A Republican campaigns against Nita Lowey's long tenure
Briefing: Mark Rosen. Mark Rosen via facebook
6:34 pm Feb. 21, 2012
A Republican running against 24-year veteran congresswoman Nita Lowey is, not surprisingly, making the case that members of Congress should be subject to term limits.
The candidate, Mark Rosen, hopes to use the issue to tap into voters' overall dissatisfaction with Washington.
The term-limits issue itself hasn't been a paricularly big deal in the district: Lowey, a Democrat, endorsed New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who was running on the Republican and Independence Party lines, after he pushed to change New York City's term-limits rules. Lowey got re-elected the following year.
Generally, as Rep. Charlie Rangel and others can attest, seniority is just as often seen by voters as a virtue, given the usual correlation between length of service in the House and ability to deliver things for the district.
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2013
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NY-13
"The problem is not [that] this is simply a matter of the Democratic party colluding with the New York Times to smear Grimm. The problem is that these reports are based on real events…" [Joe Teutonico]
NY-18
Lowey got an A+ on foreign affairs from "a group that educates people about global issues." [Gerald McKinstry]
Republican challenger Mark Rosen said he favors term limits for members of congress and said Lowey's 24-year career is too long. [Gerald McKinstry]
Rosen's attack on Lowey is like one of Romney's attacks on Obama. [Nick Reisman]
State Senate
Republicans say Democrats "aren't all in" to retake the majority and that at least eight are looking to run for other offices. [Liz Benjamin]
SD-27
Fidler is already vowing to boost tuition vouchers but Storobin is questioning his commitment on the issue. [Ned Berke]
AD-93
The Democratic candidate Shelley Mayer got endorsements from women's organizations today and will pick up police and fire union endorsements tomorrow. [Colin Gustafson]
Redistricting
Senate Democrats don't like what redistricting has done to Manhattan. It makes "no sense," the reporter notes. [Jill Colvin]
NYPD's Surveillance of Muslims
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"Police surveillance based on religion, nationality or peacefully expressed political opinion is antithetical to the values of Yale," said the university's president, Richard Levin. [Andrew Theen]
Bloomberg "sharply criticized" Yale's president, according to the school's daily newspaper. [James Lu]
Bloomberg said reporters wouldn't have the freedom to report if the police didn't have the freedom to monitor suspects. [Colin Campbell]
"A spokesman for the New Jersey State Police said that its members 'were not aware, and had no involvement' in the surveillance in their state." [Kevin McCorry]
One Democratic Muslim activist from Brooklyn said Bloomberg abandoned the sentiments he expressed when he was defending Muslims during the Park 51 debate. [@LSarsour]
Homeless
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Quinn, who backed a lawsuit to stop the new policy, said the ruling a "tremendous victory." [Associated Press]
The state judge failed the city for not vetting the new policy with the City Council and did not rule on the merits on the proposed policy change. [Michael Howard Saul]
Education
"So, wake up DOE and UFT — get rid of the bad apples, for the sake of the children." [Queens Courier]
Local
Assemblywoman Grace Meng complained Boston Market employees referred to her as "la china" during a recent visit. [Irving DeJohn]
Media
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Images
Bloomberg defends the NYPD. [Colin Campbell]
Schneiderman, Kathleen Rice, Ed Mangano and others talking about curbing prescription drug abuse. [Charles Lavine]
A plague for notable Queens civic leader Patricia Dolan. [Councilman Jimmy Van Bramer]
