT)

Women’s groups, business leaders and labor unions have found common cause in their antipathy toward Eliot Spitzer, who is running for comptroller.A coalition of business, women’s groups and unions pledged to spend at least $1.5 million on advertising, direct mail and field work denouncing Eliot Spitzer for New York City comptroller *  New York City comptroller candidate Scott Stringer asked the Campaign Finance Board to lift the spending limit to about $6 million in response to Spitzer’s failure to reveal all of his campaign spending, the Post reports: 

Two Super PACs are launching ad campaigns today to defeat Eliot Spitzer: Forward NY, with former Bloomberg aide Bradley Tusk, and Progress NYC, whose spokesman is Democratic operative Dan Morris. [David Chen]*  At an event where he received the backing of three former city and state comptrollers, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said he would have fired Eliot Spitzer if he worked for him, the News writes:  * Spitzer welcomes an independent expenditure that costs Stringer the high ground(Capital) * Spitzer Says Elites Lead Fund-Raising Efforts Against Him(NYT) *Former Comptrollers Endorse Scott Stringer's Campaign

The Daily News’ Bill Hammond writes that New York politics is “repackaging itself as a form of mass entertainment” starring Weiner, Spitzer and embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver: * The transit proposals from the mayoral candidates are, basically, pipe dreams [Ted Mann]

  In the Weiner Fog Thompson Attacks Stop and Frisk

Thompson frisk ‘flip’ stirs pander-monium(NYP)
Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson’s harsher stance on the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk is a calculated move to garner support from black and Latino voters, critics charge. * Hoping to capitalize on Weiner’s vulnerability, two Democratic rivals, Bill de Blasio and Bill Thompson, held events aimed at important bases of support, middle-class liberals and minorities, respectively, the Times writes: 

The  NYP's McManus Says Thompson is playing and Cynical, risky race games

The Post’s Bob McManus criticizes Bill Thompson for exploiting the Trayvon Martin case by drawing a parallel between that and the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk  Thompson goes ugly(NYP) Seeking to turn a profit from the Trayvon Martin-George Zimmerman tragedy, Thompson laid it on as thick as it comes: “Here in New York City, we have institutionalized Mr. Zimmerman’s suspicion with a policy that all but requires our police officers to [profile] young black and Latino men . . . as Trayvon was profiled,” he said — leaving hanging in the air the logical concluding clause: And then murdered.

The Thompson 180

Splitting the Bill (NYDN Ed)
Mayoral hopeful Thompson is playing all angles on police tactics. Will the real Bill Thompson please stand up? The mayoral candidate who in May saw an “overreaction to stop and frisk” now says the NYPD’s strategy is driven by the same suspicion George Zimmerman harbored toward Trayvon Martin. Contrast this to a May 29 front-page New York Times profile calling Thompson “steadfastly unwilling to join the tear-it-down chorus” on stop-and-frisk. The Times characterized Thompson as saying that campaign jousting had “glossed over its usefulness as a police tool, even as he forcefully criticized its excesses over the past few years.”

Councilman Jumaane Williams explained mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson‘s race relations speech by musing about his poll numbers among black voters. “I think he originally felt that certain segments of the population were going to go with him automatically. He started looking at polls and seeing that wasn’t happening,” he said. “Thompson’s trying to have it both ways without putting any skin in the game.” * The Daily News was less kind, however, and asked, “Will the real Bill Thompson please stand up?” While Michael Palladino, president of the Detectives’ Endowment Association, dismissed Sunday’s speech by stating, “The reality is I think Bill Thompson continues to be the most realistic and reasonable of all the candidates and in the end it is campaign rhetoric.”

New York Today: Live Music, Live Voters(NYT)
*  Thompson and de Blasio Vie for Opening as Quinn Rises

Council Speaker Christine Quinn said she is sick of all the talk of second chances in the mayor’s race and would like to hear people discussing the potential historic firsts of electing an openly gay female mayor, Politicker writes: 

• Mayoral Candidates' Transit Plans Panned(WSJ)
  Transportation experts say some candidates' transportation ideas are little more than political theater that stand almost no chance of happening.

Harry Belafonte, iconic singer/actor and Harlem native, endorses Public Advocate Bill de Blasio for mayor(NYDN) * Entertainer Harry Belafonte To Endorse Bill De Blasio For Mayor(NY1)

EDUCATION OF A WEIN-TERN: Ex-intern reveals reasons for joining Weiner campaign — to connect with Huma Abedin and get an inside track for potential Hillary Clinton 2016 campaign position(NYDN)
Update

Update Top Weiner Aide Trashes Intern Who Wrote Campaign Tell-All(TPM) "Fuck you, you little cunt. I’m not joking, I am going to sue her.”  

1. Grace Rauh ‏@gracerauh 5m

   Agreed. MT@ChrisBragg1: Given quotes, can only assume Weiner's spox wrongly assumed she was talking off record

   
   

   
   

   http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2013/07/top-weiner-aide-trashes-intern.php?m=1 …"
   
2. True News ‏@unitedNYblogs 2m

   @gracerauh BS Everyone knows reporters have turned into whores looking for anything salacious about Weiner - this is not professional!!!

1. True News ‏@unitedNYblogs 1m

   @rubycramer @BarbaraKMorgan Hospitals closing Brooklyn, Unemployment increasing, School do not teach -reporters jerking off about a flack?

 

Angry Hand Gesture Photo-Bombs a Bill Thompson Mailer(NYO)

Take a look at the photo to the left. Now zoom in on the man in sunglasses. Just behind the woman in pink’s shoulder. See him? Yeah. Whoops. New York Observer staffers found a strong consensus that believe him to be giving the bird.

Police Quotas
Officer’s Claim of Quotas Isn’t Protected, Judge Rules(NYT)

Officer Craig Matthews had charged the Police Department with punishing him for asserting the existence of quotas for summonses and other police duties. * NYPD officer's arrest quota lawsuit dismissed(WSJ)

Wow . . . Board of Elections - Bloomberg Wants to Give the BOE to the Political Machines to Kill An NYPD IG

 The Vito Lopez Board of Elections

The New York City Board of Elections may appoint Councilman Erik Dilan as executive director, which could kill an override vote on legislation expanding the right to sue the NYPD over racial profiling, the News writes:  * The state’s ethics board debated and tabled lobbyist applications to keep donors secret at a meeting in which the resignation of an Assembly Speaker appointee was also confirmed, Gannett Albany reports:  * Will the BOE Get a New Executive Director? * State Elex Board To Citizens Union: You’re Political Committee, Act Like One(YNN)

Assemblyman Eric Stevenson is hitting up lobbyists and other people on the political circuit for money to fund his legal defense.

 
JCOPE spokesman Milgrim referred all questions about Bulgaro’s departure to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office

Sheldon Silver Appointee Resigns From State Ethics Panel - UPDATED(NYDN)

A state appeals court has ruled that Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s ban on large sugary drinks from eateries is an overreach of executive power, but the city plans to appeal to state’s highest court, State of Politics writes: * Appeals Court Rules Against Bloomberg Beverage Restrictions(NYT)

Reporter questions whether there's enough time left before Mayor Bloomberg leaves office to fight sugary drink ban in courts. 

Compost Bins' New Frontier(WSJ)
With five months left as New York City's mayor, Michael Bloomberg is pushing his food-composting program into the Bronx and Brooklyn, in hopes he can prove that more New Yorkers want to save their food scraps. * Bloomberg announced an expansion of New York City’s food recycling pilot program to Brooklyn and Bronx neighborhoods this fall and Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island in the spring, the Times writes: 

The Times’ Michael Powell writes that Brooklyn District Attorney Charles Hynes appears to have violated the state’s rules on professional conduct for weighing in on an open case on a radio show: http://nyti.ms/13j7Zv5

Under questioning from a lawyer, Michel Vecchione, the head of the rackets bureau in Brooklyn D.A. Charles Hynes' office, "suffered rapid memory loss" and said the phrase "I don't recall" more than 300 times. [Michael Powell]

Brooklyn DA seems to have violated NY's rules of conduct:
http://propub.ca/16yTCRB Brooklyn District Attorney candidate  

@KenThompson4DA scores endorsement from Assemblyman @HikindDov http://fw.to/Gh9OSlC  #BrooklynDA

Legislator With Sway in Orthodox Jewish Community Endorses Hynes’s Opponent(NYT)

Monday NYP's Dicker Pulls the Clintons Into to Weinergate

 Mayoral Q poll Could End Weiner's Campaign 
New polling order in NYC mayor's race @anthonyweiner has dropped to 4th place in latest Quinnipiac poll. Quinn 27, BdB 21, thompson 20, Weiner 16.

NEW QUINNIPIAC POLL:
Voters say @anthonyweiner should drop out by 53-40% margin, per Q poll. And Quinn's still down by 10 in a runoff with Thompson * Q poll on Weiner: "Black voters say 53 - 42 percent that Weiner should stay...while white voters say 64 - 25 percent he should get out." Liu at 6%? Weiner beating Thompson among likely black voters 24% to 22%??* The biggest news from this NYC isn't the collapse of Weiner, it's runoff dynamics with Quinn, de Blasio and Thomson

NYT Tuesday
Weiner’s Behavior Prompts a Question: Why Did He Do It?(NYT)
Majority of Democratic Voters Want Weiner to Quit Race, Poll Finds(NYT)

A Good Example About How Clueless Reporters Are in NYC

Dozens of journalist interview Weiner. It tells you something about the quality of reporters in nyc that none of them asked the former congressman when he stopped texting.

New York Times Magazine writer ‘assumed’ Weiner’s naughtiness had stopped(Washington Post)

The Media Led by the NYP Will Step Up the Throwing Mud At Both Thompson and de Blasio Tuesday

Bill and Hillary Clinton are 'livid' at comparisons to Weiners' sexcapades and forgiveness
Bill and Hillary Clinton are angry with efforts by mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner and his campaign to compare his Internet sexcapades — and his wife Huma Abedin’s incredible forgiveness — to the..

Weiner fighting back by blasting the media 
Anthony Weiner Asks Voters To Focus On His ‘Vision’ Rather Than ‘Revelations From My Past’ (TPM)
Weiner: “I am not terribly interested in what people who are not voters in the city 
of New York have to say" (Politico)

National Figures Call for Weiner to Leave Mayor’s Race(NYT)   Dee Dee Myers, a press secretary under President Clinton, and David Axelrod, a former adviser to President Obama, denounced Anthony D. Weiner’s ongoing candidacy for New York mayor. * Clinton ex-aide: Weiner saga painful for Clintons(WSJ) * WEINER'S A 'WASTE OF SPACE': Top Democrats tell the NYC mayor wannabe to end his run — 'It's time for him to go away'(NYDN) * Weiner on whether he should have been more forthright about the sexting timeline and details: "Maybe."(SI Advance) Weiner adamant: he's still on his 2nd chance, he hasn't moved on to 3rd chance yet * "Hollywood’s Nonsensical Hatred for Anthony Weiner"  * Weiner on what he'll tell his son: "The kid's going to grow up in Gracie Mansion. So I'll say, 'Kid, don't complain." (Political Wire) * Anthony Weiner's @nikrichie problem not going away. Dirty editor says more sexy Weiner emails "will be published tomorrow" (via @hunterw)* Cuomo called the mayor’s race “summer political theater” when asked about Weiner’s sexual indiscretions, adding that “we laugh because if we didn’t laugh, we would cry,”

Groundhog Campaign

Wein aide gets sext sense(NYP) Anthony Weiner’s campaign chief quit because he was blindsided by revelations that his boss had continued his online sexcapades after resigning from Congress in disgrace, sources told The Post yesterday. * Weiner Brushes Off Campaign Manager's Exit(WSJ) * Anthony Weiner won wife Huma Abedin's forgiveness for sexting with laundry and tea, according to People interview outtakes(NYDN) * @chrissmithnymag: will all the attention around @AnthonyWeiner force rivals to rethink their ad buys? http://bit.ly/1c622pN
Weiner says decision about future of his campaign "is up to voters...not Sunday talk-show pundits." CC @davidaxelrod *Noon Anthony Weiner is sounding defiant at Flushing campaign stop today. He's basically telling the establishment to jump in a lake.* Mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson tells Weiner it's 'way past time' to leave race - 'He needs to make this about the people of the city of New York, not himself'(NYP) * We’re still living in a news cycle dominated by former Congressman Anthony Weiner, in case you were curious. “There’s no new facts here is the point. This conversation has now moved on; people want to move it back and I’ve been trying to–the best I can–engaging in it again,” Mr. Weiner tried to explain to the Staten Island Advance over the weekend. “But nothing has changed.” * .@NYGovCuomo on Weiner today: "We laugh, because if we didn't laugh, we would cry."* Anthony Weiner To Supporters: I'll Fight On, So Feel Free To Give Me More Cash | New York Daily News http://nydn.us/17bBr3C  #nyc2013 * Gillibrand: Respecting Abedin’s ‘Privacy’(YNN) * Anthony Weiner doesn't care what the media and 'pundits' think 
* Anthony Weiner: Anthony Weiner will not be elbowed out of the race for NYC mayor. (WSJ)
Weiner: "I don't take my cues from the headline writers for the newspapers" * Anthony Weiner said in a statement that polls “don’t change anything.”  * How Anthony Weiner Hurts Politics (Politico Wire) * Majority of Democratic Voters Want Weiner to Quit Race, Poll Finds(NYT)
Poll Says Weiner's Support Among Democrats Continues To Nose-Dive(NY1)
Weiner's wife reportedly dines with Clinton spokesperson http://huff.to/1c8ByUO

1. Roger Stone ‏@RogerJStoneJr 14m

   To be clear--What Weiner did is merely tasteless--what Spitzer did is illegal.

