Bill Thompson is out with a statement about that big New York Times story today which reported that Michael Bloomberg did not follow city guidelines when dispensing his discretionary funds.
"The allegations raised by The New York Times are extremely troubling," Thompson said in a statement emailed to reporters just now. "If Read More
Yeshiva World has photos of Michael Bloomberg’s campaign visit to the Catskills.
He shot hoops, high-fived little kids, hung out with Simcha Felder, autographed a picture of himself, contemplated ruining his diet, and got close-talked by a supporter.
Here’s Simcha Felder’s report on why the city should get rid of the public advocate’s office, which he’s proposing in legislation he’s introducing today.
He makes an efficiency argument, saying that the city would save millions of dollars on the cost of the public-advocate election on the scale of this year’s:
“Assuming Read More
City spends $1,360 to bus in supporters of its Coney Island plan to a City Council Read More
Minutes after David Paterson held a press conference in Albany and said “The member item process is over,” I ran into City Councilman Simcha Felder, an unabashed advocate of the member-item process.
Felder, standing across the street from City Hall, said, “Anything and everything that the governor has the power to do to get Read More
Minutes after David Paterson held a press conference in Albany and said “The member item process is over,” I ran into City Councilman Simcha Felder, an unabashed advocate of the member-item process.
Felder, standing across the street from City Hall, said, “Anything and everything that the governor has the power Read More
Michael Bloomberg held a fund-raiser last night for Democratic City Councilman James Sanders of Queens, according to campaign sources. The event, I was told, took place at Bloomberg’s townhouse.
Sanders is a natural choice for Bloomberg to back. The councilman voted to support the term-limits extension and was the only Council member to abstain Read More
Michael Bloomberg held a fund-raiser last night for Democratic City Councilman James Sanders of Queens, according to campaign sources. The event, I was told, took place at Bloomberg's townhouse.
Sanders is a natural choice for Bloomberg to back. The councilman voted to support the term-limits extension and was the only Read More
Fun fact, from the campaign finance statements that came out earlier this week:
City Councilman Simcha Felder, who is running in an uncompetitive race for re-election, raised $175,206 in this latest filing period. It’s a total that’s well above the $161,000 spending limit the city’s Campaign Finance Board imposed on City Council races. And Read More
Fun fact, from the campaign finance statements that came out earlier this week:
City Councilman Simcha Felder, who is running in an uncompetitive race for re-election, raised $175,206 in this latest filing period. It's a total that's well above the $161,000 spending limit the city’s Campaign Finance Board imposed on Read More
