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A Confident Spitzer Looks for Jewish Votes to Win ‘Bucking Bronco’ Race 27 Aug 2013 | 07:53 pm
Eliot Spitzer taking questions from the audience. On the same day that a leading mayoral candidate hit the campaign trail for the Orthodox Jewish vote at a pizzeria in the Boro Park neighborhood of B...
Morning Read: ‘A Little Cat Nap’ 27 Aug 2013 | 05:40 pm
Today's El Diario. (Photo: Newseum) Headline of the Day: "Polling site inside ‘Thank you, Vito Lopez’ building must be moved, former Assemblyman’s rival says." Runner-Up: "The New York Times’ Most T...
Lhota Says Catsimatidis Ads ‘Piss Me Off’ 27 Aug 2013 | 08:48 am
John Catsimatidis, Joe Lhota and George McDonald at tonight's debate. Tell us how you really feel, Joe Lhota. The former MTA chair joined his fellow Republican candidates at a mostly-genial mayoral ...
Bloomberg Deputy Goes After Bill de Blasio on NY1 27 Aug 2013 | 07:31 am
Howard Wolfson. (Screenshot: NY1) Just in case it wasn't already clear from the barbs on his Twitter feed, Deputy Mayor Howard Wolfson is not a fan of Bill de Blasio's vision for the city. During an...
Councilman Proposes Cigarette-Style Warnings on Independent PAC Ads 27 Aug 2013 | 04:50 am
A mock independent expenditure warning. (Photo: Councilman Lander's office.) City Councilman Brad Lander is looking to rein in exploding expenditures from super PAC-like groups with proposed new legi...
De Blasio Brandishes Boro Park Roots in Bid to Win Orthodox Jewish Votes 27 Aug 2013 | 03:47 am
Bill de Blasio next to his trash can. It's good to be back home, or at least in your former City Council district. Bill de Blasio took his mayoral campaign down a busy business strip in the heart of...
Bill de Blasio Insists He’s Very Decisive 27 Aug 2013 | 02:21 am
Bill de Blasio at his Brooklyn campaign stop today. Bill de Blasio says he's decisive, no matter what the The New York Times may say to the contrary. This morning, the paper of record ran a front-pa...
Anthony Weiner Proclaims Himself a Pro-Women Candidate 27 Aug 2013 | 12:33 am
Anthony Weiner speaks at the 2011 Planned Parenthood Stand Up For Women Health Rally. (Screenshot) Former Congressman Anthony Weiner, who has come under repeated fire from women's groups and feminis...
New Quinn Ad Touts Newspaper Endorsement Triple Play 26 Aug 2013 | 10:07 pm
A scene from the ad. That was fast. Less than half a day after copies of the New York Post shipped out across the city with their reluctant endorsement of her mayoral campaign on the cover, Council ...
Christine Quinn Scores Tennis Champ Billie Jean King’s Endorsement 26 Aug 2013 | 08:54 pm
Billie Jean King keeping her fingers crossed for Christine Quinn. On the heels of major endorsements from the city's three leading papers, Christine Quinn rallied forward with a different sort of nod...
