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		<title>Morning Read: Meet Ms. Meng; Bad Beaches; Decision Day at the Supreme Court</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p>David Chen profiles Grace Meng, calling her "a little-known state legislator from Flushing who is poised to become <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/grace-meng-is-rising-star-for-asian-new-yorkers.html?ref=nyregion">the biggest political star from New York City’s fastest-growing demographic group."</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-democratic-congressional-candidate-republican-foe-race-religion-contest-article-1.1103472">Meng and her GOP opponent, Dan Halloran</a>, started firing salvos already, with Halloran painting her as a tax and spend liberal.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-prospective-congressman-vows-explore-tax-breaks-jewish-parents-ease-foreclosure-woes-monitor-stop-and-frisk-article-1.1103516#ixzz1z5QTFdJx">Hakeem Jeffries laid out legislative agenda</a>, including  securing tax breaks for parents who send their children to religious schools, easing the deep foreclosure problem, to federal oversight of the NYPD.</p>
<p>Adriano Espaillat didn't give much credence to new precinct numbers that showed his race against Charlie Rangel getting narrower, but did tell supporters Tuesday night “<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/margin-victory-narrows-congressional-democratic-primary-rep-rangel-victory-secure-article-1.1103582#ixzz1z5Qx5GXT">You live to fight another day. This is not my first loss. I’ll dust myself off and come back again.”<!--more--></a></p>
<p>And even though Rangel one, change is afoot in Harlem, and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303561504577493212311607648.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLETopStories">Guillermo Linares predicted that a Latino would win that seat eventually. </a></p>
<p>Cindy Adams is<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cindy_adams/jacko_rabbi_has_marriage_advice_w8jv48Y37nMvXiAxDQmudI"> glad that Rangel won. </a></p>
<p>Turnout was as low as was expected yesterday, with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/ny-congressional-primaries-drew-few-voters.html?ref=nyregion">only 12-14 percent of registered Dems bothering to vote. </a></p>
<p>SuperPACs are prepared to spend big in <a href="http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120628/NEWS01/306280023/N-Y-House-races-seen-crucial?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|PoughkeepsieJournal.com&amp;nclick_check=1&amp;sf4863607=1">New York's House races this fall.</a></p>
<p>Emails obtained by an environmental group reveal that the Cuomo administration gave drillers access to <a href="http://www.ewg.org/report/inside-track-cuomo-team-gave-drillers-edge-influence-fracking-rules">draft regulations about new hydrofracking rules.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ewg.org/report/inside-track-cuomo-team-gave-drillers-edge-influence-fracking-rules">The City Council dished out $147 million in pork this year, including to a health center in Queens whose funds are under examination by the city's Health Dept. </a></p>
<p>Mike Bloomberg will re-open McCarren Pool this morning, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/celebrate-reopening-brooklyn-mccarren-park-pool-article-1.1103560">a move that <em>The Daily News</em> cheered.</a></p>
<p>Fernando Cabrera wants <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-councilman-fernando-cabrera-rename-willis-avenue-bridge-mayor-david-dinkins-article-1.1103641">a bridge named after David Dinkins. </a></p>
<p><em>The Times</em> worries that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/opinion/new-york-citys-balanced-budget-for-now.html?ref=nyregion">Mike Bloomberg's budget relies on overly optimistic projections. </a></p>
<p>Pollution is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/number-of-pollution-related-beach-closings-in-new-york-rose-sharply-in-2011.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">rising at city beaches. </a></p>
<p>The new Barclays Center is providing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/amid-gloom-job-hopes-rest-heavily-on-a-new-brooklyn-arena.html?ref=nyregion">a lifeline to those who are looking for work.</a></p>
<p>A new group said that <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/citing-discrimination-in-stop-and-frisk-practice-coalition-calls-for-reforms/?ref=nyregion">Mayor Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk reforms do not go far enough.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/paterson_sorry_for_cash_slash_4M74M8d9gjq8Bw41l4YbwI">Now that he is on the MTA board,</a> David Paterson said he regretted raiding the agency's funds.</p>
<p>At last, SCOTUS will decide <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57462510/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-health-care-reform/">the future of Obamacare this morning. </a></p>
<p>Ezra Klein says that the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/28/individual-mandageddon-its-the-next-president-that-matters-most/">future of the law will really be up to the next president. </a></p>
<p>And the next president will have a chance to alter significantly <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/us/presidential-election-could-reshape-an-aging-supreme-court.html">the makeup of the Supreme Court,</a> regardless of today's outcome.</p>
<p>As late as 2009, Mitt Romney <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/27/video-romney-and-the-mandate/">was touting the notion of an individual mandate. </a></p>
<p>Obama is <a href="http://maristpoll.marist.edu/628-obama-and-romney-in-close-contest-in-north-carolina/">up in North Carolina. </a></p>
<p>Mitt Romney led <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/28/mitt-romney-fires-up-supporters-on-virginia-campaign-stop.html">a raucous rally in nearby Virginia. </a></p>
<p>Obama is fundraising off the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-fundraises-off-supreme-court-uncertainty">SCOTUS decision before it has been decided. </a></p>
<p>At last, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/business/economy/new-indications-housing-recovery-is-under-way.html?_r=1&amp;hp">a housing recovery seems at hand.</a></p>
