By Jill Colvin 5/13 3:49pm

Spare Some Change?

Adolfo Carrión Jr. (Photo: carrion2013.com)

Adolfo Carrión Raises Less Than $20,000 in Latest Period

Mayoral candidate Adolfo Carrión Jr. raised just $18,000 over the latest fundraising period, his campaign announced on Monday.

Mr. Carrión, who is running on the Independence Party ticket, still has more than $530,000 cash on-hand–enough to keep him in the race. But the total, raised from March 12 through May 11, is less than the numbers put up by many City Council candidates and is a sure a blow for the former Bronx Borough President’s bid for the top job in City Hall. Read More

By Colin Campbell 4/12 1:03pm

Planes Trains & Automobiles

(Photo: Getty)

Joe Lhota Applauds Cuomo’s ‘Superb Choice’ to Head M.T.A.

This afternoon, Governor Andrew Cuomo officially announced his pick to head the Metropolitan Transit Authority, left vacant over 100 days ago when then-Chairman Joe Lhota resigned to pursue a mayoral campaign: M.T.A. Interim Executive Director Tom Prendergast. And Mr. Lhota told Politicker he couldn’t be more pleased with the selection.

“Tom Prendergast is a superb choice and he has a unique understanding of the system,” Mr. Lhota proclaimed. “And I know of no one who cares more for the customers and the riders than Tom Prendergast. As chairman, I relied on him more than anyone and I think it’s a great choice.”

Mr. Cuomo, in a statement, was similarly effusive. Read More

By Colin Campbell 4/24/12 7:31am

carl's wisdom

Carl Paladino (Photo: NY1)

Paladino: Press Has Worked to Undermine Newt Gingrich’s Candidacy

For Republican voters in New York, it’s Election Day today and you have the choice of voting for Mitt Romney for president, or for one of the three other names on the ballot, two of whom are still technically vying for the nomination.

And it’s sentences like the above that has fueled former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino’s latest beef.

“You guys in the press have been beating down any opposition to Romney for months. You started four or five months ago telling us, ‘Romney’s going to win. Romney’s going to win,’ and trying to make it a self-fulfilling prophecy,” he declared on Inside City Hall last night. “That’s wrong!” Read More