Ed Koch is plotting a coup.
“Now is the time to deal with our sad state of affairs in Albany,” the 85-year old former mayor wrote in a letter that’s being circulated to anyone who might want to join up, according to The Times. “The key must be the defeat of those incumbents, regardless Read More
ALBANY—There might be movement on legislation restructuring the notoriously porous ethics enforcement in Albany.
“My understanding is we’re actually looking at a new bill that has elements from all of the different passages that have actually been presented and as I said before I think that is a positive development,” said Susan Lerner, the executive Read More
Yesterday, Anthony Weiner said that he’s so busy focusing on his work in Congress that he’ll have to reconsider at a later time whether or not to continue running for mayor.
But at a January 12, 2009 breakfast hosted by Citizens Union, Weiner offered a slightly different analysis about the pros and cons of Read More
Yesterday, Anthony Weiner said that he’s so busy focusing on his work in Congress that he'll have to reconsider at a later time whether or not to continue running for mayor.
But at a January 12, 2009 breakfast hosted by Citizens Union, Weiner offered a slightly different analysis about the pros and Read More
In Michael Bloomberg's State of the City speech, which he will deliver in Brooklyn today, he will announce a restructuring of local taxes aimed at spurring 400,000 new jobs over the next six years, according to an administration official familiar with the speech.
The changes will include a reduction or elimination of the unincorporated Read More
Anthony Weiner, whose advocacy of middle-class concerns is the basis of his mayoral campaign, criticized the mayor on a perceived strength: the ability to manage a budget.
Weiner said that defined-pension benefits for public employees may soon end, but declined to take a position on the mayor's effort to create a new tier in Read More
Governor David Paterson attended the Citizens Union annual dinner last night at the Waldorf Astoria to present his father, Basil, with an award from the good government group.
But C.U. may or may not have appreciated it when, during his his remarks praising the nonpartisan organization, Paterson, a lawyer, began constructing an argument Read More
