Affordable Housing or Lack Thereof
Will the 13th try be the charm at the SPURA?
After five decades, the latest plan for the Seward Park Urban Renewal Area has been agreed upon, according to The Times. After much debate, a plan that sets half of the thousand or so planned apartments aside for affordable housing, as opposed to 70 percent of them, Read More
One of the biggest debates surrounding the recently opened Brooklyn Bridge Park -- besides whether it or the High Line is the city's nicest new park -- is deciding if condos should be built within its boundaries or not. The idea is that the new development will help fund the parks maintenance. Neighbors in Read More
Michael Bloomberg, Sheldon Silver and David Paterson unveiled plans to build a $148 million esplanade and refurbish two piers along the East River Water Front.
“This design, without any question, is as innovating and exciting as the High Line,” said Amanda Burden, chair of the city planning commission. She said it “will not only Read More
Every year the political class pays homage to the gay community at the Pride Parade, and yesterday's was no different.
The 28-year-old Democratic State Senate candidate, who has never held public office and whose experience has been largely under Read More
As noted earlier, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer threw his support behind Dan Squadron, becoming one of the most prominent Democrats to back him in his Democratic primary challenge to state Senator Marty Connor.
Connor has responded with this statement:
“The Read More
On Tuesday, Michael Bloomberg endorsed state Senate candidate Dan Squadron, and this morning, several City Council members came out with their endorsement of Squadron’s opponent, incumbent Marty Connor. Among them was City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who has an extremely close working relationship with the mayor.
It'll Read More
Marty Connor no longer has Chad Marlow as a spokesman.Marlow’s company “terminated its consulting relationship with the Connor For Senate 08 campaign,” he said in an email to reporters just now.But he added, “The Public Advocacy Group wishes to express it continuing belief that State Senator Martin Connor remains the only qualified candidate running to Read More
Although it sometimes seems like 30-year incumbent State Senator Marty Connor is playing the underdog role in his race against young, Schumer-backed challenger Dan Squadron, Connor certainly has his share of establishment backing.
And here's more! On Monday, a number of members of Congress will endorse Connor at City Hall.
A release Read More
Marty Connor was endorsed by a number of his Democratic colleagues in the State Senate at a press conference on the City Hall steps just now.While Connor racked up a good number of endorsements, his opponent, Dan Squadron, has the support of one very notable elected official: Chuck Schumer.I asked two of these State Read More
The spokesman for Marty Connor's re-election campaign, Chad Marlow, supports term limits, even though his boss, a state senator, has been in office since 1978.In 2005, when the City Council was reportedly looking to alter the city's term-limit laws, Marlow authored a blog post on the Drum Major Institute’s web site called "Confessions of Read More
On the surface, the story is a familiar one.A young insurgent, Dan Squadron, decides to challenge an entrenched incumbent, Marty Connor, in a State Senate race, in a year when public antipathy towards the ossified ways of Albany is greater than it has been in recent memory. The line between underdog liberal reformer and entrenched Read More
Since Dean Skelos, the new State Senate majority leader, has said he will make addressing property taxes a major priority, and it's likely that taxes will be an issue in the upcoming election, I recently asked both candidates in the 25th Senate District about their positions on the issue.
Incumbent Marty Connor favors raising Read More
He also sent in this dispatch on a delicate situation that unfolded there:
There was an unexpected guest at this afternoon’s rally to stop Read More
Councilman and city comptroller candidate Read More
