On a recent Tuesday afternoon, outside a firehouse on the north shore of Staten Island, Bill de Blasio slipped between a throng of sweaty, angry protesters and was quickly ushered to a microphone stand.
"This mayor loves to brag how devoted he is to the numbers," said Mr. de Blasio. "This is the fastest growing borough, Read More
Last week's New Yorker magazine featured an article about Staten Island Congressman Michael Grimm getting into an altercation at a club back when Grimm, then an FBI agent, took his gun out and ordered all the white people there to leave.
Later, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio called on Grimm to urge the NYPD and Read More
A coalition of anti-gun advocates are calling on Mayor Bloomberg this morning to join them in rejecting Walmart's plans to expand to New York City in light of a report that the big box retailer is trying to increase its sales of guns and ammunition as a way to boost its bottom line.
"The mayor needs Read More
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio wants files surrounding Congressman Michael Grimm's altercation at a Queens night club a decade ago to be release, after detailed allegations surfaced in The New Yorker this week.
In a public statement, de Blasio -- who once considered running for that seat -- said "Congressman Grimm has an obligation Read More
Independent, non-partisan redistricting is a major goal now being pushed in Albany by former Mayor Ed Koch and good-government reformers. Recently, Anthony Weiner--a Democratic congressman and all-but announced 2013 mayoral candidate--took some heat for his opposition to reforming the way New York's legislative lines are drawn after each census.
But Weiner is not the only likely Read More
2012: Obama's re-elect kicks off with testimonials from the grassroots. [BarackObama.com]
FOIL: Wikiaccountability.org collects FOIL requests scrutinizing Obama. [Noam Cohen]
Federal Budget: Schumer doubts there'll be a shutdown. [Thomas DeFrank]
Redistricting: Tie-breaking professor endorses "Democratic-drawn map." Christie a loser. [Lisa Fleisher]
Redistricting: Christie got very involved. [Richard Perez-Pena]
Comparing Cuomo: He's like "Happy Warrior" Read More
Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who in 1984 strode onto a podium to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president and to take her place in American history as the first woman nominated for national office by a major party, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She was Read More
A colleague jokes that NPR's lobby is...elected officials. And this email, from Public Advocate Bill de Blasio's spokesman, only underscores that point, coming hours after a similar one from Rep. Steve Israel.
De Blasio's spokesman:
Today, House Republicans are calling an emergency meeting to cut 100% of federal funding to public broadcasting. If they have their Read More
In criticizing Target, for supporitng an anti-gay candidate in Minnesota (which corporations can do, thanks to Citizens United).
Gaga is pulling her music out of the retailer's stores, as de Blasio happily tweets about it.
One day after Bill de Blasio stepped into the void - created in no small part by Michael Bloomberg's silence - in comes Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.
In a letter to Rep. Peter King, Stringer says the congressman's hearings on terrorism and Islam will make America less safe.
The city is in dire need Read More
NYC Council Speaker Christine Quinn says she won’t march in Staten Island’s St. Patrick’s Day parade anymore because, for the first time, they barred participation from LGBT parade-goers.
Quinn, who is Irish and openly gay, made the announcement Sunday surrounded by NYC Comptroller John Liu, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Manhattan Borough President Stringer and others, Read More
Take it away, Charles Barron [and note the praise for "Lou" Fidler!]:
CHARLES BARRON
The Council
of
The City of New York
COUNCIL MEMBER, 42nd DISTRICT
718 PENNSYLVANIA AVE * BROOKLYN NY 11207 * 718-649-9495
________________________________
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 1, 2011
Open Letter to Public Advocate Bill De Blasio
I am writing to express my outrage over your blatant act of disrespect, extreme opportunism and Read More
Wal-Mart is already preparing a massive media onslaught in order to convince New Yorkers to convince their elected officials that the big box store should open in NYC. They have even developed a website--called, appropriately WalmartNYC.com--devoted to the benefits that the store would bring to the five boroughs, among them that it would Read More
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has managed to secure a promise from JP Morgan Chase saying that the company will not spend any money to directly influence political campaigns. Politico broke the news this morning.
The pledge is part of a larger campaign to receive such public assurances from large companies in the Read More
Ever wondered if your landlord is a slumlord?
Now you can know.
Public Advocate Bill de Blasio (profiled by The Observer in June), has created a Web site at www.pubadvocate.nyc.gov/landlord-watchlist -- to be launched at some point today -- that allows visitors to search a database of slumlords. According to the Daily News, the Read More
