Lee Saunders, a boisterous national labor leader, interrupted a speech he was giving in midtown this morning to read from a piece of paper handed to him by an aide.
"Cathie Black is resigning?" he said, somewhat unsure. The crowd jumped to their feet, applauding and cheering.
That's pretty much how the rest of New York City Read More
At the Somos el Futuro legislative conference in Albany this weekend, State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli could be seen hugging Senator Charles Schumer-not because he was feeling particularly affectionate, but because Assemblyman Felix Ortiz, chairman of the conference, which gathers top Democratic officials to discuss issues of concern to Hispanic New Yorkers, had urged attendees to Read More
The latest ad from the business-funded Committee to Save NY, features Cuomo ally, Carl McCall, who has already appeared in a radio ad for the cause.
Substantively, the ad is pushes back against groups urging for higher taxes, in order to fund programs that are facing major funding reductions under Cuomo's proposal.
Politically, McCall's latest Read More
A blind quote from a top Cuomo aide who referenced "tribal politics" is drawing criticism from a City Councilman from West Harlem.
"Considering his well-known close relationship with the reporter who wrote this article, the Governor has a special obligation to disavow these racially-tinged comments," said Councilman Robert Jackson, in a public statement, referring to Read More
A long-simmering dispute between two uptown City Councilmembers spilled into the open today as Robert Jackson of Harlem accused two Dominican lawmakers of attempting to turn Dominican residents of his district against him.
According to sources present at a Zoning Committee hearing today regarding Columbia University's plan to expand their athletic facilities in Inwood, Jackson said Read More
This was bound to happen.
After pretending not to know the Democrats who signed a letter urging Governor Cuomo to rethink his budget cutbacks, the state party's executive director accidentally bumps into one of them.
Almost on cue, New York City Councilman Robert Jackson walked by.The Harlem Democrat has been skeptical of Cuomo’s plans Read More
The City Council's Black, Latino and Asian Caucus has sent a letter to Gov. David A. Paterson urging him to sign legislation that would outlaw the NYPD's practice of retaining the personal information of people who are stopped and frisked but not arrested or summoned.
"Maintaining the personal information of these individuals found to be doing Read More
Here are City Councilmen Robert Jackson, chairman of the Education Committee and Fernando Cabrera, who sits on both the Education Committee and Higher Education Committee [corrected].With thousands of teacher layoffs proposed by Michael Bloomberg, it's understandable that these guys were the least happy people walking out of City Hall earlier this morning.Jackson told me Read More
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Robert Jackson, a councilman from Harlem who said he was steadfastly supporting Governor David Paterson yesterday, said he's coming to terms with the fact that Paterson won't be running."If that's the governor's decision, I'll support it," said Jackson in a brief telephone interview. He said Paterson is in the driver's seat. "I guess he Read More
Somewhat suprisingly, there are still some people willing to get up and say they still support Governor David Paterson.
City Councilman Robert Jackson said not only is he attending Paterson's campaign event in Harlem this weekend, he's going ahead with plans to endorse him.
"I'm not concerned at all," said Jackson after a press conference at 250 Read More
At 11 a.m. this morning at 250 Broadway, Robert Jackson is having a meeting to discuss his efforts to force a vote on a controversial real estate bill that would cap rents for small business.Jackson wants to file a "motion to discharge," to require the City Council to vote on his bill. It's a rare Read More
Robert Jackson doesn't fear Christine Quinn.
In what may be a sign of things to come, Councilman Jackson is pushing a commercial rent control bill that Speaker Quinn has aggressively tried to keep from coming to the Council floor, and he's filed a rarely used motion to bring the bill up for a vote--a direct Read More
Fighting to force movement on a bill that would newly regulate commercial rents for small businesses, Councilman Robert Jackson has filed a rare motion to bring the legislation up for a vote before the City Council, according to three people with knowledge of the action.
The bill, the Small Business Survival Act, would inject a Read More
On Friday, Nov. 20, Councilman Robert Jackson was exasperated.
The Harlem Democrat had put in a call to the chair of the Council’s Small Business Committee, David Yassky, asking for a vote on the Small Business Survival Act, a bill of Mr. Jackson’s that would regulate commercial rents.
“I told David today on the phone, I said, Read More
