If you’ve had a byline anywhere in New York in the last three or four years, chances are you’ve spoken with, heard from, or got a helpful tip thanks to Eric Kuo, a Brooklyn-based Democratic operative, astute consumer of news, and unofficial copy editor for most bloggers around the state (“missing a letter in ‘brooklyn,’ Read More
The Observer‘s very unofficial Brooklyn correspondent Eric Kuo (as in he doesn’t actually work here) is at the Atlantic Yard’s project’s Barclay’s groundbreaking ceremony and Tweeting entertaining dispatches.
Kuo: “Chant is ‘arrest Ratner now’ somehow I doubt these cops will comply.”
Daily News City Hall Bureau Chief Adam Lisberg is also Tweeting Read More
A bit more Council news today: Pat Barrientos, who did press for David Weprin, landed a job as chief of staff for City Councilman Mathieu Eugene, of Brooklyn.
“He just quit smoking. Give him a plug and put him on the spot,” said a supportive political observer who also noted that among Barrientos’ career highlights Read More
Two-term City Councilman Simcha Felder, who successfully pushed for setting a
From superintern Bharat Ayyar: Police Commissioner Ray Kelly was a guest on last night’s Nachum Segal Show, which was hosted by Zalman "ZK" Koppel and Councilman Simcha Felder, who is also running for State Senate. When Felder brought up the recent Quinnipiac poll that showed Kelly was the most popular candidate for mayor Read More
Councilman and all-but-announced city comptroller candidate Simcha Felder of Brooklyn hired another staffer: Eric Kuo, who will be the new new press person.
Kuo previously did press for Councilman Vincent Gentile, a Democrat in the conservative-leaning Bay Ridge section of Brooklyn (the same area that produced Democratic operatives George Fontas, Scott Read More
