Here’s an invitation for a David Yassky fund-raiser tonight on the Upper West Side.
One of the event’s hosts is Andrew Tomback, a long-time Yassky contributor who has also given some money to Eric Gioia and, once, back in the day, to Alan Hevesi.
The Upper West Side’s special election on Feb. 28 to fill an empty seat in the State Assembly has been criticized as a vestige of old Tammany-style politics, in which the Democratic machine hand-picks the winner long before the first ballot is cast.
But the Democratic Party wasn’t the only network of power brokers exerting Read More
The Upper West Side’s special election on Feb. 28 to fill an empty seat in the State Assembly has been criticized as a vestige of old Tammany-style politics, in which the Democratic machine hand-picks the winner long before the first ballot is cast.
But the Democratic Party wasn’t the only network of power brokers Read More
Jason Horowitz looks at the power-elite support for Charles Simon’s (so-far) failed bid for the State Assembly.
Matt Schuerman has a thoughtful look at whether MIke has become a “housing activist,” and notes that a task force considering reform of the 421a program — which critics say is a subsidy for already-profitable luxury Read More
Some of the numbers are in for the contest to replace Scott Stringer in the State Assembly, a race whose first round will be fought in a vote of Democratic State Committee members sometime soon, and which will really be decided in what’s expected to be a contested Democratic Primary in the fall.
Charles Simon Read More
