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<p><a href="http://nyti.ms/h0JcuC">Libya</a>: Obama's speech in March "seemed to elevate the absence of a doctrine to a doctrine." [Bill Keller]</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704495004576265321093541808.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">2013</a>: "Eliot running as an independent would be an asset to a Republican nominee because it would create a division of loyalty in the Democratic base," says Dick Grasso. [Michael Saul]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110417/SMALLBIZ/304179974">2013</a>: Christine Quinn juggles business and progressive constituencies. [Daniel Massey]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/candidate_trump_at_fla_tea_5XVxpNKWIPmxhrVaNnu7PM">2012</a>: Trump said he was "a candidate." [Julie Kay and Maureen Callahan]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/04/16/karl_rove_trump_is_a_joke_candidate.html">2012</a>: Rove says Trump is with the "nutty right" and "now an inconsequential candidate...He's so far out there." [Fox]</p>
<p><a href="http://abcn.ws/i8iwzW">2012</a>: "I am certain that the president was born in Hawaii," says Trump adviser, Michael Cohen. [Michael Falcone]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-trump-tea-party-20110416,0,1498179.story">2012</a>: On Obama's two books, Trump says "The difference was like chicken salad and chicken s---." Brags, "I have a very high aptitude. I was a great student. I went to the best schools." [Anthony Man]</p>
<p><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/the-key-to-marital-harmony-one-vote-per-couple/?ref=nyregion">Jewish Vote</a>: Should women be allowed to vote for leadership of Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, which gets millions in public funding. [Elissa Gootman]</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.silive.com/politics/2011/04/is_decs_new_flexibility_becaus.html">Muslim Violence</a>: Staten Island borough president has strong words. "They are absolute cavemen." [Tom Wrobleski]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/bloomberg_junk_data_xXBix4R2KAIEm4xCHWvUSN">Facts</a>: "If Bloomberg News was as 'accurate' as the Bloomberg administration, the company would have gone bankrupt long ago." [New York Post]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/rangel_caribbean_junket_guy_is_guilty_v7Ii7YpQ0A06Mizct1OJ6I">Charlie Rangel</a>: Publisher of New York Carib News admits falsifying documents for a trip that helped lead to Rangel's downfall. [Isabel Vincent and Carl Campanile]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2011/04/15/01">Media</a>: Brooke Gladstone in Cairo; state-run news after Mubarak. [On the Media]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/my_life_as_a_slave_aka_lying_back_and_enjoying_being_scraped.html">Media</a>: "I have never voluntarily posted anything at Huff. But that doesn't mean I haven't been published there." [Gatemouth]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110417/OPINION02/104170324/What-s-Duffy-doing-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cs">Cuomo's Lieutenant Gov</a>: Duffy keeps popping up in Rochester. [Democrat and Chronicle]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/shining_beauty_n2RNHoQBfg68s4JiVhPcrO">Cuomo's Looks</a>: Not on People's Most Beautiful list. But Sandra Lee is. [Page Six]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ag_having_nun_of_bogus_church_PMAEZfu0dZXrIpDyvxghyM">NY Attorney General</a>: Schneiderman goes after fake nun. [Brad Hamilton and Georgett Roberts]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/holder_tax_lax_ZLrjDOZehZHon7fDakSwTL">US Attorney General</a>: Eric Holder and brother owed $4,146 in NY property taxes. Paid up, with interest. [Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_new_york_wrongfully_convicted_5_young_men_of_raping_the_central_park_jogger__and.html">Anniversary</a>: Central Park Jogger incident 22 years ago Tuesday; 5 wrongfully convicted men still awaiting civil case against city. [Daily News]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_hevesis_in_prison_infirmary.html">Alan Hevesi</a>: Inmate number 11-r-1334. [Ken Lovett]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/inmate_hevesi_in_infirmary_XOBrOMeEAfkfWWxUAwDPgI">Alan Hevesi</a>: "[M]ost likely isolated from the general public." [Joe Walker and Susannah Cahalan]</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/hevesi%E2%80%99s-legacy/10816/">Alan Hevesi</a>: Ethics reform should / could be his legacy. [Jay Jochnowitz]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lohud.com/article/20110417/NEWS01/104170365/Local-governments-spent-7M-lobbying-2010?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage">Lobbying</a>: Local governments spend millions lobbying throughout the state. [Jacob Fischler and Tim Henderson]</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704495004576264713649661314.