Yonkers
Yonkers: Voting with Difficulty?
"It's pretty bad," said Ted Lazarus, campaign spokesman.
One voter report they got was of a fellow dressed as a state trooper--gun and all--who has been touring with Republican poll watchers. This morning, he showed up at Lincoln High School. The trooper claimed to be off-duty, and Department of Justice monitors asked him to leave the site. The trooper showed up at another polling place later in the day.
Around 9:30 this morning, a woman complained that after voting for Stewart-Cousins, her fingers were sticky--and later, that woman's aunt reported that the lever for Stewart-Cousins was stuck. The campaign says that the DOJ monitors called in a technician, who confirmed glue on the voting machine.
The campaign also reports that a lawyer (and Democrat) confronted a group of men at yet another polling place who were attempting to hand lists of voters to be excluded to poll workers.
"They've been trying to do it all over the district," said Mr. Lazarus.
This is all unconfirmed at the moment. If you have more information, let us know.
--Choire SichaEvents for November 7, 2006
Eliot Spitzer votes at P.S. 6 in Manhattan.
David Paterson votes at P.S. 175 in Manhattan.
Andrew Cuomo votes at the High School for Leadership in Manhattan.
Alan Hevesi votes at P.S. 144 in Forest Hills.
Nick Spano votes at School 28 in Yonkers.
John Spencer votes at Saunders High School in Yonkers.
Jeanine Pirro votes at the Harrison Avenue School in Harrison.
The City Council holds a committee hearing on the proposed Beacon Schools concept paper and the Governmental Operations Committee considers a salary increase for the city's elected officials (on election day!).
Anthony Weiner campaigns with John Hall, Diane Farrell (opposing Chris Shays), and Steve Harrison and will appear on Fox News at 10 p.m. offering up his election analysis and commentary.
State Senator Ruben Diaz and the New York Hispanic Clergy Organization will campaign with Jeanine Pirro at the Parkchester Train Station.
Dave Mejias campaigns with Tom Suozzi in Glen Cove.
David Paterson campaigns with Andrea Stewart-Cousins in Yonkers.
Jeanine Pirro holds her Election Night event at the Women's National Republican Club.
Tim Bishop attends the Suffolk County Democratic Party Election Night celebration at the Islandia Marriott.
John Hall attends holds his election night celebration at Colonial Terrace in Cortlandt Manor.
Malachy McCourt and the Green Party hold their election night party at Rocky Sullivan's.
The Nassau County Democratic Party election night event will take place at Papa Razzi Restaurant in Westbury.
Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson, Hillary Clinton and Andrew Cuomo attend the Democratic election night party at the Sheraton.
And Alan Hevesi parties at the Madison Towers Hotel, at 22 East 38th Street [added].
Happy Voting!
—Nicole BrydsonMonday: More Murdoch Graffiti, More P&G, More Water in Yonkers
- The New York Times ventures outside NYC, documenting the spread of Trump-ish luxury in New Jersey. Plus, there are some mammoth plans for Yonkers: $3.6 billion will buy 1,900 feet of the Saw Mill River, and a development nearly the size of the Atlantic Yards. (NYT)
- Keeping with his colorful history of hatefulness, Jay McInerney brags about getting into the Spotted Pig, talks parenthetically about his hangovers, and then puts down Corner Bistro. (House + Garden)
- A new Architect Magazine website has been launched! Party time. Our multi-month wait has been rewarded with three new blogs, included a doozy named "A Day in the Life of an Architect." (Architect Online)
- Remember the mysterious mansion at 11 Spring Street? It seems Lachlan Murdoch's old 14,000-square-foot digs is about to get a makeover from Soho's coolest street-art group. (Click for more pictures). (Wooster Collective, via Gothamist)
- Speaking of memories, today's Times piece on the Upper West Side's doomed P&G bar is quite reminiscent of a piece written by our very own Chris Shott. Oh well. (NYT) - Max Abelson read more »
Events for October 31, 2006
Eliot Spitzer will campaign with Andrea Stewart-Cousins at the Yonkers Metro North train station.
