A Gotbaum Nemesis Returns

Spotted in the City Council Chamber: Tom Weiss, a political gadfly most famous for stalking Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum to the point that Gotbaum invoked him as a reason for not releasing a public schedule. Weiss is in the front row of the Chamber's balcony among other people supporting a proposal to name a street Read More

Son of Ted

Among the contenders for the West Side assembly seat vacated by Scott Stringer is Tom Weiss, the son of legendary, liberal Congressman Ted Weiss, who sought to impeach Ronald Reagan over the Grenada invasion. (Those were the days!)

The younger Weiss is not a West Side political insider. His connection to politics has been via Read More