A Bronx state senator and a billionaire mayoral candidate traded charges Thursday that one’s a miser and the other is stiffing him on the rent.
And no, the billionaire is not Mayor Bloomberg.
State Sen. Pedro Espada, who runs the Soundview Healthcare Network, said he’s being forced to close one of his longtime facilities today because it [...]
A likely Republican mayoral candidate told NY1 he is ready to face off against the mayor in a September primary.
Businessman John Catsimatidis said on last night’s edition of “Road to City Hall” that he has been getting a green light from Republicans to compete for the Republican Party’s nomination in this year’s mayoral race.
While Catsimatidis [...]
Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, a potential 2010 gubernatorial candidate, is being urged to take over the state GOP after a disastrous election that cost Republicans control of the Senate, insiders told The Post.
At the same time, current state GOP Chairman Joseph Mondello, the Nassau County leader widely criticized as ineffective and out-of-touch, is being encouraged [...]
In order to seek a third term, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has to circumvent a term-limits law, convince a previously wary public that such limits are negotiable and then win what could be a three-way race.
But the about-face may not prove as difficult as it sounds for the mayor, who has billions of dollars in the [...]
Checking off another box for his carefully scripted mayoral campaign, Rep. Anthony Weiner Tuesday laid out a five-point plan for “keeping New York the capital of the middle class” by encouraging job growth in the boroughs outside Manhattan.
He also solidified his opposition to Wal-Mart and other big-box stores, called for the city to reclaim control [...]
It’s undoubtedly not how John Catsimatidis, the billionaire Gristede’s owner and rumored 2009 mayoral candidate, would have liked his bespectacled, slightly pudgy face get public recognition: aloft on a pole held by a Brooklyn pre-teen, beneath the words “SHAME ON YOU!!”
The occasion was a protest by Families United for Racial and Economic Equality (FUREE), the [...]
Mayor Bloomberg may have brought the polish of a well-run Wall Street operation to City Hall, but if a visit to the supermarket mogul John Catsimatidis’s office is any indication, the latest billionaire to set his sights on the mayoralty will bring store circulars — and lots of them. NY Sun
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Politicians from across the city, many of whom are running for office in 2009, flocked to the New York Historical Society for a few moments at the microphone during the Council of Orthodox Jewish Organizations of the West Side’s legislative breakfast yesterday.
At least three likely mayoral candidates spoke at the gathering: Rep. Anthony Weiner, supermarket [...]
Queens City Councilman Tony Avella launched his run for mayor Sunday – promising a grass-roots campaign for lower taxes, less development and better schools.
“This is the beginning of a revolution. We are going to change the way city government operates,” Avella said on the steps of City Hall, surrounded by more than 100 sign-waving supporters.
“Even [...]
On a recent dreary morning in Manhattan John A. Catsimatidis was gobbling a breakfast of egg whites, spinach and toast at Midtown’s Harry Cipriani, a joint that gets its prestige from its prices rather than from its cuisine. Between bites the grocery magnate rattled off a few things he wants to accomplish this year: “I [...]
