In the paper this week, David Freedlander and I look at the people surrounding Donald Trump and his quasi-campaign. Key among them is adviser Michael Cohen, an attorney who, back in 2003, ran for City Council against Eva Moskoiwtz of Manhattan.
In this flier from Cohen’s campaign at the time, he attacked Moskowitz for Read More
Celeste Katz has some
As an ambitious, abrasive young councilwoman from the Upper East Side with a zeal for education reform, Eva Moskowitz presided over hearings scrutinizing the contracts of the teachers union and excoriating its officials for putting the interests of teachers ahead of students.
Those hearings, on everything from the union's use of tenure to protect bad Read More
As an ambitious, abrasive young councilwoman from the Upper East Side with a zeal for education reform, Eva Moskowitz presided over hearings scrutinizing the contracts of the teachers union and excoriating its officials for putting the interests of teachers ahead of students.
Those hearings, on everything from the union’s use of tenure to protect Read More
Scott Stringer floated his name today as a potential challenger to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Wow—random, you may say. But the important thing to keep in mind is that he has little to lose by this exercise and, potentially, something to gain.
For Stringer, currently the Manhattan borough president, the 2010 election cycle Read More
Here are some of the preliminary agreements over key Council committee assignments — though one of the two insiders who confirmed them noted that the deals are “not locked in stone.”
Quinn ally Robert Jackson will chair the crucial Education Committee, bringing it — one expects — much closer to the teachers’ union that Read More
Moskowitz and Miller: Two Rising Stars
The departure of Gifford Miller and Eva Moskowitz from the City Council is a genuine loss for all New Yorkers, not just those on Manhattan’s East Side whom they represented. Both young—he’s 36, she’s 41—and bristling with ambition, they’ll hardly fade into the sunset. But having been nudged Read More
Outgoing Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz chaired her final Education Committee this morning and provided several reminders of why her departure will create an enormous attitude vacuum in the chamber. There’s her demanding questions, eye-roll to coffee-swig combo, piercing stare and unique ability to condescend to just about anybody the Department of Education sacrifices to testify.
This Read More
A story not to miss today is the Sun’s questioning of Mike’s school numbers.
I haven’t entirely teased this out, but the question seems to be: Are there any tests on which New York City students are outperforming other students around the state and nation, as well as students in parochial and charter schools Read More
The Campaign Finance Board has announced initial matching funds in the race for Manhattan Borough President, and they are as follows:
Scott Stringer $666,849
Eva Moskowitz $592,637
Brian Ellner $563,122
Carlos Manzano $484,580
Adriano Espaillat $399,214
Bill Perkins $357,270
Stan Michels $234,832
Keith Wright $139,431
Margarita Lopez Read More
