Fracking, 'the Voldemort of issues'
Briefing: Cuomo and hurricane victim. Cuomo via twitter
6:02 pm Jan. 22, 2013
2013
"What's a pretty girl like you doing reading those?" said City Council candidate Ed Hartzog to a reporter who asked him about financial documents. [Victoria Bekiempis]
"I think she'd be a terrific mayor," Rep. Carolyn Maloney said of Christine Quinn, who she hosted at a Washington D.C. event. [Jill Colvin]
A reporter notes the timing of Randy Mastro's fund-raising for Bill Thompson, and Mastro landing a contract at the Battery Park City Authority, which was approved by a longtime Thompson aide. [Nathaniel Herz]
"Winklevoss twins max out for Squadron." [Chris Bragg]
Instant runoff voting this year? [Andrew Hawkins]
City Council candidate Mark Levine was endorsed by 1199 SEIU. [Twitter]
City Hall / City Council
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is not budging on the impasse with the teachers union. [CBS]
Micro-units. [Oshrat Carmiel]
A look inside. [Katie McDonough]
A sociology professor writes in Time that Bloomberg and Quinn are "wrong" for not supporting paid sick leave legislation. [Shamus Khan]
Somebody used Bloomberg's townhouse as a billboard. [Animal New York]
Albany
The outline of Cuomo's budget. [governor.ny.gov]
A more detailed version of Cuomo's budget. [publications.budget.ny.gov]
Cuomo wants to spend $33 million to create a new gun owner registry. [Laura Nahmias and Lisa Fleisher]
The governor proposed closing the Bayview prison in Manahttan, which was vacated since Hurricane Sandy. [Joseph Spector]
Fracking "was again the Voldemort of issues." [Chris Smith]
New York State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli was surprised to see one of his pension proposals in Cuomo's presentation. [Nick Reisman]
"Anything can be taken out of the budget," said Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos. [Nick Reisman]
A reporter makes a bris joke. [Ken Lovett]
Washington
NPR notices Bloomberg's advocacy on gun control. [Peter Overby]
Rep. Dan Maffei's first floor speech since winning back his old seat. [C-SPAN]
City
DNAInfo investigates compliance with education requirements at Orthodox schools in Brooklyn. [Sonja Sharp]
