Facing the prospect of a cash-sucking primary, Kirsten Gillibrand is wasting no time, and has already established a 2010 committee for her (re-) election run, John Bresnahan reports. Independently, we’ve also learned that Gillibrand is talking to Hillary Clinton’s former New York regional finance director Dennis Cheng to spearhead her own fundraising operation, from a [...]
In what could be his last hurrah or a longshot at resurrection, former Bronx Democratic Party boss José Rivera has filed a court appeal to win his old job back. The appeal comes as Rivera has seen his small circle of loyalists dwindling. Also, three Bronx state senators Tuesday called on the assemblyman to let [...]
A Sept. 11 memorial is taking shape at ground zero, with a nearly completed reflecting pool the size of the World Trade Center’s north tower footprint. New aerial photos show the pool, one of two being built over the twin towers’ footprints. The pool is the first piece of the Manhattan site that looks like [...]
New York state will lose nearly $1 billion in revenues because cash bonuses to Wall Street employees declined 44 percent last year, according to a report state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli issued Wednesday. DiNapoli estimates the securities industry paid its New York City employees $18.4 billion in bonuses for 2008, compared with nearly $33 billion in [...]
State Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco was tapped Tuesday as the Republican Party’s candidate to run in a special election to replace former Rep. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was sworn in Tuesday as U.S. senator. Tedisco won a majority of the vote among 10 county GOP chairmen during a private meeting in Albany. He received more [...]
Former Health Commissioner Dr. Antonia Novello, blasted by the New York inspector general for the massive misuse of state workers, could be indicted within weeks on at least two felony charges, it was learned yesterday. The indictment, on charges including defrauding the government, offering a false instrument for filing and, possibly, income-tax evasion, would be [...]
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is apparently gearing up, albeit quietly, for his third mayoral campaign. A team hired to help Bloomberg win re-election moved into its Midtown headquarters this week. Bloomberg has also hired a strategist Bill Smikle, who used to work for one of his competitors. Smikle worked for Congressman Anthony Weiner until just a [...]
Roger Toussaint, president of Local 100 of the Transport Workers Union, who in December 2005 led a two and a half day strike that brought the city’s mass transit system to a halt won’t seek another term as president of the union, sources tell The Examiner. Toussaint was appointed director of strategic planning last year [...]
Sen. Charles Schumer’s plan to increase a mass transit tax break for commuters has been included in the Senate version of the economic stimulus package now being debated in Congress. His plan would increase the monthly tax-free transit benefit, now $120, to $230, the same amount as the parking benefit for commuters who drive to [...]
Incoming U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., takes office today amid criticism from gun control supporters, who say they are troubled by the National Rifle Association’s endorsement and a stance favoring what she has called “hunters’ rights.” During two years in the House, Gillibrand has built only a short record on gun issues, but each of [...]
