Ed Koch | The New York Observer

Citizen Union Wants to Fight Albany

Fri, 30 Oct 2009 11:05:08 -0400

Citizens Union signaled they’re putting some muscle behind their criticisms, and focusing not just on “on criticizing government, but changing it in Albany,” according to their executive director, Dick Dadey.

In a speech last night at the Pierre Hotel right off Central Park, Dadey said, “We need to end the responsibility-ducking, ethically challenged culture, campaign cash influenced, closed-door deliberations, special interest driven, decision-making process that passes for Democracy in Albany.”

The crowd, which included a...

Source: Detroit Mayor Reaches Out to Bloomberg

Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:26:33 -0400

A source at the office of Detroit Mayor Dave Bing says the mayor there has reached out to Michael Bloomberg's administration in response to comments Bloomberg made on Sunday about New York possible going into Detroit-like decline.

I'm waiting to hear back from the mayor's...

Koch Defends Giuliani and Bloomberg Remarks. 'Weeps' for Detroit

Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:16:07 -0400

Ed Koch, a Bloomberg supporter and Giuliani hater, doesn’t find anything objectionable in what the former mayor told an audience in Borough Park this weekend.

Giuliani told attendances at a breakfast yesterday that crime could return to their pre-1993 levels if Bloomberg weren’t elected.

Koch said anyone who sees racial undertones there is “simply looking to discredit Rudy and Bloomberg. The words themselves are not racist.”

“It’s amazing that Mike Bloomberg has been able to reduce crime...