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April 20, 2012
More Mayoral Hopefuls Weigh in on the Ray Kelly Rumors: He Has a Great Record!
Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer said today that if the Ray Kelly running for mayor rumors turn out to be true, the dynamics of the mayoral race would certainly change. And some candidates gearing up for their campaigns are probably afraid of that, Stringer, an expected contender himself, ... More >>
Blogs
February 26, 2012
Mayoral Candidates Comment on Muslim Surveillance
The Associated Press surveyed some of New York's expected 2013 mayoral candidates on the topic of the NYPD's controversial surveillance of Muslim students in the city and across the Northeast. While Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer and Comptroller John C. Liu took a measured approaches to ... More >>
Blogs
February 14, 2012
City Panel Votes to Approve $128 Million FreshDirect Payoff (liveblog)
Last Tuesday, the city Industrial Development Agency announced that it and several other city and state bodies planned to hand over $128 million in grants, tax credits, and assorted vouchers to FreshDirect, which would use the cash to move its headquarters to the Bronx waterfront ... all the way fro ... More >>
Blogs
February 3, 2012
Scott Stringer's State of the Borough Address: Reclaim City For Middle and Working Class
In the land of politics, it's that wonderful time of the year when we opine about the state of things. Last month, President Obama talked about the state of the country, Governor Cuomo discussed the state of New York state, and Mayor Bloomberg chatted about the state of the Big Apple. Last night, ... More >>
Blogs
January 30, 2012
Electeds Protest Mayor's Ban On Religious Institutions Using Public School Space
Sam LevinProtestors earlier this month speaking out against Bloomberg's plan to ban religious institutions from public schoolsThey're back! And a bit louder this time. Elected officials and religious leaders rallied yesterday to protest Mayor Mike Bloomberg's ban on religious institutions u ... More >>
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January 22, 2012
Bloomberg Makes Mayoral Race Predictions In Post
In an interview with the New York Post published this weekend, Mayor Bloomberg weighed in on who he thinks might follow in his footsteps as the next mayor. "It's really hard to see the Democratic primary next year not being the real election," he told the Post. With that criteria, the Post p ... More >>
Blogs
January 13, 2012
Christine Quinn Presents Living Wage Bill Compromise, Pols Are Generally Happy
Some important news in the ongoing living wage battle in New York -- City Council Speaker Christine Quinn proposed today a compromise that would require higher wages at city-subsidized developments. Companies subsidized by the city would have to pay employees $10 an hour plus benefits, instead of th ... More >>
Blogs
January 12, 2012
Bill de Blasio, John Liu, and Scott Stringer: Mr. Mayor, Why Did You Talk About Teachers That Way?
After Mayor Mike Bloomberg finished his State of the City speech in the Bronx, Runnin' Scared tripped over many reporters and shoved a recorder in the face of a few relevant pols to get their reactions. We reached Public Advocate Bill de Blasio, Comptroller John Liu, and Manhattan Borough President ... More >>
Blogs
October 14, 2011
The New York State Young Democrats May Be Kind of Tone-Deaf
Keep the change.For the past four weeks, we've been bringing you news of the Occupy Wall Street protests roiling Lower Manhattan, as the self-identified 99 percent transform their tales of struggle and deprivation into demands for systemic change. Maybe it's just because we have those voices ... More >>
Columns
August 10, 2011
The Next Mayor? You Don't Care, Do You?
Aside from voter apathy and a weak field, the mayoral race is really shaping up.
Blogs
July 11, 2011
New Yorkers Demand Use of Subway on Weekends, Now
Not quite like Tokyo -- yet.An article in the New York Times today alerts us to something you've probably known about, at least anecdotally, for a while. Good to have it proven, though, if only so your complaining can be official! Despite New York subways frequently having longer waits, screw ... More >>
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April 13, 2011
Today in El Diario: New York Women Are Underpaid
New York's women underpaid A study conducted by the New York Comptroller's office found that women earn 20 percent less than men -- when they are are doing the same job and have the same credentials, according to the Spanish-language daily. "It's really pathetic that we keep having this c ... More >>
News
January 12, 2011
NYC's Computer-System Cash-Dump Disaster
New York City threw away a mountain of cash over a new computer system. Now, finally, someone is going to pay.
