Brooklyn councilwoman Darlene Mealy’s 25G for nonprofit run by sister tabled
May 12, 2008
City Council member Darlene Mealy insists her sister’s nonprofit group hasn’t received a dime from taxpayers - but it wasn’t for lack of trying.
Mealy admits she tried to sponsor $25,000 in Council “discretionary funds” for the Fulton-Atlantic-Ralph-Rochester Community Association (FARR), a Brooklyn block association run by her sister, Louise, out of her apartment.
For some reason [...]
Fossella To Seek Re-Election
May 11, 2008
Despite calls for him to resign, it seems embattled Congressman Vito Fossella will be fighting to keep his seat on Capitol Hill in November.
A high-ranking Republican source on Staten Island told NY1 yesterday that Fossella plans to run for re-election. It would be his sixth term.
The source also told NY1 that Fossella is surprised some [...]
David Soares Raises $14Gs from Labor Unions Breakfast
May 9, 2008
A group of unions raised $14,000 for Albany County District Attorney David Soares at a breakfast this morning, bringing his labor support so far to almost $50,000, according to the Working Families Party.
The WFP and union leaders at the breakfast at the Desmond say the show of support is unusual this early in the year, coming [...]
City launches Greenwich Village charter school
May 9, 2008
The 560-seat elementary school will occupy the first six floors of the New York Foundling’s headquarters; New York Foundling will maintain offices on the upper floors.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Joel Klein on Friday announced an agreement to transform New York Foundling’s Greenwich Village headquarters into a 560-seat elementary school to serve families in [...]
Anonymous Political Attack Mailer
May 9, 2008
You may have gotten one in the mail. And you may also wonder who sent it? That’s the question state Senator Jim Alesi is asking.
The full page, full color mailer was apparently sent to thousands of households this week. It attacks Alesi for voting to give extra property tax cuts to Long Island. One section [...]
Scandal May Hurt Family-Values Image and Hopes for a Sixth Term
May 9, 2008
Representative Vito J. Fossella has left open the door to fighting for a sixth term in Congress, but there is a sense among politicians — both Democratic and Republican — as well as analysts that the embattled congressman’s political prospects are dim at best.
Most said that Mr. Fossella’s fortunes diminished when he stood before [...]
Parents say NYC public schools overcrowded
May 9, 2008
Parents and public officials are warning that schools in some city neighborhoods are overcrowded, because a jump in residential development is not being matched with an increase in new educational facilities.
City Comptroller William Thompson Jr. said in a report to be released Friday that the school system’s capital planning processes were “broken,” according to the [...]
Economic agency shift irritates upstate
May 9, 2008
Gov. David Paterson should retain a chairman in charge of upstate economic development and not put the job under an official with responsibility for the whole state, business leaders in Rochester and Buffalo said Thursday.
The business leaders are miffed by Paterson’s contention that the Empire State Development Corp. should have one head instead of upstate [...]
Marty Markowitz: Don’t dump homeless on Brooklyn
May 9, 2008
A Bloomberg administration plan to move the city’s central intake center for homeless men from Manhattan’s East Side to Crown Heights brought a bevy of protesters to the mayor’s doorstep yesterday to make their feelings known.
“Brooklyn is being dumped on!” complained Borough President Marty Markowitz, Brooklyn’s cheerleader, favorite son and possible mayoral candidate at a [...]
Letitia James, Council Members Fined for Violations
May 9, 2008
Two City Council members and a Council candidate are facing fines from the city’s Campaign Finance Board for a variety of violations.
A council member who represents Clinton Hill and Fort Greene in Brooklyn, Letitia James, was fined $5,700 for spending $9,290 on expenses that the board deemed unrelated to the campaign and “improper,” for failing [...]
