Hiram Monserrate’s campaign couldn’t be reached for comment about the anti-gay flier circulating in Queens.

Monserrate campaign didn’t respond to a request for comment after Obama’s group said the former lawmaker shouldn’t be stealing their slogan and logo.

David Seifman thinks Monserrate could run for the Assembly.

Michael Bloomberg and David Paterson oppose short-term borrowing, which Dick Ravitch is contemplating.

Sheldon Silver is open to it.

Erica Massa aims at Rahm Emanuel.

“You know how awkward it is to have a political argument with a naked man?”

More Massa talk.

Massa’s chief of staff: “When he gets mad, words fly.”

For Massa’s seat, the G.O.P. lines up behind Tom Reed.

Dan Janison games out Steve Levy’s campaign.

Newsday‘s Levy story comes out one day after this story about Levy bullying Newsday.

Levy has a column about the crushing mandates from unions and state lawmakers.

George Pataki said Paterson should resign of allegations are true.

Andrea Peyser has a not-too-mean column about Paterson’s town hall.

At Paterson’s town hall, people ask questions “as if speaking to a key player, not a lame duck.”

Keith Wright defends Paterson. “[W]e don’t want other people picking our leaders, and we don’t want other people vilifying our leaders.”

Bill Clinton doesn’t like giving kids sugary drinks.

Michelle Paterson banned sugary drinks from the governor’s mansion.

Kiawana Rich: “[S]oda lovers can take solace in this thought: The odds of Paterson’s getting the tax bill through the state Legislature are not good. Word is the bill will die on the Senate floor.”

Doug Hoffman will try running for Congress, again.

Clyde Haberman imagines Albany through Oscar-nominated movies.

And Elizabeth Hays has a great story about layoffs at the Brooklyn library, gone wrong.

 

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