John Edwards discusses U.S.-China relations at the Asia Society.
AARP holds an election issues forum for Hispanic voters at the James Monroe Senior Center in the Bronx.
Christine Quinn and Council Members visit the Hebrew Home at Riverdale.
A rally protesting rent increases for former homeless people with AIDS living in supportive housing will be held outside of the Governor's New York office.
Latino immigrants protest Hillary Clinton's support for a fence along the U.S.-Mexico border in front of her New York offices.
New York State Public Employees Federation endorses Staten Island Assembly candidate Janele Hyer-Spencer at the South Beach Psychiatric Center.
Queens Latino legislators call for an investigation of disenfranchised voters on the steps of City Hall.
Hillary Clinton addresses the Council on Foreign Relations.
Chuck Schumer joins Steve Harrison, Janele Hyer-Spencer, and State Senate candidate Matthew Titone for a Democratic solidarity press conference near the Verrazano Bridge in Staten Island.
The Suffolk County GOP endorses Christopher Callaghan outside of the New York State Office Building in Hauppauge.
—Nicole BrydsonEvents for October 28-30, 2006
On Saturday Hillary Clinton, David Paterson, Nita Lowey and Eliot Engel will join Andrea Stewart-Cousins for a rally at the Yonkers YWCA Auditorium.
John Faso campaigns upstate, making a stop at the 5th Annual Liverpool Village Halloween Festival.
Eric Massa attends a house party.
At 2 p.m. on Saturday there will a gubernatorial debate for third party candidates taking place at Katra, located at 217 Bowery, between Prince and Rivington Streets [added].
On Saturday and Sunday Democracy for New York carpools to campaign for Jimmy Dahroug for state senate in Suffolk County.
On Monday Christine Quinn and Randi Weingarten will be featured on a Drum Major Institute panel on pre-school education.
—Nicole BrydsonEvents for October 10, 2006
Lakeview Apartment Mitchell-Lama tenants hold a rally protesting possible displacement at Fifth Avenue and East 106th Street.
Jeb Bush and Mike Bloomberg speak at the Association for a Better New York Breakfast at the Hilton New York.
Ed Towns and the U.S. Department of Commerce announce the creation of a Global Trade Development Center at Medgar Evers College.
Lewis Fidler dedicates the corner of Kings Highway and East 35th Street in Brooklyn in honor of 9/11 hero Abe Zelmanowitz.
Tom Suozzi demonstrates kitchen fire safety and prevention tips at the Francis X. Pendle Nassau County Firefighters Museum & Education Center in Garden City.
Nassau Comptroller Howard Weitzman releases a report showing that Nassau residents are being shortchanged on their STAR rebate checks at his office in Mineola.
Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone endorses Nick Spano and announces a new advertising campaign at Spano's Campaign Headquarters in Yonkers.
Tom Duane condemns the state's order that city HIV/AIDS Services Administration increase rent contribution requirements from clients in government funded housing in front of their headquarters.
John Faso attends a fundraiser hosted by Rudy Giuliani at the St. Regis Hotel.
Eliot Spitzer, David Paterson, Liz Krueger and Eric Schneiderman attend a fundraiser for the NYS DSCC.
Dan Donovan hosts a "Roundtable on Public Safety Issues" at his office in Staten Island.
Common Good and United Federation of Teachers hold a panel discussion on bureaucratic rules and regulations in public schools at the Harvard Club.
Sheryl Crow presents Bill Clinton with the Humanitarian of the Year Award at the T.J. Martell Foundation's 31st Annual Gala at the Marriott Marquis.
Tim Bishop calls on Congress to provide health funding for 9/11 first responders at the Kings Park Fire Department.
—Nicole BrydsonEvents for September 30-October 2, 2006
John Faso attends the Congress of Racial Equality Festival in Union Square before heading over to the Yonkers River Festival.
