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Roberto Ramirez

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2011

    Guy Velella, 1944-2011, State Senator, Rascal, Stand-up Guy

    Shiho Fukada/VV​It is October 14, 2000, and Guy Velella -- the ex-state senator and convicted felon who died yesterday at 66 -- is in his home base in the north Bronx practicing the fine art of retail politics. Nobody does this better, and the tell-tale silver-streak in his careful pompadour i ... More >>

  • News

    November 10, 2010

    Andrew Cuomo Goes to Albany, Where Lobbyists Are Waiting

    Shiho Fukada/VV​It is October 14, 2000, and Guy Velella -- the ex-state senator and convicted felon who died yesterday at 66 -- is in his home base in the north Bronx practicing the fine art of retail politics. Nobody does this better, and the tell-tale silver-streak in his careful pompadour i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    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

    April 19, 2010

    Adolfo Carrion Reminds Us Why He's Not the Latino NY Needs for Statewide Office

    No, gracias​The wrong Carrion nominated himself for lieutenant governor in this morning's Daily News. Think of Gladys Carrion, the celebrated commissioner of the New York State Office of Children & Family Services, or a host of other prominent Latinos before Adolfo Carrion, the ex-Bronx boro ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 15, 2010

    Steve Rattner "Unethical" Say Quadrangle and Cuomo

    ​A pair of New York City political powerhouses took major public hits today in Andrew Cuomo's latest round of sanctions in his pension fund fraud investigation. The biggest is Steve Rattner, the ex-Times reporter who counts Mike Bloomberg and Arthur Sulzberger Jr. among his close pals. Here's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 19, 2010

    Aqueduct Racino Debacle Uncovers Another Astonishing Relationship

    ​Believe it or not, all those Aqueduct Racetrack headlines conceal a touching story of reconciliation and forgiveness that no one has noticed. The story either proves that time, or plausible profit, heals all wounds, or it shatters the notion that blood is thicker than water. Roberto Ramire ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2010

    Barrett: Harlem's Gang of Four Handicaps the Governor's Race on NY1

    If you're a New York political junkie, the best entertainment of the holiday season was the sitdown Michael Scotto had last week on NY1 with the remaining members of Harlem's Gang of Four, David Dinkins, Basil Paterson and Congressman Charlie Rangel. They went on the show to laud gang leader and b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 28, 2009

    Gillibrand Hires Hispanic Outreach Firm -- And The Firm's Pal Eases Up

    The Daily News reports that newly-minted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has hired the Mirram Group to mend fences with the Hispanic community. Too bad Mirram's friends probably played a role in breaking those fences to begin with. The consulting firm is co-operated by Roberto Ramirez, the former chairm ... More >>

  • Columns

    December 17, 2008

    How the 'Gang of Three' Ties Up Senate Dems

    The Daily News reports that newly-minted Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has hired the Mirram Group to mend fences with the Hispanic community. Too bad Mirram's friends probably played a role in breaking those fences to begin with. The consulting firm is co-operated by Roberto Ramirez, the former chairm ... More >>

  • News

    November 20, 2007

    Elevator Diplomacy

    Yankee Stadium gets a walkway, a politician gets a big donation, and you get a fat bill

