Bill Thompson's million-dollar filing, Simcha Felder's new chair
Briefing: Thompson. Azi Paybarah via flickr
4:41 pm Jan. 14, 2013
2013
Bill Thompson raised $1 million, about twice as much as John Liu over the same period, though he hasn't said how much he's spent. [Celeste Katz]
Liu spent 66 percent of the money he raised. [Jill Colvin]
"Bill Thompson's campaign for mayor is showing some life." [Carl Campanile]
Joe Lhota is running. [David Seifman]
Lhota "very much needs" real estate and construction trades in his corner for a mayoral run. [Chris Smith]
Sal Albanese can't get the Times' attention, and doesn't want to talk about supporting Republican Marty Golden over Vinnie Gentile in 2002. [Colin Campbell]
Albanese said he'd hire more cops. [Will Bredderman]
Albany
Cuomo's new gun deal expands the definition of assault weapons, grandfathers in those that already exists, and creates a statewide registry of those kinds of guns. [Jimmy Vielkind]
One of the top Republican state senators said new, stricter gun laws are "inevitable" in Albany. [Ken Lovett]
Simcha Felder, a Democrat who is caucusing with Republicans, will chair the newly created subcommittee on New York City education. [Liz Benjamin]
Headline: "More Cigarette Taxes Equals More Cigarette Smuggling" [Dan McLaughlin]
Washington
Chris Christie doesn't like a "The Boss" headline below his cover picture on Time. [Chris O'Shea]
