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May 14, 2010
Q&A: Art Curator Olympia Lambert Explains Why We Should Ditch Manhattan's Art Scene And Head To New Jersey (For Now, Anyway)
Julie LohnesTug of War, 2009, video stillArt blogger-turned-curator Olympia Lambert is getting the hell out of New York and taking a bunch of artists with her. Escape From New York, her latest art show, which opens May 15, is just that -- a massive pilgrimage through the sticky streets of Che ... More >>
Blogs
January 20, 2010
Scott Brown Embraced as Role Model by Local Politicians
Stuart Applebaum, president of the powerful Retail, Wholesale and Department Store Union, calls Scott Brown's Massachusetts victory "stunning" and a "wake-up call," suggests it means Paterson is finished, and backs Cuomo. Paterson's campaign manager says, au contraire, "Yesterday's outcome i ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Governor Paterson's Campaign Fund One-Fifth of Cuomo's; Also Behind Levy's
The Times headline, "Paterson Has More Than $3 Million in War Chest," sounds promising for the Governor's 2010 campaign, until you find out further down that Paterson used to have $5.4 million, but spent a lot of it on peculiar ads, and has not been able to make the shortfall with donations, though ... More >>
Blogs
January 15, 2010
Haiti Is The Only Story
Our normal political pursuits are rendered even more trivial than usual by the footage of the corpse-lined streets of Port- Au-Prince. Ford vs. Gillibrand? Paterson's depleted campaign treasury? Senate expulsion for Monserrate? Thirty days in jail for Dominic Carter? Our everyday concerns sli ... More >>
Blogs
November 25, 2009
Quick Hits
Twitpic via M_Solomon. With last year's Long Island Walmart Black Friday stampede in mind, the National Retail Foundation has established training, security, and traffic flow guidelines to prevent recurrences; Walmart has established its own new guidelines, in compliance with an agreement ... More >>
Blogs
November 24, 2009
Senate GOP, Dem Leaders Unite to Oppose Paterson's "Soviet" Deficit Plan
Maybe by scaling back his demand for over $600 million in cuts to school aid by half was the fatal sign of weakness that invited the counterattack, but the state senators who have been remarkably slow about trimming the budget united against Paterson with great speed. Democratic leader John Sampson ... More >>
Blogs
July 1, 2009
Coup In Review: Same Old Same Old
They had that special session last night in Albany and guess what? Nothing happened, again. That's why New York is pretending to have a Board of Ed today. (On the upside, the stalled senate kept a new city sales tax from going into effect.) Today in Albany there was a "leadership meeting" scheduled ... More >>
Blogs
June 24, 2009
Hey, Guess What, David Paterson is Still Really Unpopular
The Quinnipiac University Polling Institute's been busy. Yesterday they released a poll on the legislature and how much we hate our state. Now they have new numbers on the Governor and other local characters. Will it surprise you to learn Paterson is unpopular? He's hanging in with a 61 percent disa ... More >>
Blogs
May 18, 2009
Teitelbaum, Paterson Target, Quits
You saw Wayne Barrett's story earlier about Paterson's "knee-jerk reactions and posturing, attempting to look like an ethics crusader for a day" in the State Commission on Public Integrity case? Where he fired most of the panel, but they refused to leave? So the Governor lined up state officials pas ... More >>
Blogs
May 11, 2009
"Spitzer" Joins "Paterson" on SNL
Are we awful for enjoying the Saturday Night Live Paterson gags? They're certainly dopey, focusing as they do on Paterson's blindness, drug and sex history, and epochal unpopularity. And New Jersey! But we like dopey sketches, and are pleased that Fred Armisen has found a political character that ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2009
New Book: Caroline Kennedy Expected "Automatic" Appointment; Ted Drinks
Vanity Fair has published excerpts of another damn Kennedy book, Ted Kennedy: The Dream That Never Died. Of special interest to us are the sections involving former Senatorial hopeful Caroline Kennedy. "She had expected that the appointment would automatically be hers," writes Edward Klein -- not ju ... More >>
Blogs
May 5, 2009
Senator Diaz: Stopping Malcolm Smith was Paterson's Idea
Our colleague John DeSio via Bob Kappstatter points us to this wonderful interview with state senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., one of our favorite local politicians, in The Capitol. "I'm going to tell you something that I haven't told anyone," promises Diaz. (An ellipsis follows. Maybe he was trying to go ... More >>
Blogs
May 4, 2009
Flash! Albany Working on MTA Plan
Albany lawmakers are behind closed doors, working on an MTA plan. A taxi surcharge and payroll taxes are among the remedies they're considering. Paterson's calling for "action." His new wrinkle is to offer constituents reimbursement of the payroll tax to their school districts -- a typical Albany Ru ... More >>
Blogs
April 29, 2009
MTA: Expect Even Worser Service, and Maybe No Trains at Night
You know those MTA service cuts we were promised along with the new fare hikes as part of the Doomsday Fun-Pak? Well, the Authority's executive director just announced they'll be even worse and may include the end of all-night subway service. "I'm not sure the English language captures what goes be ... More >>
Blogs
April 21, 2009
Transgender Bill Passes Assembly; Bellwether for Gay Marriage?