Even Spitzer can't swallow idea of Weiner as New York City mayor: hooker loving ex-Gov says sext-crazy ex-Rep not fit for office(NYP)

1. Brooklyn Daily Eagle ‏@BklynEagle 5m

   #OPINION: Let the voters decide #Weiner's fate. It should be up to #CarlosDanger whether he wants to resign. http://fb.me/3cgODkdnJ

 

While Council Speaker Christine Quinn went on Meet the Press yesterday to slam Mr. Weiner herself. “What’s going on here is beyond unfortunate,” she said. “When you see scandal after scandal like this, what it does is create even more distrust and maybe even disgust in government … He didn’t even have the qualifications when he was in Congress.”
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Thompson Major Move


Thompson Connects Stop and Frisk to Zimmerman

Thompson Will Get His 2009 Black Vote
Should Put Him in the Runoff

Thompson’s Trayvon-frisk link(NYP)
Mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson yesterday compared the NYPD’s use of stop-and-frisk to the racial profiling that led to the tragic killing of Trayvon Martin in Florida. * Invoking Zimmerman, Thompson Seizes New York Frisking as Campaign Issue(NYT) * Thompson Faults Police on Stop and Frisk(WSJ) * New York mayor candidate William Thompson: Stop, frisk tactics show Zimmerman-like bias(NYDN)
* Bill Thompson Compares Stop-and-Frisk to George Zimmerman’s ‘Suspicion’ (NY Mag) * VIDEO by @AZi: Bill Thompson compares stop-and-frisk to George Zimmerman http://capi.tl/179uyQl * Bill Thompson takes the stage at @KarimCamara's church to discuss race relations *  .@MikeBloomberg on @BillThompsonNYC's speech: "I don’t need to defend the police dept. The police dept’s done a pretty spectacular job."

14 Days Ago Thompson Did Not Think Zimmerman Verdict Would Increase NYC's Vote
On July 14, the Sunday after the Zimmerman verdict was announced, Reporter Azi Paybarah spoke to Thompson after he traveled to a number of churches in southeast Queens. At one point, I asked him if he thought the Zimmerman verdict would galvanize voters here. Thomspon told me at the time, "I think there is enough going on in New York to energize and galvanize people to come out and vote."

Bill Thompson’s well-paved private sector path (NY World)

Mayoral candidate prospered as exec of bond firm whose city business boomed during his stint

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NYP Digging For Daily Spitzer Attack

The NYP Will Use Anyone to Attack Spitzer, Even A Man Who Help Destroy the Economy

Release the e-mails(NYP Ed)
The NYP is So After Spitzer That They Wrote An Editorial Demanding the Former AG Release AIG's Hank Greeenberg emails to Restore His Good Name

Veteran Obama Rapid-Response Specialist Lis Smith Joins Eliot Spitzer's Campaign Team(NYDN)

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Stringer

Stringer Faces Decision on Midtown East Proposal(WSJ)

Scott Stringer has a chance to define himself in the New York City comptroller's race this week, as he prepares to weigh in on a plan to would allow new office towers around Grand Central Terminal.* Scott Stringer, NYC controller candidate, plans to blow away Hurricane Sandy aid thieves(NYDN)


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Prosecutor Calls For Hooker

Brooklyn prosecutor isn’t fired after calling hookers from work phone(NYP)
A married Brooklyn prosecutor shamelessly called hookers from his office phone — and was caught after another assistant district attorney recognized his number while probing a call-girl service, sources told The Post.




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Newspaper Campaigning

How Not to Cover the Mayor's Race

The Daily News Reports Nothing About the 8.4% New Yorkers Unemployed, But Writes About Horse and Carriages
EXCLUSIVE: Horse-and-carriage drivers lash out on ASPCA’s alleged anti-Christine Quinn moves(NYDN) *EXCLUSIVE: Children of mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio are going with the 'fro as dad tries to get the city's top job

What is not being covered
Mayor Mike Bloomberg's 911 CityTime Corrupt Media Mayoral Race Hugest Scandals Not Issues
Daily News Campaigning for Quinn and Hynes

MONEY FOR GUNS: NYC reloading its gun buyback program with 10 events across the city offering a $200 bank card for working handguns or assault rifles(NYDN) * LUPICA: Weiner scandal timed perfectly for Quinn comeback(NYDN) * City Council, NYPD Fund 10 More Local Gun Buyback Events (NYDN)


1% Albanese Cannot Get His Story Printed in NYC Paper In the Times Union, New York City mayoral candidate Sal Albanese calls for changes to be made to the state constitution to “embed principles of good government”: http://bit.ly/1cg8XeF

NYT Talks Transportation Issue Not the Candidates
The Times details the transportation plans of various mayoral candidates, but cautions it will take significant political clout to implement these ideas with the meager financial resources a new mayor will have: http://nyti.ms/12XeDDu


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State Ethics Hopeless 


More Fake State Ethic Investigators

The executive director of Cuomo's anti-corruption commission was sued 17 times(NYDN)

Regina Calcaterra, executive director of the state’s anti-corruption commission, was sued 17 times by the state Board of Elections, twice for failing to file financial disclosures and 15 times for missing deadlines

Silver’s fox in henhouse (NYDN Ed)

The state's new election enforcement chief is a political hatchet woman for the Assembly speaker
Suddenly facing scrutiny by Gov. Cuomo’s anti-corruption commission, the state Board of Elections is filling a post that has been useless for years — that of the lawyer who is responsible for policing New York’s campaign finance rules. The board’s cavalier disregard for having an aggressive enforcement counsel has powerfully symbolized Albany’s attitude that anything goes where money is concerned. Now, though, Cuomo’s Moreland Act investigators are focusing on the connections between cash and politics on file at the board. Under that pressure, the two Democrats and the two Republicans who oversee the operation are installing a new enforcement chief. Be not impressed.

The anointedd candidate is a loyal footsoldier of that paragon of transparency and good government who is none other than Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Kathleen O’Keefe has served Silver so closely that, at times, she wore two hats.

AP: JCOPE confirms Silver appointee Pat Bulgaro to resign ethics board effective Tuesday

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Speakers Race


NYP Repeats Earlier Stories That Councilwoman Inez Dickens is A Bad Landlord
Defiant Harlem pol owes $265G in rat-trap fines, bills and taxes (NYP) A Harlem pol hoping to become the next City Council speaker has racked up more than $265,000 in unpaid code violations, property taxes and water bills on four decrepit apartment buildings she co-owns, The Post has learned. Records show that... Councilwoman Inez Dickens refuses answers on decrepit properties - racks up 265k in fines * New York City Councilwoman Inez Dickens is unlikely to be investigated for reportedly owing the city more than $265,000 because she chairs the Council’s Ethics Committee, the Post reports: 

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Education

Schools Rake In Private Funds(WSJ)
The fundraising arm for the New York City public schools brought in a record $47 million in pledges in the past year, with donors hoping to extend the Bloomberg administration’s policies, the Journal writes: 

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Sandy


Bill Would Alter FEMA Policy to Assist Co-ops and Condos(NYT) A group of New York and New Jersey legislators plan to introduce a bill in Congress changing a Federal Emergency Management Agency rule barring co-ops and condos from federal disaster aid
Outrage as Homeowners Prepare for Substantially Higher Flood Insurance Rates(NYT)

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More EMS Waiting

DEAD TIME: Frustrated EMTs are forced to watch over corpses for HOURS before NYPD arrive on scene, leaving them unavailable for emergency calls(NYDN)








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Bike Rack Placement and the Courts

• NYC DOT claims courts can’t review placement of Citi Bike bike-share racks(NYP)  The Department of Transportation has blanket authority when it comes to placing Citi Bike racks — and even the courts lack the power to overrule the agency, a city lawyer argued in court papers.* New data. NYC Citibike is doing one-third of Paris Velib daily rides with one-fourth the number of bikes / kiosks.
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• City Officials Unveil New "Recycle Everything" Ad Campaign(NY1)

FDNY Swears In Its Most Diverse Class Of Firefighters(NY1)

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Media

Nate Silver: "Most political pundits are completely useless": http://bit.ly/160eJMK


Sunday Update
The Media That Hijacked the Mayoral Campaign Keeps Bitching About Weiner and Spitzer, Why?
Who is Beating the Drums to Remover Weiner? And Why

MSNBC Ari Melber in and op-ed in the Daily News gets some things right and others wrong when about what the city's permanent government is doing to the Weiner campaign.  Melber is right that  “some powerful voices” are literally trying to drive him out of the race."  He describes Weiner's opponents as institutional voices and editorial boards. Melber is also right that "We have elections so that voters can decide who should lead. Sure, there are a few requirements to get on the ballot — like being a resident and collecting petition signatures — but beyond that, we leave it to the voters to decide who is legit." Weiner defies the sex police (NYDN)

 Permanent Government Using Sex to Keep Control

Where Melber goes very wrong is when he says the city's establishment is upset with Weiner's sexual habits.  The permanent government is going after Weiner because they cannot control him, not sexually, but his policies and the way he would govern.  Weiner knows how to go around them.  Meaning the real estate developers who run the NYC Partnership might not get their millions is tax breaks to build luxury housing and push more middle class our of the city if Weiner is mayor.  Can you imagine is the city's establishment use their toys, the city media to drive our corruption and sexual harassment from politics, or fix the schools, keep hospitals open for the poor? Weiner's nutty sexual habits has outed the media's power to go after problems. They just don't care about problems that do not effect them. They are only interested in the power to control to make money and remake the city in their image for the rich.* Weiner defiant: 'I'm going to be a successful mayor' because of sexting scandal(Huff Post)

Even Permanent Government Soldier NYT's Dowd Punches The Weiners

Time to Hard-Delete Carlos Danger (Dowd, NYT) WHEN you puzzle over why the elegant Huma Abedin is propping up the eel-like Anthony Weiner, you must remember one thing: Huma was raised in Saudi Arabia, where women are treated worse by men than anywhere else on the planet.. .  But Weiner’s Goya-esque grotesquerie earns him another name: the “Rosemary’s Baby” of the Clintons. The former president is distancing himself, one associate said, noting, “He’s not getting anywhere near that grenade.” 

