“That is my particular pebble in my shoe, when four-leaf clovers are interchanged with three-leafs." http://t.co/uS3DIM5j
Bio: Reid Pillifant is a political reporter for Capital. He was previously an editor and reporter at the New York Observer. Contact him at reid[at]capitalnewyork.com.
Roanne L. "Ronnie" Mann, the magistrate judge assigned yesterday to oversee the state's redistricting process, is a registered Democrat, according to city records, and a "very smart, but humorless jurist," according to an attorney who spent years dealing with her in one high-profile case. More
Posted on February 22nd, 2012 12:25pm
Among the new donors to Mitt Romney in January was Carl Icahn, the legendary businessman who made billions of dollars buying out companies in the 1980s. More
Posted on February 21st, 2012 6:02pm
Last month, a senator from New York sent a letter to five federal agencies, joining with a number of Republicans in expressing concern about how a new piece of Wall Street regulation would be implemented. The senator wasn’t Chuck Schumer.
Defending the prerogatives (and profits) of the largely New York-based finance industry has long been the territory of Schumer, who has in turn been handsomely rewarded in campaign contributions from Wall Street. More
Posted on February 21st, 2012 2:40pm
