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January 5, 2010
Barrett: Andrew Cuomo Gets a Present From Steve Levy
This news should calm down angry AndyAndrew Cuomo got some great news yesterday with the announcement that Suffolk County executive Steve Levy may run for governor. Cuomo's onetime sidekick and running-mate Charlie King rushed to the op-ed op-ed pages of the New York Post to declare how gre ... More >>
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November 11, 2009
Barrett: It's a Rotten Time for Paterson To Promote Bogus Budget Numbers
It's hard to imagine a worse time for a governor to lapse into lazy lies. But with the state in its most troubled fiscal condition in decades, facing daunting deficits, David Paterson has become all spin all the time, putting his own concocted narrative ahead of the state's need for crisis cr ... More >>
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November 4, 2009
Reyna's Big Council Win a Defeat for Dem Boss Vito Lopez
By Aaron Howell. Yesterday incumbent city councilmember Diana Reyna defeated challenger Maritza Davila by 4,000 votes, 60 percent to 35 percent. It was a far cry from the last time the two women faced off, in the September Democratic primary, when Reyna beat Davila by a mere 250 votes aft ... More >>
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October 31, 2009
Barrett: Bill Thompson Responds To Our Allegations, Sort Of
A few hours after I posted yesterday's item about Bill Thompson's mysterious ties to the contractor implicated in the Deutsche Bank fire, I got an e-mail protesting the story from Ed Castell, the campaign manager for Thompson's mayoral run. My story revealed that the $180 million museum/con ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Barrett: Bill Thompson Received Millions in Loans from the "Labor Bank" He's Promoted as Comptroller
City comptroller and Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson and his wife Elsie McCabe received three loans totaling $1.4 million from Amalgamated Bank, which calls itself "the labor bank" and does a multi-billion dollar business with his office, the Voice has learned. McCabe is also the ... More >>
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October 28, 2009
Barrett: Did Bill Thompson Get Ethics Clearance for His Bad Loans?
Photo credit: Marla Maritzer. (l to r): John Graham, Deputy Comptroller for Audits, Accountancy & Contracts and Bill Thompson. In 2008, 3797 city employees called the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board and asked for a legal opinion about a transaction--or other action--they were thinking ab ... More >>
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October 26, 2009
U.N. Rapporteur For Housing Visits Tenants Facing Foreclosure In The Bronx
By Aaron Howell. Followers of the Times' City Room blog may have seen that the United Nations has dispatched Raquel Rolnik (pictured), its Special Rapporteur for housing issues, to America. She'll visit various U.S. cities on her trip, including Los Angeles, Chicago, New Orleans. Right no ... More >>
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September 18, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Ha, ha, ha. The sweet release of death is a week closer. In the afterlife we can forget all about Kanye and all these ridiculous (but highly amusing) tributes. New York had a big Primary Day -- or, judging by turnout, a dinky one. Our hero Tony Avella went down to defeat. The heavily fund ... More >>
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September 16, 2009
How'd Yassky Do It? Maybe His Family's Campaigning. (Or the Times Endorsement.)
By Aaron Howell. The day after the primary, it's hard to pinpoint the deciding factor in David Yassky's strong finish in the comptroller's race, which forced a runoff with John Liu. (In its last-minute poll, SurveyUSA showed Yassky at 22 percent -- virtually tied with Melinda Katz, and well behind ... More >>
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September 11, 2009
Barrett: More Unsavory Characters on Snyder's Campaign Money List
Yesterday, Wayne Barrett began to uncover the unsavory characters who have helped fuel Leslie Crocker Snyder's campaign to be the next Manhattan District Attorney. Now, in part two, Barrett continues that list, focusing this time on political conservatives who are backing Snyder... Richard G ... More >>
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September 10, 2009
Barrett: Leslie Crocker Snyder's Unsavory Campaign Donors
Judging people by the company they keep may not always be fair game, but it is fitting, on the eve of next week's primary, to take the measure of Leslie Crocker Snyder by examining the dubious donors bankrolling her campaign for Manhattan District Attorney. News stories about bad-boy contrib ... More >>

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Barrett: Andrew Cuomo Gets a Present From Steve Levy

Blogs

Barrett: It's a Rotten Time for Paterson To Promote Bogus Budget Numbers

Blogs

Reyna's Big Council Win a Defeat for Dem Boss Vito Lopez

Blogs

Barrett: Bill Thompson Responds To Our Allegations, Sort Of

Blogs

Barrett: Bill Thompson Received Millions in Loans from the "Labor Bank" He's Promoted as Comptroller

Blogs

Barrett: Did Bill Thompson Get Ethics Clearance for His Bad Loans?

Blogs

U.N. Rapporteur For Housing Visits Tenants Facing Foreclosure In The Bronx

Blogs

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

Blogs

How'd Yassky Do It? Maybe His Family's Campaigning. (Or the Times Endorsement.)

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Barrett: More Unsavory Characters on Snyder's Campaign Money List

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Barrett: Leslie Crocker Snyder's Unsavory Campaign Donors

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