Blogs
December 22, 2010
CityTime Scandal Contractors Tried to Hire City Critic
What to do when you're a private computer consultant whose project for the city is excruciatingly over-budget and falling way behind? Hey -- how about this? Offer the city supervisor a job! That's the approach taken by officials of the Virginia-based defense contracting company, Science Appli ... More >>
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December 21, 2010
Letter Shows Bloomberg Slipped Up on CityTime Scam, Not Through the Cracks
Mayor Bloomberg's "slipped through the cracks" explanation for the massive fraud and cost overruns at the CityTime payroll computerization project was already pretty lame when he gave it. Today it's looking a whole lot lamer. That's because of a tough letter dug out of the cracks of the city ... More >>
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December 15, 2010
Computer Scamsters Took Mayor Mike to Cleaners for $80M
If you've been reading the Daily News's Juan Gonzalez , the arrest this morning of a quartet of computer scamsters accused of ripping off a city payroll and time-keeping system for $80 million shouldn't be a big shock. Gonzalez has been banging away at the city's hugely inflated "CityTime" pr ... More >>
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April 1, 2010
Bloomberg Foundation Looks a Lot Like Bloomy for Prez Committee
Mayor Bloomberg unveiled the new board for his multibillion-dollar foundation yesterday and it looks a lot like a potential Bloomberg for President advisory board. For Republicans down in Florida, there's a Bush (Jeb) and a Cuban-American (Miami mayor Manny Diaz). For right-wing Dems, he's got th ... More >>
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March 25, 2010
The Fires Last Time: A Spring Day to Remember Two Deadly Blazes
There is a New York rite of spring that has nothing to do with daffodils or cherry blossoms or the arrival of warm sun. It has to do instead with the simple business of working indoors, and the principal - now accepted by most of us as the natural order of things - that we all have a right t ... More >>
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March 23, 2010
Another Tuesday, Another Election No One Will Vote In
It's Tuesday, and these days in New York City, that means another special election. With runoff elections, resignations, and the occasional expulsion from a legal body, there have been quite a few in the past election season. Today's race is in the 44th City Council District, where Republica ... More >>
Blogs
November 3, 2009
Election Day 2009: 6 Losers to Watch!
It's Election Day and, this being New York, no surprises are expected. As Runnin' Scared has no influence to peddle, we can afford to be brutally honest about this. The Mayor's reelection is treated as a foregone conclusion and, down-ticket, the Democrats are expected to romp (except in Staten Islan ... More >>
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October 22, 2009
Liu, Gioia, Other Dems Call for Monserrate to Resign; Skelos Proposes Extra Republican for Panel
More Democratic public officials are calling for state senator Hiram Monserrate, convicted of lesser charges in an attack on his girlfriend and facing a special state senate committee, to remove himself from office. Earlier in the week New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer suggested ... More >>
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October 2, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
Twitpic by Mom101. Mayor Bloomberg asked Obama for antiterrorism money. Yet his NYPD minions busted a Staten Island citizen for keeping guns 'n' ammo in his kid's bedroom, so how serious can Bloomberg be about fighting terrorists where it counts? No matter, Marty Markowitz backed him anyway ... More >>
Columns
September 22, 2009
City Council Representative Yassky's Zigzag Path to the Runoff
A credibility gap for Comptroller wannabes
Blogs
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 >>
Blogs
September 16, 2009
Barrett: Election Shakeup -- For the First time, a Likely Minority-Majority on the City Council
Margaret ChinWhen the city council elects a new speaker in January, minorities are likely to hold an unprecedented five-vote majority in the 51-member body. The last time the council picked a speaker -- when Christine Quinn was elected in 2006 -- whites still held a one-vote majority. In Tu ... More >>
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September 15, 2009
Primary Results: Vance In; Comptroller and P.A. Go to Runoffs; Council Incumbents Suffer; Rose Romps in Staten Island
Primary Day led to expected results, for the most part. For the Democratic mayoral nomination, Thompson romped, 70 to 21 percent, over Tony Avella. (Also someone named Roland Rogers got eight percent. Clearly a name to watch!) With no comptroller candidate making the 40 percent mark, John Liu and Da ... More >>
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September 3, 2009
City Council Debates -- Now With More Racism!
