Michael Gianaris gets a promotion in Albany
Briefing: Gianaris. Gianaris via facebook
6:03 pm Dec. 20, 2012
2013
Consultant Hank Sheinkopf may reunite with Bill Thompson for the mayor's race. [Chris Bragg]
John Liu's speech was entertaining. [Colin Campbell]
Joe Lhota has to appeal to more minorities than his former boss, Rudy Giuliani. Also, how strong is Bill de Blasio outside Manhattan? [Harry Enten]
State Senator Liz Krueger endorsed fellow East Side Democrat, Councilwoman Jessica Lappin for Manhattan Borough President. [Celeste Katz]
Council candidate Yetta Kurland said she no longer owns a gun, but is still on record with the NYPD as having a permit. She also said, inaccurately, that Senator Chuck Schumer owns one too. [Lincoln Anderson]
Albany
Governor Andrew Cuomo's state of the state speech will be on January 9. [Nick Reisman]
The state's unemployment rate is 8.3 percent, down from 8.7 percent. [Nick Reisman]
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli wants Aetna to disclose which politicians they donate money to. [Jimmy Vilekind]
State Senator Michael Gianaris was appointed deputy leader of the Senate Democratic Conference, as expected. [Ken Lovett]
Washington
ABC's Jake Tapper is going to CNN. [David Ford]
