Eric Schneiderman is out today with an endorsement from Ricardo Montano, a Suffolk County legislator and former assistant attorney... MORE»
The fundraising numbers are in for the Republican primary in New York's 13th Congressional District, with Michael Grimm maintaining his financial advantage over Michael Allegretti. Grimm reported $385,160 in cash on hand for the stretch run. Allegretti reported having $155,136 on hand. The Republican candidates are competing for the chance to take on incumbent Democrat Michael McMahon, who is getting a boost from former president Bill Clinton in Staten Island this... MORE»
Kirsten Gillibrand has spent more than $3 million in the last two months on her re-election bid The Times calls out Carl Paladino, Rick Lazio, and Rudy Giuliani for "playing to people's worst instincts." A payroll tax holiday may be... MORE»
For the moment, bargain-hunting smokers can still hike upstate to Indian reservations for cheap cartons of cigarettes — and David Paterson is less than pleased. In June, the Governor signed the far-reaching bill that would force retailers on reservations to buy cigarettes at fully taxed wholesale prices.... MORE»
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The attorney general candidates (minus Kathleen Rice) gathered for (what seems like) the 87,242nd debate this primary season at the cramped studios of the public access station Manhattan News... MORE»
Adriano Espaillat wants you to know he is not Pedro Espada. John Leguizamo for Eric... MORE»
There was a lot of head-scratching in political circles this morning after a Q-Poll came out that showed that a whopping 85 percent of New Yorkers did not know who they were going to vote for in the attorney general's... MORE»
One day after Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney endorsed State Senator Eric Schneiderman for attorney general, 32BJ SEIU is mailing on behalf of both of them. The combined piece gives Schneiderman the full-page treatment, which is probably a good idea, since that's expected to be a closer race and he--and the rest of the AG candidates--are still mostly unknown. Maloney gets the reverse side (cut into just a bit by the mailing address), for her first primary fight in nine terms, against young attorney Reshma... MORE»
Gustavo Rivera, who is challenging the much-reviled Pedro Espada for his state senate seat in the Bronx, just scored a huge endorsement from El Diario, the city's largest Spanish language daily. From the... MORE»
The Eric Schneiderman campaign for attorney general is out today with a new slew of endorsements from some prominent members of the city's burgeoning Haitian population, including Councilman Mathieu Eugene, George Casimir of the Haitian-American National Alliance, and the Haitian-American chamber of commerce. Says Eugene: "There is no one in the race for attorney general who has a longer record of fighting for working families or is more committed to justice than Eric... MORE»
Michael Allegretti is out with another letter today calling on Mike Grimm to "come clean about your military record" and that raises the spectre of Richard Blumenthal and Mark... MORE»
G.O.P. comptroller candidate Harry Wilson says that the state pension fund is facing a multi-billion dollar shortfall. Vito Lopez makes the gender argument for Kathleen... MORE»
Mayor Bloomberg raises the spectre of his own death. Scott Stringer continues to haul in funds in prepartion for 2013. Sean Coffey thinks that Kathleen Rice is "flagging" and has failed to put the race... MORE»
Today marks 14 days until the primary, and earlier this morning, both sides of the 14th Congressional district fight took to the web in one last attempt to frame Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney before the final push toward the... MORE»
Yesterday we wrote about how Staten Island Republican Congressional canidate Michael Allegretti accussed his primary opponent Michael Grimm of passing out campaign photos of himself wearing military ribbons that he did not earn, which led Grimm to label Allegretti " a petulant... MORE»
