'We have members of the media here right now'
Briefing: Second Avenue. John Wilson via Daily News
5:12 pm Aug. 21, 2012
2012
Mitt Romney said Rep. Todd Akin should quit the Senate race. [AP]
The pro-life doctor linked to Akin's claims about "forcible rape" endorsed Romney in 2007. [Kristen Lee]
Romney declined to explain his energy plan in detail because "We have members of the media here right now." [@NickConfessore]
2013
Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Councilwoman Annabel Palma and the executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless wrote a letter to the editor outlining a plan to reduce homelessness in New York while saving taxpayer dollars. [New York Times]
Bill de Blasio's speech about improving New York City's 10 percent unemployment. [Huffington Post]
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer just visited the site of the Second Avenue subway construction accident. No injuries were reported. [Twitter]
The "controlled underground blast … clearly got out of control." [Shayna Jacobs, Kerry Burke and Bill Hutchinson]
NY-25
Democratic challenger Dan Maffei's first ad is about opposing the Wall Street bailout. [James Arkin]
AD-80
"New York Post Goes to War Against Naomi Rivera; Winning So Far" [Colin Campbell]
SD-22
Republican state senator Marty Golden got a Teamsters endorsement. [Colin Campbell]
SD-44
Democratic State Senate candidate Shawn Morse called on Neil Breslin, a Democrat, to proactively release the names of his law firm's clients. [Nick Reisman]
Here's a police report from Morse's bar fight in 1989. [Nick Reisman]
CD-06
Democratic state committee member Debra Cooper is the newest candidate to run for the seat Gale Brewer is vacating on Manhattan's West Side. [David Freedlander]
Albany
Please, please somebody post the video of Cuomo singing happy birthday to Lt. Gov. Bob Duffy. [h/t @KLnyNews]
Media
Reporting on Mindy Meyer shows what reporters don't know about Orthodox Jewish women, a writer argues at Tablet. [Yair Rosenberg]
