Pity John Catsimatidis: As Michael Bloomberg prepares to meet with city Republican leaders to ask for a spot on the primary ballot, the grocery magnate's mayoral hopes may effectively be dashed.
Catsimatidis—like Bloomberg, a Democrat-turned-Republican billionaire—promoted himself over the past year as a savior for the cash-strapped Republicans. And even Read More
Here’s a little more about mayoral candidate John Catsimatidis’ financial maneuvering.
He spent $6,171.45 on “TV commercials,” plus $29,800 with McLaughlin & Associates on what is listed as a “background check.”
When reached on his cell phone, Catsimatidis said the TV commercials were “samples.” He then referred questions about Read More
In early February of 2003, Robert Ryan was escorted from his office by public-safety officers and fired from his job as the head of the Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation, the state agency that manages the little island in the East River.
Until today, the reasons Mr. Ryan was fired have not been known to anyone Read More
Robert Ryan was once one of the most feared and respected political operatives in New York State. A fixture in Upper East Side conservative politics since the early 1970′s, he once grabbed a political opponent by the neck andbeltand tossedhim through a door. His most glorious moment came in 1994, when he managed Governor George Read More
This Old House Needs a Home
Ever since Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis and other civic leaders, outraged over the demolition of the old Penn Station, inspired the city’s preservation laws, New York’s prized landmarked buildings have been fiercely protected, the slightest alterations to shingle or shutter subject to the closest scrutiny.
Nevertheless, said Roosevelt Read More
