Marty Golden
Bloomberg: Bring back the old machines or risk mayoral chaos till 2014
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning warned that the Board of Election's voting machine problems may mean New Yorkers won't know who their new mayor is until 2014. More
Targeting Marty Golden, speed-camera enemy number one
Today at noon, a group of Bay Ridge resident-activists gathered outside State Senator Marty Golden's office to protest his opposition to speed cameras in New York City. More
(4)What happens when the 'Times' tells the City Council to stand up to the Dolans?
This morning, the Times published a plea from its commanding architecture critic Michael Kimmelman to the New York City Council, asking it to reject a request from the owners of Madison Square Garden to extend its lease indefinitely, and give them license to increase by several times the size of the building's signage. More
Former Brooklyn councilman Sal Albanese to make a third try for mayor
Former Brooklyn City Councilman Sal Albanese will enter the Democratic primary for mayor in what will be his third bid for City Hall.
In a brief telephone interview this evening, Albanese, 62, said, "I will be entering the race. I'm going to announce Monday or Tuesday." More
Tarring Marty Golden with Richard Lipsky
In January 2011, public records show Republican state senator Marty Golden received his first and only donation from an Upper West Side woman named Dorothy Lipsky. The donation was for $3,000. More
Before Empire State shooting reports, Bloomberg says bullet-tracking is more important than Remington's N.Y. jobs
Gun manufacturer Remington is threatenening to leave New York if the state passes stricter guns laws, but Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning argued that savng lives is more important than saving jobs. More
(2)Golden says he hopes Democrats keep talking about 'feminine presence'
Republican state senator Marty Golden told me the Senate Democrats were "so broke it's pathetic." More
(1)A transit-protection bill that Cuomo doesn't like is rendered toothless, again
On Monday, transit advocates will meet with Yomika Bennett, Governor Andrew Cuomo’s assistant transportation secretary, to plead on behalf of a bill that would make it more difficult for Albany to raid mass transit funding, a bill that, at the moment, appears to be going nowhere. More
Partisan ping-pong in Brooklyn. Not a metaphor.
A reader sends over a picture of Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny and Councilman Vincent Gentile, Democrats, practicing for a high-stakes game of ping-pong coming up this weekend against State Senator Golden and Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis, Republicans. More
