ALBANY–New York City's lobbying power increased today, with deputy mayors Kevin Sheekey and Dennis Walcott joining city education-department lobbyists Micah Lasher and Michelle Goldstein up here, presumably to talk to senators about mayoral control of schools. Walcott told me he was pushing to have the Assembly's version of school governance reauthorization passed by the Read More
ALBANY—After singling him out for attack last week, Democrats are saying that they would be open to a power-sharing arrangement that prominently involves Pedro Espada Jr.
They emerged from a closed-door strategy session to announce that they were seeking to postpone the special session David Paterson has called for tomorrow.
Senator Jeff Klein Read More
ALBANY–New York City’s lobbying power increased today, with deputy mayors Kevin Sheekey and Dennis Walcott joining city education-department lobbyists Micah Lasher and Michelle Goldstein up here, presumably to talk to senators about mayoral control of schools. Walcott told me he was pushing to have the Assembly’s version of school governance reauthorization passed by the Senate.
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ALBANY—After singling him out for attack last week, Democrats are saying that they would be open to a power-sharing arrangement that prominently involves Pedro Espada Jr.
They emerged from a closed-door strategy session to announce that they were seeking to postpone the special session David Paterson has called for tomorrow.
Senator Jeff Klein Read More
Kevin Sheekey, take note.
Here’s a very hypothetical (and very early!) web video for a 2012 Bloomberg presidential campaign, made by four students as part of an “Advertisement Project.”
The YouTube text includes this disclaimer: “This is NOT an official video and was NOT paid for by the Bloomberg campaign or company.”
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Kevin Sheekey, take note.
Here’s a very hypothetical (and very early!) web video for a 2012 Bloomberg presidential campaign, made by four students as part of an "Advertisement Project."
The YouTube text includes this disclaimer: "This is NOT an official video and was NOT paid for by the Bloomberg campaign or Read More
After their meeting with the mayor this morning, the five Republican county chairmen said they have not decided whether to allow Bloomberg into their primary.
In City Hall, I asked Bloomberg’s top aide Kevin Sheekey how troublesome it would be if the mayor didn’t get the Republican line.
“Where there’s a will, there’s a Read More
After their meeting with the mayor this morning, the five Republican county chairmen said they have not decided whether to allow Bloomberg into their primary.
In City Hall, I asked Bloomberg’s top aide Kevin Sheekey how troublesome it would be if the mayor didn’t get the Republican line.
“Where there’s a will, there’s Read More
ALBANY—It's not a great photo (apologies) but that's Kevin Sheekey, Michelle Goldstein and State Senator Andrew Lanza meeting in the Senate Democrats' lobby.
Sheekey said he was up for the day to lobby for more money for New York City in the budget, as well as for action on the M.T.A.'s deficit. Read More
Michael Bloomberg's campaign manager Bradley Tusk, emailed supporters this morning seeking volunteers, and pointing them to a fancy new campaign web site.
The site urges supporters to volunteer because Bloomberg "is willing to make the hard choices – independent of politics and the special interests."
