Weiner announces from Brooklyn, while de Blasio saddles him with Park Avenue:
Anthony Weiner launched his mayoral campaign with a video posted after midnight last night, late enough to avoid being on the front page of the New York daily newspapers (thereby avoiding the tabloids' requisite wiener-entry headlines).
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.
"It's 18 months and John Liu still has not been charged and it just shows how intense the desire was to find something, anything, to pin on him," said Stuart Appelbaum, the president of the Retail Wholesale and Department Store Union (RWDSU).
"I think ti's time for people to say whether or not they have anything to charge the comptroller with and if not, this should end they should let him get back to focusing on the people's business."
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on September 13th, 2012 12:26pmAs some New Yorkers go to the polls for today's legislative primaries, voters' inclinations in two competitive congressional races are revealed by a couple of newly released surveys. More
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on September 13th, 2012 7:54am
2012
Obama: "Gov. Romney seems to have a tendency to shoot first and aim later." [CNN]
Romney is fighting hard for Wisconsin, which Obama easily won four years ago and Democrats haven't lost since 1984. [Scott Bauer and Thomas Beaumont]
"The League of Latino United Citizens is conducting a first-of-its-kind effort to identify Latino voters in Iowa and increase their turnout." [AP]
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on September 12th, 2012 5:14pmState Senator Toby Stavisky of Queens, who Governor Andrew Cuomo endorsed for re-election, got a late infusion of cash to help her fend off her well-financed Democratic primary opponent, John Messer. More
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on September 12th, 2012 3:06pmHere are some of the campaign mailers voters in a Bronx Assembly district received from Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera, who is the subject of multiple investigations. More
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on September 12th, 2012 2:27pmWhen Adriano Espaillat ran for Congress against Rep. Charles Rangel in June, representing the most credible challenge to Rangel in recent memory, the Times chose not to endorse him, writing that "he would have to reach out to a wider constituency of African-Americans, whites and Asians." More
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on September 12th, 2012 12:10pmSo far, Governor Andrew Cuomo has endorsed four incumbent Democratic legislators for re-election, but has not appeared with them on the campaign trail or appeared in ads for them. More
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on September 12th, 2012 10:30amThree of the many legislative primaries around New York State on Sept. 13 will feature Democratic incumbents with legal troubles: Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera is the subject of at least four investigations; Assemblyman William Boyland is under his second federal indictment; State Senator Shirley Huntley is under a state indictment. More
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on September 12th, 2012 8:50am
Albany
Stu Loeser: "Yes, I am helping my friend, neighbor and assemblyman, Speaker Silver." [Danny Hakim]
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A mailer from Incumbent Naomi Rivera said challenger Mark Gjonaj "doesn't know our community at all." [Colin Campbell]
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Super Villans for Eric Ulrich. [Nick Reisman]
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on September 11th, 2012 6:11pmNick Rafter of the Queens Chronicle gets his hands on an oddly comical attack piece in the 10th State Senate district in Queens, where indicted incumbent Shirley Huntley is facing a Democratic primary challenge from City Councilman James Sanders. More
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on September 11th, 2012 2:02pm
jacobkornbluh: RT @azipaybarah "For The First Time in NYC's History, A Mayor Was Born on Twitter" http://t.co/ec8BWNqU via @jacobkornbluh #nyc2013
erickuo: @azipaybarah also, #AskAllon has already taken off... at every @CityAndStateNY staff meetingerickuo: @azipaybarah why don't you #askbloomberg whether she actually told him of her secret of moving to new jerseyerickuo: @azipaybarah @ChrisBragg1 stop indulging her. you're breaking my heart and shaking my confidence
joshgreenman: @Azi probably should have said candidates or contenders. I'm not sure there are challengers in an open race.
marcatracy: @azi @TishJames @NYCPlanning @reidpillifant @jwbens The Power Brocade Skirt
ljoywilliams: @azipaybarah @DanaRubinstein also, is there a list of how many people he has called a disgrace? Besides youof course ;)
islamoyankee: @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.
