By Daniel Geiger 1/24/12 11:08am

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1173 REBNY 116th Annual Banquet, 1.19.12

Walking the REBNY Ballroom: Hungry Brokers, Angry Lapidus

Speeches were casually ignored, drinks were spilled and bonds were formed at last Thursday’s 116th annual Real Estate Board of New York Gala, which this year drew an estimated 2,000 brokers, owners, advertising buyers and real estate reporters to the New York Hilton for an evening of conviviality, honorifics and hushed deal making. Among the fray was Commercial Observer staff writer Daniel Geiger, who during the course of the evening saw his stenopad tossed by an irate real estate broker and who unabashedly accosted Studley’s Woody Heller in the hotel’s bathroom, all for the sake of the story. Below, a timeline of gala comings and goings, from the innocuous gossip down to the downright obnoxious.  Read More

By Azi Paybarah 9/10/09 7:49pm

Aborn May Have the W.F.P., But Vance Gets 1199 and 32BJ

Cy Vance’s campaign announced endorsements today from 1199, the health care workers union, and 32BJ, the city’s largest private union.

They’re major unions with well-proven Get Out the Vote operations. It’s also worth noting that they are part of the labor coalition that runs the Working Families Party which, as an umbrella organization, backed another Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 8/07/09 8:56pm

Paterson’s Tricky Dance With Unions

ALBANY—After a gripe session at the end of last month in Kingston, David Paterson has been working to shore up ties with labor groups. But it's a tough sell at a tough time.

"I don't have any trouble getting through, I have trouble convincing them," said Alan Lubin, executive vice president for the Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 7/29/09 8:35pm

State Unions Train Their Fire on a Republican in Erie

ALBANY—While they're pushing for legislative action in Albany, the coalition of unions advocating a bill that would require higher wages at publicly financed construction projects is fighting a side battle in Erie County.

The labor groups, led by SEIU 32BJ, are targeting Erie County Executive Chris Collins.

At the beginning of the month, Collins, Read More

By Azi Paybarah 7/14/09 8:22pm

Endorsements! A Union for Bloomberg, a Kennedy for Vance

There’s been a deluge of endorsement announcements today that well-meaning flacks are (constantly) reminding me of. Here are a few:

Planned Parenthood’s Action Fund endorsed Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for re-election. This comes just days before Representative Carolyn Maloney is expected to enter the race.

Robert Kennedy Jr. endorsed Cy Vance for Manhattan D.A. They entered Read More