The Working Families Party is calling on Andrew Cuomo to investigate John Faso for payments his law firm got as part of the Aqueduct deal."Faso and his partners were paid up to $600,000 of taxpayer money to protect the public interest. The mess of a bidding process that resulted raises the question: what did Faso Read More
Amid accusations that the Working Families Party is circumventing rules about campaign spending, a spokesman for the party acknowledged that they’ve missed two recent filing deadlines.
The two filings are the 32-day and 11-day pre-primary disclosures, required by the state Board of Elections. They should be listed here. The party, like many politically Read More
Mike McGuire, a member of the Working Families Party executive board, resigned as treasurer of the party, which has come under scrutiny for possibly flouting the city campaign spending laws.
McGuire departed in mid-August, and has been replaced by Dorothy Siegel, another W.F.P. executive board member.
A spokesman for the W.F.P. declined to Read More
Tomorrow, the Working Families Party is hosting the first forum with all three leading mayoral candidates: Michael Bloomberg, Tony Avella and Bill Thompson, who will answer questions from “W.F.P. members who are affected by the issues,” said a spokesman, Dan Levitan.
The forum organizers shared the questions with each the candidates yesterday, Levitan said, but Read More
ALBANY—Which candidate will win what third party line is shaking out in the congressional race for Kirsten Gillibrand's seat, with Scott Murphy getting the Working Families Party nod this morning.
Murphy's Republican opponent, Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco,
