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October 23, 2010
Tom DiNapoli's Appointment Logs: He's Just Too Nice a Guy
Tom DiNapoli is too nice a guy. The state comptroller apparently can't say no to anyone who wants to meet with him, though he has a mixed record when it comes to delivering what his bellringers want. I've been reading half a foot of DiNapoli's appointment schedules from 2007 to now an ... More >>
Blogs
August 19, 2010
Hugh Carey, Former Gov, Knew What a Real Crisis Looked Like
Hopefully, Andrew Cuomo already has a copy of The Man Who Saved New York: Hugh Carey and the Great Fiscal Crisis of 1975, the new biography by former state senator Seymour Lachman and ex-Newsday reporter Rob Polner, the same team that delivered insider tales of Albany fixers in Three Men in a ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2010
Ed Koch, Richard Ravitch, Judith Kaye -- It's the Day of the Geezers!
Disgusted with boomer pols who have their thumbs up their asses, New York's old-timers are stepping up and trying to get it done. As you may have noticed, former MTA head and current Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch, 73, was given the job of announcing the new state budget plan while Governor P ... More >>
News
October 26, 2004
The Best Votes Money Can Buy
Facts and figures of the most expensive election campaign in U.S. history
News
February 26, 2002
Heartless Partners
Bankers and Do-Gooders Team Up to Abandon Affordable-Housing Program