Tom Loses Nassau

The political problems in Tom Suozzi‘s backyard became real today as the Nassau County Legislature elected a Republican, Peter Schmitt, its presiding officer. Two Democrats, Roger Corbin and Lisanne Altman, got the number two and three posts, in exchange for backing GOP leadership.

“This is a sign of his weakness,” Schmitt spokesman Ed Read More

Breslin Unloads, roars back at Washington Post

Just months after a minister accused him of fabricating quotes,

Jimmy Breslin is in hot water with a clergyman again. This time, a Roman

Catholic priest Mr. Breslin quoted-unnamed-in his most recent book says the Newsday columnist put words in his

mouth.

The Reverend Patrick Fitzgerald of Mary Immaculate Church in

Bellport, Long Island, Read More