Weiner Campaign Manager Quits

Weiner's campaign chief reportedly quits as scandal grows(NYP)

Danny Kedem quit as Weiner’s campaign point man following a disastrous week on the trail *  Weiner’s Campaign Manager Quits After Latest Revelations(NYT) His departure is a hit to a campaign that was short of experienced staff members, because of Mr. Weiner’s scandal and his reputation as difficult boss. * Head of Anthony Weiner campaign RESIGNS same day mayoral hopeful films new commercial (NYDN)

NYPost dubs Weiner women Leathers the "Bible-belt Bad Girl"
* Anthony Weiner's campaign manager calls it quits, report claims (CBS)* Weiner talks to the Staten Island Advance
* @anthonyweiner confirms to NY1 that campaign manager Danny Kedem "has left the campaign. He did a remarkable job” * King: 'Pathological problem' should bar Weiner from becoming mayor (CNN) * Can Anthony Weiner survive? (AP) * Wife of GOP mayoral candidate @McDonald4NYC says she hopes Weiner's wife, Huma, "for the good of our city asks her husband to stand down." * Christine Quinn said Anthony Weiner has disqualified himself to be mayor "not just because of these scandals." Slams his DC record. * Anthony Weiner vows to stay in NYC mayor's race (USA Today)
*Anthony Weiner Loses His Campaign Manager(NY1)
* For de Blasio, Weiner Scandal Eclipses Issues in Race(NYT)
* Weiner Dislikes His Wife, Huma Abedin, Being Criticized For Sticking By His Side(NY1) 
* Do the Clintons Want Anthony Weiner to Quit the Mayoral Race? (NY Mag)

Who is the Real Crazy?
The Media Has Stop Covering the Mayoral Campaign to Push Weiner and Spitzer Out

EXCLUSIVE: Anthony Weiner spent $45G on private eye to probe 'hacking' after crotch shot went viral in 2011 — before finally admitting he sent graphic photos

Meet The Press ‏@meetthepress 17m

Is Anthony Weiner disqaulified as candidate? Quinn4NY: "It's not appropriate for opponents to call for people to get in or out of the race." * Feinstein: San Diego Mayor Filner should resign 

• Bob Schieffer Slams 'Sickening' Weiner: 'New Age Flasher' Who 'Traded Raincoat For Digital Camera'(CBS)
• Weiner Campaign Manager Quits After Latest 'Sexting' Scandal(NPR)

No black socks this time, Eliot? Spitzer takes walk of shame from wife Silda’s Fifth Ave. home(NYDN)  Though Silda Wall has yet to make an appearance on her husband's campaign trail, the controller hopeful was seen making a cheerful exit from his wife's Fifth Ave. apartment building Saturday morning.* Bloomberg Backs Wall Street After Spitzer Blasts Financial Sector (NY1)

1. Josh Barro ‏@jbarro

   Tom Friedman would actually be a better mayor than anyone currently in the NYC mayor field
   
   
   

   Parsing the New York Times' mayoral endorsement(CrainsNY)

   Anthony Weiner's campaign manager quits. This and more on ABC's This Week Podcast

   
   

   
   Thompson Speech Today Rebuilding His Black 2009 Voting Base
   

   

   Unusually animated Thompson today. Speaking at church with some conviction of systemic flaws re: racism  Bill Thompson Gives a Big Speech on Race Relations http://politicker.com/?p=61202  via @politicker
   Colin Campbell ‏@BKcolin 1m
   

   Bill Thompson goes full Obama on Trayvon issue, full remarks: 
   VIDEO by @AZi: Bill Thompson compares stop-and-frisk to George Zimmerman http://capi.tl/179uyQl
   Thompson Likens Police Stops to Suspicions That Killed Trayvon Martin: William C. Thompson Jr., a Democratic...  *
   

   Thompson Likens Police Stops to Suspicions That Killed Trayvon Martin (NYT)
   Bill Thompson Compares Stop-and-Frisk to George Zimmerman's 'Suspicion'(NY mag)

   
   

    

Sexual Harassment in Albany Would End If the Media Turned 24/7 Attention to It, Like They Have to the Weiner's

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   Michael Benjamin ‏@SquarePeg_Dem 11m

   Post-Star Editorial: It's time to do something about sexual harassment (in State Assembly) http://wp.me/p18KKd-Mn
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

   

   Alexander Hamilton’s Adultery and Apology

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Real Economic Issues Ignored By Media 

Apparently, Rick Perry of Texas isn’t the only Republican governor who has New York in his sights. We recently spoke with Florida’s governor, Rick Scott, at a dinner sponsored by The American Spectator. And there we learned that he was here as part of an effort to persuade New York-based businesses to consider the benefits of relocating to the Sunshine State. Not that he’s been hiding his intentions. The governor’s visit to New York was preceded by an open letter that begins bluntly: “Do you like paying higher taxes to do business in New York?” Governor vs. Governor(NYP Ed)

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A Mayoral Campaign About Nothing

All About the Weiner

Forget about about 8.4% unemployment, broken schools, political corruption, middle class moving out. All the mayoral candidates and their handlers want to tell the voters today is how they are better than the Weiner. Reporters have abandoned their role of informing the public which special interests in behind each candidate for the latest gossip of Weiner and Spitzer.

Quinn: I Am More Mature Than Weiner

Citing Scandals, Quinn Sees Way to Stand Apart(NYT)
Quinn, the City Council speaker, has moved quickly in the past several days to conspicuously distance herself from Anthony D. Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, the celebrity transgressors of the 2013 campaign, wrapping her candidacy in the language of “maturity,” “seriousness” and “truth.” * Quinn says @AnthonyWeiner has "a disconnect from an ability to tell the truth and a pattern of reckless behavior.” http://ow.ly/nnuRU


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Thompson Wife: Hits Campaign Trail Alone To Show Their Marriage is Strong?

Thompson’s Wife Hits the Trail, Solo(NYT)

Elsie McCabe Thompson made several appearances on behalf of her husband, William C. Thompson Jr., a candidate for mayor. Mrs. Thompson’s appearances came on the heels of the latest revelations regarding another Democratic candidate, Anthony D. Weiner, whose admission that he continued to engage in explicit online exchanges with women after resigning from Congress has raised questions about his treatment of women and the solidity of his marriage. .@BillThompsonNYC campaign puts out public sked for candidate's wife but spells her name wrong: It's Elsie, not Elise! *  In scandal-hit New York mayoral race, Thompson gets his chance (Chicago Tribune) * is this race a circus? @BillThompsonNYC: that would be kind.

Wayne Barrett wrote a story in 2009 that revealed that the $180 million museum/condo project of Elsie McCabe, Bill Thompson's wife, is being built by Bovis Lend Lease, the construction firm whose site safety manager is under indictment for criminally negligent homicide in the death of two firefighters (District Attorney Robert Morgenthau said he could have indicted the company as well, but didn't because it could bankrupt the firm and affect thousands of jobs). *  Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson failed repeatedly as controller to intervene as payroll system CityTime ballooned in costs(NYDN)  The initial cost was $73 million, but that became more than $700 million as Thompson declined to audit the suspicious effort.

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Saturday's Matinee of The Weiner Reality Show

Episode #10 of The Perils of the Weiner: Will He Stay in the Race

Weiner No Public Events Today
Weiner won’t end New York mayoral bid over new lewd exchanges (Bloomberg News)






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Weiner’s sext partner says wife Huma Abedin is in it for power and fame(NYP)  Anthony Weiner’s cyber mistress says he fakes it — with his wife.  “It almost feels to me like it’s more of an arrangement, or a business relationship, than a marriage,” Sydney Leathers said of the perv pol and his humiliated spouse, Huma Abedin.* Anthony*  Weiner’s brother accused of freaking out Leathers
Surprise! Carlos Danger had the worst week in Washington(Wash Post)

Emily Post's exchange with Anthony Weiner (Huff Post)

“It’s part of the charm of New York." — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Weiner and Spitzer's attempted comebacks * Could Weiner still win the mayor's race? (Huff Post) * Weiner's wife Huma Abedin under scrutiny over two jobs (CBS) *  Political Oddsmakers Diverge on Weiner's Chances (AP) * Anthony Weiner And The Embarrassing Problem Of 'Premature Explanation'(Forbes)

1. Anna Sale ‏@annasale 4m

   This sure reads differently now. Weiner: I'm supposed to be sorry, sorry in this way you're supposed to be sorry.

Weiner Gets A Lesson

In dramatic confrontation, retired teacher told Weiner he lacked "moral authority" to be mayor. Refused to shake hand
Teacher lectures Weiner over bad behavior(NYP)
Boy, did she teach naughty boy Anthony Weiner a lesson!  In a public spanking, retired public-school teacher Peg Brunda refused to shake Anthony Weiner’s hand after telling him his pervy behavior made him unfit to be mayor. Asked why she wouldn't shake Weiner's hand, Staten Island woman replied: "Who the hell knows where it’s been?”* Weiner Hears Loud Chorus of Opinions(WSJ) * 'The man is a pervert': Few voters welcome scandal-scarred Anthony Weiner during campaign stop to Staten Island(NYDN) * School Administrator Lowers Boom On Weiner During Staten Island Stop(WCBS) * Weiner tours Sandy damaged Staten Island (WABC)


“Weiner is not close to the Clintons. He’s like that jerky son-in-law who married in. They do not like him."

The Clintons united behind Huma Abedin but are keeping their distance from Anthony Weiner(NYDN)

Hillary Mini-Series
“@SteveBattaglio: Coming to NBC: 4-hour mini-series based on @HillaryClinton.” hope it's scripted with a sense of Huma...






Was the brother calling himself Harold Danger?

Anthony Weiner’s brother Jason accused of freaking out Sydney Leathers in attempt to 'feel her out' with random message(NYDN)






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Spitzer Second Fiddle to Weiner


Daily News Connects the Creeps With An Assist From Spitzer

TAKES ONE TO KNOW ONE: Eliot Spitzer calls Anthony Weiner a bad husband for bringing his wife into media frenzy(NYDN) * Mayor Bloomberg tells Eliot Spitzer to back off Wall Street because it's not controller's job(NYDN)

Why Weiner, Spitzer And Filner Do Not Represent A Democratic 'War On Women' (VIDEO) (Column By @TheMattWilstein)

Spitzer declines to call for Weiner to drop out (Wash Post)







For the 8th Time Scarlett Johansson Endorses Stringer

Scarlett Johansson joins slew of celebs throwing their support behind NYC Controller candidate Scott Stringer(NYDN) @Stringer2013 books $2.2 million in television ad time http://capi.tl/15RUO2v  cc


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Public Advocate's Race

Public Advocate Race Takes Shape(WSJ)

The noisy campaigns for mayor and comptroller have overshadowed New York City's only other citywide contest, the race for public advocate


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Forgetabout Corruption



Bloomberg Says City Time Corruption Is OK
Mayor Bloomberg: detection of fraud in CityTime scandal saved NY money (NYP) It’s “lucky” that there was massive fraud in the CityTime contract because the city ended up with a giant bargain, Mayor Bloomberg said yesterday.  The mayor said the entire embarrassing episode actually ended up saving taxpayers money to finance.. * Mayor Bloomberg says NYC 'LUCKY' it had $500 * Frequent Bloomberg critic (who is being sued by Bloomberg!) NYC Comptroller John Liu was less happy, with his spokeswoman telling the Post, "The heat must be getting to Mayor Bloomberg, who conveniently forgets that his gross mismanagement led to consultants ripping off taxpayers to the tune of a half-billion dollars just from CityTime, and millions more from other consultants."

Should We Forget About the Death of Ariel Russo Also?

(NYDN Ed) 911 Does Not Compute

After insisting the main flaw in the city’s new 911 emergency call system was with the people who dispatched responders, City Hall’s top man on the project admitted that there had been technical glitches. Staffing is in such turmoil that the NYPD will add 150 civilian dispatchers and is considering assigning 300 uniformed cops to dispatch duty. Also, the Department of Investigation is studying the unexplained 4-minute delay in getting an ambulance to Ariel Russo, when the child lay fatally injured after being hit by an SUV.

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Assemblyman Hikind Double Dipping


NY Post editorial: Dov Hikind’s payments from hospital that lobbies
The gift of graft(NYP)
Political corruption in Albany takes many forms. The most noxious is the kind that goes around the law.  Take Dov Hikind. Crain’s New York Business reports the Brooklyn assemblyman has set up an advertising company that, among other clients, collects $65,000 a year from Maimonides Medical Center — which Hikind then regularly plugs on his radio show and in his official newsletters.
Two problems here: First, Hikind is taking money from an institution that regularly lobbies him and other legislators for cash. Indeed, some 80 percent of Maimonides’ government grants come from the state Health Department.  Second, Hikind has never reported a penny of this outside income, as is required. Only after being questioned by Crain’s did he suddenly file amended disclosure forms dating back to 2006.

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Pols Move Away From Kellner

Charmian Neary ‏@CharmianNeary 2m

@DelPercioS @AlexWitt @msnbc Sadly, certain stories are looming so large that losers like Shelly (I didn't know) Silver are off the hook.

Micah Kellner's City Council Bid Backing Crumbles After Sexual Harassment Allegations Emerge(NYDN) Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and two Democratic state senators -- Jose Serrano of the Bronx and Brad Hoylman of Manhattan -- rescinded their endorsements of Kellner on Friday.

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Albany Sexual Harassment Connecting the Dots


The Tangled Webs Of Albany Sexual Harassment Cover Ups All Lead Back to Silver

Elizabeth Crothers, a former Assembly aide who accused the Assembly Speaker’s then-chief counsel of raping her, said that recently fired Silver aide Bill Collins threatened to smear her in the press in 2003, the Daily News

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver under fire for keeping Bill Collins on payroll after alleged sexual harassment mishandling(NYDN)
Former legislative aide Elizabeth Crothers says Assembly counsel Bill Collins threatened to smear her in the press back in 2003 after more accusations were leveled against Michael Boxley. Support for Assemblyman Micah Kellner’s city Council bid is crumbling after he admitted to inappropriate conversations with legislative aides. * Rep. Carolyn Maloney said the allegations of sexual harassment against her former staffer, Assemblyman Micah Kellner, are “serious and troubling” but she didn’t rescind her endorsement, Capital New York writes
Assemblywoman Glick overheard warning GOP colleague not to criticize Speaker Silver: 'You should quiet down before someone starts playing games with you'(6/25/2013, NYP)

Carolyn Maloney calls reports about her former staffer Kellner 'very serious and troubling'(Capital)

 

Michael Barbaro ‏@mikiebarb 3m

“The man needs to look himself in the mirror and say, ‘Really?’" a Weiner donor told me. "Grow up.” 

