Former Speaker Miller Emailed Speaker Quinn About High Line Project
May 9, 2008
Gifford Miller, who was City Council Speaker until 2005, has current Speaker Christine Quinn’s personal email address, and he used it to discuss the High Line – a plan to transform a former elevated railway on Manhattan’s West Side that was abandoned since 1980 into a park.
Miller was an unpaid board member of the group [...]
Tishman’s Hudson Yards plan in jeopardy
May 8, 2008
The MTA says it may have to pick an alternate developer after reaching an impasse; Tishman says it still hopes to reach a deal
The massive Hudson Yards development planned for Manhattan’s West Side has been at least temporarily derailed, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced Thursday evening.
The MTA said its negotiations with its chosen developer, Tishman [...]
Nick Spano says no to a campaign in 2008
May 8, 2008
Former state Sen. Nicholas Spano just called to say he has decided NOT to run for his old seat this fall, leaving the GOP in search of another candidate to take on Democrat Andrea Stewart-Cousins.
“This was a very difficult decision.” Spano, 54, told Politics on the Hudson. “As my father would always tell me, never [...]
New York State AFL-CIO Announces “Early Endorsement” Of Dan Maffei For Congress
May 8, 2008
Denis Hughes, President of the 2 ½ million member New York State AFL-CIO today announced the State Labor Federation’s “early endorsement” of Dan Maffei in the 25th Congressional District.Labor’s endorsements for public office normally take place at the New York State AFL-CIO’s constitutional or political conventions, held every two years during the month of August. [...]
Vito Fossella Admits Fathering Love Child
May 8, 2008
Republican Congressman Vito Fosella Confesses To Fathering 3-Year Old With Woman Not His Wife
Rep. Vito Fossella has admitted fathering a 3-year-old daughter with a woman outside his marriage.
The Republican congressman from New York City made the announcement Thursday amid heavy scrutiny after his arrest for drunken driving last week in suburban Washington.
Police said Fossella told [...]
Arizona Group Influences New York Litigation on Same-Sex Marriage
May 8, 2008
An Arizona-based group is playing an important role in New York’s legal battles over same-sex marriage.
For the last two years, state courts across New York have been grappling with whether same-sex marriages performed elsewhere must be recognized in New York. Three of the cases that pose this question have been brought by a Christian group [...]
Court Stops Union Square Park Restaurant Plan
May 8, 2008
A state Supreme Court justice has ordered a preliminary injunction prohibiting the city from building a restaurant in Union Square Park.
The decision came after a group challenged provisions for a restaurant on the public space.
Renovation work on the popular Manhattan park, temporarily halted last week, can begin immediately. It calls for improvements to the comfort [...]
In Wake of Council Scandal, Quinn Offers New Rules
May 8, 2008
The speaker of the City Council, Christine Quinn, is attempting to cast herself as a reformer at City Hall by announcing extensive new rules to govern the council’s budget process amid a growing slush fund scandal.
The rules call for local organizations to meet a host of requirements before they are included in the city’s budget, [...]
Republican Body Declines To Support Fossella
May 8, 2008
In an ominous sign for Rep. Vito Fossella, the campaign arm of the national Republican Party is refusing to support him publicly.
When asked to comment on the race in New York’s 13th District, which includes Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn, a spokeswoman for the National Republican Congressional Committee, Julie Shutley, said only that voters [...]
Joe Bruno probe focus on ethics opinions
May 8, 2008
FBI investigation looks at legislative panel’s 10-year-old rulings
An FBI investigation of Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno is focusing on several opinions he received more than a decade ago from the Legislative Ethics Commission that relate to his personal business ventures, including real estate development and horse breeding, [...]
