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
A reader passed along this page from today's Daily News, which features an advertisement at the bottom for a CUNY program offering free immigration services and advice. The program appears to be brought to you thanks to efforts by council member Larry Seabrook.
Only problem is, of course, Seabrook, often called "Cash-And-Carry Larry," is facing federal Read More
Larry Seabrook has a conference room.This sign is hanging up on the 17th floor of 250 Broadway, which shows that, in addition to his legislative office, the troubled Councilman from the Bronx is also getting a conference room.
Seabrookwas charged with defrauding the public and trying to get reimbursed for, among other things, Read More
Charles Barron said he's "very very disturbed" by the charges against Larry Seabrook, "but it all goes back to Speaker Quinn."
Of course!
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn said the Standards and Ethics Committee will review the accusations against Larry Seabrook, who just turned himself in. It'll be the committee's first meeting of the year, according to the Council web site.
In a public statement, Quinn said:
All of us in the City Council take the Read More
Here's the actual
"I love the president, but he doesn't have a vote here."
Above is a screen capture from one of the videos, shot by City Council candidate (and blogger) Rock Hackshaw.
A reader with firsthand knowledge of one of the videos called Read More
Here’s Christine Quinn in a chance encounter with a reporter who's making life somewhat complicated for her members at the moment.
The Times' Ray Rivera, who used to work out of Room 9 in City Hall, is currently on the City Council scandal beat, doing stories about the alleged legal troubles of members Miguel Read More
Bronx Borough President candidate Ruben Diaz Jr. today unloaded a gigantic volume of signatures to get on the ballot for the April 21 special election, a traditional gesture to indicate depth of support.
Not that it's necessarily needed: Rivera now has a straight path to the office, now that that field has been Read More
Since it's a special election, candidates will run on party lines they create.
The candidates will include State Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr., whom the Bronx Democratic Party has endorsed, and City Councilman Read More
Also at the (eventful!) rally today, City Councilman Larry Seabrook called on the city to pull any advertising it may have in the New York Post.
(Not clear if there is any at the moment.)
Seabrook also said the City Council will vote on a resolution to urge the F.C.C. to rescind Read More
A reader passes along this video of City Councilman Larry Seabrook being confronted by an unhappy constituent.
A rare public challenge for an elected official.
UPDATE: Well, not precisely the public. It should be noted that the guy confronting Seabrook is Jerome Rice, his political opponent.
City Councilman Larry Seabrook isn’t a fan of Kirsten Gillibrand. At least not yet.
He was walking past me in City Hall just now, and I asked him if he had any thoughts on New York's new senator.
Seabrook stopped and wondered aloud: “How is she going to connect with communities that are basically anti-gun?” Read More
“It just seemed like it was going to be a big open race, which would have been fun,” said the normally ebullient 24-year old. “I don’t think a race against an eight-year incumbent is gonna be fun.”
It's not Read More