The Red Cross holds a forum on the basics of international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions.
By The People, a non-partisan documentary on what it takes to put on an American election, will show at 2pm at the Impact Festival.
The New York State Young Republicans take a trip to Pennsylvania to campaign for Rick Santorum. On Sunday, Spike Lee, LA Reid and Oprah's Friend Gayle attend Al Sharpton's Birthday Party at the PM Lounge.
On Monday, David Paterson will be added to the Village of Hempstead's new Wall of Fame.
—Nicole BrydsonEvents for September 16-18, 2006
State Sen. Ruben Diaz opens the 2006 New York State Right to Life Convention at the Royal Regency Hotel in Yonkers.
On Sunday, Jonathan Bing campaigns for re-election at the 92nd Street Y Street Fair.
Act Now NY takes a trip to Pennsylvania to support Democrats for Congress.
AP reporter Mike Gormley discusses the race for governor in New York on C-Span.
A Save Darfur rally will be held in Central Park.
On Monday, the Drum Major Institute hosts its Marketplace of Ideas Talk, titled Accountability for Economic Development Subsidies, at The Harvard Club.
Evan Bayh and Richard Holbrooke campaign with John Lynch and Chet Culver in New York City.
Yvette Velázquez Bennett hosts a fundraiser with some big names.
—Nicole BrydsonKT Counts On Kitchen Women
Rob Ryan, Spencer's spokesman, said he doubts that the Republican turnout will even break 200,000 statewide. And naturally, he predicts that the low turnout would work to Spencer's advantage: "A lot of this is going to depend on who can bring out the vote; she (McFarland) has no base except for a couple of matrons on the Upper East Side. We have Yonkers and the Republican party getting out the vote for us."
Ryan also pointed out that Yonkers is bigger than Syracuse, which, if we follow his logic, is a good thing. McFarland's campaign counters that her "kitchen talks" with voters across the state have won her the support of women outside of Park Avenue, who will come out to the polls in droves.
"We believe we are going to have strong support among women," said Morgan Ortagus-Dobbs, McFarland's spokeswoman. "We have been to the homes of so many women."
Ortagus-Dobbs also had this piece of speculation about what would happen if, in the end, Spencer prevails:
"I don't know how he (Spencer) thinks he is going to be able to debate Hillary Clinton if he can't even stand up to KT."
--Jason HorowitzK.T.'s Private Eyes
Perhaps, however, she would have been better served if she'd hired those private dicks to spy on herself.
-- Lizzy RatnerWednesday: Septic Systems and Isaac Mizrahi
- The top consideration when building new housing? A space for human waste. (Matrix)
- CBS may lose long time staffers, but clearly is expanding. (via The Real Deal)
- There's this totally new trend. People are buying old warehouses and converting them into lofts. (CNN)
- The "hautel." Isn't that how New Yorkers pronounce the world, anyway? (The New York Sun)
- John Sexton knows how to keep NYU competing with Columbia. After yesterday's announcement, New York University has also received a donation worth about $200 million. Guess who it's from? Shelby White. (The New York Times)
- After all that we've done, we have to go after an Indian nation's cigarette business too? (Newsday)
- Why does The Falls have such a bad rep? (The Village Voice)
- It was difficult to get Chinatown residents to share and document their history: "Who wants to say, 'I hustle and I work 18 hours a day?'" (The New York Sun)
- All five boroughs are now too expensive. The next frontier? Yonkers. (Curbed)
- Artsy pornographer and Brooklynite had to fly south to take photos. (NBC)
- When Isaac Mizrahi signs on to design clothes for Target, does he expect his name to retain any cachet? (The Wall Street Journal)
Spencer Mentioned
WOLFSON: We have an opponent. John Spencer, the former mayor of Yonkers, is running against her.
MATTHEWS: Careful, it`s going to be a rough ride for you guys.
This is about the most daylight Spencer's campaign has gotten yet. Oh, aside from accusing an Iranian exile of dispensing Mullah Moolah, which got him linked on the Drudge Report.
