The New York Observer » Alfonse D’Amato http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 15:18:53 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Lazio Aide: ‘Cuomo Nervous’ Fred Dicker reported this morning that Al D'Amato wants Rick Lazio to run against Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (or whoever wins the Democratic primary), arguing that Andrew Cuomo will be the Democratic gubernatorial nominee and hard to beat.

D'Amato, it should be noted, is also raising money for Cuomo. Lazio's people are pushing back on today's story, Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/lazio-aide-cuomo-nervous The Schumer Admit-and-Apologize Strategy One thing that stands out in the report this morning about Chuck Schumer muttering the word "bitch" after a stewardess told him to turn off his cell phone, is how quickly he admitted he did it.Schumer, who as head of the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee required candidates to respond to negative attacks Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/schumer-admit-apologize-strategy D’Amato Hedges on ‘Mythical Race’ Between Giuliani and Gillibrand Al D'Amato's has long had a strained relationship with Rudy Giuliani. He's also been a conspicuous ally of Kirsten Gillibrand.So, who would the former Republican senator support if Giuliani challenged Gillibrand?

"This is mythical race and I'm not going to answer a mythical question," D'Amato said last night during a scheduled Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/damato-hedges-mythical-race-between-giuliani-and-gillibrand Schumer, Gillibrand on Supporting Paterson for Re-Election a forceful speech in Harlem defending his record this weekend, in an attempt to dispense with the idea that he's vulnerable in next year's election.

At the annual fund-raiser for the Benjamin Franklin Reform Democratic Club, held in Riverdale Sunday night, Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3278/schumer-gillibrand-supporting-paterson-reelection The Search for the Next NY1 Wise Guy Mark Green’s entrance into the public advocate race means he’ll be leaving his role on NY1's Wise Guys, the segment in which he has jostled, for our edification and amusement, with former mayor Ed Koch and former senator Alfonse D’Amato.

Green's reappearance on Wise Guys after his unsuccessful bid for attorney general in Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/1894/search-next-ny1-wise-guy D’Amato’s Message to New Jersey, Wisconsin Last night, Al D’Amato had something to say the New Jersey and Wisconsin delegations. So he stood up on a chair and started yelling.

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/politics/damatos-message-new-jersey-wisconsin D’Amato and Fossella, Continued Al D’Amato went further with his show of support for Vito Fossella than anyone else when he told NY1 that he thought the congressman could run for reelection--and win.So, does that mean the former Senator would actively campaign for Fossella?I asked D’Amato’s spokeswoman, Dana Weisberg, who left the door open, but stopped just Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/campaigning-fossella Ratner Pays D’Amato $400K for Eminent Domain Lobbying Forest City paid Mr. D’Amato, who left the Senate in 1998 after his defeat Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2008/blame-it-eminent-domain-ratner-pays-d-amato Waiting for Rudy: Some New York Republicans Here's a shot of some of the people biding their time at the Sheraton in midtown as they wait for New York GOP chairman Joe Mondello and most of the state party to announce their endorsement of Rudy Giuliani for President.

Republicans notably, and deliberately, steering clear of today's festivities include Mike Bloomberg, Al D'Amato, George Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/waiting-rudy-some-new-york-republicans Elsewhere: Clinton, Spitzer, D’Amato Eliot Spitzer formally signaled his support today for building a casino in the Catskills. Senator Al D'Amato may push for online poker. The late John Lavelle's Assembly seat may go to his son. Dan Gerstein agrees with Matt Stoller about the netroots. Mitt Romney has an explanation for a 1992 Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/02/elsewhere-clinton-spitzer-damato/ Events for Wednesday, February 7, 2007 8:30 a.m. The board of directors for the city's Economic Development Corp will meet at 110 William Street. 8:30 a.m. Al D'Amato and Carl McCall discuss city and state government at Baruch College. 11 a.m. Sirius Satellite Radio announces they're launching a station dedicated to Frank Sinatra. Noon. Assembly Democrats convene for a meeting in Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2007/02/events-for-wednesday-february-7-2007/ Elsewhere: The End of 2006 Al D'Amato may not have the clout he used to. The American Spectator wonders if John Edwards' game plan for using a win in Iowa to trigger campaign donations will work. Andrew Cuomo hired Frank Hoare to work in the attorney general's office. Hillary Clinton and John McCain are the front-runners Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/12/elsewhere-the-end-of-2006/ The Morning Read: Friday, December 15, 2006 South Dakota Senator Tim Johnson is recovering. The New Jersey legislature voted for civil unions. Hillary Clinton had an expensive lunch with Al D'Amato and Ed Koch. On Monday, Hillary will go on the Today show, and on Wednesday she'll be on The View. Howard Kurtz is intrigued with the Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/12/the-morning-read-friday-december-15-2006/ News to King Pete King still contends that his son has never lobbied despite his inclusion in the state commission's lobbying register as an "additional lobbyist" for Al D'Amato's Park Strategies. "I told you the other day he's not a lobbyist, I still say he has never lobbied," King just told me. "He had no idea he Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2006/10/news-to-king/ Homeland Security Starts at Home Homeland security apparently runs in Congressman Peter King's family. King's son, Sean, started working at former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato's Park Strategies lobbying firm in February. The firm represents several clients with multi-billion dollar Homeland Security contracts, such as General Atomics and Lockheed Martin. They have also made campaign contributions to Congressman King. When Read More

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