Azi Paybarah

Anthony Weiner, as promised, starts an issue debate among Democrats:

Weiner has said issues like this are the kind that candidates should be speaking about, in detail. His rivals don't agree, substatively or strategically.

Bio: Azi Paybarah is a reporter for Capital. He has covered politics for The New York Observer, WNYC, The New York Sun and the New York Press.

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Anthony Weiner, as promised, starts an issue debate among Democrats

Weiner has said issues like this are the kind that candidates should be speaking about, in detail. His rivals don't agree, substatively or strategically. More

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on May 24th, 2013 1:31pm

 
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Video briefing: Anthony Weiner pitches (and apologizes to) a club that backed him

Anthony Weiner made several appearances at local Democratic clubs last night, only one of which he announced publicly. More

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on May 24th, 2013 11:52am

 
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Andrew Cuomo's telling comment on Anthony Weiner

Governor Andrew Cuomo isn't endorsing anyone in the New York City mayor's race, though he said it would be a "shame on us" if Anthony Weiner ended up winning. More

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on May 24th, 2013 7:37am

 
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A polling call about Ray Kelly

A reader emails to report having received a phone call tonight about a poll that included questions about police commissioner Ray Kelly as a mayoral candidate. According to the reader, the questions came from a firm identifying itself as Opinion Access. More

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on May 23rd, 2013 10:53pm

 
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Cuomo's joke, Weiner's skyline

A Cuomo administration official said the governor's "shame on us" remark about Anthony Weiner being elected mayor was said "in jest." The newspaper that reported the comment sticks by their story. [Azi Paybarah]

Rep. Charlie Rangel said Weiner won't have a "serious impact" on the mayor's race. [Reid Pillifant]

"Weiner tries to broaden the discussion but no sign of Bullworth yet" [Dana Rubinstein]

MSNBC, which was instrumental in boosting Weiner's national profile, is cool on his return. [Reid Pillifant] More

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on May 23rd, 2013 4:37pm

 
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'New York Times' hires Politico's Jonathan Martin

Politico's Jonathan Martin has been hired away to become the New York Times' new national political correspondent. More

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on May 23rd, 2013 3:35pm

 
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Anthony Weiner's mayoral site features the Pittsburgh skyline

The New York City skyline is one of the most recognizable in the world. The one Anthony Weiner's campaign campaign is using, isn't. That's because it's Pittsburgh. The bridge appears to be the Robert Clemente Bridge. More

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on May 23rd, 2013 3:05pm

 
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Andrew Cuomo: 'Shame on us' if Anthony Weiner is elected mayor

"He runs? He runs," Cuomo said.

"And if we elect him?" Stephen Rogers, chairman of Syracuse Media Group, asked Cuomo.

"Shame on us," Cuomo said. More

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on May 23rd, 2013 12:02pm

 
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Scenes from the Anthony Weiner show

Anthony Weiner began his first day on the campaign trail this morning by greeting voters on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, talking to commuters on the No. 2 express train heading downtown, and then interacting with reporters and people on the street as he walked the several blocks to the WNYC offices on Varick Street for an interview with Brian Lehrer. More

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on May 23rd, 2013 10:32am

 
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Anthony Weiner dominates a New York news cycle, seriously

Anthony Weiner always be able to dominate a mayoral-campaign news cycle like he did yesterday, when he announced his entrance in the Democratic primary with a video. More

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on May 23rd, 2013 7:15am

 

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  • jacobkornbluhjacobkornbluh: RT @azipaybarah "For The First Time in NYC's History, A Mayor Was Born on Twitter" http://t.co/ec8BWNqU via @jacobkornbluh #nyc2013
  • erickuoerickuo: @azipaybarah also, #AskAllon has already taken off... at every @CityAndStateNY staff meeting
  • erickuoerickuo: @azipaybarah why don't you #askbloomberg whether she actually told him of her secret of moving to new jersey
  • erickuoerickuo: @azipaybarah @ChrisBragg1 stop indulging her. you're breaking my heart and shaking my confidence
  • joshgreenmanjoshgreenman: @Azi probably should have said candidates or contenders. I'm not sure there are challengers in an open race.
  • marcatracymarcatracy: @azi @TishJames @NYCPlanning @reidpillifant @jwbens The Power Brocade Skirt
  • ljoywilliamsljoywilliams: @azipaybarah @DanaRubinstein also, is there a list of how many people he has called a disgrace? Besides youof course ;)
  • islamoyankeeislamoyankee: @azipaybarah apparently I never responded. It's too early for April Fool's. However, for April 1, I intend to declare I'm running for Pres.