DP World
Elsewhere: Quinn, Pelosi, Oberman
Ben has a fun piece on Gregg Birnbaum and JustHillary.com. (The Hillary people, he reports, have taken to calling the site "Stalker.com.")
Hillary will campaign in South Carolina.
Nancy Pelosi has a blog, appropriately titled The Gavel, which has a clip of Carolyn Maloney asking questions about funding for the Iraq War.
An $84 million approval fee requested by the Port Authority may doom efforts by Dubai Ports World to divest its US holdings, according to the WSJ political blog.
A toll-free storm damage hotline is now ready for your phone calls.
Daily Gotham has video of City Council candidate Wellington Sharpe.
Newsday has final numbers from the Craig Johnson-Maureen O'Connell race.
A Tom Suozzi staffer is leaving for a job at a Manhattan law firm.
Dee Richards hears that Assemblywoman Audrey Pheffer may run for Queens Borough President.Bill O'Reilly antagonist Keith Oberman has a new contract with MSNBC.
And pictured above is Bronx Borough President Adolfo Carrion, who looks like he really enjoyed Christine Quinn's speech today.
-- Azi PaybarahThe Sand and the Fury: Misunderstood Dubai Is Like a Needy Child
The Sand and the Fury: Misunderstood Dubai Is Like a Needy Child
Dubai or Not Dubai: Chuck On Killed Deal
Desperate G.O.P. Attacks the Clintons
Bush Puts Port Safety In Some Dubious Hands
Port Polls
"A straw poll yesterday of the New York congressional delegation shows unanimous opposition to letting Dubai Ports World operate in New York Harbor, at least pending an investigation." Crowley, Serrano, Owens, and Velazquez did not respond to the paper's inquiry.
Also opposing the deal: 69% of respondents to a Crain's New York Business online poll.
And what national security story would be complete without an 9/11 refence? Today's comes from Carolyn Maloney who said the port deal is a sign of "pre 9/11 mentality."
--Azi Paybarah










