Mayor Bloomberg joins the cast of Glee to celebrate the final episodes of their second season. April 25, 2011 (Photo Credit: Spencer T Tucker)
2012: DCCC helped publicize story detailing accusations against Rep. Grimm; NY13 in play next year. [Alison Gendar]
2012: Disturbing, decades-old allegations against Rep. Grimm Read More
2012: Obama's remarks at National Action Network tonight will be carried live. [NY1]
2012: "[T]he president is sending a signal that the reverend has become a key ally." [Michael Saul]
2012: "Obama was very wary of the race issue and of being labeled as a 'black candidate'," said Larry Sabato. [Jonathan Lemire]
Here are some of the highlights from the Somos conference in Albany this weekend.
Andrew Cuomo, 3:15:
"I never had any new immigrant come to me and say to me, you know what I want Andrew, I want help with Medicaid, I want help getting welfare. You know what they say they want help with? Get me Read More
Steve Levy: Actually spending more time with his family. [Sid Cassese]
Resignations: Rabbi quits six-figure salary job with state police; Hikind outraged. [Vos Iz Neias]
2013: Stringer returns tainted money; Markowitz doesn't. [Gary Buiso]
State Budget: "So much for the conceptual agreement." [Jimmy Vielkind]
State Budget: "If not today, tomorrow. If not tomorrow, Sunday" Read More
Now that Ed Cox has praised Steve Levy's governing of Suffolk County, State Democrats are hitting him for being Levy's "de facto Campaign Chairman" and questioning Cox's knowledge of Levy's alleged wrongdoing.
"What did Ed Cox know and when did he know it?" asked State Democratic Executive Director Charlie King in a public statement. It Read More
The New York State Republican chairman isn't apologizing for recruiting Steve Levy into the governor's race last year, despite Levy's announcement yesterday he's settling an investigation by handing over his entire campaign account to a local prosecutor and not seeking another term in office.
"I haven't had a chance to look at what's involved," said the Read More
The downfall of Steve Levy is an "embarrassment" to the Republican leaders who wanted him to be their party's gubernatorial nominee, said one Republican operative.
Yesterday, Levy settled a 16-month investigation into his fund-raising practices by handing over his entire $4 million campaign account to the Suffolk County District Attorney and pledged not to seek Read More
Steve Levy: Questions about fund-raising; steered public contracts to a friend. [Ken Lovett and Celeste Katz]
Steve Levy: "The murky facts surrounding Mr. Levy’s departure came in stark contrast to his squeaky clean reputation." [David Halbfinger]
Steve Levy: What exactly did he do? How can he govern with so many questions unanswered? [Joye Brown]
Steve Levy: Won't seek a third term; gives entire $4 million campaign account to DA; settles inquiries into his fund-raising practice. [Sandra Peddie]
Steve Levy: "My decision was not made lightly," he said. [Newsday]
Steve Levy: Makes you rethink his entire gubernatorial candidacy last year. [Maggie Habeman]
Andrew Cuomo leads his Republican opponents by about 40 points, according to a new Siena poll out today.Cuomo leads Rick Lazio 66 to 24. Both Steve Levy and Carl Paladino do slightly worse in their hypothetical match ups against Cuomo: 65 to 22 percent.
Surprisingly, 31 percent of Republicans "volunteered that they would like to Read More
It's rare to see a real Republican campaign on Manhattan's East Side, let alone a G.O.P. primary. Not only does the party have bad odds in most parts of the city, here a Congressional challenge means facing the matriarch of the 14th District, Representative Carolyn Maloney, who has held the seat for 18 years.
A spokesman for the New York State Republican chairman is holding firm, and trying to brush off the implication of the Conservative Party moving up the deate of their convention.
"The Republican Party is going to make its own decisions, regardless of any choices or maneuvers made by outside organizations," said GOP spokesman Alex Carey.
The Read More
One day after Andrew Cuomo told--I mean leaked--that he'd support David Paterson's call for restraining state spending, Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy is out with a statement calling on Cuomo to reject support from the "radical" Working Families Party because the group pushes for "higher taxes and job-killing policies."
Cuomo reportedly will accept support of the Read More
Rick Lazio's campaign manager does some recalibration of the Times Union tally of weighted votes for Republican nomination for governor among county chairmen, showing Rick Lazio leading Steve Levy 51.5 to 31.5 percent.Campaign Manager Kevin Fullington says, basically, delegates in each county are up for grabs, and that they'll poach voters from Levy's column.Fullington goes Read More
One tricky thing about being in elected office while running for another office is that a good chunk of your professional life is subject to review by outsiders (reporters, the public, your opponents' paid researchers).So, when Steve Levy looked like he was entering the governor's race, I sent off a couple of Read More