True News ‏@unitedNYblogs 41s

@mikiebarb Albany has never ended the Bear Mountain Compact

1. Reshma Saujani ‏@reshmasaujani 1m

   .@danielsquadron should renounce endorsement of @micahkellner. Actions like his are abhorrent in any workplace, even more so in gov't office

On 60th anniversary of the armistice ending the Korean War we thank all Americans who served and pray all Koreans will one day know freedom.

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Thompson Pension Problems

Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson said he had “nothing to do” with Kurron Shares of America, a company that ran the Interfaith Medical Center as it approached bankruptcy, despite working closely with its owner, WNYC reports: http://wny.cc/17475jp
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No Outrage at 911 System Failure

Better call 911 for 911! Staffers in glitch crisis are exhausted(NYP)
No wonder the city’s new emergency response system is plagued by dangerous delays.  Beyond repeated technical glitches, civilian 911 call takers are so overwhelmed by their workload that they’re dropping like flies, breaking down mentally and...


My hell as a 911 operator (NYP) The city’s new $88 million 911 computer system, part of a $2 billion overhaul of the emergency- response system, crashed at least nine times last week and has been plagued with problems since it launched in May. Operators had to record 911 calls... 

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Brooklyn DA is A Real Race Now


Breaking  WHOA Brookyn DA race shake 

@abegeorge2013 drops out leaving @HynesForDA vs @KenThompson4DA http://fw.to/sKMgjif
 A Hynes Rival Exits the Race for Brooklyn District Attorney(NYT)
Contest for Brooklyn Prosecutor Narrows to 2(NYT)

Arzt Is Tammy Hall
“This is Tammany-style back-room dealing at its worst,” Mr. Arzt said. “The question is: What did Thompson offer George to drop out? It doesn’t pass the smell test.”

Lobbyists Political Consultant Arzt Works 4 DA Hynes and Corrupt Brooklyn Boss Seddio 


Overloaded Artz?

Arzt's two walk in races have become toss-ups. Stringer for Comptroller and Hynes for Brooklyn DA.  Since he is also doing Katz in Queens and Menin in Manhattan (Who knows how many others). The question remains with all the extra work will one of his candidates lose because Arzt did not put enough time in his campaign




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More Albany Silver Sex Cover Ups


The Same Media That is Hunting Weiner and His Wife Allows Albany to Abuse Woman

Latest sex scandal on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s watch: Assemblyman Micah Kellner made life ’horrible’ for young staffer, says source  (NYDN)

“It was horrible,” said a source who worked in Kellner’s office at the time. “It was a terrible poisonous situation.” * NY Pol Micah Kellner Joins the #PenisPolitics Parade(Daily Kos) * Glick, who alerted the Assembly Speaker’s office of a sexual harassment allegation against Assemblyman Micah Kellner, said she didn’t bring it to an ethics committee because it was a rumor, State of Politics reports  * Senate Minority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says there is a culture of sexual harassment that is disturbing and “an ongoing situation.”


No Media Outrage of Albany's Sex Scandals Cover Ups

Albany Where anything goes (NYDN ED)

Sexual harassment and tolerance go together in Albany. You have to wonder what Assembly attorney Bill Collins has on Shelly Silver that the speaker would keep him on the payroll after the lawyer turned a blind eye to more sex harassment in the Legislature. The mind leaps to plenty. Let it not speculate. Let’s stick with the facts. They are as follows: While under fire for covering up Vito Lopez’s abusiveness toward female aides — a coverup executed by Collins — Silver has issued the lawyer paychecks for more than seven weeks after learning that Collins had squashed a detailed account of harassment by Manhattan Democratic Assemblyman Micah Kellner.

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No Outrage of 911 System Failure

Son of a glitch! 911 tech failure(NYP)
Another day, another failure. The city’s beleaguered ambulance-response system crashed twice yesterday while computer geeks tried to diagnose the glitch that continues to snarl the system. Dispatchers were forced to go back to using pen and paper to... * City's 911 system crashes THREE times as emergency operators forced to take notes by hand AGAIN(NYDN)





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No Outrage Fares Going Up

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority outlined its $13.7 billion preliminary budget for 2014, with Superstorm Sandy having thrown the year’s finances into flux in part due to rising insurance costs, the Times reports * MTA, City Officials to Sell SoHo Parcel for $26 Million(WSJ) * Sprint Finalizes Deal to Join Subway Network(WSJ) * RAISING HELL: Subway riders screeching over MTA plans to hike fares and tolls twice in the next four years — 'It's ridiculous'(NYDN) * Updated Four-Year MTA Budget Plan Pairs Service Improvements With Looming Fare Hikes(NY1)

Bloomberg on NYC takeover of MTA Weiner, Quinn & Lhota campaign on: "It is such a nonstarter." via @danarubinstein 
Slash the fare hikes(NYDN Ed)

Let’s all agree right now to the following: New York City subway and bus riders will not pay the fare hikes included in the Metropolitan Transportation Authority’s latest financial plan.

Advocacy Group: MTA Fares Could Jump To $3.75 In A Decade http://dlvr.it/3kZJQH  #newyork #nyc


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MSG Move


Madison Square Garden Was Basically Evicted Yesterday

Madison Square Garden Is Told to Move(NYT)

After a vote of 47 to 1, the New York City Council notified the Garden that it had to start looking for a new home, its fifth since opening in 1879. * Madison Square Garden facing a 10-year shot clock: Lawmakers vote 47-1 to move arena from midtown despite pleas from owners and Knicks superfan Spike Lee * Ten-Year Limited Permit For MSG Approved By City Council(NY1)

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NYC Bankruptcy

When New York Teetered on the Brink of Bankruptcy(NYT)

In October 1975, Mayor Abraham D. Beame signed a formal petition attesting to municipal default, but at the last minute, the city dodged the financial fate that Detroit suffered last week.

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The Koch Letters

Ed Koch was a pen pal to history(NYP)
 Ed Koch’s life was lived through letters. The former New York City mayor corresponded with presidents, movie stars and prime ministers. He neatly filed away the notes he received, some in folders marked with the word “good.”

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Bloomberg Vetos Council Police Bills

Bloomberg Vetoes Police IG And Bill to Allow the Public to Sue in State Court for Bias

Bloomberg Vetoes Two City Council Bills Aimed At Increasing NYPD Oversight http://bit.ly/15GrifY
Bloomberg Vetoes Two City Council Bills Aimed At Increasing NYPD Oversight(NY1)
Council Synchronizing Vacations to Override Bloomberg's NYPD Bill Veto(NY MAG)
Mayor Michael Bloomberg vetoed two controversial bills yesterday, including one to create an NYPD inspector general, setting up an override battle in the New York City Council, The Wall Street Journal reports:
Bloomberg Vetoes Measures for Police Monitor and Lawsuits(NYT) * Vetoes Set Up a Showdown Over NYPD(WSJ) * In passing the Community Safety Act, the City Council "has run wild in utter disregard for the well-being of New Yorkers." [New York Daily News] *

Clear and present danger(NYDN ED) For the lives and safety of 8.4 million New Yorkers, Mayor Bloomberg on Tuesday vetoed two of the most short-sighted, wrong-headed and just plain dangerous pieces of legislation ever passed by the New... 

 

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More Huntley Fallout


4 Pols Not Sleeping Well Tonight
City Councilman Leroy Comrie, former Councilman James Sanders and Councilmen Mark Weprin and Ruben Wills.

Non Profit Leader Pleads Guilty To Pocketing Council Funds(NY1)
The head of a Queens non-profit pled guilty Tuesday to stealing $85,000 in City Council money.
Van Holmes, the head of the Young Leaders Institute in Laurelton, has agreed to serve six months in prison and pay back $95,000 in restitution. Prosecutors say Holmes took money that was supposed to go to youth education programs and used it for shopping sprees and visits to a cabaret lounge.
 Prosecutors are also looking at three Council members and a current state senator as part of this investigation. Sen. James Sanders (D-Jamaica), who left the City Council after ousting Huntley from her seat last year, and Councilmen Leroy Comrie (D-St. Albans), 

Mark Weprin (D-Oakland Gardens) and Ruben Wills (D-Jamaica), all allocated money to Holmes’ nonprofit in the past several years. Jail for Huntley’s thieving pal(NYP)


Huntlety's Character Witness Van Homes Not Also Stands Indicted

Try not to laugh: Before Shirley Huntley was sentenced to jail in May for stealing $87,000 from a children’s charity she controlled, a friend wrote the judge for leniency, calling her his mentor and an “outstanding citizen.” The punch line? This character witness has now been arrested for stealing $88,000 from his children’s charity. Van Holmes, head of the Queens-based Young Leaders Institute, clearly learned his lessons from Huntley — he’s facing four felony charges for turning the “nonprofit” shell group into a personal ATM. * Several Lawmakers Appear In Court On Corruption Charges(NY1) * SE Queens nonprofit prez arrested on fraud charges(TimesLedger)


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Another Silver Sex Cover Up

(Note: Interesting time to release this story - Weiner Story will bury this story)

Assembly Lawyer to Step Down Over Failure to Investigate Sex Harassment Claims

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver’s office said Tuesday that a top Assembly lawyer would step down amid revelations that the Assembly staff failed to investigate sexual harassment claims involving another Assembly Democrat.

Four years ago, a junior staff member in Assemblyman Micah Z. Kellner’s office complained to her supervisor that she was being harassed by Mr. Kellner, an Upper East Side Democrat. The supervisor, a top aide to Mr. Kellner, reported the matter to Bill Collins, who, as counsel to the majority party, ran the Assembly’s legal staff. The senior Kellner aide presented Mr. Collins with 15 pages of Internet chat transcripts, in which Mr. Kellner made suggestive remarks to the junior staff member, a woman in her early 20s who was new to the job.
Kellner: 'While I was still single, I exchanged instant messages w/ a female member of my staff that were flirtatious. It was inappropriate'

NY Speaker Silver in midst of another sex harassment scuttlebutt(NYDN)

NY Speaker Sheldon Silver hit with new harassment scandal after top counsel reveals he did not probe flirtatious transcriptions of another lawman(NYDN)

Bill Collins, a longtime top counsel to NY Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, will step down after it was revealed he didn’t investigate when he received online transcripts detailing sexually inappropriate conversations that Assemblyman Micah Kellner had with a staff member.
Silver gov’t lawyer quits(NYP)
Silver spokesman Mike Whyland said Collins never informed the speaker of the matter at the time. “The speaker has had a conversation with Mr. Collins and he will be leaving the Assembly’s employ,” Whyland said.

1. 1. Charmian Neary ‏@CharmianNeary 18m

      New sex harassment case surfaces in NY Assembly http://lohud.us/168Wuoh  via @lohud //Silver says he didn't know—right.
      

      State GOP To Cuomo: Stop The ‘Madness’(YNN)

      In a statement from the state GOP, the party again calls on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to “put an end to this madness” and appoint a special prosecutor to investigate sexual abuse in the Assembly.

      Silver says he just found out—after 4 years. Ask your assemblymember who elected this liar. via @Newsday

      No Shame
      

      Micah Kellner Campaigns After New Harassment Revelations(NYO) * Upper East Side Assemblyman Micah Kellner–one of the few Assembly Democrats to criticize Speaker Shelly Silver’s handling of the Vito Lopez scandal–is now facing sexual harassment allegations of his own.
      Assemblyman Micah Kellner claims he was not aware a sexual harassment complaint was lodged against him with the speaker’s counsel four years ago. “(T)his should have been handled,” he said.
      RT “@Azi: #local: @JessLappin rescinds her @MicahKellner endorsement http://capi.tl/18Dt8Ek  cc
      After Foe Cops To Improper Messages To Staffer, Ben Kallos Gets NOW-NYC #nycCouncil Nod | NY Daily News 
      
      
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      Subway Fare Increases 2015, 2017

MTA still planning 2015, 2017 fare hikes(NYP)
Despite aggressive cost-cutting at the MTA over the past three years, fare and toll increases in 2015 and 2017 are still slated to leave the station because of rising long-term pension and health care costs.
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911 Crashes Again

Does Anyone Have Ray Kelly's Number?

Wednesday
NYC's EMS 911 System Went Down Again Today, Part VII
911 dispatchers forced to use pen and paper after new system fails again(NYP)
911 system crashes twice more Wednesday(NYDN)

EXCLUSIVE: Too bad SHE didn't have Ray Kelly's number — 96-year-old Queens woman, who fell and 'was unable to get up,' waited OVER AN HOUR for an ambulance after city's 911 system crashes AGAIN(NYDN)

'You wish you didn't have bugs, but that's the real world': Operators forced to take 911 calls with PEN and PAPER after city's beleaguered $88M system crashes for 30 minutes(NYDN)
* FDNY dispathers forced to use pen & paper after city 911 system fails three times(NYDNP)
"We're working in the dark over here." City's new 911 dispatch system goes down again(DNA)

More Computer Failures in City’s 911 System(NYT)

The failures, which seemed to have occurred in the data storage equipment, caused delays and forced operators to use pen and paper to record calls, a Fire Department spokesman said.