Hillary in Yonkers
Getting Used to Spencer
Albany Republicans, meanwhile, are apparently warming to Spencer. State Party executive director Ryan Moses tells The Politicker: read more »
"John Spencer was a great Mayor of Yonkers with a real record of accomplishment. The Republican party would be well served if he was our nominee for the United States Senate."Edelman Blasts Mahoney
Mike Edelman, a Westchester lawyer who was once a young prosecutor alongside Pirro, who remains a great Pirro fan, and who is routinely quoted as a friend and advisor to the district attorney, has posted a long, rough, angry column on a site called Yonkers Tribune, blaming Pirro (and Pataki) political advisor Kieran Mahoney for Pirro's disaster, into which he says she was "flattered, cajoled, and essentially snookered."
"Kieran believed she could attract national attention, raise tens of millions of dollars (and he of course would get 15% of the media placements, but I digress) and would be able to 'rough up Hillary so she couldn't make a run for the presidency'.)...
"But, Jeanine was flattered, cajoled, and essentially snookered into believing that her 'Larry King persona, and great law enforcement reputation, not to mention her high heels, and celebrity like appearance, were enough to make the race a 'catfight': Wrong again Kieran. You forgot one thing: To run for the United States Senate, the most important office in this nation outside of the presidency, you have to have the kind of knowledge and or experience that will allow you to be at ease in discussing the deficit, the balance of trade, fiscal policy, tax policy, the alternative minimum tax, tax cuts, supply side economics, foreign policy, the Iraq war, Israel and Palestine, the budget, energy policy, terrorism, immigration, etc....
"So they put Jeanine out there in August with no training in those issues, and they just let her flounder."
I called Edelman to confirm that he, in fact, wrote the piece, which he did. read more »
"He can't run away from responsibility of directing Jeanine to the wrong campaign," he said of Mahoney.Jeanine's Inheritor
"Dear Smart Conservative," begins a recent fundraising letter from Spencer, and in a campaign already characterized by hysterical fundraising pleas from both Clinton and Pirro, this one may set a new standard.
The four-page letter is full of chatty asides: "Plus, while I'm at it, I should mention I'm BIG on 2nd Amendment rights." And there's a nice intramural potshot: "It doesn't help that a liberal RINO (Republican in Name Only), Jeanine Pirro, is also running."
But the heart is a plea to give Spencer money to publicize his "five appalling reasons why Hillary Clinton must NEVER be President," which "will never be reported in the mainstream New York media."
The Politicker is here to help. We're fairly mainstream, if narrowstream, and here, without further ado, are Spencer's hidden insights:
1. Hillary Clinton is just not serious about the war on terror. She wants to slash military spending...
2. Hillary Clinton will force you into government-controlled socialized medicine!...
3. Hillary Clinton will forcibly take your tax dollars to support illegal immigrants -- their housing, schools, and health care...
4. Hillary Clinton wants a Supreme Court dominated by leftists...
5. Hillary Clinton wants your tax money paying for abortions and special rights for homosexuals. read more »
OK, grant him number 4. And number 1, I think, is flatly false. The others, let's call tendentious.
In any case, now the secrets are out.Spencer's Support
Senate Candidate John Spencer, the former Yonkers Mayor who likes to use the word LIBERAL a lot, put out a press release the other day claiming the support of eight Conservative Party leaders.
One was "Dick Dean, Yates County Conservative Party Chairman."
Problem is, there is no evidence that such a person exists, and he's certainly not the a Conservative Party activist. Apparently nobody of that name even registered to the Conservative Party.
"I haven't heard of the guy," Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long, who ought to know, told The Politicker.
(Spencer didn't immediately return a call seeking an explanation of the endorsement.) read more »
UPDATE: Spencer aide Christian Winthrop tells us the guy's name is actually Dick Reagan, and that the error has been corrected. Dean, Reagan, an easy mistake to make.
