Intern David Greenhouse reports that there was lots of energy up at Freddy’s event on Fordham Road this morning, with drivers honking and a girl calling from the crowd, “Freddy, I’m cutting class for you!”
Particularly interesting, though, was Al Sharpton’s hint at retribution: “There’s some Democrats that left, that we’re going to make sure Read More
Over on the East Side, where the Times endorsements rule, our intern David Greenhouse reports that the Times switched horses yesterday in the District 5 race, endorsing Republican Joel Zinberg over its own choice in the primary, Jessica Lappin.
But that won’t stop Lappin’s palm cards from playing up a quote from her Read More
Politicker intern David Greenhouse attended the East Side City Council candidates’ forum last night. He writes in with this dispatch:
“In the District 5 debate, an audience member asked about the 91st St garbage transfer station. Joel Zinberg, Mike’s man in District 5, was strongly opposed to the station, a position that shows, intriguingly, Read More
Politicker intern David Greenhouse will be keeping track of the handful of competitive City Council races in November — Upper East Side, Bay Ridge, and maybe the north Bronx — so if you’re involved in one of those contests, please keep him in the loop at dlg2103(at)columbia.edu.
He recently spent some time in Bay Read More
