Much like Herman Cain, Occupy Wall Street won’t let setbacks keep them out of the limelight. About 25 protesters rallied outside Newt Gingrich’s $1000-per person fundraiser at the Union League Club on Park Avenue this morning to protest his lobbying activities and strike back after he told them to “get a job, right after you take a bath.” Read More
Some people just never learn.
Just weeks after he beat federal corruption charges describing him as a “a paid advocate in Albany, a politician on the take,” Brooklyn assemblyman William F. Boyland Jr. was arrested by the FBI again this morning – for taking bribes to pay the lawyers defending him in the first bribe-taking trial. Read More
As the annual scrap over New York’s next budget gathers steam and agencies nationwide grow wary of cuts mandated by the failure of the “supercomittee”, care for city AIDS patients remains to look secure. The Independent Budget Office has just released a report detailing how changes in the AIDS patient population and the nature of the disease will most likely force City Hall to look for savings elsewhere. Read More
Democratic firebrand Barney Frank will not be seeking a 17th term in the House next year, according to a statement released by his office. Mr. Frank will elaborate at a news conference later today. Read More
As a bill to allow livery cabs to pick up street hails in the outer boroughs languishes on Governor Andrew Cuomo’s desk and hearings begin in a lawsuit against the city over disabled yellow cab access, taxi industry members slammed Mayor Michael Bloomberg today for fuzzy math they claim threatens their business. Read More
Michael Bloomberg fired another shot in the city’s decade-long war on smoking today, announcing a lawsuit against a small chain of hole-in-the wall shops offering a pack of cigarettes for as little as $2.95. Read More
Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver – last seen sporting a set of bruises, stitches, and scabs all over his face after a bike fall – has checked into hospital for treatment on knee swelling caused by the same accident. The speaker was in Puerto Rico for the annual Somos el Futuro conference, where politicians schmooze with labor leaders and lobbyists ostensibly over Hispanic-related issues, earlier this month when he took a nasty spin after the bike he rented hit a San Juan pothole. Read More
With the holiday season approaching and the weather taking a turn for the worse, a group of activists and politicians led by Bronx/Westchester state senator Jeffrey Klein rallied today for more foreclosure counseling and legal aid funding in next year’s budget. Read More
Defeated 2009 mayoral candidate Bill Thompson was the last of the 2013 contenders to have his say on the Occupy eviction this afternoon. Read More
Not one to be outdone by her opponents in the 2013 mayoral race, City Council speaker Christine Quinn shared her take on Mayor Bloomberg’s OWS eviction today. Read More
