Fred Hochberg, long a big New York bundler and political match-maker, will officially be appointed the Obama administration's Export-Import Bank chairman today, 11 years after he became the Clinton administration's highest-ranking openly gay official when he was appointed deputy of the Small Business Administration.
In the interim years, the oft-quoted Hochberg served as dean of Read More
With top cabinet posts and senior White House positions filled, the Obama administration's process of appointing influential New York bundlers to coveted sub-cabinet positions is well underway.
But this time around, it's not entirely clear who the well-connected bundlers need to be lobbying for jobs.
Whereas Terry McAuliffe famously served that role for Read More
With top cabinet posts and senior White House positions filled, the Obama administration’s process of appointing influential New York bundlers to coveted sub-cabinet positions is well underway.
But this time around, it’s not entirely clear who the well-connected bundlers need to be lobbying for jobs.
Whereas Terry McAuliffe famously served that role for Read More
Fred Hochberg, dean of the Milano the New School for Management and Urban Policy, is reportedly getting an appointment with the Obama administration as the head of the Export-Import Bank.
Hochberg, who is openly gay, worked as a deputy in the Small Business Administration under Bill Clinton.
The possible appointment Read More
The Paterson administration has replaced Port Authority board commissioner Christy Ferer with Fred Hochberg, a former Clinton administration official at the Small Business Administration and dean of Milano, the New School’s center for management and urban policy.
While the Paterson administration generally announces such nominations beforehand, this one went in quietly and stayed Read More
Hillary Clinton held a private meeting for supporters last night at Cipriani’s, thanking them for their help during the primary.
Introduced by Senator Chuck Schumer, who spoke about local issues in Mount Vernon and Westchester County, Clinton addressed key supporters, including Hassan Nemazee, Alan Patricof, and Fred Hochberg, and elected officials like Tom DiNapoli Read More
The night of Wednesday, July 9, was supposed to be when Barack Obama appealed directly to his supporters to help Hillary Clinton erase her campaign debt.
But he almost forgot to do it.
After finishing his speech to a room full of New York donors at the Grand Hyatt without any mention of helping Clinton Read More
How important is Super Tuesday?
Very, according to this email from Fred Hochberg, a Hillary Clinton fund-raiser and former Clinton cabinet member, that a reader forwarded last night.
Are you ready?
There are six days until Super Tuesday. God made the Heavens and the Earth in that time. And now we Read More
Like some aspiring small-town actor called back for an audition, Mark Warner returned to New York last week in another attempt to land the part of understudy and potential replacement for Hillary Clinton.
Performing in front of audiences made up of the city’s top Democratic donors, Mr. Warner joined a cast of Presidential hopefuls who, Read More
An interesting event Friday morning at the New School’s Milano School for Management and Urban Policy, where Fred Hochberg — big in Democratic and gay political circles — presides:
URBAN CONVERSATIONS: CITIES AT RISKFeaturing
Louisiana Governor Kathleen Babineaux Blanco and
Former FEMA Directors Michael Brown and James Lee Witt
With Read More
