Eva Moskowitz

Here are some of the preliminary agreements over key Council committee assignments -- though one of the two insiders who confirmed them noted that the deals are "not locked in stone."

Quinn ally Robert Jackson will chair the crucial Education Committee, bringing it -- one expects -- much closer to the teachers' union that Eva Moskowitz's committee had been.  read more »

Brooklyn rivals Lew Fidler and Bill de Blasio will get leadership positions, de Blasio's reward for a graceful exit.

Erik Martin Dilan will chair the housing committee, a double win for Brooklyn boss Vito Lopez, as he's giving another chair to one of his members and concentrating his personal power over the city's housing policy.

Moskowitz and Miller: Two Rising Stars    read more »

Moskowitz and Miller: Two Rising Stars  read more »

Outgoing Councilwoman Eva Moskowitz chaired her final Education Committee this morning and provided several reminders of why her departure will create an enormous attitude vacuum in the chamber. There's her demanding questions, eye-roll to coffee-swig combo, piercing stare and unique ability to condescend to just about anybody the Department of Education sacrifices to testify.

This morning's swan song highlights included: "What happened to teaching quality in the abysmal 8th grade?" "I don't want to go further, this is an absurd statement." "So you don't know the effectiveness of your own policy?" "So this statistic is useless!?"  read more »

Ah, they're going to miss you, Eva.

A story not to miss today is the Sun's questioning of Mike's school numbers.

I haven't entirely teased this out, but the question seems to be: Are there any tests on which New York City students are outperforming other students around the state and nation, as well as students in parochial and charter schools here?

Because if not, it's not clear that the test scores are actually getting better.

As Eva Moskowitz has noted, flat test scores wouldn't necessarily mean some things about the school system aren't getting better. But the Department of Education's lack of interest in her attempt to pursue the point during this hearing (search: "parochial") is not exactly heartening.  read more »

And as the Sun reports, a number of experts aren't convinced.

The Campaign Finance Board has announced initial matching funds in the race for Manhattan Borough President, and they are as follows: Scott Stringer $666,849 Eva Moskowitz $592,637 Brian Ellner $563,122 Carlos Manzano $484,580 Adriano Espaillat $399,214 Bill Perkins $357,270 Stan Michels $234,832 Keith Wright $139,431 Margarita Lopez Funds Witheld So...what's up in Margaritaville?  read more »

As she attempts to win promotion from the City Council to the borough presidency of Manhattan, Eva M  read more »

When East Side City Council member Eva Moskowitz decided to confront the city's public-school unions  read more »

Talk about how times have changed: For his new movie about a stressed-out New York City paramedic, B  read more »