As the screening panel starts interviewing comptroller candidates in order to pick the five people they’ll recommend to the legislature for the position, here are a few predictions about who might make the cut:
Bill Cunningham, political consultant and former deputy mayor
Richard Brodsky
Bill Mulrow
Tom Dinapoli
Martha Stark
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PHILADELPHIA—The last time Republicans gathered in this city, they nominated a New Yorker with a mustache to be their Presidential candidate. Though he would never have suspected it, Thomas E. Dewey was to be the last New Yorker to win a major-party Presidential nomination in the 20th century.
Other New Yorkers have sought the Read More
Now that Charles Peters has finished with Five Days in Philadelphia, we should draft him to overhaul the American history textbooks inflicted upon the youth of the nation. Dense in both senses of the word, these books induce a loathing of history and leave a kid feeling that he’s been condemned to eat his way Read More
Now that Charles Peters has finished with Five Days in Philadelphia, we should draft him to overhaul the American history textbooks inflicted upon the youth of the nation. Dense in both senses of the word, these books induce a loathing of history and leave a kid feeling that he’s been condemned to eat his way Read More
All the attention in the 2006 race for State Attorney General has focused on the Democratic side: Cuomo, Green. (The Inner Circle called them “the unlikeables,” but the Politicker likes everybody.)
Now we’re starting to hear some buzz on the Republican side as well. Not everyone in the party establishment is on board with Westchester Read More
PHILADELPHIA-The last time Republicans gathered in this city, they nominated a New Yorker with a mustache to be their Presidential candidate. Though he would never have suspected it, Thomas E. Dewey was to be the last New Yorker to win a major-party Presidential nomination in the 20th century.
Other New Yorkers have sought the office Read More
