Email Author Tom Robbins

Awards

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published February 11, 2009

  "Gillibrand Learned How to Defend Tobacco's Dirtiest Secrets"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 1, 2009

  "Senate Coup Plotters' Hidden Agenda"

• 2010 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 27, 2009

  "The Mayor's Press Pass"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published March 13, 2008

  "Eliot Sptizer Goes Down"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 29, 2008

  "Bloomberg's Term Limits Coup"

• 2009 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published October 23, 2008

  "Bloomberg's Velvet Coup"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published August 16, 2007

  "Rudy's Brain"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published July 19, 2007

  "Benchwarmers"

• 2008 - AAN AltWeekly Awards, published June 28, 2007

  "Mike Bloomberg, Free At Last"

• 2008 - Deadline Club Awards/New York City Society of Professional Journalists, published November 1, 2007

  "Tale of the Tape"

• 2008 - Deadline Club Awards/New York City Society of Professional Journalists, published October 25, 2007

  "Tall Tales of a Mafia Mistress"

• 2008 - Deadline Club Awards/New York City Society of Professional Journalists, published October 18, 2007

  "The Judge and the G-Man"

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2002 Stories by Tom Robbins

• Bonus Baby

  published May 21, 2002

  In his final days as head of the city's Housing Development Corporation, former Giuliani aide Russell Harding collected a whopping $128,000 extra... More >>

• Low-Class Act

  published May 14, 2002

  As President of the City's Housing Development Corporation, Russell Harding thoroughly enjoyed the perks of office—the fancy cars, free... More >>

• Harding's Hustle

  published May 7, 2002

  The good life at the city's Housing Development Corporation extended beyond the junkets and high-price dining enjoyed by its politically connected... More >>

• Labor in Mourning

  published April 30, 2002

  Organized labor traditionally marks workers Memorial Day—its annual indictment of government and management for failing to adequately ensure... More >>

• Party Harding

  published April 23, 2002

  Going-away parties are a tradition at government agencies. Walk down the corridors of any city office and there are notices announcing farewell... More >>

• Ticket to Ride

  published April 16, 2002

  On one of his many cross-country jaunts at city expense, former city Housing Development Corporation president Russell Harding bought airline... More >>

• The Lush Life of a Rudy Appointee

  published April 9, 2002

  On January 16, with just two weeks to go until his last day on the job, Russell Harding, president of the New York City Housing Development... More >>

• Tall Tales

  published March 26, 2002

  Less than 10 hours after the announcement of his endorsement by health care workers union leader Dennis Rivera, Governor George Pataki stepped... More >>

• The Importance of Jimmy Breslin

  published March 19, 2002

  So many people do a good job of writing about this city that at any given moment there are hundreds of them at the big daily papers, scores of... More >>

• Where in the World Is Jose Rivera?

  published March 12, 2002

  The newly elected leader of the Bronx Democratic party, state assemblyman Jose Rivera, was once such a rolling stone that city investigators found... More >>

• They Cover the Waterfront

  published February 26, 2002

  There was never any mystery about what drew the mob to the city's waterfront: The loot of the world passed through New York harbor—from auto... More >>

• Blue Cross Hijacked

  published February 12, 2002

  If a labor official's duty, first and foremost, is simply to bring home the bacon, then the deal cut by health workers leader Dennis Rivera in... More >>

• Global Witness

  published February 5, 2002

  New York was divided last week between those dismissing the World Economic Forum protests as the trivial—and potentially... More >>

• Outer-Borough Battler

  published January 22, 2002

  Bus drivers Union Chief Larry Hanley is certainly the most outspoken—if not the only—progressive, white, working-class labor leader on... More >>

• The Last Working-Class Diner

  published January 15, 2002

  Diner chic has been in style for almost a decade, with restaurant designers spending thousands of dollars trying to re-create the mysterious... More >>

• Bloomy’s New Crew Sends a Message

  published January 8, 2002

  Even Rudy Giuliani's biggest cheerleaders rarely raved about his surrogates. They weren't supposed to. His was a star that shined brightest alone;... More >>