The Port Authority is expected to approve a plan today for developing an international shopping center to Ground Zero. [N.Y.T.] 

Joe Bruno makes Eliot Spitzer sound “downright grinch-like” at his annual holiday lunch. [Capitol Confidential] 

Assemblyman Dov Hikind attended Simcha Felder’s fund-raiser last night, reports Liz. [Daily Politics] 

Norman Oder thinks there won’t be an Atlantic Yards stadium until at least 2011. [Atlantic Yards Report] 

Anthony Weiner will debate the architect of Michael Bloomberg’s sustainability plan, with Henry Stern as moderator. [Museum of the City of New York]

Bloomberg defends wanting to avoid a scheduled decrease in sales tax. [The Sun] 

Hillary Clinton talks about working with Republican Lindsey Graham (who just cut an ad for John McCain) in her new T.V. spot. [Spin Cycle] 

The chairman of Rudy Giuliani’s New Hampshire campaign insists the candidate is not giving up on the primary. [Concord Monitor] 

And Isaac Mizrahi loves Michael Bloomberg. [Daily Intelligencer] 

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