Before they get to Paterson's gay marriage bill, let's see if they can pass this first: the Assembly has cleared the Gender Expression Non-Discrimination Act (GENDA), which would prohibit discrimination on the basis of gender identity or expression in matters or employment, education, etc. It would ... More >>
Blogs
April 16, 2009
Here's the Mayor Giving a Guy in a Wheelchair a Hard Time
As we mentioned earlier, Bloomberg gave a hard time to guy whose tape recorder went off during the gay-marriage thing at Paterson's office. Turns out the offender was Examiner reporter Michael Harris, who is wheelchair-bound and apparently dropped his recorder and couldn't get to it easily. Azi Pa ... More >>
Blogs
April 6, 2009
Poll: Paterson Hated, Gillibrand Unknown
Paterson and his Albany enablers finally drove the limping budget over the finish line last week, and the Governor's reward is a 28 percent approval rating in a Quinnipiac poll. While that's two points better than the score he got a month ago, that poll was taken by the Marist Institute; by Quinnip ... More >>
Blogs
April 3, 2009
Barrett: If Murdoch and Zuckerman are Whining, is the State Budget Really So Bad?
News flash! The state budget that's been so trashed in the tabloids does loads of good things you've heard next to nothing about. Whenever the rich are taxed, the only media contest in town is who will howl louder -- Rupert or Mort. Both are such class enemies of their own readers that, in a budget ... More >>
Blogs
March 27, 2009
Albany Back to Budget Battle; Will Rich Take a Hit?
It was nice that Paterson and the legislature agreed to reform the Rockefeller laws, but there's still that pesky budget to contend with. When last we looked, the budget gap had suddenly grown by $2.2 billion to more than $16 billion, and the Governor was threatening to fire 8,900 state employees to ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2009
Paterson Threatens 8,900 Layoffs to Close Budget Gap
Governor Paterson is playing hardball, or at least fast-pitch softball, with the civil service unions. He wants them to skip a pay increase and give back some on benefits, or else, he says, he may have to fire 8,900 of them to close his growing budget gap. That's about four percent of the government ... More >>
Blogs
March 23, 2009
Schumer Steps Up for Gay Marriage, His Own Skin
So, what to make of Chuck Schumer's declaration in favor of gay marriage? It probably doesn't change much at the functional level, as Ruben Diaz and others hold marriage equality hostage in Albany. But with the states' Dems bruised by the unresolved state and MTA budgets and other issues, and the Go ... More >>
Blogs
March 19, 2009
Quick Hits
We noticed freenapkin.com; now here's the Craigslist freebie Twitter feed, Free_NewYork. There you can get a free four-person hot tub -- but "please take it only if you need it." Since Paterson's "hiring freeze," Albany's payroll gained more than 8,000 salaries, says the Buffalo News. BuffNews ... More >>
Blogs
March 12, 2009
Weiner Suddenly Not So Hot to Declare for Mayor
Just a month ago, Anthony Weiner toured the five boroughs and said, "there's a conversation we need to have in the city... and I'm going to be leading that conversation." He's been raising money for a mayoral campaign. So you may be forgiven for thinking Weiner is running for mayor. But not quite, ... More >>
Blogs
March 10, 2009
Paterson Aide's New Job Suddenly a Big Deal
The New York Post semi-famously called for the hapless Paterson Administration to "Bring Back O'Byrne," meaning Charles O'Byrne, his former secretary and right-hand man, who'd resigned after it was revealed he hadn't paid taxes due to a mysterious mental illness. There was speculation that Paterson ... More >>
Blogs
March 5, 2009
Thousands Throng Union Demo at City Hall
OK, teabaggers, here's how you do a protest at City Hall: a massive crowd of union members and sympathizers flooded the area around the seat of government this afternoon to voice their displeasure with proposed budget cuts that would affect their memberships. The demo was so crowded that we coul ... More >>
Blogs
March 1, 2009
Sunday's Headlines: Hate-Crime Suspect Claims Self-Defense
HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart AssetYour Sunday New York headlines...Hate-crime suspect Keith Phoenix claims self-defense in murder of Ecuadoran immigrant, his lawyer says victim kicked the door of Phoenix's van, reached for (nonexistent) weapon.Long-reviled Rockefeller drug laws swiftly being ... More >>
Blogs
February 12, 2009
Dumped via Facebook? Probably. Hooked up by stimulus bill? Maybe.
