Michael Bloomberg's embarrassingly narrow victory margin last week may embolden Democrats to do in his third term something they largely refused to do this year: attack him. With all the world assuming that the mayor was coasting toward a re-election landslide - and with polls showing him running even... READ MORE»
Michael Bloomberg's embarrassingly narrow victory margin last week may embolden Democrats to do in his third term something they largely refused to do this year: attack him. With all the world assuming that the mayor was coasting toward a re-election landslide - and with polls showing him running even with (or even slightly ahead of) Bill Thompson among registered Democrats - most big-name Democrats, in New York and nationally, calculated that there was more to... READ MORE»
Michael Bloomberg is not humbled, and the AP looks back at that quote from Staten Island. “Term limits, shlerm... READ MORE»
ALBANY—Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava has resigned her leadership post in the chamber, after she endorsed a Democrat when her Congressional bid... READ MORE»
ALBANY—Andrew Cuomo is not in this picture. "We invited the attorney general and the attorney general thanked us for the invitation and said that he had another matter that he had to address," David Paterson told reporters after he delivered a speech sounding, again, the fiscal alarm. "We invited all the statewide... READ MORE»
ALBANY—Two people declared today that they will run against State Senator David Valesky, a Syracuse-area Democrat who is a favorite (and prime) target of Republicans. Jessica Crawford, the leader of a young professionals group and a native of Watertown, announced that she will run against Valesky "to help create an Upstate New York that people want to move to rather than leave," according to the... READ MORE»
ALBANY—David Paterson arrived late for his big speech, and before an Assembly chamber that featured over a dozen empty chairs, delivered a blunt message: "Frankly, we are running out of money." "At this moment, all of us assembled in this chamber stand as the last defense between our state gong into a downward economic spiral that threatens to engulf generations of future new Yorkers," Paterson said. "We cannot, we must not risk the future of... READ MORE»
ALBANY—That was an easy session. The State Senate just met, briefly, to pass a resolution creating the Monserrate Inquision Panel, which meets... READ MORE»
Not so much post-election etiquette on the South Shore of Staten Island, reports Tom... READ MORE»
Consultant George Arzt, who worked on the successful campaigns of both John Liu and Bill de Blasio, insisted on Friday that their reactions to Mayor Bloomberg's post-election phone call last week weren't as different as a story in The Times made it... READ MORE»
ALBANY—Three New York Democrats voted against the health care bill that narrowly passed the House of Representatives Saturday, and labor groups have already iterated their disappointment with the... READ MORE»
ALBANY—With tomorrow's expected vote on same-sex marriage, advocates of the legislation say they're busing in 700 clergy members from around the state. "This list represents a diverse group of faith traditions and congregations from all corners of our state. The leaders of these religious institutions understand the spiritual value of respecting all members of their community, including those who are lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender," said Alan Van Capelle, executive director of the Empire State... READ MORE»
ALBANY—With cover, Democrats in the State Senate have introduced their own deficit reduction... READ MORE»
Anthony Weiner could have held his press conference about federal health care legislation anywhere he wanted on Sunday. He held it in front of City... READ MORE»
Pushing a health care reform bill through the House on Saturday night was a trickier task than Democrats anticipated. But it still wasn't that suspenseful: Somehow you knew that party leaders - and the White House - would manage to squeeze out the necessary 218 votes, something they ended up accomplishing by killing a plan to peg reimbursement rates for a government-run insurance program to Medicare and by granting a big concession to abortion opponents. The... READ MORE»
Bill Thompson for U.S. Senate? A nose count shows same-sex marriage is not a slam dunk in the State... READ MORE»
David Seifman says Michael Bloomberg’s campaign failed to hit their own goals. David Remnick: “[N]o one knew what to make, really, of Michael Bloomberg, who had to award every citizen of the five boroughs a pot of silver, three chickens, and the keys to a pink Cadillac in order to beat a guy named Whatsis by forty-seven... READ MORE»
Health care plan passes in the House with concessions on abortion coverage. But the tea parties don't stop. TNR thinks Saturday's health care drama wasn't so dramatic after... READ MORE»
ALBANY—The Monserrate Inquisition Panel will meet Monday... READ MORE»
David Paterson's air buy: $626,000. He's willing to "take a look at" the requirement to buy new license plates. The Financial Times quotes an anonymous insider saying of Bloomberg, "he may have won but he's... READ MORE»
