The New York Observer » Tom Suozzi http://www.observer.com Just another WordPress site Tue, 14 Feb 2012 16:15:04 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Levy’s Neighbor Chooses Lazio Ed Mangano, the Republican Nassau county executive who unseated the favored Tom Suozzi, endorsed Rick Lazio for governor.In a public statement, Mangano said, "Rick will be a stronger partner for reducing taxes and fostering a business climate that puts people back to work in Nassau County. Rick has the right experience and the right message to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/levys-neighbor-chooses-lazio Suozzi’s New Job Tom Suozzi is getting a job with Cabelvision, according to this tweet from a Newsday reporter. 

]]> http://www.observer.com/2010/politics/suozzis-new-job Paterson Signs Pension Bill, Empathizes With Tom Suozzi In North Hempstead this morning, a bill-signing for Tier-V pension reform doubled as a tribute to outgoing Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi.

"There come these times in government where you're in office at the wrong time," said Governor David Paterson. "I kind of can relate to that. I was sworn in the day the Fed saved Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/daily-transom/paterson-signs-pension-bill-empathizes-with-tom-suozzi The Jay Jacobs Tour ALBANY—Jay Jacobs will be in Albany today, meeting privately with party officials and lobbyists as part of an ongoing listening tour around the state.

Jacobs will have a private lunch with several lobbyists and interest groups and then meet this afternoon with the chairs of local county party organizations.

"This is all over the state, Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/jay-jacobs-tour Poll: Paterson Job Approval Increases to 21 ALBANY—After a concerted political blitz including a television ad campaign, a new poll finds David Paterson's approval and favorability ratings inched up this month, but he now trails Andrew Cuomo in a gubernatorial primary by nearly 60 points.

The Siena Poll found that 75 percent of registered Democrats surveyed would prefer Cuomo to Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/poll-paterson-job-approval-increases-21 Suozzi’s Bank Tom Suozzi said he didn’t expect his race – which he may now lose – to be so close.

One sign of how true that may be: 32 days before the election, Suozzi’s campaign was sitting on a giant war chest of $2,345,361.04. As election day grew closer – and the pressures of a Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/suozzis-bank Suozzi Lawyer: We’re In 4th Quarter ‘Down by Two Touchdowns’ ALBANY—A Republican attorney said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the continued counting in the race for Nassau County executive while the Democrat acknowledged he's "going into the fourth quarter down by two touchdowns."

Incumbent Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, trails Republican Ed Mangano by 497 after a re-canvass of mechanical voting machines finished yesterday. On Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/suozzi-lawyer-were-4th-quarter-down-two-touchdowns Suozzi Trailing in Nassau Tom Suozzi's Republican challenger, Edward Mangano, is leading by 430 votes in the latest recount, according to Newsday.

If he lost, it would be a stunning defeat for Suozzi, a two-term county executive who ran unsuccessfully for governor in 2006 but still harbors aspirations for higher office. Suozzi's current predicament highlights a problem not just Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/suozzi-trailing-nassau Cox: Westchester Was Huge, Dede Could Have Won ALBANY—Ed Cox is all about Westchester County, and Rob Astorino's upset ouster of County Executive Andy Spano.

"If we can win Westchester, that is almost as big a win as the wins which I expected to happen, and which did happen, in New Jersey and Virginia," Cox told me during a phone interview Wednesday Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/cox-westchester-was-huge-dede-could-have-won Close Finish Is Not Good For Statewide Suozzi SARANAC LAKE—One of the most shocking results last night was Tom Suozzi's marginal victory (or loss) to Ed Mangano in Nassau County and the Republican sweep of the legislature there, which removes the wind from the sails of a potential statewide run for Suozzi.

"Given his lackluster race for governor last time and his Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/2009/politics/small-finish-major-setback-statewide-suozzi In Picking LG, Paterson Picks a Fight With Cuomo ALBANY—There is certainly speculation, but nothing close to confirmation, that David Paterson will name a lieutenant governor this evening during an address that will be televised statewide.

The governor's office acknowledged that he will deliver a live, televised address "on the Current Senate Stalemate and its Impact on all New Yorkers" this evening Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/4397/picking-lg-paterson-picks-fight-cuomo Suozzi Laments Albany Sinecures ALBANY—Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi is at the Capitol today, and spoke with a gaggle of reporters after meeting with State Senators Dean Skelos, John Sampson and Paterson aide Larry Schwartz to talk about the important bills "that need to be resolved in a timely basis" for local governments to function.

Suozzi, who Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/4083/suozzi-thinks-albany-has-pushed-voters-breaking-point Suozzi’s Calculations ALBANY—In a video promising a "property tax revolution," Tom Suozzi's announced that he was running for a third term as Nassau County executive was not devoid of a recognition that he's already thinking about the possibility of a statewide bid.

"We need a property tax revolution, and I need a team of people," he Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3637/suozzi-complication Can David Paterson Get Between Andrew Cuomo and the Suburban Vote? ALBANY—Asked by reporters last week what his priorities are for the end of the legislative session, David Paterson said that relief for suburban homeowners was at the top of his list.

That much has been apparent from his activities in recent weeks as the governor made several appeals to non-urban voters, first appearing in suburban Read More

]]> http://www.observer.com/3473/can-david-paterson-get-between-andrew-cuomo-suburban-vote Suozzi Revamps Tom Suozzi re-launched today, which will (should?) lead to yet more talk about his ambition to hold office somewhere other than in Nassau County.

A press release about it was sent out a few minutes ago, although people following him on Twitter got a heads up about the site 16 hours ago. (Yes, Read More

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