Pair of NYC 911 operators collapse amid call center system crash(NYDN)
Multiple 911 System Crashes: http://bit.ly/18Ahv0U
FDNY: Computerized EMS Dispatch System Has Several Outages (NY1)
Breaking911 ‏@Breaking911 37s

BREAKING *EMS COMMUNICATIONS FAILURE* For the FIFTH time today. Dozens of calls in backlog. Ambulance GPS fail as well.

It's Been a Bad Day for Ambulance Response Times(NY Mag)

911 mixup costs victim his finger(NYP)
Two men lost fingers in separate Manhattan accidents yesterday — but the addresses were so similar that FDNY dispatchers assumed the second call was a mistake and never sent an ambulance, The Post has leaned.

An internal NYPD memo reveals that 300 cops could be assigned to answer 911 telephone calls as part of a personnel shakeup to help the beleaguered emergency dispatch center, the News’ Juan Gonzalez says: http://nydn.us/16YQKMU
 
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NYCHA Warehousing

 

227,000 Names on List Vie for Rare Vacancies in City’s Public Housing(NYT)

Half a million people are on the New York City Housing Authority’s application list, and ever-changing circumstances, like divorce, births and employment, affect the list. * NYCHA chairman booed over misuse of funds as John Liu reveals $700M remains available for agency to use for repairs(NYCHA)

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The Woman of Albany

NYP Fred Dicker Says 30 Women Assemblymembers Want Speaker Silver Out Disgraced Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver faces a “serious leadership threat’’ from an embarrassed bloc of Assembly members: the 30 Democratic women who defended Silver despite his efforts to cover up the Vito Lopez sexual-harassment scandal. Assembly insiders said the women, stung by the widespread criticism of their defense of Silver and angered by the Legislature’s recent failure to reach an agreement on Gov. Cuomo’s proposed Women’s Equality Act, may be looking to topple Silver next year. “With 30 votes to begin with and a few more from around the state, the Democratic assemblywomen could be in a position to replace Silver,’’ said one source. Manhattan Assemblywoman Deborah Glick was described as the most likely challenger to Silver. Shel’s belles bucking(NYP) * Deborah J. Glick ‏‪@DeborahJGlick: Surprised NY Post's Fred Dicker didn't support pot decriminalization more fervently- Since he obviously spends much time smoking something! * Assemblywoman Glick Slams Report, Accuses Reporter of Smoking Pot (NYO)

Since 2004, legislators and state officials spent more than $7 million in campaign funds on attorneys, with Assemblyman Adam Bradley leading the way the past six months with $153,000, Gannett Albany reports: http://on.rocne.ws/19f8w4A

1. Charmian Neary ‏@CharmianNeary 

   Sonia Osorio @nyc_now are big hypocrites. So @Spitzer2013 is bad but Silver is a hero? Which man enabled women to be raped and harrassed? @SquarePeg_Dem After the way these women fawned all over sex abuse enabler @ShellySilver in Albany, you'd think they'd hide from cameras.

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Candidate Protection

Special Police Protection for Mayoral Candidates Sleep Over

Mayor wannabes sleep over in projects with 5x usual # of cops watching - a fact that wasn't lost on irked residents

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It is the Promise Economy

None of the Mayoral Candidates Have Comments What the Detroit's Bankruptcy Means to NYC

 BILL KELLER
New York Is Not Detroit. But ...(NYT)
This city, too, has made promises that will be hard to keep. The Times’ Bill Keller writes that New York City has many of the same issues that led Detroit to declare bankruptcy, including expired contracts, defined-benefit pensions and unfunded healthcare liabilities *
Bill Keller notes NYC has many of the same problems that caused Detroit to declare bankruptcy.

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Cuomo's Stunts?

 The Post’s Bob McManus writes that the Adirondack region deserves real attention, such as more commercial investment, outside of the political “rafting stunts”:

Sex-Scandal-Plagued Politicians Are Just Part of What Makes New York So Great, According to Governor Cuomo(NY Mag)

The NY Post calls on Cuomo to walk the campaign finance reform walk if he’s going to talk the talk.
Cuomo On 2016: ‘Focused’ On Being Governor: In his second national TV interview in as many weeks, Gov. Andrew ... http://bit.ly/1b8rqvz

The Daily News’ Bill Hammond details Cuomo’s hypocrisy in calling for reform of the state’s campaign finance laws while exploiting loopholes in the system to raise money from wealthy donors: http://nydn.us/1dRUlAg 

The statewide coalition supporting Cuomo’s proposal to change New York’s abortion laws and strengthen other anti-discrimination measures spent more than half a million dollars on ads. And $151 on candy. 

MENTALLY Ill Housing
Ending Long Battle, Cuomo Agrees to Plan to House Mentally Ill(NYT)
The state will move up to 4,000 mentally ill New Yorkers from adult homes into “supported housing” apartments over the next five years as part of a deal reached with the Justice Department.
This move settles a contentious legal battle over the care for such patients that dragged on for a decade.

 

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Klein Eats
A Lot of Happy Meals?

Pol’s 16G dining tab(NYP)

State Senate Majority Co-Leader Jeff Klein spent $16,672 from his campaign account dining at posh restaurants with colleagues, staffers, campaign donors, and people doing business with the Legislature, the Post learns:

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The Speakers Bag Man

Huntley Told the FBI That Bags of Cash Were All Over the Legislative Office Building
Who Knew Corrupt Sheinkopf Was Also Was Also Silver's Bag Man

Bribe $$$
As the state evaluated the billion-dollar proposals for the Aqueduct Racetrack racino in 2009, principals for the shadiest bidder gave thousands to a political committee controlled by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver — money that nobody today can account for. And months later, just before that scandal-plagued bidder was picked, Silver solicited “campaign dough” from Hank Sheinkopf, a friend who was lobbying for the company, the Aqueduct Entertainment Group. * Sheldon Silver on hot seat over racino bid as e-mails track money to political committee(NYP)  *Silver: Legislature Needs A Role In Casino Siting(YNN) *Gambling Industry Money Is Streaming Into Albany(NYT)
 

In Ocean 11 The Rat Pack Tried to Steal From A Casino, In Albany They Tried to Steal the Entire Casino

The AEG Investigation So Far (True News)

“At each turn, our state leaders abdicated their public duty, failed to impose ethical restraints and focused on political gain at a cost of millions to New Yorkers,” former IG Joseph Fisch said when he released the scathing AEG report. Two key AEG supporters, state Sens. John Sampson and Malcolm Smith, were arrested this spring by federal authorities on unrelated charges, and more legislators are reportedly in the cross hairs.  A few days later, Woolf e-mailed developer Larry Roman: “if we were to offer Hank a big job or $ he could move Silver to our side.” A month before AEG was chosen the winner, Silver asked Sheinkopf for “campaign dough,” according to a Dec. 14, 2009, e-mail from Sheinkopf to Roman.* Behind an Army of Lobbyists, a Force in Gambling(NYT) * Genting’s lobbyist/consultant roster reads like a who’s who of NY players: John Cordo, Jennifer Cunningham, Pat Lynch, Brad Tusk, James Featherstonhaugh, Nick Spano.

The Racino Scandal Exposes The Corruption of Sheldon Silver, Lobbyist and Clinton Employee Hank Sheinkopf, and Others

“Rumor has it Shelly and the gov don’t like us for Aqueduct. I’m trying to get to the bottom of it,” according to a July 8, 2009, e-mail from AEG lobbyist Fred Polsinelli to Sheinkopf, a longtime political operative and Silver friend. A few weeks later, the principals had an opportunity to curry favor with Silver at his “Speaker’s Cup” golf outing, a fund-raiser for the Democratic Assembly Campaign Committee. Silver was the group’s honorary chairman. But there were to be no traces of AEG on the money it donated to the event. “They don’t want the check to come from AEG,” O’Farrell wrote in an e-mail sent on July 17, 2009. “I’ve seen Hank Sheinkopf in action. If you want some quality time with Silver, Hank’s your man,” consultant Eugene Christiansen told AEG principal Larry Woolf in an Aug. 19, 2009, e-mail.Sheinkopf refused to talk to the IG in 2010, invoking the Fifth Amendment. “I have no obligation to be intimidated by him under any circumstances. I’m not a state employee,” Sheinkopf told The Post last week. “It’s none of his f--king business, how’s that?’* Gov Paterson Was Looking for Political Support for the 2010 Campaign When He Said He OK’d Racino Deal as Favor to Sampson(True News)

Investigative Reporting Today Is Limited to Newspapers Going After Candidates They Want to Defeat 

The Media No Longer Educations the Public, It Now Tries to Shape Public Opinion to Support Their Political Agenda
Informing the public about the extent of AEG corruption, about the key players in that scandal running for office or running campaigns - Forgetaboutit!

The NYT Blew Out Paterson

Question of Influencein Abuse Case of Paterson Aide (NYT) 2/24/2010

David Paterson Drops Out of New York Governor's Race (2/26/2010)

Tied to Knock Out Rep Grimm, But Nobody Reads the NYT on Staten Island

US Ties Legislator's Ex-Associate to Mob - The New York Times

NYT Took the Air Out of Liu's Mayoral Race in 20011

Irregularities Found in John Liu's Campaign Finance Reports ...(10/11/2011)

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Orgzanized Crime Lobbyists Political Consultants

The Corrupting Role of Lobbyist Political Consultants  Party Bosses are Never Written Analysed By the Media

In Fact They ARE Protected by the Media
and the Power Brokers Who Use Them to Protect Their Power
 
The City's Establishment: Wall Street, Partnership and Real Estate Fear A Controller Spitzer
Can Errand Boy Consultant Lobbyists George Arzt's Save the Establishment From the Sheriff of Wall Street?

New York's Goodfellows Campaign Consultant Lobbyists And Political Bosses Drive the Political Corruption

New York's Permanent Criminal Government Corrupt the Elected Officials They Put Into Office

Lobbyists Consultants Like Hank Sheinkopf, Stanley Schlein, Evan Stavisky, Bill Lynch, Mike Nussbaum, Richard Lipsky, Global Strategy, Patricia Lynch, Roberto Ramirez, Patricia Lynch, Hank Morris,  Are the Ones Driving the Corruption

Political Bosses Like Vito Lopez, Frank Seddio, Joe Crowley, Phil Regusa , Jay Savino, Ray Harding, Vincent Tabone, Michael Long, Independent Party Clut Are the Also Driving the Political Corruption and Controlling the Corrupt Board of Elections 

Smith Advisor Hank Sheinkopf Connected to AEG and Much More

NY1 Reporter Grace Rauh listed corrupt lobbyist Hank Sheinkopf as one of the 50 relatives, pals, colleagues and clients who wrote character letters on his Lipsky's defense successful to avoid a long prison sentence The NY1 reporter failed to mention the absurdity of a Sheinkropf send a letter of character to a judge.  Rauh should have told her views that Sheinkropf took the 5th 56 times when the NYS questioned him about the AEG bidding process.  Sheinkopf took the 5th when asked questions by the NY former state Inspector General Joseph Fisch about the AEG scandal which is still being investigated by the feds as part of the AEG investigation.  The Feds are also investigating a Board Of Election (the cesspool of political corruption) contract for new machines that Sheinkopf was a lobbyist for. Feds investigate switch by Board of Elections ... - New York Post  There is a lot more in areas like pensions and HUD corrupt where Sheinkropf name appears. Former Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett best described how Sheinkopf operates "Sheinkopf makes kings so he can then make deals with the kings he’s made." 
Sheinkopf working for Robert WilliamsBehind Big Political Gifts, a Mysterious Donor - The New York Times

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DA Hynes 180 Names Some Pervs

"Miscommunication" Led To NYC Board Of Elections Shredding 20 Pages Of GOP Petitions(NYDN)

The petitions contained Hynes' name, as well as pro-Eaton county committee.

The BoE refuses to name the Dem/GOP team of clerks who shredded the petition, a violation of the Board's strict policy of storing petitions for two years after the election in question.

Hynes releases names of the abusers of Orthodox Community Who Were Convicted

Brooklyn DA bares names of Orthodox sex pervs in policy shift(NYP)

The Brooklyn District Attorney’s Office has convicted 45 men — and one woman — in sex-attack cases in the Orthodox Jewish community since it began a crackdown more than four years ago, officials say. DA Charles Hynes gave The Post their names,...  

