Cuomo promises campaign finance reform and Bloomberg facilitates tiny-apartment buildings
Briefing: Andrew Cuomo. Chris Cuomo via yfrog.
5:56 pm Jul. 9, 2012
Term Limits
"To hear Catsimatidis tell it, Bloomberg personally came to him after deciding he had no chance at winning the White House and asked for his support in pushing to change the term limits law to facilitate a third term. He quickly agreed, and then assisted the mayor in convincing the less-than eager GOP county chairs to back the mayor, who had abandoned their party to become a so-called 'blank', for yet another run." [Liz Benjamin]
NY-13
Adriano Espaillat conceded again. [Finn Vigeland]
SD-17
Simcha Felder refuses the Independence Party line because of its ties to Lenora Fulani. [Chris Bragg]
Albany
Governor Andrew Cuomo disagreed with the New York Post in linking some recent shootings to decisions by judicial panels to overturn stop-and-frisk arrests. [David Freedlander]
Cuomo promised to push for campaign finance reform. [@Kdewitt7]
City Hall
"He's the mayor, voted in by these same people who he now believes don't know that high caloric drinks aren't good for them." [News Gather]
Bloomberg said the prevailing wage set by City Comptroller John Liu will "bankrupt the city at the rate we're going." [Celeste Katz]
The mayor said the recent crime spike is "just an aberration in the statistics." [Colby Hamilton]
Bloomberg said he's considering pushing to allow apartment buildings with more tiny apartments. [Associated Press]
Why the apartment zoning changes are important: "We have to change otherwise people will not come here," Bloomberg said. [Amanda Fung]
"The micro-units are so tiny that more than 40 of them could fit into the mayor's luxurious 12,500-square-foot townhouse on East 79th Street." [Jill Colvin]
Bloomberg avoids a question about Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes. [Joe Coscarelli]
City Council
CBS News refers to "councilwoman Latisha James." [Michelle Castillo]
Images
Chris Cuomo fishing with his brother. [Yfrog]
