The teachers union is about to come off the sidelines :
There are three mayoral forums today, but the big news will be unfolding at 52 Broadway some time around 5 p.m., when the United Federation of Teachers is expected to announce which Democratic mayoral candidate they're endorsing.
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.
Anthony Weiner is reviving his pre-scandal, greatest hits routine.
At a mayoral forum in Brooklyn last night, Weiner said Rep. Peter King's hearings into radicalization of Muslims was "shameful" and that the Long Island Republican who chaired the Homeland Security subcommittee has no legitimacy to talk about anti-terrorism efforts. More
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on May 30th, 2013 12:07pmOn the substance, most of the Democratic mayoral candidates have the same position on stop-and-frisk. More
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on May 30th, 2013 7:40amA Democratic voter in Manhattan reports receiving a telephone call as part of a survey that included critical information about nearly all of the Democratic mayoral candidates. More
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on May 29th, 2013 10:15pmA few notes about the poll showing "Ray Kelly Can Win" [Azi Paybarah]
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn won't talk about retroactive pay-raises, or the "non-controllable costs" in Mayor Michael Bloomberg's budget. [Dana Rubinstein]
While her rivals debated education, Quinn shook hands with rain-soaked voters in Brooklyn. [Reid Pillifant] More
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on May 29th, 2013 5:01pmRepublican pollster Kellyanne Conway released a poll saying NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly could win the mayor's race, if he decided to run. More
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on May 29th, 2013 2:17pmJames, who like one of her rivals, State Senator Daniel Squadron, is from Brooklyn. In the party's endorsement meeting, James got 25 votes, Squadron got 6, and Cathy Guerriero, an education professor at Columbia's Teachers College, got 1 vote, and former deputy public advocate Reshma Saujani did not receive any, according to a James campaign source. More
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on May 29th, 2013 9:47amFormer congressman Anthony Weiner said he opposes opening a garbage facility on East 91st Street, a controversial project that is supported by City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and strongly opposed by local residents and politicians on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
"I don't believe in opening that plant on the East Side," Weiner said last night while speaking to a Democratic club in Harlem last night. More
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on May 29th, 2013 8:57am"I've never not vote for the Democrat," said Anthony Weiner, walking along 110th Street with three reporters toward the 6 train, following his debate debut and then a speaking engagement at a Democratic club in Harlem. More
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on May 29th, 2013 7:48amIt's not as if Anthony Weiner would have had any trouble standing out at an education forum today, given the almost ridiculous levels of media attention that greeted his every movement, but he distinguished himself anyway. More
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on May 28th, 2013 5:06pmA new Marist College poll shows Anthony Weiner's support growing among Democratic voters, cutting into City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's lead. More
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on May 28th, 2013 12:58pm
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.
