The Bob Turner for Congress campaign has just released a robo-call of former mayor Ed Koch blasting David Weprin for trying to “scare seniors.”
“David Weprin is making phone calls trying to scare seniors,” Koch says in the call. They’re nonsense. Weprin should be ashamed of himself. Bob Turner is running for Congress to protect your Medicare and Social Security.” Read More
Here’s the invitation to congressional candidate David Weprin’s August 31 fund-raiser that will also feature NYS Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and retiring independent Connecticut Senator Joseph Lieberman. (For $2,500, attendees can get a photo with Lieberman.)
The event will be co-hosted by NORPAC, which says they are “the largest pro-Israel PAC.”
Along with raising money, the event is meant to further insulate Weprin from criticisms that he is not an ardent-enough supporter of Israel. Read More
NY-9: Catsimatidis said Obama threw business community “under the bus;” raising money for Turner on 8/23. [City Hall News]
NY-9: Weprin’s vote for same-sex marriage may be his biggest obstacle. “National Democratic officials are considering pouring resources into the race.” [Chris Bragg / City Hall News]
NY-9: Turner’s latest attack on Park51 is “hapless.” [Alison Gendar / Daily News]
Verizon Contract: 8 to 4, Panel for Education policy approves the deal. [Fernanda Santos / New York Times]
Verizon Contract: “We have a responsibility to pay Verizon – but to do this we have to approve this contract,” said Chancellor Walcott. [Ben Chapman / Daily News]
Verizon Contract: Liu criticized for “pandering” to union. [Daily News]
Crown Heights: Panel invite to Sharpton reignites debate about his role then. [Andy Stolis / NY Post]
Crown Heights: “If it is not an event that will heal, it is not an event that I will partake in,” said Sharpton. [Simone Weichselbaum / Daily News]
City Council: “He has no regard for the law, and this is a person who wants to be a lawmaker,” challenger Allan Jennings said of Councilman Ruben Wills. [Michael Saul / WSJ]
Immigration: Bloomberg hasn’t take a position on Quinn’s bill to end city’s participation in a federal program that has led to the deportation of people from Rikers Island. [Reuven Blau / Daily News]
9/11: “Christie privately lambasted Bloomberg as ‘Napoleon,’ ‘a dictator’ and ‘a putz’” for not inviting the NJ governor of 2001 to the 10th anniversary. [Josh Margolin and Bob Fredericks / NY Post]
9/11: Prompted by Florida congressman, FBI probe of Ground Zero workers shows none are suspected terrorists. [Devlin Barrett / WSJ]
Transportation: [A judge] made clear that he believes Sadik-Khan made a mockery of her responsibilities to provide the public with full access to city records as required by the Freedom of Information Law.” [Daily News]
Decoding Sharpton: “Most of the candidates who pay tribute to him aren’t nearly as concerned with the support of a man who has never drawn even 150,000 votes in four losing runs for office, as with defending themselves from the negative attention he can summon.” [Harry Siegel / Village Voice]
2012: Obama needs policy ideas to accompany his newfound anger at GOP. [New York Times]
2012: Two books — one subtitled “Why Rick Perry Will Make America Miss George W. Bush” — on the way. [Kate Taylor / New York Times]
NY-9: Bloomberg not likely to endorse Turner, but the GOP candidate “hired Bottom Line Marketing Group, which handled direct mail targeting Orthodox Jews for Bloomberg’s successful 2005 re-election.” [Adam Dickter / Jewish Week]
Data: The New York Times – CBS News poll Bloomberg’s souring populating. [New York Times]
Gillibrand’s Challenger: Nassau Comptroller Margos attends Onondaga County GOP’s clambake later today. [John Mariani / Post-Standard]
9/11 Tribute: Cuomo wants to change tradition and, possibly, “address the gathering with substantive remarks.” [Jacob Gershman / WSJ]
Jobs: Cuomo signed bill requiring telephone betting centers be located in state. [James Odato / Times Union]
Jobs: 12 staffers at Committee on Public Integrity laid off as Cuomo signs Joint Committee on Public Ethics into law. [Jimmy Vielkind / Times Union]
Taxes: “Mr. