By Steve Huff 1/22/12 2:24pm

Exits

Gabrielle Giffords (Getty Images)

Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords Steps Down

Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords, who was gravely wounded in an assassination attempt that took 6 lives and injured 12 others, has decided to step down from the House. While Giffords’s recovery from her injuries was remarkable, there have been questions all along as to whether she would be able to return to her position. In an affecting video posted Sunday on Youtube, Giffords gave a brief statement thanking her constituents and explaining her decision: Read More

By The Editors 9/06/11 9:11pm

opinion

The Goldsmith Fiasco

Mayor Bloomberg should have played it straight when he learned that Stephen Goldsmith, a trusted deputy, had been arrested on domestic violence charges in late July. Instead, the mayor issued a bland statement announcing Mr. Goldsmith’s resignation on Aug. 4, saying only that the onetime mayor of Indianapolis was leaving City Hall to pursue an opportunity in the private sector.

Mr. Bloomberg said he acted as he did to spare the Goldsmith family further embarrassment. But, frankly, the embarrassment was City Hall’s when the true reason for Mr. Goldsmith’s departure became known. Read More

By Una LaMarche 6/21/11 7:57pm

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Weiner.

Weiner, Hefner and a Week of Resignations

Since early June, we’ve been forced to resign ourselves to the inconvenient truth that New York is now, basically, the Midwest as far as the weather is concerned. Long days of oppressive, unrelenting heat (the kind that would wilt corn crops, but somehow does nothing to subdue the brunch crowds at Sarabeth’s) followed by sheets Read More