1. Chris Owens ‏@ChrisOwens4U 7m

   #KenThompson - Hynes finally does the right thing. It took an election challenge to make it happen. This year,... http://fb.me/2f0K3wyci
   
   Brooklyn DA @KenThompson4DA hopful gets big union backing from @1199SEIU, snubs @BrooklynDA Hynes and @abegeorge2013 http://fw.to/oaZEqSK
   Big union turns on the Brooklyn District Attorney who seriously blew those Orthodox child abuse cases (1199)

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Bloomberg Sues Liu

OVER Homeless Shelter Contracts

Bloomberg Sues Liu for Rejecting City Contracts(NYT)

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg contends that Comptroller John C. Liu blocked a deal on homeless shelters to advance his mayoral campaign. * Bloomberg vs. Liu: Mayor Sues Comptroller Over Shelter Contracts (Village Voice)

2. John C. Liu ‏@JohnLiu2013 14s

   Up in arms about adherence to City Charter? If we’d followed the Charter, he wouldn’t even be in office right now http://nyti.ms/13POYvx
   More on Bloomberg suing John Liu for rejecting another one of the mayor's contracts. [Courtney Gross]

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All About Me Flacking

As The City's Unemployment Rate Goes Up and A Hospital is Being Closed Self Absorbed Campaign Flack Talk About Themselves

Tammany Hall Gave Jobs and Christmas Turkey to the Poor, Today the Political Operatives Collect Their High Salaries and Talk About Themselves

The battle between former Gov. Eliot SpitzerGirls.

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Mayor's Race  

Wednesday

Woman Shot Dead At Mayoral Sleep Over Project

DEATH ZONE: Harlem woman shot dead at same housing project where mayoral hopefuls spent the night just days earlier(NYDN)

In the Daily News, Michael Saltsman, research director for the Employment Policies Institute, explains why mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio’s pledge to live on the minimum wage for a week is a “flawed concept”: http://nydn.us/15fgQgv

Since 2007, Council Speaker Christine Quinn funneled more than $130,000 in discretionary funds to a private park in Queens, leading to criticism from a strategist for her mayoral rival Bill Thompson, the Post reports:  Through a $50 million pot of “member items” Quinn controls as council speaker, she allocated $25,000 this year to Friends of Sunnyside Gardens Park, a nonprofit that runs a 3 1/2-acre playground and recreation space that is open only to members. 

In an op-ed, the former president of the Citizens Crime Commission argues mayoral candidates need to say what will replace proactive policing. [Thomas Reppetto] 

Tuesday
PICTURESQUE THIS! When the City Council “slush fund” scandal was revealed, the largest beneficiary was the High Line—and ongoing funding for the park points to the Council Speaker’s continued control over funding: http://bit.ly/12IT2i1

Council Speaker Christine Quinn said New York City differs from Detroit, which is going through bankruptcy, but said city officials to be serious about the financial situation moving forward, Capital New York writes: http://bit.ly/132hBKz

Critics Question Park Plan(WSJ)
Members of two boards affiliated with Hudson River Park would benefit from sale of properties' air rights. A bill passed in Albany last month provides a path for bringing potentially tens of millions of dollars in private money to Hudson River Park, but has also sparked controversy.
  

Donations to Quinn Are Questioned(WSJ)

#NYC mayoral candidate Quinn commutes with a Staten Island mom (VIDEO)

EXCLUSIVE: The incredible shrinking Weiner! NYC mayor hopeful gets ever skinnier and loses 10 pounds on the campaign trail(NYDN)
Seizing Moment, de Blasio Gains Attention From Fight Over Hospital Closing(NYT)

Bill de Blasio, a Democratic candidate for mayor, has protested, been arrested and filed lawsuits to prevent the closing of Long Island College Hospital in Brooklyn.

Two board members for the nonpartisan New York City Campaign Finance Board contributed to Christine Quinn’s mayoral campaign, with one bundling more than $20,000 for her in 2007 and 2008, The Wall Street Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/15DAiCL

Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson skipped the last filing with the state Board of Elections for his still-active 2009 mayoral account, and faces another fine in addition to a $1,052 penalty for missing the January 2013 filing, the Post learns: http://bit.ly/12e78No

Once Creditor and Debtor, Now Rivals for Mayor(NYT)

John A. Catsimatidis and George McDonald find themselves running against each other for mayor of New York City decades after they struck a mortgage deal.

As mayoral hopefuls like Public Advocate Bill de Blasio live on a minimum wage-like budget and others like former Congressman Anthony Weiner and Comptroller John Liu live on a food stamp-inspired budget, Council Speaker Christine Quinn accompanied a Staten Island resident along her hour-and-a-half commute. Afterwards, she called for increased weekend express bus service, light-rail options and more ferry service.

Over the weekend, Rep. Weiner went on Assemblyman Dov Hikind‘s radio show, where he strongly identified with the observant Jewish community and declared his opposition to the city’s circumcision policies again. “I campaigned against the mayor’s position on metzitzah b’peh back in 2005 because I believe that as a progressive liberal person that I am, part of that is staked in the notion of libertarianism,” he said. “Being extra careful of religious observance.”

Daily News Says What Are the Mayoral Candidates Going to Do About NYCHA

  The News applauds the New York City mayoral candidates who spent a night in Harlem’s Lincoln Houses for exposing the poor NYCHA conditions, but calls on them to offer serious solutions to turning around the agency: http://nydn.us/1bbsXRK

Looks Like the Rev Who With His WH Connection, MSNBC Show Will Be the Key Endorsement in the Mayoral Runoff
"Carmine DeSapio" 
Boss Sharpton

Don't forget your sleeping bags: Rev. Al Sharpton invites mayoral candidates to spend the night in East Harlem housing project — who accepted the challenge?(NYDN)

Al Sharpton plays several sides in Trayvon Martin story (Wash Post) *Several Democratic Mayoral Candidates To Spend Saturday Night In Housing Authority Building (NY1) * Rev. Al Sharpton’s front and center - @mweinger reports: (Politico)

NYC mayoral hopefuls to attend sleepover in Lincoln Houses projects(NYDN) Candidates who plan to attend include Council Speaker Christine Quinn; city Controller John Liu and his predecessor William Thompson; Public Advocate Bill de Blasio; and former Congressman Anthony Weiner. The event was arranged by Rev. Al Sharpton and advocacy groups Community Voices Heard and the Urban Justice Center.

Campaign event unlike any other: Five mayoral candidates have sleepover at sweltering city housing project

Mayoral Candidates To Sleep In Harlem Public Housing Building Saturday Night (WCBSTV)

Candidates To Discuss Experience At Sunday Morning News Conference * Mayoral candidates spend night in public housing(WABC)

• Sleepover: Mayoral candidates spend the night in Harlem’s Lincoln Houses(NYP)  Would you let this man in for a sleepover? Anthony Weiner took his silver sleeping bag and a box of cupcakes over to a Lincoln Houses apartment in East Harlem last night* http://fw.to/YUGtIcg
• * NYCHA Sleepover An Eye Opening Experience, Mayoral Candidates Say (NY1)
• John Catsimatidis ‏@JCats2013 11m

  I grew up on 135 St. in conditions like the #NYCHA Houses, unlike the other candidates who are out of touch & have no idea what it's like.

  Al Sharpton Hosts a NYCHA Sleepover for Mayoral Hopefuls (NYO)
  The Democratic Mayoral Candidates Had a Sleepover in the Projects (NY Mag)
  For Five Mayoral Candidates, a Sleepover in City Housing(NYT)
  A "night to remember" with the NYC mayoral candidates. By @A_Grossman http://on.wsj.com/13wfLRI
  A Sleepover to Highlight Housing Woes(WSJ)
  Mayoral Candidates Want to Experience the Crappiest Parts of New Yorkers' Lives(NY Mag)

Lhota Ahead in GOP Race 

Lhota: Campaigning for a Close-Up(WSJ)

Republican mayoral candidate Joe Lhota is trying to turn a lifetime of supporting-actor jobs into a marquee leading-man role. * Five Questions for Mayoral Candidate Joe Lhota(WSJ) 

Joe greets voters at the Colombian Day Parade in Queens EXCLUSIVE: Ex-Gov. David Paterson says electing Joe Lhota for mayor 'would be like sending a boy to do a man's job'(NYDN) *  NYT/Siena Poll has @JoeLhota4Mayor w DOUBLE DIGIT lead over @JCats2013 Lhota 32% JCats 21% McDonald 3% DK/Oth 43% pic.twitter.com/QkNNh3ujHn
* Joe Lhota Stumps for the Republican Greenmarket Vote (Barkan)
After Complaints, M.T.A. Board May Abandon a Lhota Initiative(NYT)

When Joseph J. Lhota was chairman of the agency, he pushed to reduce the number of board meetings, but the change may have upended the fragile machinery of the authority.

 

Graphic: 50 Days Until the New York City Mayoral Primary(WSJ

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      Explanatory WSJ graphic on NYC mayoral candidates excludes Albanese (D), McDonald (R), Carrion (I) and newcomer Hidary (I). What's criteria?

Remember Thompson Hidden Vote in 2009

In 2009 a poll one week before the election with Bloomberg Showed the mayor winning by 16%.  Thompson After being out spent 20 to 1 lost to Bloomberg by 5%
Internal Thompson Poll Shows Candidate Leading Among Black Voters(WSJ)
Mayoral hopeful Bill Thompson's campaign emailed supporters a memo describing an internal poll that shows him leading the field among black voters likely to go to the polls in the Democratic primary, a move he hopes will calm supporters nervous about recent public polls showing his rivals ahead in that key demographic.

Thompson UFT's High Stakes Test(NYDN)Williams: Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson was supposed to be measuring for new curtains at Gracie Mansion this summer — or, at the very least, guaranteeing himself a spot in the Democratic runoff.

Weiner
More heat on Weiner over ‘Jazeera’ cash(NYP)
Oy! Jewish leaders are kvetching over Anthony Weiner’s accepting campaign cash from a lobbyist for Al Jazeera — Osama bin Laden’s favorite TV network. * Wives Of Scandal-Plagued Politicians Scrutinized In New York City Races(Huff Post)

Jewish and 1% Albanese
Mayoral Candidate Sal Albanese Meets With Jewish Voters In Catskills(NY1)

Mayor's Race Sees Discussions On Trayvon Martin Case, Public Safety Resources(NY1)

State Senator

What Do New Yorkers Want? (NYT) By SAM ROBERTS

Arguably every New York election for a new mayor over the last century was won by a candidate who offered a clear alternative to his predecessor.


To Make a Safe City Safer(NYT)

By THE EDITORIAL BOARD

Candidates pledge more officers on patrol, better tactics and stronger community bonds
The Times outlines the various mayoral candidates’ positions on improving public safety in New York City, saying that the next mayor will have to live up to a remarkable reduction in violent crime: 

The Road to City Hall Runs Through The Catskills

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State Corruption

Andy defends anti-corruption ad buy(NYP)
Gov. Cuomo defended his controversial use of re-election campaign dollars to promote the new Moreland Commission yesterday — saying the public needs to know they can “take a breath” because there is an “all-star team of prosecutors” at work. * Andrew’s ads(NYP) * Political Corruption Boils Over in Albany(Village Voice)



Huntlety's Character Witness Van Homes Not Also Stands Indicted

Try not to laugh: Before Shirley Huntley was sentenced to jail in May for stealing $87,000 from a children’s charity she controlled, a friend wrote the judge for leniency, calling her his mentor and an “outstanding citizen.” The punch line? This character witness has now been arrested for stealing $88,000 from his children’s charity. Van Holmes, head of the Queens-based Young Leaders Institute, clearly learned his lessons from Huntley — he’s facing four felony charges for turning the “nonprofit” shell group into a personal ATM. * Several Lawmakers Appear In Court On Corruption Charges(NY1) * SE Queens nonprofit prez arrested on fraud charges(TimesLedger)

Lopez's Uses Campaign Fund to Pay Sexual Harassment Lawyer

Lovett: Vito Lopez spent more than $22,000 from campaign funds since January on sexual harassment lawyer(NYDN) Pervy ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez continues to raid his massive state campaign war chest to pay his lawyers. Lopez has now spent a total of $304,470 from his campaign kitty on his lawyer, records show.

Assembly Speaker Removing Lawyer, Citing Ignored Claims of Sexual Harassment http://nyti.ms/1c19AbY

Maritza Davila, Vito Lopez’s handpicked candidate to run for his old Assembly seat, has raised only $8,792 for her campaign, while her opponent, Jason Otaño, has raised $55,619, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/12IQ4dw

Two Indicted Assemblymen Among Two Dozen Who Have Yet To File Latest Campaign Reports (NYDN) Boyland (D-Brooklyn) and Stevenson (D-Bronx) may have other things on their minds. Both are fighting federal bribery charges in separate cases.