  • News

    December 20, 2005

    Mayor Mouth

    Tabloid Bloomy Goes Thuggy, Trades Big Schtick for Big Stick

  • News

    November 29, 2005

    Stripped Bare

    Tabloid Bloomy Goes Thuggy, Trades Big Schtick for Big Stick

  • News

    November 1, 2005

    New Tapes on Freddy

    Felonious Friend Wired Deals for Donations While Privately Slamming Ferrer

  • News

    August 23, 2005

    The Other Freddy Ferrer

    2001 candidate trades two NYCs for one, prefers mainstream to upstream

  • News

    August 16, 2005

    Hunting the Magic Number

    In council races around town, it's a tale of two cities

  • News

    August 9, 2005

    Billionaire Buys Union

    But big bucks Mike gives the tab to taxpayers

  • News

    December 14, 2004

    The Right Rallies For Al

    Machiavellian minister wins DNC subsidies and plots mayoral moves

  • News

    October 5, 2004

    Taken to the Cleaners

    Political ties won big government loans, but a Bronx plant still goes belly up

  • News

    April 20, 2004

    Meals and Deals

    Hail to the county leader

  • News

    March 23, 2004

    Deals on Wheels

    Bronx Democratic hacks learn to love frozen food for their frail senior citizens

  • Specials

    November 25, 2003

    Letters

    Bronx Democratic hacks learn to love frozen food for their frail senior citizens

  • News

    August 12, 2003

    Ferrer's Campaign Scandal

    Sidekick Ramirez and Friends Snared 2001 Bonanza

  • News

    July 29, 2003

    Billy's Boondoggle

    The Comptroller's Payroll Becomes a Political Playground

  • Specials

    September 24, 2002

    Letters

    The Comptroller's Payroll Becomes a Political Playground

  • News

    September 10, 2002

    Getting Greened

    Did Memories of the 2001 Mayoral Race Kill the Gubernatorial Primary?

  • News

    March 12, 2002

    Where in the World Is Jose Rivera?

    New Bronx Democratic Boss Lied About Residences

  • News

    January 29, 2002

    The Boss Is Back

    Miller Lets Clubhouse Control Council, Shortchanges Merit and Minorities

  • Art

    January 15, 2002

    Code Unknown

    ••• How to Play the Race Card

  • News

    January 8, 2002

    Miller Time

    How Internecine Minority Politics Picked the Speaker

  • News

    November 20, 2001

    Labor’s Election Day Flop

    The Union Coalition That Wasn’t

  • News

    November 20, 2001

    To Play the King

    Brooklyn's Chance to Anoint the Next Council Speaker Is Slipping Through the Fault Lines

  • News

    November 13, 2001

    Council Chaos

    Facing Bloomberg and Newness, Legislators Struggle to Organize

  • News

    November 13, 2001

    How Bloomy Bloomed

    Blunders, Billions, and Backstabbing Beat Green

  • News

    October 30, 2001

    Take It or Leave It, Mark Green

    Brooklyn Assemblyman Roger Green’s Challenge to a Turncoat Liberal

  • News

    October 23, 2001

    Is the Peace Real?

    Probing Green’s Shaky Rapprochement With the Ferrer Camp

  • News

    October 16, 2001

    The Hidden Persuaders

    Green Takes Heat for Hate Flyers

  • News

    October 2, 2001

    The Giuliani Dilemma

    How Freddy and Mark Used Rudy to Define Themselves

  • News

    July 31, 2001

    Up From Fox Street

    Ferrer Campaigns For the ‘Other New York’

  • News

    July 3, 2001

    Jesse Jackson: The Desperate Hours

    Inside the Civil Rights Power Struggle

  • News

    February 27, 2001

    Coalition Confusion

    McCall Crowns Ferrer, but Sharpton, Rivera, Rangel Skip the Coronation

  • News

    January 9, 2001

    2001: An Election Odyssey

    Races All Over the City Promise a ‘Mad, Mad’ Year

  • News

    November 7, 2000

    Law and Favors in the Bronx

    Secret Tapes Catch Pols Speaking Their Minds

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Money Changes Everything

    A New PAC Works to Turn Out Tenant Votes

  • News

    October 17, 2000

    Bronx Tales of the Tape

    State Senator Velella Bugged by Bronx Pol

  • News

    September 19, 2000

    Advantage: Hevesi

    City Comptroller Scores Big in Primary Races as Ferrer and Green Stumble

  • News

    September 5, 2000

    A Rumble in the Bronx

    Feuding Politicos Pull No Punches in Congressional Race

  • News

    August 15, 2000

    A Bronx Tale

    The Incumbent Protection Society Musters Its Forces

  • News

    August 1, 2000

    The Early Line

    The Guys Who Want Rudy Giuliani’s Job

  • News

    May 30, 2000

    Rebellion of the Hollow Men

    Albany Dems Blast Assembly Speaker’s ‘Autocratic Style’

  • News

    November 17, 1998

    Autopsy on Alfonse

    A Look at the Real Numbers in '98 Sweepstakes

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