"What's up with medical marijuana in NYC. Is it going to be OK'd soon? Need to know by this weekend" is one question from Twitter Bloomberg read during his weekly radio show, this morning.
Hope Reichbach: Unsure if her death was an accident or suicide. [Sean Gardiner and Michael Saul]
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
Reached by phone, Lipsky said he’s been advised by lawyers not to comment. But when asked about the future of his blog, he said, “I don’t know yet. We’re certainly on suspension.”“Everything I post can be misinterpreted. Everything will be seen in light of what’s been happening,” he continued. “Right now, I Read More
Washington: Peter King after his hearing.
Campaign Money: Disclosing more third party activities in NYC. [David Chen]
Travelling: Bloomberg to San Francisco, via private jet. [SF Gate]
Transport: Seattle, sorta like New York. [Aaron Naparstek]
Corruption: Dicker says Cuomo's first major mistake was not seizing this moment. [NY Post]
Corruption: Cuomo re-issues his warning Read More
US Attorney Preet Bharara's case against State Senator Carl Kruger, Assemblyman William Boyland, lobbyist Richard Lipsky and five other defendants today is a run-of-the-mill bribery scheme. Two of them, actually.
In the first, Bharara alleges a friend of Kruger's set up "a shell company in the name of Olympian [which] wasn't engaged in anything other than Read More
Unsealed this morning.
I'm reading it now, but one quick detail stood out:
On or about February 11, 2011, RICHARD LIPSKY, the defendant, met with CARL KRUGER, the defendant, inside LIPSKY's car in the vicinity of 18th Street and Fith Avenue in Manhattan.
Not like there's any shortage of meeting rooms or coffee shops around there.
Anyway, the complaint: Read More
Corruption: "Prosecutors have made a cottage industry of scrutinizing members of the Senate.[Vielkind]
Corruption: State Senator Kruger and Assemblyman Boyland are expected to turn themselves in. [Daily News]
Corruption: Kruger and lobbyist Richard Lipsky are expected to turn themselves in. [NY Post]
Corruption: Kruger, Boyland, Lipsky, Kurger and two hospital executives are expected to Read More
In the past month there’s been a fair amount of deals closing at Willets Point, with the Bloomberg administration finishing up the acquisitions that it negotiated with some of the property owners on the industrial site by Citi Field that’s slated for a major redevelopment.
In the run-up to a City Council approval of the Read More
Amanda Burden thinks the city needs more C-Towns.
Boiled down a bit, that is the essence of a Bloomberg administration initiative in the planning stages for many months now to boost the city’s stock of supermarkets, particularly in poorer neighborhoods. The administration believes as many as three million New Yorkers live in neighborhoods it considers to Read More
Christine Quinn delivered enough votes yesterday pass Michael Bloomberg's term-limits extension. But does she have enough votes to remain speaker?
Quinn became speaker in 2006, and during her tenure has drawn criticism from other Council members about her particuarly close relationship with Michael Bloomberg--since the Council is supposed to act as a check on the Read More
The one thing everyone seems to agree on about incoming Governor David Paterson is that he’s funny and, in comparison to Eliot Spitzer, easy to get along with.According to lobbyist Richard Lipsky, who I spoke to this afternoon, that may change after he gets sworn in as governor on Monday.“In assuming the executive role, Read More
As local politicians scramble for contributions from lobbyists ahead of new campaign finance restrictions, said lobbyists continue to sound the alarm about the new rules.
Sid Davidoff, a lobbyist who is suing to block the new law, which will cap lobbyist campaign contributions to city candidates at $400, told me Read More
Here's lobbyist and prolific blogger Richard Lipsky explaining why Eliot Spitzer's governing style might work better in City Hall than in Albany.
A group trying to block the mayor's congestion pricing plan has hired lobbyist Richard Lipsky, he just told me.
He was hired by a group called the Anti-Congestion Pricing Coalition as an individual, he told me, and his work on this issue will be separate from his anti-big-box-store role with the Neighborhood Retail Alliance. Read More
Taking stock of plan to expant Columbia Univerisity's campus uptown, lobbyist Richard Lipsky is criticizing what he says is a possible conflict of interest among some key principles, including Harlem powerhouse Bill Lynch. On his website, Lipsky writes that among other possible actions, critics of the plan "will be calling for an investigation of Read More
