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		<title>Morning Read: Money for Bribes But Not Wages; Liu&#039;s Travel Companion; Bloomberg Eyes the Exits</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204449804577068854152824544.html">Andrew Cuomo is considering an overhaul of the tax code </a>which would include a new bracket for upper-income earners, a move that would appeal to his liberal allies but anger many of his supporters in the business community.</p>
<p>William Boyland has a hit "a new low" in the history of corrupt politicians, the <em>Times </em> writes, soliciting bribes to pay for his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/assemblyman-william-boyland-jr-charged-again-with-bribery.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">lawyers defending him from separate bribery charges.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/beat_the_rap_pol_busted_lK9740LVOfK5OZEE18xzhL#ixzz1fCAjICM2">“The extent of the charged corruption is staggering,” </a>said US Attorney Loretta Lynch.</p>
<p>And it get worse--<a href="http://nycapitolnews.com/wordpress/2011/11/fbi-taped-boyland-in-brooklyn-while-he-claimed-albany-expenses/">Boyland claimed per diem expenses in Albany</a> on the days he was in Brooklyn soliciting the bribes.<!--more--></p>
<p>Jim Dwyer wonders why <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/no-money-for-a-living-wage-but-fat-abounds.html?ref=nyregion">public projects seem to have enough money </a>to buy off lawmakers but not enough to pay workers a living wage.</p>
<p>A key witness in the corruption case against <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/in-seabrook-trial-key-witness-says-her-memory-is-fading.html?ref=nyregion">Larry Seabrook acknowledged that she is suffering from memory loss.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/liu_money_honey_on_his_city_biz_D7QE0W8oJgfFI0rzbMrNLI">When John Liu travels the globe to meet with financiers </a>about investing in the city's pension fund he is often joined by Chung Seto, his longtime political consultant.</p>
<p>President Obama is coming <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-barack-obama-visits-manhattan-wednesday-fund-raising-events-article-1.984343">to the city today to raise money.</a></p>
<p>A State Supreme Court judge has ruled that a suit brought by an anti gay marriage group alleging that the same sex marriage vote was unconstitutional may proceed; the group says that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/judge-says-lawsuit-against-gay-marriage-law-in-new-york-may-proceed.html?ref=nyregion">the Republican-held State Senate violated the state's open meeting laws.</a></p>
<p>The administration must turn over <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/read_andrew_lips_18qP0SYkOXRpfjG3jp1IhI">emails between Cathie Black and Mayor Bloomberg</a>, a judge has ruled.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/matthew-p-sapolin-who-led-bloombergs-office-for-disabled-dies-at-41.html?ref=nyregion">Matthew P. Sapolin, </a>the Bloomberg administration’s disabilities commissioner, died of cancer yesterday. He was 41.</p>
<p>The city is going all artsy-shmartsy in an effort to cut down on pedestrian fatalities, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_going_haiku_koo_tqjtVh5gmcyYdy7PDFArWN">posting verse warning and drawings at dangerous intersections</a>.</p>
<p>Once again, tenants and residents are trying to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/stuyvesant-town-and-peter-cooper-tenants-hope-to-buy-apartments.html?ref=nyregion">buy Stuy Town and Peter Cooper village.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/eva-moskowitz-york-city-mayor-article-1.984201">Eva Moskowitz says she is still eyeing</a> a potential mayoral run.</p>
<p>Blaming the national economic downturn, s<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/highway_plan_driven_off_road_F8smkfKKR5EKcq6cI2KLrI#ixzz1fCBSM5QY">tate and federal transportation officials  are abandoning plans</a> to modernize and revamp crumbling stretches of the Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways, Rich Calder reports.</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204449804577068733614557236.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLELEADNewsCollection">SUNY head Nancy Zimpher </a>is embarking on a one-woman campaign to make students in the state college ready.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rick-perry-oops-moment-voting-age-election-day-wrong-rally-article-1.984117">Rick Perry had another brain freeze, </a>bungling  both the voting age and election day to a New Hampshire crowd.</p>