This'll break you up: Revisiting the January 2007 Facebook parody from USC, directed by Mu Sun While you're waiting for the stimulus bill to hook you back up: • It's not you, it's my social-networking. Further confirmation in this morning's Daily News of something that thousands of you alre ... More >>
Blogs
February 11, 2009
Who needs a bailout? The New York soldiers heading to Afghan War frontlines.
The frightening Taliban invasion of the Afghan capital Kabul, courtesy of Al Jazeera's Todd Baer. Compare the CNN and Al Jazeera stories. Bailout? If by accident of birth, you were in Kabul yesterday, you'd be dying to bail out. You would have been running for your life while crazed Taliban storm ... More >>
Blogs
January 9, 2009
Albany Cools toward Kennedy, Catches Gillibrand Fever
We first noticed Democratic Congresswoman Kirsten Gillibrand when she pwned challenger Sandy Treadwell and Rudy Giuliani this election season, trumping them with her high NRA rating. Lately she's gotten more attention as a Senate replacement, not to mention a "Select Gillibrand" web site she claims ... More >>
Blogs
December 30, 2008
Soda Tax Outreach Hits YouTube
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
December 26, 2008
Gov's Indian Smokes Law Blocked in Court
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
December 18, 2008
Roger Kimball, Runnin' Scared Endorse Riots
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
December 15, 2008
Bush makes Iraqis want to hurl
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
December 10, 2008
Smith Won't Drop Gay Marriage -- Deal with Dissidents Off
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
November 20, 2008
Governor Hassled for Rich Rug
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
November 18, 2008
Skelos Blows Off Paterson's Budget; Gov May Wait
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
November 13, 2008
Trump Weighs In on "Bottom-Heavy" WTC, Election, Etc.
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
November 12, 2008
Paterson Proposes $2 Billion in Cuts in Health Care, Schools, Civil Service, SUNY/CUNY
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
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October 28, 2008
Daily Flog: Economy, Iraq missions accomplished, Bush finally tries Afghanistan rescue
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
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October 9, 2008
Governor "Liveblogs," Delivering Non-Answers at Internet Speed
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
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September 9, 2008
Paterson Grilled at Breakfast on "Bloodsuckers," Obama, Apt., Etc.
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
August 18, 2008
State's Subprime Bill Leaves Borrowers Bamboozled, Broke
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
March 25, 2008
Another Outrageous Governor Scandal! What Next?
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
March 18, 2008
Will the Last Governor to Have a Sex Scandal Please Turn Out the Lights?
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
Blogs
March 17, 2008
Hail to the Chief: The New Era of David Paterson
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
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March 13, 2008
David Paterson Talks About Albany's 'Prostitutes'
Our with-it state government is pushing its soda tax with a YouTube video starring State Health Commissioner Dr. Richard Daines (who told us earlier this month that if this tax works out, they may move on to pizza and cheeseburgers). Daines tells viewers that "some taxes can be good for your healt ... More >>
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