Congress: Proof the world is drifting right: NJ Rep. Scott Garrett is mainstream. [Raymond Hernandez]
2012: “Maybe I’m going to do the tax returns when Obama does his birth certificate…I’d love to give my tax returns. I may tie my tax returns into Obama’s birth certificate.” [George Stephanopoulos]
2012: Trump is odd, eccentric, relenting, possibly untruthy. “Such a man cannot become President.” [Richard Cohen]
2012: Trump raising money for Manhattan GOP on June 14. [Laura Nahmias]
2012: Trump personifies good things about capitalism. Is “no joke” [David Brooks]
2012: Republicans brace for a Trump candidacy. [AP]
Schumer: He’s in China. [Brian Tumulty]
Probing Police: NYPD patrol unit comes under scrutiny. [Kirstan Conley and Chuck Bennett]
State Budget: No bacon; local groups unhappy. [Teri Weaver]
Paying Taxes: Cuomo earned $200,472. Paid full rate of NYC income taxes. [Jimmy Vielkind]
Paying Taxes: Former unpaid Lt. Governor Ravitch has to pay up. [Sam Roberts]
NYC Taxes: “[O]ur property tax is not that high,” says Bloomberg. [David Seifman]
Monitoring WFP: Electioneering arm of the party doesn’t abide court orders. [Sally Goldenberg]
School Reform: Editors punch back against NYT columnist who noted public school reformers attended private schools. [New York Post]
Prison Closures: All in Cumo’s hands. [Simon Garron-Caine]
Hydrofracking: Schneiderman threatens lawsuit against federal government if study isn’t conducted. [Brian Nearing]
Campaign Signs: “[A]n outrage when [politicians] beat the law on technicalities,” says Bloomberg. [Adam Lisberg]
Campaign Signs: John Liu gets out of major fine, due to a technicality. [David Seifman]
Bars NYC: A moratorium considered in parts of Brooklyn. [Sumathi Reddy]
Bars NYC: Early reporting on this from Capital New York. [Greg Hanlon]
Threats: Park Slope, a parody of itself. [Hilary Keller]
