By Foster Kamer 6/12/12 8:16pm

SHEKELS AND THE CITY

Sarah Jessica Parker

Watch Sarah Jessica Parker Get Deleted from Obama Fundraising Emails in Real Time!

You wouldn’t think, but not all mail-merge, en masse, preformed emails are alike. Which is why journalism nonprofit ProPublica created their a wonderful little feature—right now, in beta—called the Message Machine, which crowd-sources communications like emails from campaigns, collects them, and notes the small differences. The one they’re working on now is about Sarah Jessica Parker fundraising for Barack Obama in New York City.

It’s pretty interesting to watch—and note—the way most people got emails that left out the emphatic praise of Sarah Jessica Parker from emails other recipients received. Read More

By Kat Stoeffel 10/08/10 7:17pm

Donovan Addresses His Extra Donations

Republican Attorney General candidate Dan Donovan responded to the state Democratic Party’s allegations that he received illegal campaign donations on his weekly media conference call this morning.

“There are so many ways now that people contribute, through the internet. We vet all of our contriubtions and when something doesn’t meet our requirements or a donation Read More

By Aram Roston 8/18/10 2:34am

The Secret Campaign of Mayor Mike

Puritan Avenue in Queens leads through Forest Hills Gardens, a serene enclave in the city, where 100-year-old homes evoke the English countryside. At the corner of Puritan and Greenway North, shaded by an expansive beech tree, is a $1.8 million brick Tudor. Unlike the immaculate neighboring lots, the grounds on this house aren’t particularly well Read More

By Eliot Brown 8/11/10 5:36pm

Extell Business Partner Holds Fundraiser for Quinn

The folks at Extell Development are apparently fans of Christine Quinn. 

Late last month, Lela Goren, a business partner of Extell’s who does extensive work with the company, held a fundraiser in the West Village for Council Speaker Christine Quinn that was attended by many executives from Extell. Ms. Quinn is eyeing a run for Read More

By Eliot Brown 5/24/10 10:55pm

Cuomo Picks Up the Perpetual Promise

For at least the past two decades in New York State politics, there has been a pattern for would-be governors: Declare the existing campaign finance system broken; embrace reform; see plans go nowhere; repeat.

After all, it doesn’t hurt politically to rail against a system with giant loopholes that effectively allow unlimited soft-money donations Read More