Andrew Cuomo
Thompson explains the success of the Board of Education
There was a time when Mayor Michael Bloomberg said he did not want to take questions from reporters about whatever it is that the candidates running to replace him said or did on the campaign trail. More
Queens goes for Christine, Melinda and Reshma; Dicker's 'confidential' inquiry
Anthony Weiner and Howard Wolfson are not done fighting. [Reid Pillifant]
Headline: "Defending Silver, Cuomo says sexual harassment is a societal problem" [Dana Rubinstein]
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn reprises her role as an activist. [Dana Rubinstein]
Councilman Oliver Koppell withdrew his taxi legislation after advocates withdrew their support for it. [Dana Rubinstein] More
Dicker, now a Cuomo enemy, bridles at the Josh Vlasto treatment
In his column today, New York Post state editor Fred Dicker referred to Josh Vlasto, a top aide to Governor Andrew Cuomo as an "increasingly notorious spokesman" who is "considered untrustworthy by many reporters." More
Defending Silver, Cuomo says sexual harassment is a societal problem
Governor Andrew Cuomo said this morning that sexual harassment is not a problem that's unusually endemic to the New York State Assembly, disgraced member Vito Lopez notwithstanding. More
(1)What Vito Lopez did to the Silver-Cuomo equation
Assemblyman Vito Lopez is quitting before his colleagues can throw him out. More
Bill de Blasio as 'a big unifier' and Vito Lopez as a pariah
Jeff Flake, the Arizona Republican senator, said he's not phased by the three new ads attacking him that were released today by Bloomberg's gun control coalition. [Reid Pillifant]
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand says she won't make an endorsement in the Democratic mayoral primary. [Reid Pillifant]
Jim Margolis' assistance on Anthony Weiner's recent film shoot won't count as a donation. [Reid Pillifant]
Meet the new champion of marijuana legalization in New York: State Senator Liz Krueger. [Dana Rubinstein]
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn makes Antonio Reynoso a litmus test. Bill Thompson has reached out to him. Anthony Weiner has not. [Azi Paybarah] More
As Quinn challenges rivals to oppose Vito Lopez, Thompson makes preparations
A spokesman for Reynso told me today Thompson's camp has reached out to Reynoso to arrange a meeting. More
Silver will proceed with expulsion vote, despite Vito Lopez's planned resignation
"Nevertheless, because the citizens of my district voted me back into office last November by an overwhelming majority, I feel obligated to serve out this session of theAssembly. I therefore announce that as of June 20, 2013, the last day of the session, I resign my position." More
Andrew Cuomo has no Lopez-related thoughts about Sheldon Silver
Governor Andrew today declined to comment on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's reported mishandling of sexual harassment claims against one of his members. More
Cuomo suggests expulsion for Vito Lopez, and Silver agrees
In response to those reports, Silver released a statement calling on Lopez to voluntarily resign. Governor Andrew Cuomo went further, urging the Assembly to expel Lopez. Then, after all that, Silver released a statement saying he would call for that expulsion vote Monday. Politically, the move is meant to expel Lopez as much as it is to inoculate Silver from further criticism. More
(1)Dear Josh: A public-private sparring match between Thompson and Quinn strategists
At 2:30 this afternoon, Bill Thompson's lead consultant, Jonathan Prince, wrote: More
Cuomo lags Christie in a national Democratic poll, but he won't always be this retiring
Christie is better known that Cuomo, and Cuomo has the power to change that whenever he wants. More
A public setback in the war on bad apples
The name of State Senator Liz Krueger's political action committee, "No Bad Apples," was arrived at very deliberately. More
Andrew Cuomo on legislating through 'scandal mania'
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has tried to use the recent rash of corruption arrests to pass a new reform package for state elections, but he said on Monday morning that he doesn't want "scandal mania" to overwhelming his agenda for the legislative session. More
On that Eric Schneiderman 'associate' in Shirley Huntley's sentencing memo
Among the names included in former state senator Shirley Huntley's sentencing memo was one implicated purely by association.
Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is listed as an "associate" of Melvin Lowe, who's listed as "a former political consultant," and is one of the people Huntley spoke with while wearing a wire to aid federal investigators. More
