Guns and abortion come between Bloomberg and Romney
Briefing: The Silent March. Azi Paybarah via flickr
5:00 pm Jun. 18, 20121
2012
Michael Bloomberg was overhead saying he thinks Mitt Romney would run the country better than Barack Obama, but that he can't endorse him because their difference on social issues are too great. [Michael Barbaro]
NY-06
Liz Crowley hit Rory Lancman for saying he backed independent redistricting but also saying he drew his own Assembly lines. [Colin Campbell]
Flashback: "I had a big hand in drawing them," Lancman told NY1 in February about his newly configured Assembly district. [Capital]
NY-08
Who's to say the Charles Barron is surging? [The Local]
The Weekly Standard noticed Senator Chuck Schumer's reluctance to talk about Barron. [Michael Warren]
Senator Gillibrand was not reluctant to criticize Barron, but that may be because she could face Bob Turner in the general election. [Maggie Haberman]
NY-13
Jerry Skurnik: "What is obvious is that Rangel's in trouble…If Espaillat manages to become a real cause, he’ll get Hispanics who never voted in a primary before, and then he wins." [Henry Goldman]
NY-18
Democratic challenger Sean Patrick Maloney hits Republican congresswoman Nan Hayworth for bringing John Boehner to the district for a fund-raiser but opposing federal aid after Hurricane Irene. [Nick Reisman]
City Hall
Bloomberg's parks commissioner since 2002, Adrian Benepe, is leaving for a job at a nonprofit. [David Chen]
Albany
Cuomo struck a deal with 14 trade unions on the $5 billion construction of the Tappan Zee Bridge. [Joseph Spector]
Critics of the pro-Cuomo Committee to Save New York say its contributors benefit from policies pushed by the governor. [Jon Campbell]
Some advocates are not happy with Cuomo's plan to protect the disabled at state-run prisons. [Associated Press]
It is obvious that Obama and the democrats have run this country into the ground.. No jobs, pessimism everywhere. And thats all Obama does is still blame Bush.. What a loser Obama has turned out to be...