Cuomo's war on locomotive waste
Briefing: Bloomberg and Kelly. Azi Paybarah via flickr
6:10 pm May. 31, 2012
2012
Bob Turner says in a web video that Kirsten Gillibrand is "beatable," but says it would require "a disciplined and sustainable campaign effort." [Celeste Katz]
City Hall
One argument: Poor people get fat and poor people drink soda, but they're not necessarily fat because they drink soda. [Daniel Fisher]
"Unless NYC plans to ban Ray’s pizza slices and Crumbs cupcakes, I don’t think it will see a marked decrease in obesity." [Carmine Gallo]
A majority of NPR.org readers support the ban. [Mark Memmott]
Flashback: Nikki Minaj did a Pepsi ad earlier this month. [Kia Makarechi]
"Since the beginning of 2009, PepsiCo, Coca-Cola and the American Beverage Association have spent as much as $70 million on lobbying and issue ads, according to the Center for Science in the Public Interest, a proponent of soda taxes." [Henry Goldman]
Bloomberg reads eight newspapers a day and sees value in "the broadsheet presentation." [Dylan Tweney]
Albany
Cuomo wants to get rid of useless trains and locomotive parts, saving taxpayers tens of millions of dollars. [governor.ny.gov]
Photographers ushered out of the room as J-COPE was meeting; reporters not happy. [Jon Campbell]
Ed Cox and Bill Powers beat back an effort by the five Republican city county chairman to get Tom Belesis to replace Powers as an R.N.C. member. [Liz Benjamin]
Eric Schniederman unveiled an upgrade to the state's Project Sunlight website. His campaign wants you to know about it. [Nick Reisman]
