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Jason Horowitz

Maloney Ends It

Carolyn Maloney is officially abandoning her prospective Senate bid. 

Here's a statement just going out now from Maloney:

In seriously assessing a Senate Campaign, I have been inspired by all the calls of support I have received from a broad array of people from all Read More

ON MESSAGE

"I am the attorney general of the State of New York. I'm focused on being attorney general of the State of New York."

-Andrew Cuomo, at a press conference in the Capitol on July 29

It's one of the most reliable dodges in politics, "focusing" on your current job to avoid discussing the job you Read More

Bloomberg Isn’t Worried About Simcha Felder or the State Senate

Michael Bloomberg said this afternoon that the relationship between him and Councilman Simcha Felder is fine despite disagreeing with Felder's recollection that the mayor, illegally, initiated the process of directing city funds to organizations in the councilman's district.

"I haven't talked to Simcha since Sunday when we spent a good part of a Read More

Charles Schumer, Hegemon

These days, on the subject of his own influence, Senator Chuck Schumer is unusually demure.

“I’m not going to assess my influence,” Mr. Schumer told The Observer at his weekly Sunday press conference. “I’m working hard on a whole lot of different things. God blessed me with a lot of energy and I try Read More

Post-Hillary, the New York Donor Well Runs Dry

For all those Democratic candidates counting on New York’s political-donor network for lots of easy money, a word of advice: Don’t.

“There’s a sort of perfect storm of contributing factors that not surprisingly, and probably not unhealthily, have changed things,” said Chris Deri, a prominent New York fund-raiser.

Some of the factors, Read More