If there is one hire that signifies the changing of the guard moment we're witnessing in the New York media scene, I'd argue it's the Village Voice's hiring of Harry Siegel, which they announced yesterday afternoon.
Siegel will be their new city columnist and is taking over the space filled, admirably, by Tom Read More
Long after Tom Robbins spotted the problem, Jack Ahern gives up the reigns of the Central Labor Coucnil, citing his inability to "resolve" some "personal differences" at the organization.
He's calling for an emergency meeting on March 24 to come up with a slate of candidates that can be approved on March 31. Read More
City Councilwoman Inez Dickens endorsed Cy Vance for Manhattan district attorney, and went after Leslie Crocker Snyder for keeping an accused man in jail despite fingerprint evidence exonerating him because, Dickens said, “sometimes they say we all look alike.”
The issue Dickens raised had been brought up earlier in the race, and is Read More
The first forum featuring the four Democratic candidates for public advocate ended last night at Fordham Law School with the candidates distinguishing themselves from one another, but subtly.
The candidates arrived one at a time and each spoke for about 25 minutes with the students. (My photos from the event are here. Fernanda Santos Read More
According to HarperCollins executive editor David Hirshey, who is editing the book, it is about 100 pages long, and takes the form of a "hallucinogenic hymn to beer, children, and the cosmic mysteries Read More
Here’s veteran reporter Tom Robbins of the Village Voice, expanding on an unusual argument he presented Friday night on New York 1 News: that the Times is underplaying the Barack Obama story. “The New York Times managed to think that 30,000 people in a stadium in Columbia, South Carolina was worth a Read More
Mark your calendars: the state Independence Party is getting together, apart. A week from Monday, the New York County chapter of the party, which is closely associated with Lenora Fulani, will have its annual fund-raiser at the Woolworth Kitchen Tower. Tomorrow, a rival, Staten Island-based faction will hold an event to present awards to Councilman Read More
I was kind of waiting for the Voice's Tom Robbins to weigh in with a definitive explanation what Central Labor Council chief Brian McLaughlin is actually accused of. He does that and throws in a mafia-ties bonus in this must-read online dispatch. Here's his explanation of why McLaughlin would have been part of the Read More
Want to make your weekend a wonkend? I'll leave you with this Blog Stroll... Over at Power Plays, Tom Robbins notes that a certain new Dem chieftain can't bring himself to The Daily Gotham runs an article taking Bloomberg's education record to task. And, as one reader notes, the fame of Freddy's botched appearance Read More
Merchants at the Bronx Terminal Market—who are being pushed out to make way for a shopping mall—plan to stage a rent strike tomorrow, according to the Neighborhood Retail Alliance. Not paying rent is, we have found, a very good way to get evicted. On the other hand, if you are going to be evicted Read More
There were always two parts to the behavior of Bloomberg's aides toward Tom Ognibene -- the first fairly standard, the second a little thuggish. First, on January 12, Bloomberg campaign chief Kevin Sheekey and City Hall aide Rich Wager meet the former Councilman in Starbucks and offer him a job on the campaign. Ognibene turns Read More
There were always two parts to the behavior of Bloomberg's aides toward Tom Ognibene -- the first fairly standard, the second a little thuggish. First, on January 12, Bloomberg campaign chief Kevin Sheekey and City Hall aide Rich Wager meet the former Councilman in Starbucks and offer him a job on the campaign. Ognibene turns Read More
A friend, reading about how public servant Russell Harding charged taxpayers for his morning bagel along with occasional trips to exciting locales, etc., dropped me an e-mail lamenting that he had chosen the wrong profession. This was a bit of a surprise: I didn't even know they had e-mail capability in Sing Sing.
Oh, I jest. Read MoreTucker Carlson's problems at the Ho Chi Minh City airport on April 28 raise an interesting question for journalists in this age of multiple news organization affiliations: When detained by Communists in a foreign country, which magazine would you want pulling strings back home to win your freedom?
To briefly recount Mr. Carlson's ordeal, the writer Read More