Capital New York

'Women for Anthony,' Teachers for Thompson

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Anthony Weiner agrees with NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly about the federal government's need to be more transparent about their surveillance programs. [Reid Pillifant]

The Post's new City Hall bureau chief is Yoav Gonen, who comes over from the education beat; and joining him there is Beth DeFalco, who has been in Albany. [Joe Pompeo]

Christine Quinn thinks Madison Square Garden should re-locate to make way for a new Penn Station. [Dana Rubinstein] More

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By Azi Paybarah and Reid Pillifant

Pro-U.F.T. groups hit Wolfson for his past union work, Wolfson hits union supplicants

Education advocates sympathetic to the United Federation of Teachers issued a reminder this afternoon that Howard Wolfson, a deputy mayor to Michael Bloomberg, once consulted for the union, during his pre-Bloomberg career as a top Democratic strategist. More

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By Reid Pillifant

Weiner shares Ray Kelly's take on N.S.A. surveillance

Anthony Weiner may not want Ray Kelly as his police commissioner, but they both agree that the federal government should have been more transparent about the extent of its surveillance. More

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By Reid Pillifant

Legislators don't understand a real-estate provision, 'Morning Joe' doesn't understand Russell Brand

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Anthony Weiner brushes off Christine Quinn. [Reid Pillifant]

Kirsten Gillibrand is bullish on the timing of DOMA repeal, and refers a question about Chuck Schumer to Chuck Schumer. [Reid Pillifant]

Now, one in three city residents lives in a designated flood zone. [Dana Rubinstein]

Two councilmen from Brooklyn take the unusual step of asking the city to ignore the recommendation of a local community board. [Dana Rubinstein]

Capital has published its first ebook. [Gillian Reagan] More

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By Reid Pillifant and Josh Benson

Gillibrand is 'quite optimistic' about repealing DOMA soon

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who helped push the repeal of Don't Ask Don't Tell to a surprise victory in 2011, is hoping to replicate that success to repeal the federal Defense of Marriage Act. 

"I'm actually quite optimistic we can build the support we need over the next several months," said Gillibrand at a same-sex marriage forum hosted by Third Way in Washington, D.C. More

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By Reid Pillifant

Anthony Weiner plays the front-runner

Christine Quinn may enjoy a narrow lead in the most recent opinion polls, but it's Anthony Weiner who's begun to assume the mantel of front-runner in the race for the Democratic nomination. More

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By Reid Pillifant

After an aborted Hynes endorsement, Yvette Clarke joins Hakeem Jeffries to back a challenger

On Monday afternoon, two weeks after Charles "Joe" Hynes' campaign emailed reporters to announce the endorsement of Rep. Yvette Clarke, the congresswoman was on the steps of  borough hall to back one of Hynes' opponents. More

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By Reid Pillifant

Andrew Cuomo sours on the 'theoretical' Democrats of the I.D.C.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued his most stern rebuke of the Independent Democratic Conference this morning, saying it was a "mistake" for the group of breakaway Democrats not to bring his full Women's Equality Act to a vote. More

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By Reid Pillifant

Sunday shows: Rubio insists he's not being played by Schumer on immigration

On Sunday morning, Florida senator Marco Rubio, a Tea Party favorite and 2016 hopeful, defended himself for even participating in the discussions to draft a comprehensive immigration reform bill. More

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By Reid Pillifant

Back in Park Slope, Weiner defends Huma from Grassley, and takes a shot at 'lord governor' Lhota

On Sunday afternoon, Anthony Weiner arrived at a street fair in Park Slope with his father, Morton, and his son, Jordan.

"It was my day to watch him, and plus it's Father's Day, and I was coming to visit his grandfather in the neighborhood, so it worked out well," Weiner told a handful of reporters, about his son's debut on the campaign trail. More

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By Reid Pillifant