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">Leaks</a>: Who handed an internal Inspector General's report to Jacob Gershman? [Jacob Gershman]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_bloombergs_vision_clouded_by_unions.html">Unions</a>: How Bloomberg's psychology clashes with them. [Adam Lisberg]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/500-court-jobs-at-risk-1338866.php">Court Layoffs</a>: Up to 500 statewide warned. [Rick Karlin]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cops_in_fix_for_nixing_tix_ZNaA0TCUSn2pazk6TypEdO">Cop Probe</a>: 400 could be busted in ticket-fixing scam. NYPD denies it's 400; won't say rival figure.[Reuven Blau and Brad Hamilton]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/20110411/manhattan/ticketfixing-scandal-looms-over-nypd">Cop Probe</a>: Early scoop on this by Murray Weiss. [dna.info]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lohud.com/article/20110416/NEWS02/104160351/1026/NEWS10/Parking-officers-say-White-Plains-has-ticket-quota-">Cop Quots</a>: White Plains police "issued 212,676 tickets in calendar year 2010 - which works out to a rate of a ticket every 2.5 minutes." [Richard Liebson]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_the_rich_can_pay_rent.html#ixzz1JnBV3JqZ">Rent</a>: Assembly Democrats seek "radical expansion" of rent protections, to the rich. [Daily News]</p>
<p><a href="http://Nearly%20a%20quarter%20of%20rent-regulated%20households%20earn%20more%20than%20$70,000%20a%20year,%20showing%20how%20random%20a%20process%20it%20is.%0A%0ARead%20more%20http">Rent</a>: "Nearly a quarter of rent-regulated households earn more than $70,000 a year, showing how random a process it is." [Nicole Gelinas]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/high_rising_tensions_over_developers_dzunxOxxZASnDTTBzM0YYI">Real Estate</a>: Developers want tax assessments capped; say 10,000 subsidized units could be lost. [David Seifman]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/nyregion/incoming-ny-schools-chancellor-seeks-calmer-debate.html?ref=nyregion">NYC Schools</a>: Chancellor Walcott sells Bloomberg's agenda with a smile. [Sharon Otterman]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110417/OPINION04/104170322/Rochester-schools-chief-must-put-rumors-departure-rest?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cp">Changing Superintendents</a>: Is Buffalo's Jean-Cleaude Brizard staying or going? [Democrat and Chronicle]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/nyregion/unraveling-a-mystery-new-york-citys-youngest-mayor.html?ref=nyregion">Trivia</a>: Youngest NYC Mayor was, most likely, Hugh Grant; 30 years old; served 1889-1892.[Michael Pollak]</p>
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<p><a href="http://nyti.ms/h0JcuC">Libya</a>: Obama's speech in March "seemed to elevate the absence of a doctrine to a doctrine." [Bill Keller]</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704495004576265321093541808.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">2013</a>: "Eliot running as an independent would be an asset to a Republican nominee because it would create a division of loyalty in the Democratic base," says Dick Grasso. [Michael Saul]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20110417/SMALLBIZ/304179974">2013</a>: Christine Quinn juggles business and progressive constituencies. [Daniel Massey]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/candidate_trump_at_fla_tea_5XVxpNKWIPmxhrVaNnu7PM">2012</a>: Trump said he was "a candidate." [Julie Kay and Maureen Callahan]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2011/04/16/karl_rove_trump_is_a_joke_candidate.html">2012</a>: Rove says Trump is with the "nutty right" and "now an inconsequential candidate...He's so far out there." [Fox]</p>
<p><a href="http://abcn.ws/i8iwzW">2012</a>: "I am certain that the president was born in Hawaii," says Trump adviser, Michael Cohen. [Michael Falcone]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/palm-beach/fl-trump-tea-party-20110416,0,1498179.story">2012</a>: On Obama's two books, Trump says "The difference was like chicken salad and chicken s---." Brags, "I have a very high aptitude. I was a great student. I went to the best schools." [Anthony Man]</p>
<p><a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/04/15/the-key-to-marital-harmony-one-vote-per-couple/?ref=nyregion">Jewish Vote</a>: Should women be allowed to vote for leadership of Crown Heights Jewish Community Council, which gets millions in public funding. [Elissa Gootman]</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.silive.com/politics/2011/04/is_decs_new_flexibility_becaus.html">Muslim Violence</a>: Staten Island borough president has strong words. "They are absolute cavemen." [Tom Wrobleski]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/bloomberg_junk_data_xXBix4R2KAIEm4xCHWvUSN">Facts</a>: "If Bloomberg News was as 'accurate' as the Bloomberg administration, the company would have gone bankrupt long ago." [New York Post]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/rangel_caribbean_junket_guy_is_guilty_v7Ii7YpQ0A06Mizct1OJ6I">Charlie Rangel</a>: Publisher of New York Carib News admits falsifying documents for a trip that helped lead to Rangel's downfall. [Isabel Vincent and Carl Campanile]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.onthemedia.org/transcripts/2011/04/15/01">Media</a>: Brooke Gladstone in Cairo; state-run news after Mubarak. [On the Media]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.r8ny.com/blog/gatemouth/my_life_as_a_slave_aka_lying_back_and_enjoying_being_scraped.html">Media</a>: "I have never voluntarily posted anything at Huff. But that doesn't mean I haven't been published there." [Gatemouth]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110417/OPINION02/104170324/What-s-Duffy-doing-?