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Hospital Closing

Why #SaveLICH? Here's a look at the before & after distances to the nearest ER if you live in Cobble Hill, #Brooklyn: pic.twitter.com/CUvnYENmDR

Long Island College Hospital faces threat of closing, SUNY official Carl McCall warns

Saturday

Long Island College Hospital Remains Open As Legal Jousting Continues http://bit.ly/1e2cQBT
Friday

Brooklyn Daily Eagle ‏@BklynEagle 13m

NYSNA court order against closing LICH was stayed on Thursday. De Blasio order still in effect. #saveLICH #brooklyn http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/interfaith-verge-closing-leaders-call-doh-consider-restructuring-plan-2013-07-26-210900 …

Amid Hospital’s Turmoil, a Lost Man Disappears(NYT)
Two fathers say NYC #911 took too long to dispatch EMS to help their dying sons @911BUFF @Ambulance_news : http://tinyurl.com/ktokjh7

Tuesday 

March, Protest Of Proposed Brooklyn Hospital Closings Ends In Arrests (NY1)

Wednesday

SUNY Downstate under investigation by Brooklyn DA (Brooklyn Eagle)

Tuesday
Second Brooklyn Hospital Faces Closure(WSJ)
DA now probing LICH administrators http://dlvr.it/3hpMFF  #newyork #nyc

Christine Quinn - Ten Chances To Stop Hospital Closings

Protesters Of Proposed Brooklyn Hospital Closings Stage 'Funeral March' (NY1)

De Blasio: SUNY Downstate Will Be In Big Trouble If It Closes LICH http://dlvr.it/3hpyLM  #newyork #nyc

Sunday 6PM SUNY Downstate pushing ahead with LICH closure, only 11 patients remain. Plan is to empty out the sick by July 28 http://fw.to/Ay1wpsa
LICH DEAD: State approves closure plan, hospital says judges orders to keep it open will be ignored (Brooklyn Paper)

1. Brooklyn Daily Eagle ‏@BklynEagle 2h

   OPINION: Why is Bill de Blasio the only mayoral candidate campaigning for #LICH? http://fb.me/SBTcBbyz

1. Bill de Blasio ‏@BilldeBlasio 3m

   SUNY is breaking the law by refusing patients at LICH. We'll be back in court tomorrow continuing fight to #SaveLICH http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9772rzAE5h0&feature=youtu.be …

   Battle over Long Island College Hospital heats up: State officials vow to clear patients from cash-strapped Brooklyn medical center by next week – but Bill de Blasio is headed to court to stop the shutdown(NYDN)
   Legal Battles Continue as Hospital in Brooklyn Nears Closing Date(NYT)
   

   LICH staff calls cops as SUNY Downstate attempts to remove patients (Brooklyn Eagle)

   The Times also reported that a patient who was transferred to Downstate from LICH last week has died.

First Steps in Shutdown of Long Island College Hospital Are Approved(NYT)
SHUT IT DOWN: State Health Dept. approves Long Island College Hospital closure — despite last-ditch efforts(NYDN) * Temporary Restraining Order Issued After State Approves Plans For Long Island College Hospital Shutdown(NY1) * SUNY Downstate Will Appeal Temporary Restraining Order Against Closing Long Island College Hospital(NY1) * Emergency judge's order keeps LICH open for now(WABC) * LICH Closure Approved; Restraining Order Could Buy Time (WCBS)

Restraining Order * Judge rules LICH cannot overrule medical counsel of doctors & nurses demanding hospital remain open to serve patients

1. Bill de Blasio ‏@BilldeBlasio 8m

   #BREAKING: We secured restraining order to stop closure of #LICH. Delivering to administration at 5pm. #SaveLICH #TRO http://advocate.nyc.gov/LICH

   DE BLASIO'S TRO PROHIBITS SUNY FROM 'CURTAILING' ANY MEDICAL STAFF OR PROCEDURES OR DIVERTING AMBULANCES!

 


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Real Estate Corruption

Probe these giveaways (NYDN)

A luxury tower's tax breaks look more outrageous and suspicious by the day

The companies that will benefit, their lobbyists and PACs have donated $1.5 million to Albany campaign accounts over the past five years. The bill’s sponsors — Sen. Marty Golden and Assemblyman Keith Wright — professed ignorance.

Tax Breaks for Billionaires(http://metcouncilonhousing.org)

How the Campaign Finance System Failed

New York Taxpayers and Helped Luxury Developers

How the billionaire who bought $90 million NYC penthouse will get $210,000 tax break meant for low income housing (Daily Mail)

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Media

The Air is Going Out At the NY Post

New York Post Looks Thinner After News Corporation Split (Daily Beast) It’s been a while since Rupert Murdoch’s New York tabloid has had a jaw-dropping scoop—or a front page that went viral. And some laid-off staffers aren’t being replaced. David Freedlander on why staffers are worried.

538

What Were the Odds That Nate Silver Would Leave the New York Times for ESPN? Only Nate Knows (Daily Beast)

2. Jim Roberts ‏@nycjim 14m

   Interesting analysis: What Nate Silver’s Move Means for the ‘NYTimes’ and ESPN @tnr http://www.newrepublic.com/article/113967/what-nate-silvers-move-means-times-and-espn …
   What Made Nate Silver Leave the New York Times?(NY Mag)
   Mike Allen on how The NYT lost Nate Silver to ESPN/ABC.
   The NYT public editor takes a swipe at Silver as he heads for the door, saying he never fit in with the Gray Lady’s culture. “He was, in a word, disruptive.”
   Silver maintains the “culture stuff was not a big factor” in his decision to depart.
   
   

   David Shuster Is Also Headed to Al Jazeera America(NY Mag)

   • Glenn Beck Mocks Geraldo's Nude Selfie With A Bathroom Pic Of His Own...
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   • • John Oliver Rips CNN's 'Royal' Commentator: 'Burn The Princess, For She Has Produced A Baby Of The Weaker Sex!'

     • Only Old People Watch Fox News(NY Mag)

      

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Obama and Trayvon

‘Trayvon could have been me’(NYP)
President Obama’s Anguish(NYT Ed)
Barack and Trayvon(Blow, NYT)
Obama as Trayvon(NYDN)
'My son died without even knowing who his killer is': Trayvon Martin’s mother proclaims son’s innocence at Harlem demonstration before attending rally with Beyonce, Jay-Z(NYDN)
Michael GoodwinPresident Obama now aligned with Rev. Al Sharpton on race issues(NYP)
* Music Royalty Join Trayvon Martin's Mom at NY Rally(WNBC)




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Washington

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads
Obamanomics Leaves the Middle Class Behind - Tim Carney, DC Examiner
Why the Right Hates Detroit - Andrew O'Hehir, Salon
The President's Defensive Offensive - Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times
Second-Term Nightmare - Pete Du Pont, Wall Street Journal
By the Numbers: Inside the Republican Party - Eleanor Clift, Daily Beast
Americans Once Again Divided by Race - Ron Brownstein, National Journal
Obama's Bad News for Blacks - Richard Rahn, Washington Times
Eric Holder's New War Over Election Laws - Hilary Hylton, Time
The "Country Party" and the "Court Party" - Ross Douthat, New York Times
So Much for Immigration Reform - Charlie Cook, National Journal
Why Your Little Alma Mater May Go Extinct - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
An Online College Revolution Is Coming - Danielle Allen, Washington Post
The Greatest Food in Human History - Kyle Smith, New York Post
Ten Crazy Red-Light Camera Cases - Phil Berg, Popular Mechanics
Huma and Anthony: D.C. Horror Couple - Robert Merry, National Interest
Time to Hard-Delete Carlos Danger - Maureen Dowd, New York Times
Just Another Night in This Town - Molly Ball, The Atlantic

Editorials

The Part-Timing of America - Chicago Tribune
Eric Holder's New Defense of Voting Rights in Texas - New York Times
Disturbing Parallels Between Detroit & America - Washington Examiner
Obama Should Not Ignore Entitlements - Washington PostWeiner apologizes, Obama focuses on economy & King catches flak on immigration. Here's @POLITICO's Week in Review http://politi.co/12s20oV
A New American Dream for New American Century - Z. Karabell, Reuters
On the Economy, Obama Is All Talk - Michael Barone, Washington Examiner
Obama Right to Mess With Texas - Alec MacGillis, The New Republic
Our Cynic-in-Chief - Jonah Goldberg, National Review
More Violence Erupts in Egypt - Fahim & Worth, New York Times
Egypt's Islamists Will Rise Again - Reul Marc Gerecht, Hoover Institution
The McWeiners of the World - Dana Milbank, Washington Post
What Weiner & Clinton Have Taught Us - Jonathan Tobin, Commentary
Stop NSA's Bulk Collection of Data - Sens. Udall & Wyden, Washington Post
A Strange Sort of Justice at West Point - James Taranto, Wall Street Journal
The Politics of Pain - William Saletan, Slate
Dems Embrace Late-Term Abortion at Their Peril - John McCormack, TWS
Latest Skirmish in Conservative War on Knowledge - Eric Alterman, CAP
An Honest History of Howard Zinn - Gabriel Schoenfeld, NY Daily News
The Shocking Death of Barnaby Jack - Brandy Zadrozny, The Daily Beast
The Science of Winning at Poker - Christopher Chabris, Wall Street Journal
Memorable Presidential Speeches on Race - Carl Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Editorials

Saving Detroit From Itself - Wall Street Journal
The War Over Health Exchanges - New York Times
Case for Stopping ObamaCare Never Been Stronger - Investor's Biz Daily
Filthy Filner's Finished - It's Just a Matter of When - San Diego Union-Trib

BUSH GOES BALD: Former President George H. W. Bush shaves head to support 2-year-old boy with leukemia(NYDN)

Wednesday 

BREAKING: AP sources: Obama nominating Caroline Kennedy as ambassador to Japan
Voters on Congress: Throw the bums out! All of them. 

Progressive Agenda Stalled, WH Turns to Economy - Byron York,Examiner
Republicans' Losing Economic Argument - Carter Eskew, Washington Post
Obama's Enthusiasm for Detroit Withers - Major Garrett, National Journal
The Jaw-Dropping Spectacle of Obamacare - Jeffrey Anderson, Weekly Std
White House to Democrats: We've Got This - Brown & Bresnahan, Politico
Congress Bogs Down, But Is That a Bad Thing? - Caitlin Huey-Burns, RCP
Will IRS Scandal Implicate White House? - James Taranto, Wall St. Journal
NC GOP Pushes Extreme Voter Suppression Laws - Ari Berman, The Nation
Racial Grievance Industry Wearing Very Thin - Noemie Emery, Examiner
Egypt's Three Revolutions - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
White House Concedes: Assad Won't Go - Walter Russell Mead, Am. Interest
College Debt Is Ruining Lives - Naomi Schaefer Riley, New York Post
The Monetization of Prestige - George Packer, The New Yorker
Detroit: Model City for Big Government - John Stossel, FOX Business
Wait, Larry Summers Is Now the Favorite for Fed? - Noam Scheiber, TNR
A Microcosm of Establishment Hypocrisy - Ben Domenech, The Transom
We Should Have a National Park on the Moon - Jeffrey Kluger, Time
NBC News/Wall St. Journal: Obama Job Approval Falls to 2-Year Low

Editorials

Mr. Weiner and the Elusive Truth - New York Times
Why Detroit Had to Fail - Pittsburgh Tribune-Review
Detroit's Leaders Kicked the Can Down the Road - Philadelphia Inquirer
NLRB Stacked Against Business - Detroit News
Faith in Washington hits all-time low, as 83% of Americans disapprove of Congress in new NBC/WSJ poll

Obama to Refocus Attention on Economy - Shear & Weisman, NY Times
Only Winner In Obama's Economy Is Wall St. - Ed Rogers, Washington Post
What Detroit's Demise Says About America - Ron Fournier, National Jrnl
How Detroit Really Is Like America - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
Facing Facts About Race - Victor Davis Hanson, National Review
Obama and the Unfinished Business of Race - Eugene Robinson, Wash Post
Didn't Hadiya Look Like Obama's Daughters? - Crystal Wright, Wash Times
Republican Party Loses Its Grip - Peter Beinart, The Daily Beast
The Rigged Game of Immigration Reform - Jay Cost, Weekly Standard
Keep an Eye on Older Voters in 2014 - Charlie Cook, National Journal
Marco Rubio's Iowa Slide - Robert Costa, National Review
Little 2016 Buzz Surrounding Paul Ryan's Iowa Visit - Scott Conroy, RCP
Kerry's Mideast Fool's Errand Ignores Reality - Jeff Goldberg, Bloomberg
The End of the Chinese Economic Miracle - George Friedman, Stratfor
The Arrogance of a Well-Fed Society - Alex Berezow, RealClearScience
The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives - Ray Kelly, Wall Street Journal
Digital Privacy, a Non-Partisan Issue - Carl M. Cannon, RealClearPolitics

Editorials

A Global Revenue Grab - Wall Street Journal
Getting Detroit Back on Its Feet - New York Times
Six Flags' Credibility at Risk After Coaster Death - Dallas Morning News
What Detroit's Crisis Can Teach Others - Detroit News

Statism Is Turning America Into Detroit - Daniel Hannan, Daily Telegraph
Washington Must Step In to Help Detroit - John Nichols, The Nation
Rhetoric, Race and Reality in America - Lehrer & Hicks, Los Angeles Times
We Are Trayvon - Benjamin Todd Jealous, Huffington Post
What Do the Microscopic Rallies for Trayvon Mean? - Roger Simon, PJM
My Letter to Sybrina Fulton, a Mother - Melissa Harris-Perry, MSNBC
Obama, Dems Can't Give Up the Race Card - Joseph Curl, Washington Times
Who's Afraid of Valerie Jarrett? - Sady Doyle, In These Times
America and Its Immigrants - Fred Barnes, Weekly Standard
No Wonder Obamacare Was Delayed - Andrew Puzder, Wall Street Journal
Anarchists of the House - Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine
We'll See Bipartisan Votes to Derail Obamacare - Rep. John Boehner, CBS
New York Is Not Detroit. But... - Bill Keller, New York Times
DeMint Back at War With GOP Establishment - Palmer & Raju, Politico
Why Is Liberal Media Bashing Heritage Action? - Conn Carroll, Examiner
Helen Thomas: The Trail She Blazed - Eleanor Clift, The Daily Beast
The Moral Corruption of Today's Civil-Rights Leaders - Shelby Steele, WSJ
U.S. Rep. Pete King is traveling to New Hampshire next month, fueling more speculation that the Republican is seriously considering a bid for the White House in 2016, Politico writes: http://politi.co/1aEnUWd
Hillary Clinton and New Jersey Governor Chris Christie are running neck-and-neck  in a potential 2016 presidential match-up in Iowa, according to a new Q poll.

