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.
Not everyone was surprised yesterday by newly elected Democratic state senator Simcha Felder's statement announcing he would caucus with Republicans.
"I wrote the story on April 21," said Yossi Gestetner.
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on November 14th, 2012 12:23pmA big part of the electoral calculus behind Adolfo Carrion's party-crossing run for mayor involves overcoming the city's inherent Democratic advantage by attracting Latino voters to the Republican line.
It would be an unprecedented accomplishment, according to Luis Miranda, a Democratic consultant to Bill Thompson and a walking encyclopedia of northern Manhattan and Latino politics in New York.
"I can't think of an instance where an African-American or Latino switched parties and has gotten a large chunk of the vote," Miranda told me yesterday. More
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on November 14th, 2012 11:48am"It wold seem to me that a great deal of this is brought upon by Democrats...in the New York State Senate," Rangel said. The "last time there was this type of discussion, everyone ended up in jail." More
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on November 14th, 2012 11:39amChris Christie is once again poised to out-Democrat his cross-Hudson counterpart. More
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on November 14th, 2012 8:25amDemocrat Simcha Felder makes it official: "I will caucus with my colleagues in the Republican conference." [Liz Benjamin]
The criticism of Cuomo's handling of LIPA gets picked up. [Glenn Reynolds]
Meet Michelle Smith Hook, state attorney general Eric Schneiderman's new press aide. [Casey Seiler]
Howard Wolfson wants everyone to know Bloomberg plans on making everyone uncomfortable for many, many years. [Chris Cillizza]
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on November 13th, 2012 5:10pm
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.
