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Bloomberg's push for development in the wrong places

This Week in the Voice

​Former NYFD Commissioner Nicholas Scoppetta was deeply involved in the Deutsche Bank debacle that cost two firefighters their lives. Now a change has come: Salvatore Cassano is commissioner. And he, says Wayne Barrett, is even more deeply involved. The posters for Gary Marshall's new film ... More >>

Mayor Mike Bloomberg: A Blizzard of 20 Voice Stories by Wayne Barrett and Tom Robbins

It's snowing, you're trapped at home or office or somewhere in between, but you still have the Web, so check out these 20 selected stories on New York City's billionaire mayor, Mike Bloomberg, by two relentless reporters, Tom Robbins and Wayne Barrett: Meet the New NYC Fire Commish, Salvatore Cassa ... More >>

Stuy Town Owners Back in Court to Defend Jacked-Up Rents

After nearly three years of veritable civil war between two powerful real estate executives and thousands of tenants, the owners of the historic downtown residential complexes, Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village, will appear in court again today. Landlords Jerry and Rob Speyer, and their part ... More >>

Bad Teachers in Limbo: New Yorker Weighs in on 'Rubber Rooms'

​This week's New Yorker has an excellent piece on the city's pathetic "rubber rooms" -- where incompetent teachers rot (with pay) as the city tries, in vain, to fire them, a nearly impossible task under the current teachers' union contract. Writer Steven Brill (yes, that Steven Brill) points out t ... More >>

Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

​ Museum of Natural History. Twitpic by ashelamb. The week was hot as hell -- which, a quick scan of our stories reveals, is an apt comparison. In a tribute to democracy, people with guns started following around President Obama. Busybodies were all over Michelle Obama's butt. Old peo ... More >>

Wayne Barrett Internship Applications Now Being Accepted

​The Voice is now taking applications from enrolled college students for Fall internships working with investigative reporter Wayne Barrett. Wayne's interns help him research and report his stories, gaining extraordinary experience in investigative journalism. These interns never get coffee or fil ... More >>

Letters: July 28, 2009

Mayoral School Control Deal Allegedly Happening; NYU Center Bloomberg Hates Gets Bumped

We suppose we should mention it since some people find it exciting, but the news that a "deal" is "in the works" for the state senate to renew mayoral control of the city's schools seems pretty weak tea. The parent training institute, arts advisory council, and safety committees sound more like gest ... More >>

Palin Legal Team Attacks Voice, City Slickers

In today's rightbloggers column we mention a letter (pdf) from Sarah Palin's lawyers threatening legal action against reporters, bloggers, and anyone else who would, in their words, "propagate defamatory material" against the soon-to-be-former Governor of Alaska. Only a few specific individuals were ... More >>

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Letters: May 20, 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 >>

Mayor, UFT Head Getting Cozy; Whither Education Reform?

If you've read today Wayne Barrett story on Mayor Bloomberg's tendency to cut deals with the teacher's union, and why (if he's serious about school reform) he should cut it out, you may be interested in what PolitickerNY's Jason Horowitz reports about Bloomberg's mayoral control renewal campaign: he ... More >>

Wayne Barrett Channels the Mayor

Our illustrious colleague Wayne Barrett was at the New School's Center for New York City Affairs yesterday and, in the course of a Q&A, took on the personality of one of his great subjects, Mayor Bloomberg. "I just want to see if there is anybody in the audience who has a disability and a tape recor ... More >>

Tuesday's Headlines: Ruth Madoff fighting Bernie's victims for 'her' $62 million

[HARKAVY is now blogging at The Smart Asset]Your Tuesday New York headlines...Ruth Madoff fights her husband's victims to keep their hands off $62 million she stashed away.Ex-Islanders owners accused of mini-Madoff scheme, stealing $554 million, whine to judge they'll starve if assets are frozen.Rap ... More >>

George Pataki for Senate?

George Pataki has met with the head of the National Republican Senate Campaign Committee and is apparently considering a run for the Senate. Maybe those weak poll numbers for Kirsten Gillibrand have encouraged him. The free-spending former governor once had presidential ambitions, but those were dif ... More >>

This Week in the Voice

You may have heard of the former Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals, Judith Kaye. But do you know the man who replaced her, Jonathan Lippman? Do you know he never practiced as an attorney, and barely served as a judge? So how'd he get appointed to this exalted position? Connections, baby -- chief ... More >>

Carolyn Maloney: Barrett Had "Best Story" on NY Senate Selection

Governor Paterson bailed on an interview today, complaining that he felt faint. Could be the burden of choosing Hillary Clinton's replacement -- which he said he'd do after tomorrow's inauguration -- is getting to him. Some politicians and press are beginning to tumble to what the Voice's Wayne Barr ... More >>

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Wayne Barrett Strafes the Palin Record on Keith Olbermann's 'Countdown'

Letters 8.20.08

Possible Fossella Replacement Needs to Answer for Deadly Patronage

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Giving Credit Where It's Due Pt. II

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Giving Credit Where It's Due

Barrett Talks Rudy's Terror Sheikh Ties on MSNBC

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The National Review Says Barrett's Reporting Is 'Meticulous'

Reader: A Classic Case of Madman Giuliani

Plus: The 'Brokeback' take on Clemens's return

Justice for Sale in Brooklyn

How He Got That Story

Over two years and with the help of his late friend and colleague Jack Newfield, Wayne Barrett never stopped digging for the dirt.

'Voice' Spreading Paranoia Every Which Way

Rudy Awakening

A new book on Giuliani provides a needed corrective to the worship of false idols

The 50th Anniversary Special: An Introduction

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