Puritan Avenue in Queens leads through Forest Hills Gardens, a serene enclave in the city, where 100-year-old homes evoke the English countryside. At the corner of Puritan and Greenway North, shaded by an expansive beech tree, is a $1.8 million brick Tudor. Unlike the immaculate neighboring lots, the grounds on this house aren't particularly well Read More
Congressman Mike McMahon's campaign for re-election announced today that they had filed a petition challenge and a lawsuit against John Tabacco for the Independence Party line.
"I regret to have to take these affirmative actions but under our existing election law the only way these filings will get a line by line scrutiny is if we Read More
It’s been two years since the chairman of the New York State Independence Party, Frank MacKay, cut his hair and removed his earrings. At the time, he was traveling around the country, trying to lay the groundwork for a potential presidential campaign, and he realized that he’d be taken more seriously if he looked less Read More
PLATTSBURGH—For Mike Long, chairman of the New York State Conservative Party, a win for Doug Hoffman in the race to replace John McHugh would be worth more than just a seat in Congress.
"Whether Hoffman wins or not, the Conservative Party has clearly driven the action in that race," said Bruce Gyory, a political Read More
Bloomberg, who is running on the G.O.P. line, will be on the Independence Party line too, and likes to refer to himself as an "independent"
Jackie Salit, a leader in the Independence Party, is defending Bloomberg, and emailed reporters to say, "The Thompson Read More
Here’s a mailer the Independence Party spokeswoman Sarah Lyons said the group is mailing out to voters, starting this week. It features Michael Bloomberg at one of the group’s events (more recognizable Independence Party members like Lenora Fulani and Fred Newman aren’t seen in the mailer, but attorney Harry Kresky—bald guy in the glasses whom Read More
Here’s a mailer the Independence Party spokeswoman Sarah Lyons said the group is mailing out to voters, starting this week.
It features Michael Bloomberg at one of the group’s events (more recognizable Independence Party members like Lenora Fulani and Fred Newman aren’t seen in the mailer, but attorney Harry Kresky—bald guy in the glasses whom Read More
Here’s a video of Lenora Fulani and Jackie Salit of the Independence Party explaining how Michael Bloomberg is like Barack Obama. Their argument is that both men are independent and beyond partisan politics. They were speaking at the group’s annual fund-raiser in Tribeca yesterday. Bloomberg seemed pleased. “My mother will be pleased with that,” Bloomberg Read More
Here’s a video of Lenora Fulani and Jackie Salit of the Independence Party explaining how Michael Bloomberg is like Barack Obama. Their argument is that both men are independent and beyond partisan politics.
They were speaking at the group’s annual fund-raiser in Tribeca yesterday. Bloomberg seemed pleased.
“My mother will be pleased with that,” Bloomberg Read More
Michael Bloomberg, the Democrat-turned-Republican who swore off the concept of party membership altogether in the summer of 2007, is now set to seek re-election this fall as the official candidate of the Republican Party. He will also run as the standard-bearer of the Independence Party and, if he gets his way, the Working Families Party. Read More
Mike Bloomberg: Independent, except for all the party Read More
Michael Bloomberg said he still supports nonpartisan elections but doesn’t want to “chase windmills again” and for the first time noted that “editorial support” is among the things he needs to win over New Yorkers on this issue.
“I’d be happy to do it again but I don’t see how you would get it done Read More
Michael Bloomberg said he still supports nonpartisan elections but doesn’t want to “chase windmills again” and for the first time noted that “editorial support” is among the things he needs to win over New Yorkers on this issue. “I’d be happy to do it again but I don’t see how you would get it done Read More
“We’re supposed to be working together,” Bloomberg said of elected officials in government, during yesterday’s meeting of the New York City Independence Party. “Somebody the other day criticized me for trying to help President Obama. I thought to myself ‘What kind of sick person was it that wrote that? We should not all be trying Read More
“We’re supposed to be working together,” Bloomberg said of elected officials in government, during yesterday’s meeting of the New York City Independence Party.
“Somebody the other day criticized me for trying to help President Obama. I thought to myself ‘What kind of sick person was it that wrote that? We should not all Read More
