Gale Brewer

Here’s a shot from the breakfast hosted Sunday morning by the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations on the West Side, which, as Grace Rauh noted, attracted nearly every 2009 candidate for citywide office.  read more »

So how much weight should be put into Michael Bloomberg’s denials about running for president?

According to Bloomberg’s chief political strategist, Deputy Mayor Kevin Sheekey, not much.

In an interview with City Hall News, Sheekey said that Barack Obama made the same denials, and it hasn’t hurt his campaign.

"The thing about running for president is it makes sense if it makes sense. If there’s a reason for you to run, and there’s a constituency that’s calling for you, and you have real ideas, then people will support you. And if not, they won’t. I have not heard anyone in six months run around talking about Barack Obama saying, 'He swore he wasn’t going to run.' ’Cause no one cares. They care about what he’s going to do for the country."

Sheekey also dismissed the idea of running for office himself. "Yeah, but for what?  I’m gonna run for Gale Brewer’s job?"

First, market-rate renters sued Kent Swig and won. Now, stabilized tenants claim asbestos hassles and have the politicians involved. What’s next for the midtown monolith?  read more »

9 a.m. Columbia University will host an African Economic Forum at the Columbia University Kellogg Centre, 420 West 118th Street.

10:30 a.m. Asian Women in Business and Rep. Gary Ackerman will hold a free workshop for Asian American owned businesses in Queens and Nassau County at the Korea Village Open Center, 150-24 Northern Boulevard in Queens.  read more »

11 a.m. The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration will hold a hearing on the historical trends and personal experiences of American immigration at the Ellis Island National Monument.