Outside the big top, smaller city races are starting to get hot. Recently there was debate among candidates to succeed Comptroller candidate John Liu in the city council, and the two white guys mixed it up, with Queens College student Constantine Kavadas claiming that retired medical research ... More >>
Blogs
August 31, 2009
Katz Takes Lead in Comptroller's Race
We told you it was a bad idea to underestimate Melinda Katz. The latest WABC poll shows that she has taken the lead in the city comptroller's race over nearest competitor John Liu, 27 percent to 21 percent. And this time she's ahead of "Undecided," too. David Yassky, despite the Times' endorsement, ... More >>
Blogs
August 21, 2009
Lone Poll Surprise Shows Melinda Katz Neck-in-Neck with Liu for Comptroller
WABC commissioned a poll on some local races, and found things as expected, with a few surprises. Bill Thompson mops the floor with Tony Avella for the Democratic Mayoral nomination, 52-11 percent, and Mark Green, the only public advocate candidate most people have heard of, takes 47 percent ... More >>
Blogs
August 4, 2009
On the Stump: Citywide Candidates' Latest Doings
Damn, August already -- and we haven't paid our rent or looked at the local candidates much besides the mayoral prospects. Here's a fast look at what contenders for three big spots have been up to lately: Manhattan D.A.: Richard Aborn appeared with former NYPD Commissioner and current LAPD C ... More >>
Blogs
July 16, 2009
Quick Hits
Mayor Bloomberg spoke for Sonia Sotomayor at the hearings today, lauded her appointment on diversity grounds in that she would represent The Bronx. (Ginsburg is from Brooklyn, Scalia from Queens.) "My grandmother was born in Montgomery, Alabama," Manhattan D.A. Robert Morgenthau told Alabama Sena ... More >>
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June 19, 2009
Pols Stand With Sikhs Against MTA's Forced Branding of Turbans
On Tuesday several city councilmembers signed a letter of protest against an MTA policy that requires Sikh workers to have the MTA logo sewn into their turbans. In 2005 the council filed but never enacted a bill that would prevent city agencies from making employees "comply with a uniform code tha ... More >>
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June 15, 2009
Hell's Kitchen Neighbors March in Memoriam at Deadly 9th Ave Stretch
Not all this weekend's parades were as cheerful as the Puerto Rican Day festivities. Because the stretch of Ninth Avenue between 45th and 36th Streets has seen a lot of pedestrians run down by cars -- the most recent being art restorer Susanne M. Schnitzer, killed in a hit and run on April 9 -- th ... More >>
Blogs
May 15, 2009
VID for Siegel, NARAL for Gillibrand, Johnson for Bloomberg (and Unemployment)
The Village Independent Democrats just announced their endorsements for the primaries. It's not the biggest Democratic club, but it's influential around these parts. The VID made mostly expected choices, among them Bill Thompson for Mayor, John Liu for Comptroller, and Richard Aborn for Manhattan D. ... More >>
Blogs
April 24, 2009
Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared
President Obama came down on the credit card companies. They're still trying to hang the socialist and elitist raps on him, but they don't seem to be sticking. Mayor Bloomberg got mad as hell about the MTA fare hike -- but didn't bother to tell his friends in Albany. His "Puppets for Educational ... More >>
Blogs
February 10, 2009
Most Public Advocate Candidates Not Sweating Mark Green
Mark Green is getting a surprisingly friendly reception to the Public Advocate's race. The current PA, Betsy Gotbaum, who will not compete in this year's race, responds, "It doesn't surprise me that the field of strong candidates for the Public Advocate's race continues to grow. I believe that is a ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2008
Willets Point Plan Looks Like a Winner
Mark Green is getting a surprisingly friendly reception to the Public Advocate's race. The current PA, Betsy Gotbaum, who will not compete in this year's race, responds, "It doesn't surprise me that the field of strong candidates for the Public Advocate's race continues to grow. I believe that is a ... More >>
Blogs
October 16, 2008
Rachel Trachtenberg, Others Testify at Term Limits Hearings
Mark Green is getting a surprisingly friendly reception to the Public Advocate's race. The current PA, Betsy Gotbaum, who will not compete in this year's race, responds, "It doesn't surprise me that the field of strong candidates for the Public Advocate's race continues to grow. I believe that is a ... More >>
News
January 8, 2008
NYPD Seeks an Air Monitor Crackdown for New Yorkers
A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission
Blogs
April 25, 2006
May Day: Put Your Hands Together
A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission
Blogs
February 14, 2006
Is City Traffic Killing Your Love Life?
A city councilman and the cops don't want you to have that Geiger counter without their permission
News
January 31, 2006
Strangeness on a Train
Annoyance over L train shutdowns, anxiety over what they're for
News
July 5, 2005
Exit Strategy
When it comes to subways and terrorism, the best defense might be a good escape
NYC Life
June 21, 2005
Diversity, Equality
Jackson heights was very exclusive. Not only did it exclude Jews ...
News
December 16, 2003
The War on a Rack
Publishers Say They're Being Harassed by NYC
NYC Life
October 8, 2002
Close Up On: Flushing
Publishers Say They're Being Harassed by NYC
News
April 30, 2002
Emergency Room Help
For English Speakers Only?
News
October 2, 2001
Still Counting
The Big Term-Limits Primary Offers Some Surprises
News
May 8, 2001
The Fight for Flushing
Asian American Developers Confront an Aging White Community
News
August 22, 2000
Oh, God
Why Religion Doesn't Have a Prayer in New York Politics
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