Espaillat goes to court, and Bloomberg's school plan gets blocked
Briefing: Espailalt. Espaillat via facebook
4:50 pm Jun. 29, 2012
NY-13
Rangel's race heads to court. [Celeste Katz]
Espaillat's lawyer was kept 15 feet away from the memory sticks being read by B.O.E. machines. [Hunter Walker]
City Hall
Bloomberg's plan to shutter 24 low-performing schools was blocked by an arbitrator today. [Lisa Fleisher]
Cambridge follows Bloomberg's lead on banning large sugary drinks. [Emily Jed]
Albany
Cuomo signed a bill that may please Liz Benjamin. [Michael Johnson]
Charles Barron said his wife, Assemblywoman Inez Barron, may replace him. [Aaron Short]
Media
Rep. Ed Towns said "white media" is "the only media you have in New York." [Joel Gehrke]
Alec Baldwin had another run-in with photographers. "Video footage didn’t show what might have preceded Baldwin’s latest explosion." [Lorena Mongelli and David Li]
For his goodbye, "Good Day New York"'s Greg Kelly handcuffed himself to his co-host. Rosanna Scotto: "I thought that was for later." [Garth Johnston]
Footage
David Paterson declares victory for Rangel on primary night. [Youtube]
