Grading Cuomo, on the first day of school
Briefing: Walcott. Edward Reed via flickr
4:55 pm Sep. 6, 2012
Charlotte
Governor Andrew Cuomo's "rousing" speech this morning "was unlikely to tamp down the speculation" about his 2016 prospects. [Ken Thomas]
Cuomo "simultaneously avoided and stoked national attention". [Michael Barbaro]
Cuomo said the Republican argument that Obama created the economic mess was "absurd." [Hunter Walker]
Cuomo's speech sort of sounded like Bill Clinton's. [Celeste Katz]
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand: "I am going to be the chairperson of Hillary Clinton 2016." [Nick Reisman]
More on how City Councilman Eric Ulrich and Republican delegate Tony Nunziato got into a tiff with MSNBC's Chris Matthews. [Laura Nahmias]
Meet the "delectable executables": Gloria Pitagorsky, Jamie Ansorge, Alex Leopold, Ashley Chandler, Brian Morgenstern, Samantha McNeilly. [Page Six]
The AP's fact-check problem is that the facts they cite don't undermine much of what Clinton was arguing. [Jonathan Chait]
Grindr goes political. [Nick Judd]
Albany
A guide to the upcoming primaries. [NYCCFB]
"Look for an Asian candidate to make a hard run for #AD25 in 2014. Insiders were shocked no one did this year." [@RossBarkan]
Republican City Councilman Eric Ulrich dissed his opponent for touting support from Bob Dole, "whose last known endorsement was for Viagra." [@Eric_Ulrich]
State Senator Liz Krueger, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh and Councilwoman Jessica Lappin got a shout out in an op-ed by transportation activists. [Paul Steely White and Daisy Chung]
City Hall
Movie theaters brace for the big-gulp ban. [Brent Lang]
Ranji Nagaswami, the adviser to the $122-billion New York City Retirement Systems whom Bloomberg hired two years ago, is now working at Bridgewater Associates. [Bloomberg]
New York City Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott toured the city, welcoming students on their first day of school. [Vivian Yee]
Walcott started his day in the Bronx. [Katherine Creag]
