Espaillat takes the Rangel challenge to court
Briefing: Espaillat. Victor F. Matos via flickr
5:23 pm Jul. 2, 2012
Tonight
NY1: Hakeem Jeffries and the Consultants Corner.
RNN: Gov. Chris Christie continues the Jersey Guy shtick and the vote-count in NY-13 between Rep. Charlie Rangel and State Senator Adriano Espaillat.
2013
City comptroller John Liu hired E.J. Kessler, an associate editorial page editor from the New York Post. [Celeste Katz]
Flashback: The Post editorial page has called on Liu to resign from office. [nypost.com]
NY-27
The DCCC is spending money to defend Rep. Kathy Hochul. [Liz Benjamin]
NY-13
There are 2,494 affidavit ballots and 776 absentee ballots to be counted. [CNN]
All the machine votes have now been counted, according to a Board of Elections spokeswoman. [Henry Goldman]
Adriano Espaillat: "I have received hundreds of complaints of voter suppression, and voters being turned away." [Kia Gregory and Michael Grynbaum]
Espaillat: It's "similar to what happened in Florida between Gore and Bush." [Jill Colvin]
Espaillat: "We really don't know who won this race." [Carl Campanile]
"We have witnessed disturbing allegations of voter suppression," said the president of the Dominican American National Roundtable. [Fox News Latino]
Espaillat said the Board of Elections isn't allowing his campaign to adequately monitor the count. [Meghashyam Mali]
Ydanis Rodriguez stands in for Espaillat. [Flickr]
More references to Florida. [Colin Campbell]
NY-08
Charles Barron's comments about Hakeem Jeffries needing to "pay back" supporters prompts questions on a prominent Jewish website. [Yeshiva World]
NY-07
Rep. Nydia Velazquez, Lincoln Restler and supporters. [Red Hook Star-Revue]
Albany
A lot of legislators are leaving office because they can't do much. [Michael Gormley]
"Governor Andrew Cuomo might be marching in this year’s Southampton Village Fourth of July parade on Wednesday, according to an email sent out this week by the Southampton Town Democratic Committee." [Shaye Weaver]
"Critical remarks by Gov. Andrew Cuomo are partially responsible for a downturn in statewide gaming revenues, a casino part-owner says." [Paul Post]
City Council
Councilman and comptroller candidate Dan Garodnick is making available each funding request letter he receives. [Cristian Salazar and David Howard King]
Law Enforcement
Brooklyn D.A. Joe Hynes defends himself from accusations he didn't try extraditing an accused child molester from Israel. [New York Times]
Media
Anderson Cooper: "It’s become clear to me that by remaining silent on certain aspects of my personal life for so long, I have given some the mistaken impression that I am trying to hide something - something that makes me uncomfortable, ashamed or even afraid." [Andrew Sullivan]
Chris Christie: "Did I say on topic? Are you stupid?" [NBC New York]
