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Briefing: Bloomberg at Buzzfeed. Edward Reed via flickr
6:22 pm Feb. 19, 2013
2013
De Blasio: "Bloomberg is either blind or willfully ignorant." [@BilldeBlasio]
A Bloomberg spokesman responds to homeless activists, accusing them of "dishonest parsing" of his boss's words. [@MarcLavorgna]
City Hall / City Council
Russell Simmons: "Mayor Michael Bloomberg: Global Transformational Leader" [Huffington Post]
"Made in NY" [TheNextWeb.com]
More on Bloomberg's wariness of having "an instant poll" on everything. [Ivan Pereira]
More memories of Isac Weinberger. [Celeste Katz]
Here's Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz's State of the Borough speech. [Celeste Katz]
Albany
A sign of the crumbling relationship between the Post and Cuomo. [David Grandeu, ht/ @NickConfessore]
More criticism of Cuomo's pension plan for municipalities. [Liz Benjamin]
Cuomo and the University United Professions union struck a tentative contract deal that includes a multi-year wage freeze and increased health insurance costs. [Nick Reisman]
There are also nine furlough days. [Scott Waldman]
Assemblyman Vito Lopez has pneumonia. [Celeste Katz]
Washington
Eliot Spitzer is raising money for Democratic senate candidate Ed Markey of Massachusetts. [Maggie Haberman]
Bloomberg defends his role in the Illinois special election. [Ruby Cramer]
Bloomberg: "The public ought to stand up." [Catalina Camia]
"[A]s a political tactic, Mr. Bloomberg's move could be a game changer." [Greg Hinz]