Editorials

What Detroit's Crisis Can Teach Others - Detroit News
The House's Farcical Political Theater on Obamacare - Bloomberg
Obamacare Isn't Working as Anybody Intended - Washington Examiner
Boycott Florida? No. - Los Angeles TimesBlack America: Still Not Free - Howard Fineman, Huffington Post
Sharpton and Obama Aren't Helping - Michael Goodwin, New York Post
How the Media Has Distorted a Tragedy - Cathy Young, RealClearPolitics
Trial Was Business as Usual in America - Patricia Williams, The Guardian
The Truth About Martin and Zimmerman - Bill Whittle, PJ Media
Why Men Need Women - Adam Grant, New York Times
The Downfall of Detroit: Motown No More - Mark Steyn, National Review
Detroit Must Write Its Own Story - Nolan Finley, Detroit News
Deception in Counting the Unemployed - Steve Clemons, The Atlantic
Obamacare Is Hurting America's Workers - Sens. Donnelly & Collins, WSJ
How to Live Without Air Conditioning - Leon Neyfakh, Boston Globe
The "Ender's Game" Boycott - Juliet Lapidos, New York Times
Can Gay Couples, Too, Live and Let Live? - Barton Hinkle, Richmond TD
The Intellectual Decline of Paul Krugman - Nick Gillespie, The Daily Beast
Welcome to the "Sharing Economy" - Thomas Friedman, New York Times
Chicago Is Not Detroit, But Illinois Is - Jeff Carter, Points & Figures
Where Will Detroit's Recovery Come From? - Megan McArdle, Bloomberg
Detroit Mayor Bing: Federal bailout 'not yet' planned for city(Wash Post)

TV SoundOff: Sunday Talking Heads(Huff Post)

Editorials

A Once-Great City's Collapse Is a Cautionary Tale - Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Detroit Succumbs to Failures of Liberalism - Investor's Business Daily
Race, Law and the Zimmerman Verdict - The Nation
The San Diego Sex Scandal - Los Angeles Times

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Law and Order

NYC welfare food is shipped in barrels to the Dominican Republic - then sold on the black market(NYP)
Food-stamp fraud in New York has turned into foreign aid — to black-market profiteers in the Dominican Republic. Last week, The Post revealed how New Yorkers on welfare are buying food with their...

Ex-Tiffany Executive Pleads Guilty to Stealing Jewelry(NYT)




69-Year-Old Woman Robbed, Beaten In Crown Heights Building http://dlvr.it/3jkg7C 
Teen dead in Brooklyn shooting http://bit.ly/14jP2ni
Tip Leads To Arrest In Mugging Of 85-Year-Old Chinatown Resident http://gothamist.com/2013/07/27/tip_leads_cop_to_man_who_allegedly.php …
Police Search For Gunman, Person Of Interest In Bed-Stuy Shooting http://bit.ly/17MThMm

Cop killer Ronell Wilson’s ‘baby mama’ refuses to testify at death-sentence hearing(NYP)

NYPD commander tapped to become the new head of the Organized Crime Control Bureau(NYP)

Construction Equipment Neither Subtle Nor Effective Way to Rob a Bank(NY Mag)

Zero for hero: Judge snubs man hurt stopping 'Butcher of Brighton Beach'(NYP)

Brazen bandit uses stolen backhoe from construction yard to claw into ATM outside Queens bank — then flees empty-handed when rig can't break into machine(NYDN)
Backhoe Is Used in Attempt to Rob ATM in Queens(WSJ)

Cops hunt group of thugs who kidnapped, beat 52-year-old Queens woman while demanding cash(NYDN)
NY1 Online: Police Reporters Talk Public Safety Challenges For Next Mayor http://bit.ly/146PFrq

Suspect in shooting of NYC officer nabbed in Maine(WSJ)

South Brooklyn Patrol Area Suffers Increase in Homicides
Section of borough including Cobble Hill, Crown Heights and Coney Island has had a spate of homicides this year, making it the only area in the city where the murder rate has risen.

Sketch Released Of One Of Several Men Suspected In Alleged Queens Kidnapping

Police Take on Family Violence to Avert Deaths(NYT)
The 450 officers in a recently enlarged police unit make 70,000 visits a year to households with histories of violence, trying to stop abusers from becoming killers.

Testifying in his civil trial, former Gov. George Pataki deflected responsibility for an administration policy that sent sex offenders to psychiatric facilities following their prison sentences, the Journal reports: http://on.wsj.com/15HkHC3
At Trial, Pataki Says Sex Offender Trailed Family(NYT)

Pataki Testifies in Sex Offenders Case(WSJ)

Former Gov. George Pataki revealed that he and his family were once trailed by a convicted sex offender while hiking at a state park, which spurred him to aggressively pursue a controversial civil confinement policy.

Jury sentences cop killer to lethal injection
If at first you don't succeed …. After only four hours of deliberation, jurors sentenced cop killer Ronell Wilson to death by lethal injection for the murders of undercover cops James Nemorin and.. * Jury Imposes Death Penalty on Killer of New York Police Officers(WSJ)

Ronell Wilson Sentenced To Death A Second Time For Killing Two NYPD Officers(NY1)

Decades after horrifying crime, #NYPD still seeking to catch person who killed Baby Hope http://ow.ly/ngR6G

• Prosecutors: give cop killer death(NYP) Kill the bastard. Prosecutors urged jurors to sentence convicted cop killer Ronell Wilson to death during their closing statements today, painting him as a remorseless thug who shouldn't be allowed to live out his days as a swaggering prison.. * Brooklyn Murderer Who Shot, Wounded NYPD Officer To Spend Life In Prison(NY1)
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• * Shot cop cheers slayer sentence(NYP) A cop who survived a bullet to the head fired by a coldblooded killer walked out of a Brooklyn court to the cheers of fellow officers yesterday after a judge slapped the unrepentant gunman with 40 years to life. * Passionate Speeches in Court Over Life Term or Death for a Killer of 2 Detectives(NYT)
• Killer of Two Undercover Detectives Is Sent Back to Death Row(NYT)
  

Harlem hammer horror (NYP) Two men were attacked blocks apart in Harlem early yesterday by a hammer-wielding gang of thugs, police sources said.

Weeks After Going to Prison, Astor Son May Be Freed Because of His Health(NYT)

Can't stand the heat: Cops nab more than a dozen bawdy bathers and brawlers at city pools last week(NYDN)

New York Daily News ‏@nydailynews 

Brooklyn kiddie porn suspect may go free because of mistake on search warrant. http://nydn.us/135sFSs

NEW YORK: 7 PEOPLE INCLUDING TEENS HAVE BEEN SHOT AND 5 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN STABBED IN NYC THIS WEEKEND. #911BUFF 

EXCLUSIVE: Slew of criminal cases in jeopardy as team of NYPD cops is investigated for thefts, no-warrant drug raids and manipulating evidence(NYDN)

1. Michael Benjamin ‏@SquarePeg_Dem 6m

   As Trayvon's mom spoke, this happened => MT @Gothamist: At Least Four (black) People Shot In Bushwick This Afternoon http://gothamist.com/2013/07/20/at_least_four_shot_in_bushwick_this.php …
   
   

   

   Gunmen open fire on family, wound 5, because dad went to cops to protect his daughter
    An enraged gunman opened fire on a Brooklyn park today in a senseless act of revenge — wounding five people, including two bystanders sitting on a nearby porch, witnesses and officials said. * 5 people shot in revenge violence at Brooklyn park(NYP)
   * SHOT OVER A SHAKE: Brooklyn family sprayed with bullets after victim told cops about milkshake thrown in her face, friends say(NYDN)
   * Shooting In Bushwick Section Of Brooklyn Leaves Five Wounded(WCBS)
   * Arrest in Attack That Caused Brooklyn Man to Lose Eye(WNBC) 
   * 5 hospitalized after Brooklyn shooting(WABC) 
   Tossed Milkshake Led To Brooklyn Shooting, Witnesses Say (NY1)

NIGHT OF MAYHEM IN NEW YORK: Shots across city kill 2, injure 8 during bloody, seven-hour span across three boroughs(NYDN)
* Police Investigate Shooting Of Five People In Brooklyn (NY1)
* Teen Dies After Being Shot in the East Village: Cops(WNBC)

Man shot in the face in Alphabet City(NYP)

Girl Thrown From Rooftop in Brooklyn After Alleged Rape(WSJ)

Second suspect arrested for rape, attempted murder of 16-year-old girl http://bit.ly/1azlSqj
4 People Shot At Brooklyn Ballfield http://cbsloc.al/12WuGQD 
 

WATCH: Former employee caught on video stealing tequila from Brooklyn restaurant(NYP)
What a cheater! EMT offers $400 to Post reporter to take certification test for him(NYP)

NY food stamp recipients are shipping welfare-funded groceries to relatives in Jamaica, Dominican Republic and Haiti(NYP)
Video Captures Suspects In Violent Bronx Robbery (NY1)

No Shootings for 363 Days in Brooklyn Neighborhood(WNBC)

Many residents in a section of East New York are relaxing and enjoying themselves outside in their neighborhood for...

1. howard wolfson ‏@howiewolf 8m

   Dallas has double the murder rate of the Bronx. Philly has 4 times the murder rate of the Bronx. Every part of NYC has gotten safer.

Police investigate double shooting in Brooklyn(WABC)
Teen slain in East New York shooting(NYP)
Livery cabbie charged in girlfriend's murder — her body was stuffed in garbage can(NYP)

 

With 360-Degree View, Police Spokesman Plays Pivotal Role(NYT)

The departure of Paul J. Browne raises questions about the future of Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly, because the tenure of a spokesman is often tethered to that of the commissioner served.

The Times’ Michael Powell writes that outgoing New York Police Department spokesman Paul Browne engaged in “unwise” behavior in shading the truth more than once over his tenure: http://nyti.ms/13yZWto

Ray Kelly, Secretary of Homeland Security?(NYT)

Without Bloomberg in Charge, Police Commissioner’s Future Is Unclear(NYT)

Lupica: Be afraid of the city minus NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly(NYDN)

"If you think about it, maybe the only thing in this world that really scares [Ray] Kelly are these two words: Mayor Weiner." [Mike Lupica]

Mayoral candidate Bill Thompson questioned the possible nomination of Police Commissioner Ray Kelly as Homeland Security secretary, calling him the “architect of an abusive stop-and-frisk program,” the News writes: http://nydn.us/12Zxf9x

  NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly responds to stop-and-frisk critics with a Wall Street OpEd, writing: “Racial profiling is a disingenuous charge at best and an incendiary one at worst, particularly in the wake of the tragic death of Trayvon Martin.”

NYC's top cop flattered by Obama:(Politico)

The Atlantic Wire ‏@TheAtlanticWire

Ray Kelly defended his legacy of "7,383 lives saved" http://theatln.tc/164883G

1. JOE LHOTA ‏@JoeLhota 3m

   Bravo Ray Kelly! The NYPD: Guilty of Saving 7,383 Lives http://on.wsj.com/16VLCsT