After this afternoon’s Wall Street crash, an executive at one of Citigroup’s rivals told The Observer that a “trading error at Citi” caused the gargantuan tumble. At the same time, CNBC was reporting that a Citi trader may have accidentally “entered a ‘b’ for billion instead of an ‘m’ for million in a Read More
Even if he is the youngest deputy mayor in New York City history, and one of the most important advisers at City Hall, 37-year-old Edward Skyler is a starched and unthrilling man. He wears two phones on his belt, on different networks in case one is getting bad reception. He doesn’t drink much, and if Read More
Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler told reporters at City Hall he felt it was time, after more than eight years with Mayor Michael Bloomberg, to leave and find work somewhere else. Skyler is heading to Citigroup to head up their communication operations, internally and externally, he said.
Surrounded by reporters in the Blue Room, Skyler declined Read More
Michael Bloomberg has said he removed politics from government. Not so easy to do, though.
In the days after the mayor had emerged, victorious, but badly bruised, from his fight to rewrite the city’s term limits law, Mr. Bloomberg and his three top deputies, Edward Skyler, Patricia E. Harris Read More
Michael Bloomberg just released his annual Mayor’s Management Report, a collecting of data about life in New York City gathered by city agencies. (It’ll be posted here shortly.)
Some oddities stood out: there are more noise complaints, but fewer noise violations being written up by police. There are also more accidents on construction sites Read More
Ed Skyler is out with his response to a request from Bill Thompson, the comptroller and mayoral candidate, for paperwork on how Michael Bloomberg spent his discretionary funds.
Skyler, a deputy mayor and former spokesman, said the relevant information was already sent to Thompson on May 13 and September 23 last year.
“Those memoranda Read More
At City Hall this afternoon, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli defended his decision—effective today—to begin withholding paychecks from the deadlocked State Senate.
“The message is to the Senate: get organized, sort out leadership issues, get back to enacting legislation that has an impact not only on the state but on the city budget Read More
At City Hall this afternoon, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli defended his decision—effective today—to begin withholding paychecks from the deadlocked State Senate.
“The message is to the Senate: get organized, sort out leadership issues, get back to enacting legislation that has an impact not only on the state but on the city budget as well,” Read More
–compiled by Azi Paybarah and Jimmy Vielkind
ALBANY—I took this picture a few minutes ago: Deputy Mayor Ed Skyler talking with former Deputy Mayor Marc Shaw and Michelle Goldstein, New York City's lobbyist in Albany.
Skyler is going on Fred Dicker's show now. He made news last week for knocking down a mugger. I'm assured that he's just in town Read More
