The New York State Republican chairman isn't apologizing for recruiting Steve Levy into the governor's race last year, despite Levy's announcement yesterday he's settling an investigation by handing over his entire campaign account to a local prosecutor and not seeking another term in office.
"I haven't had a chance to look at what's involved," said the Read More
Libya: "United States is moving swiftly to hand command to allies in Europe, American officials said." [NY Times]
Libya: Editors question leadership and "objective" of the mission there. [NY Times]
Libya: "[T]he nations have not really defined what they hope to achieve." [David Brooks]
Libya: Editors say critic Rep. Nadler has a point. [NY Read More
The Ides of March are upon us. Actually, that's inaccurate. The ides of March have shaken, slammed and otherwise shamelessly brutalized us over the course of the last week. Acts of god. Horrible accidents. More Charlie Sheen. "Upon us" is a bit of an understatement.
Then again, understatement has been the preferred coping mechanism this week. Just Read More
Political corruption in New York manages to grab even more of the spotlight, courtesy of Lifetime's Brighton Beach.
Michael Levitis, lawyer and owner of Rasputin Nightclub (2670 Coney Island Avenue) confirmed to Sheepshead Bites that the show is focused, in part, on his family, a casting decision that comes as Levitis is Read More
US Attorney Preet Bharara announced he's promoting one of the lead attorneys who is prosecuting Councilman Larry Seabrook on corruption charges, as well as State Senator Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William Boyland and lobbyist Richard Lipsky in a wide-ranging bribery scheme.
Thirty-three year old Michael Bosworth will now be the deputy chief of the Public Read More
Journalists on the NY1's Reporter's Roundtable Friday had some objections to the way State Senator Carl Kruger was covered by the New York Post which said on their front page that the lawmaker was not only accused of corruption, but "gay" and "closeted" too. The person who allegedly helped Kruger pocket the kick-back money is a doctor that Read More
The New York Times and Daily News hint at what the New York Post puts on their front page, about Carl Kruger:
Closeted Brooklyn state Sen. Carl Kruger, a Democratic powerhouse, traded political favors for more than $1 million in bribes over the last five years -- which his live-in boyfriend helped launder, the Read More
Washington: Peter King after his hearing.
Campaign Money: Disclosing more third party activities in NYC. [David Chen]
Travelling: Bloomberg to San Francisco, via private jet. [SF Gate]
Transport: Seattle, sorta like New York. [Aaron Naparstek]
Corruption: Dicker says Cuomo's first major mistake was not seizing this moment. [NY Post]
Corruption: Cuomo re-issues his warning Read More
John Liu's Report: Some important things to know about it from an expert. [Larry Littlefield]
Snow Storm: Bloomberg aides reject City Council recommendations. [WNYC]
Peter King Hearings: A great tick-tock. [Venugopal and Avirgan]
Peter King Hearings: His claims about CAIR are true, but "lack context," and "ultimately gives a false impression." [WaPo]
Former New York State Assembly member Frank Seddio told The Politicker this afternoon that he spoke with indicted State Senator Carl Kruger last week after an associate of the Brooklyn lawmaker said he helped Kruger and his top aide solicit bribes.
"I didn't do a thing. [Chief of Staff] Jason [Koppel] didn't do a thing. This Read More
A conservative Democrat, apparently.
A political operative with no horse in the race says his own analysis of State Senator Carl Kruger's district confirms what Swing State has (albeit, with slightly different numbers). Swing State says the district - located next door to Coney Island, in Southern Brooklyn - is "the second-reddest seat in the Read More
"Carl wants to know where the money is."
--Janic Fedarcyk, assistant Director-in-Charge of FBI's NY office, quoting one of the defendants arrested today in the alleged bribery scheme involving Democratic State Senator Carl Kruger of Brooklyn.
US Attorney Preet Bharara's case against State Senator Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William Boyland, lobbyist Richard Lipsky and five other defendants today is a run-of-the-mill bribery scheme. Two of them, actually.
In the first, Bharara alleges a friend of Kruger's set up "a shell company in the name of Olympian [which] wasn't engaged in anything other than Read More
Brooklyn State Senator Carl Kruger surrendered to authorities only this morning, but already the talk in political circles is over who will replace him.
In several conversations with Brooklyn pols and political insiders the names that emerge most frequently are City Council member Lew Fidler and Igor Oberman, an administrative law judge who works part time Read More
Unsealed this morning.
I'm reading it now, but one quick detail stood out:
On or about February 11, 2011, RICHARD LIPSKY, the defendant, met with CARL KRUGER, the defendant, inside LIPSKY's car in the vicinity of 18th Street and Fith Avenue in Manhattan.
Not like there's any shortage of meeting rooms or coffee shops around there.
Anyway, the complaint: Read More