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cs">Cuomo's Lieutenant Gov</a>: Duffy keeps popping up in Rochester. [Democrat and Chronicle]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/shining_beauty_n2RNHoQBfg68s4JiVhPcrO">Cuomo's Looks</a>: Not on People's Most Beautiful list. But Sandra Lee is. [Page Six]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/ag_having_nun_of_bogus_church_PMAEZfu0dZXrIpDyvxghyM">NY Attorney General</a>: Schneiderman goes after fake nun. [Brad Hamilton and Georgett Roberts]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/holder_tax_lax_ZLrjDOZehZHon7fDakSwTL">US Attorney General</a>: Eric Holder and brother owed $4,146 in NY property taxes. Paid up, with interest. [Isabel Vincent and Melissa Klein]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_new_york_wrongfully_convicted_5_young_men_of_raping_the_central_park_jogger__and.html">Anniversary</a>: Central Park Jogger incident 22 years ago Tuesday; 5 wrongfully convicted men still awaiting civil case against city. [Daily News]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_hevesis_in_prison_infirmary.html">Alan Hevesi</a>: Inmate number 11-r-1334. [Ken Lovett]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/inmate_hevesi_in_infirmary_XOBrOMeEAfkfWWxUAwDPgI">Alan Hevesi</a>: "[M]ost likely isolated from the general public." [Joe Walker and Susannah Cahalan]</p>
<p><a href="http://blog.timesunion.com/opinion/hevesi%E2%80%99s-legacy/10816/">Alan Hevesi</a>: Ethics reform should / could be his legacy. [Jay Jochnowitz]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lohud.com/article/20110417/NEWS01/104170365/Local-governments-spent-7M-lobbying-2010?odyssey=tab%7Ctopnews%7Ctext%7CFrontpage">Lobbying</a>: Local governments spend millions lobbying throughout the state. [Jacob Fischler and Tim Henderson]</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704495004576264713649661314.html?mod=WSJ_NY_LEFTTopStories">Leaks</a>: Who handed an internal Inspector General's report to Jacob Gershman? [Jacob Gershman]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_bloombergs_vision_clouded_by_unions.html">Unions</a>: How Bloomberg's psychology clashes with them. [Adam Lisberg]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/500-court-jobs-at-risk-1338866.php">Court Layoffs</a>: Up to 500 statewide warned. [Rick Karlin]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/cops_in_fix_for_nixing_tix_ZNaA0TCUSn2pazk6TypEdO">Cop Probe</a>: 400 could be busted in ticket-fixing scam. NYPD denies it's 400; won't say rival figure.[Reuven Blau and Brad Hamilton]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.dnainfo.com/20110411/manhattan/ticketfixing-scandal-looms-over-nypd">Cop Probe</a>: Early scoop on this by Murray Weiss. [dna.info]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.lohud.com/article/20110416/NEWS02/104160351/1026/NEWS10/Parking-officers-say-White-Plains-has-ticket-quota-">Cop Quots</a>: White Plains police "issued 212,676 tickets in calendar year 2010 - which works out to a rate of a ticket every 2.5 minutes." [Richard Liebson]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinions/2011/04/17/2011-04-17_the_rich_can_pay_rent.html#ixzz1JnBV3JqZ">Rent</a>: Assembly Democrats seek "radical expansion" of rent protections, to the rich. [Daily News]</p>
<p><a href="http://Nearly%20a%20quarter%20of%20rent-regulated%20households%20earn%20more%20than%20$70,000%20a%20year,%20showing%20how%20random%20a%20process%20it%20is.%0A%0ARead%20more%20http">Rent</a>: "Nearly a quarter of rent-regulated households earn more than $70,000 a year, showing how random a process it is." [Nicole Gelinas]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/high_rising_tensions_over_developers_dzunxOxxZASnDTTBzM0YYI">Real Estate</a>: Developers want tax assessments capped; say 10,000 subsidized units could be lost. [David Seifman]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/nyregion/incoming-ny-schools-chancellor-seeks-calmer-debate.html?ref=nyregion">NYC Schools</a>: Chancellor Walcott sells Bloomberg's agenda with a smile. [Sharon Otterman]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.democratandchronicle.com/article/20110417/OPINION04/104170322/Rochester-schools-chief-must-put-rumors-departure-rest?odyssey=mod%7Cnewswell%7Ctext%7CHome%7Cp">Changing Superintendents</a>: Is Buffalo's Jean-Cleaude Brizard staying or going? [Democrat and Chronicle]</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/17/nyregion/unraveling-a-mystery-new-york-citys-youngest-mayor.html?ref=nyregion">Trivia</a>: Youngest NYC Mayor was, most likely, Hugh Grant; 30 years old; served 1889-1892.[Michael Pollak]</p>
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