Lazio Aide: ‘Cuomo Nervous’

Fred Dicker reported this morning that Al D’Amato wants Rick Lazio to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (or whoever wins the Democratic primary), arguing that Andrew Cuomo will be the Democratic gubernatorial nominee and hard to beat.

D’Amato, it should be noted, is also raising money for Cuomo. Lazio’s people are pushing back on today’s Read More

Ratner Pays D'Amato $400K for Eminent Domain Lobbying

Forest City Ratner paid former U.S. Senator Al D’Amato’s lobbying firm $400,000 in 2006 and 2007 to lobby federal legislators regarding eminent domain and other issues important to the developer of the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn.

Forest City paid Mr. D’Amato, who left the Senate in 1998 after his defeat Read More

Waiting for Rudy: Some New York Republicans

Here's a shot of some of the people biding their time at the Sheraton in midtown as they wait for New York GOP chairman Joe Mondello and most of the state party to announce their endorsement of Rudy Giuliani for President.

Republicans notably, and deliberately, steering clear of today's festivities include Mike Bloomberg, Al D'Amato, Read More