Michael Bloomberg
Cuomo denies a plot to get Sheldon Silver, says the problem isn't in Albany
Governor Andrew Cuomo this morning denied one part of a report that he was considering unseating Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and sought to refocus the media's attention on electoral corruption in New York City. More
(3)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)Bloomberg, late in his third term, calls for 'a revolution among the voters'
Mayor Michael Bloomberg this morning said that the only way to get rid of corruption in politics is to have "a revolution among the voters." More
(1)Who got murdered in New York City last year?
Last year 419 people got murdered in New York City, the lowest number in more than half a century. More
Defending Quinn, Bloomberg says member items serve a purpose
Mayor Michael Bloomberg today defended Christine Quinn against accusations that she has presided over a scandal-ridden City Council. More
Quinn defends member items but definitely not Dan Halloran
Council Speaker Christine Quinn today said the allegations against State Senator Malcolm Smith and Councilman Dan Halloran "an outrageous abdication of the public's trust," but declined to outline what steps she thought might prevent this sort of thing in the future. More
New York schools chancellor says Atlanta's test scandal couldn't happen here
"We do not have the type of problems that's been identified in Atlanta," schools chancellor Dennis Walcott said today, after WCBS's Rich Lamb asked him if the widespread test-score manipulation that recently resulted in the indictment of 35 Atlanta educators could happen here in New York City. More
Bloomberg: Smith and Halloran are an argument for nonpartisan elections
Mayor Michael Bloomberg today argued that the U.S. attorney's complaints against State Senator Malcolm Smith and Queens Councilman Dan Halloran present as strong an argument as any for nonpartisan elections in New York City. More
(1)Lhota does his Bloomberg impression
In opposing the Inspector General bill, Lhota started talking like Bloomberg. [Dan Rubinstein]
How the Daily News wound up publishing their original Central Park Jogger story with today's timestamp. [Tom McGeveran]
Mean Girls and Biff Tannen for Quinn. [Azi Paybarah]
Lhota accuses Quinn of 'putting a handcuff on the police department'
As Council Speaker Christine Quinn veers left in this year's Democratic mayoral primary, Joe Lhota is increasingly positioning himself as the law and order candidate. More
Joe Lhota steps into a gap between Bloomberg and Quinn
Christine Quinn is clashing with Michael Bloomberg again. It's part of an intensifying trend, albeit one that her rivals in the mayor's race says is a contrived means of allowing Quinn to look more independent of the mayor than she has been for most of her time as speaker. More
Sunday shows: Schumer finds a sweet spot, just not on guns
On "Meet the Press" on Sunday morning, Sen. Chuck Schumer said a deal on immigration reform was all but done, after business and labor groups signed off on a new compromise over guest workers over the weekend, and he chalked up Sen. Marco Rubio's public hesitation to a difference in "semantics." More
As Washington pauses, Obama and Bloomberg remind the public about Newtown
"Shame on us if we've forgotten," President Obama said at a White House event this morning as part of a national "day of action" to demand new gun laws. More
How the Old Town Bar (and 49 countries) came to embrace Bloomberg's smoking ban
Ten years ago, New York City passed a ban on smoking in bars and restaurants, and today, Mayor Michael Bloomberg argued that the ban's impact has been felt well past the confines of New York City. More
(2)Thompson explains his 'serious reservations' about Quinn's version of a police oversight bill
"As I've said, I support placing an inspector general inside the Police Department," said Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson. "But given what I've learned about the Council bill, I've got some serious reservations about it." More