<p>Congress will vote today on <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/house-to-vote-on-holding-attorney-general-holder-in-contempt/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29">whether or not to hold Eric Holder in contempt. </a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>David Chen profiles Grace Meng, calling her "a little-known state legislator from Flushing who is poised to become <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/grace-meng-is-rising-star-for-asian-new-yorkers.html?ref=nyregion">the biggest political star from New York City’s fastest-growing demographic group."</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/queens-democratic-congressional-candidate-republican-foe-race-religion-contest-article-1.1103472">Meng and her GOP opponent, Dan Halloran</a>, started firing salvos already, with Halloran painting her as a tax and spend liberal.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brooklyn-prospective-congressman-vows-explore-tax-breaks-jewish-parents-ease-foreclosure-woes-monitor-stop-and-frisk-article-1.1103516#ixzz1z5QTFdJx">Hakeem Jeffries laid out legislative agenda</a>, including  securing tax breaks for parents who send their children to religious schools, easing the deep foreclosure problem, to federal oversight of the NYPD.</p>
<p>Adriano Espaillat didn't give much credence to new precinct numbers that showed his race against Charlie Rangel getting narrower, but did tell supporters Tuesday night “<a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/margin-victory-narrows-congressional-democratic-primary-rep-rangel-victory-secure-article-1.1103582#ixzz1z5Qx5GXT">You live to fight another day. This is not my first loss. I’ll dust myself off and come back again.”<!--more--></a></p>
<p>And even though Rangel one, change is afoot in Harlem, and <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702303561504577493212311607648.html?mod=WSJ_NY_MIDDLETopStories">Guillermo Linares predicted that a Latino would win that seat eventually. </a></p>
<p>Cindy Adams is<a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/pagesix/cindy_adams/jacko_rabbi_has_marriage_advice_w8jv48Y37nMvXiAxDQmudI"> glad that Rangel won. </a></p>
<p>Turnout was as low as was expected yesterday, with <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/ny-congressional-primaries-drew-few-voters.html?ref=nyregion">only 12-14 percent of registered Dems bothering to vote. </a></p>
<p>SuperPACs are prepared to spend big in <a href="http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120628/NEWS01/306280023/N-Y-House-races-seen-crucial?odyssey=tab|topnews|text|PoughkeepsieJournal.com&amp;nclick_check=1&amp;sf4863607=1">New York's House races this fall.</a></p>
<p>Emails obtained by an environmental group reveal that the Cuomo administration gave drillers access to <a href="http://www.ewg.org/report/inside-track-cuomo-team-gave-drillers-edge-influence-fracking-rules">draft regulations about new hydrofracking rules.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.ewg.org/report/inside-track-cuomo-team-gave-drillers-edge-influence-fracking-rules">The City Council dished out $147 million in pork this year, including to a health center in Queens whose funds are under examination by the city's Health Dept. </a></p>
<p>Mike Bloomberg will re-open McCarren Pool this morning, <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/celebrate-reopening-brooklyn-mccarren-park-pool-article-1.1103560">a move that <em>The Daily News</em> cheered.</a></p>
<p>Fernando Cabrera wants <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/city-councilman-fernando-cabrera-rename-willis-avenue-bridge-mayor-david-dinkins-article-1.1103641">a bridge named after David Dinkins. </a></p>
<p><em>The Times</em> worries that <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/opinion/new-york-citys-balanced-budget-for-now.html?ref=nyregion">Mike Bloomberg's budget relies on overly optimistic projections. </a></p>
<p>Pollution is <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/number-of-pollution-related-beach-closings-in-new-york-rose-sharply-in-2011.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">rising at city beaches. </a></p>
<p>The new Barclays Center is providing <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/nyregion/amid-gloom-job-hopes-rest-heavily-on-a-new-brooklyn-arena.html?ref=nyregion">a lifeline to those who are looking for work.</a></p>
<p>A new group said that <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/06/27/citing-discrimination-in-stop-and-frisk-practice-coalition-calls-for-reforms/?ref=nyregion">Mayor Bloomberg's stop-and-frisk reforms do not go far enough.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/paterson_sorry_for_cash_slash_4M74M8d9gjq8Bw41l4YbwI">Now that he is on the MTA board,</a> David Paterson said he regretted raiding the agency's funds.</p>
<p>At last, SCOTUS will decide <a href="http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-505263_162-57462510/supreme-court-set-to-rule-on-health-care-reform/">the future of Obamacare this morning. </a></p>
<p>Ezra Klein says that the <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/ezra-klein/wp/2012/06/28/individual-mandageddon-its-the-next-president-that-matters-most/">future of the law will really be up to the next president. </a></p>
<p>And the next president will have a chance to alter significantly <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/us/presidential-election-could-reshape-an-aging-supreme-court.html">the makeup of the Supreme Court,</a> regardless of today's outcome.</p>
<p>As late as 2009, Mitt Romney <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/27/video-romney-and-the-mandate/">was touting the notion of an individual mandate. </a></p>
<p>Obama is <a href="http://maristpoll.marist.edu/628-obama-and-romney-in-close-contest-in-north-carolina/">up in North Carolina. </a></p>
<p>Mitt Romney led <a href="http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/06/28/mitt-romney-fires-up-supporters-on-virginia-campaign-stop.html">a raucous rally in nearby Virginia. </a></p>
<p>Obama is fundraising off the <a href="http://www.buzzfeed.com/zekejmiller/obama-fundraises-off-supreme-court-uncertainty">SCOTUS decision before it has been decided. </a></p>
<p>At last, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/06/28/business/economy/new-indications-housing-recovery-is-under-way.html?_r=1&amp;hp">a housing recovery seems at hand.</a></p>
<p>Congress will vote today on <a href="http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2012/06/28/house-to-vote-on-holding-attorney-general-holder-in-contempt/?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fcnn_politicalticker+%28Blog%3A+Political+Ticker%29">whether or not to hold Eric Holder in contempt. </a></p>
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