<p>With his eyes on the exits, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/lame_duck_bloomberg_plots_his_exit_ZUZNKpwbektafrqoMhJfQM">Mayor Bloomberg has instructed city agencies</a> to begin to compile a list of his administration's accomplishments.</p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204449804577068854152824544.html">Andrew Cuomo is considering an overhaul of the tax code </a>which would include a new bracket for upper-income earners, a move that would appeal to his liberal allies but anger many of his supporters in the business community.</p>
<p>William Boyland has a hit "a new low" in the history of corrupt politicians, the <em>Times </em> writes, soliciting bribes to pay for his <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/assemblyman-william-boyland-jr-charged-again-with-bribery.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">lawyers defending him from separate bribery charges.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/beat_the_rap_pol_busted_lK9740LVOfK5OZEE18xzhL#ixzz1fCAjICM2">“The extent of the charged corruption is staggering,” </a>said US Attorney Loretta Lynch.</p>
<p>And it get worse--<a href="http://nycapitolnews.com/wordpress/2011/11/fbi-taped-boyland-in-brooklyn-while-he-claimed-albany-expenses/">Boyland claimed per diem expenses in Albany</a> on the days he was in Brooklyn soliciting the bribes.<!--more--></p>
<p>Jim Dwyer wonders why <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/no-money-for-a-living-wage-but-fat-abounds.html?ref=nyregion">public projects seem to have enough money </a>to buy off lawmakers but not enough to pay workers a living wage.</p>
<p>A key witness in the corruption case against <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/in-seabrook-trial-key-witness-says-her-memory-is-fading.html?ref=nyregion">Larry Seabrook acknowledged that she is suffering from memory loss.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/liu_money_honey_on_his_city_biz_D7QE0W8oJgfFI0rzbMrNLI">When John Liu travels the globe to meet with financiers </a>about investing in the city's pension fund he is often joined by Chung Seto, his longtime political consultant.</p>
<p>President Obama is coming <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/president-barack-obama-visits-manhattan-wednesday-fund-raising-events-article-1.984343">to the city today to raise money.</a></p>
<p>A State Supreme Court judge has ruled that a suit brought by an anti gay marriage group alleging that the same sex marriage vote was unconstitutional may proceed; the group says that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/judge-says-lawsuit-against-gay-marriage-law-in-new-york-may-proceed.html?ref=nyregion">the Republican-held State Senate violated the state's open meeting laws.</a></p>
<p>The administration must turn over <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/opinion/editorials/read_andrew_lips_18qP0SYkOXRpfjG3jp1IhI">emails between Cathie Black and Mayor Bloomberg</a>, a judge has ruled.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/matthew-p-sapolin-who-led-bloombergs-office-for-disabled-dies-at-41.html?ref=nyregion">Matthew P. Sapolin, </a>the Bloomberg administration’s disabilities commissioner, died of cancer yesterday. He was 41.</p>
<p>The city is going all artsy-shmartsy in an effort to cut down on pedestrian fatalities, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/city_going_haiku_koo_tqjtVh5gmcyYdy7PDFArWN">posting verse warning and drawings at dangerous intersections</a>.</p>
<p>Once again, tenants and residents are trying to <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/30/nyregion/stuyvesant-town-and-peter-cooper-tenants-hope-to-buy-apartments.html?ref=nyregion">buy Stuy Town and Peter Cooper village.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/eva-moskowitz-york-city-mayor-article-1.984201">Eva Moskowitz says she is still eyeing</a> a potential mayoral run.</p>
<p>Blaming the national economic downturn, s<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/brooklyn/highway_plan_driven_off_road_F8smkfKKR5EKcq6cI2KLrI#ixzz1fCBSM5QY">tate and federal transportation officials  are abandoning plans</a> to modernize and revamp crumbling stretches of the Brooklyn-Queens and Gowanus expressways, Rich Calder reports.</p>
<p><a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204449804577068733614557236.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLELEADNewsCollection">SUNY head Nancy Zimpher </a>is embarking on a one-woman campaign to make students in the state college ready.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/rick-perry-oops-moment-voting-age-election-day-wrong-rally-article-1.984117">Rick Perry had another brain freeze, </a>bungling  both the voting age and election day to a New Hampshire crowd.</p>
<p>With his eyes on the exits, <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/lame_duck_bloomberg_plots_his_exit_ZUZNKpwbektafrqoMhJfQM">Mayor Bloomberg has instructed city agencies</a> to begin to compile a list of his administration's accomplishments.</p>
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