Well, the Rudins have their latest prize—a bankruptcy court judge yesterday approved the august real estate family's purchase of the shuttered St. Vincent's hospital campus for $260 million.
The plan is somewhat controversial for not including full emergency care or inpatient services, though the judge in the case would not allow a community Read More
The resolution to re-name a street in Queens after police-shooting victim Sean Bell passed the Parks and Recreation committee of the City Concil just now, four to one.
Voting in favor of it was Helen Foster of the Bronx , Alan Gerson of Manhattan, Letitia James of Brooklyn and Helen Sears of Queens.
Liz Crowley of Queens Read More
A groundbreaking ceremony in Lower Manhattan was more eventful than expected, according to Downtown Express. The newspaper just Tweeted:
Fiterman ceremony sparks shouting match between #Charles Barron & CUNY trustee, after #Bloomberg left. Gerson helped defuse the argument.
I ran around the City Council chambers chatting with members about the primary elections on Tuesday, the impact term limits may have had, and the upcoming mayor’s race. Here’s are some quick highlights:
Oliver Koppell, said, “I got 64 percent. Last time I got 76 percent. I think the difference was largely term limits. But Read More
Gerson, a Democratic Council incumbent facing a competitive primary, at one point was heard telling one senior, "I'll get re-elected, then I'll get married."
Gerson, Read More
Here's a flier going around the Lower Manhattan district represented by Alan Gerson, one of the few incumbents who's having a tough primary race.
Since it's Manhattan, good-government issues actually matter, so Gerson's attendance rate and vote to extend term limits have come up frequently.
But he Read More
The executive director of Citizens Union strongly opposed extending term limits legislatively, and hopes that those City Council members who went along with the rules change face the wrath of voters at the polls tomorrow.
But it may not work out that way. In fact, only a handful of the more than two dozen Read More
Here's McGee:
Last night, Alan Gerson came under attack for...being cynical.Challenger Pete Gleason challenged incumbent Alan Gerson on his vote to extend term Read More
One of the city’s most heated races is right next door to City Council member Rosie Mendez, who represents the Lower East Side. She hasn’t endorsed anyone in the race, but indicated some displeasure with the incumbent, Alan Gerson.
In an interview with The Villager, Mendez criticized Gerson for the role he played Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson says he's more concerned about the relationships between legislators' families and not-for profit groups than straight-up nepotistic hiring practices.
"I remember some members of the Senate hiring members of their family, and I also remember that there were members of the same family working in the same units, which really, I thought was Read More
Goldfeder is the election lawyer for P.J. Kim, who is fending off a 57-count petition objection Read More
Fernando Ferrer endorsed City Council challenger Peter Gleason on the City Hall steps just now, saying he won’t be just another “go-along-to-get-along face in the crowd.”
It seemed like a clear dig at Alan Gerson, the affable incumbent who was in court this morning trying to get back on the ballot after filing Read More
City Councilman Alan Gerson has been removed from the ballot, according to a source at the city Board of Elections.
Gerson was seeking to be reinstated during a meeting today, but that effort was not successful, according to this source.
Gerson, a Democrat representing Lower Manhattan, had been facing a spirited primary challenge from Read More
City Councilman Alan Gerson was giving a short speech about the bad things that might happen if the east side of the Bowery were left up for grabs.
“It will fall victim to monolithic, high rise, luxury-- either commercial or residential—space,” he said, to a roughly 50-person crowd gathered at M.S. 131 on Read More
City Councilman Alan Gerson was giving a short speech about the bad things that might happen if the east side of the Bowery were left up for grabs. “It will fall victim to monolithic, high rise, luxury-- either commercial or residential—space,” he said, to a roughly 50-person crowd gathered at M.S. 131 on Tuesday night Read More
