City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said that the Board of Elections needed to come under the oversight of the mayor’s office after conducting another election riddled with errors and incompetence.
“The Board of Elections should stop hiding, begin evaluating and become part of the Mayor’s management,” Quinn said at a morning news conference in which Read More
ALBANY—More than a month after Election Day, and a mere two weeks before he is due to be sworn in, State Senator-elect Pedro Espada has still not corrected records on file with the Board of Elections.
Bob Brehm, a spokesman for the Board, said that as of today, "nothing new has been filed," meaning Read More
ALBANY—State Senator-elect Pedro Espada Jr. doesn't know who he'll support to lead his chamber. He's talking to everyone – Republican, Democrat…whoever. But not to fellow State Senator Malcolm Smith, who he repeatedly called "a scoundrel and a liar" late Wednesday after Smith announced he would no longer negotiate with Espada or fellow members Read More
ALBANY—A longtime advocate for good government said there was "no excuse" for Senator-elect Pedro Espada Jr. not to have correctly filed campaign papers.
Espada was just awarded a new prominent title: senate majority leader.
"It's amazing, by all new standards, that someone pole-vaults over members with a lot of seniority to get toward Read More
