By Kat Stoeffel 2/01 2:41pm

TIMES OF THE TIMES

Musical Chairs at the Times Metro Desk

The New York Times reporter formerly known as The Nocturnalist isn’t the only one working a new beat in 2012.

Between Dominique Strauss-Kahn and the “rape cops,” 2011 was a big year at the Manhattan State Supreme court. Courthouse reporter John Elgion, for one, is moving on, to Albany, where he will join the paper’s statehouse team. Russ Buettner, author of the “Abused and Used” series, will succeed him on the failing-to-convict-creeps-beat. (Totally unrelated, we’re looking forward to any Greg Kelly coverage!) Read More

By Staff 8/24/06 9:15am

The Morning Read: August 24, 2006

City Hall is airing frustration about the prospect of negotiating with Eliot Spitzer as governor, reports Diane Cardwell.

Frustration within the administration has escalated to the point that some top advisers have started to view Mr. Spitzer’s planned ascent to the Governor’s Mansion in Albany as “the second coming of Rudy Giuliani,” a reference Read More

By Staff 3/08/06 3:28pm

Cardwell to City Hall

Diane Cardwell, who covered the Ferrer campaign last cycle for the Times, has been named City Hall Bureau Chief. She succeeds Jim Rutenberg, who departs soon for the White House.

Congrats and, in case you didn’t get the memo:

To: The Staff

From: [Metro Editor] Joe Sexton

Diane Cardwell’s first byline in the paper Read More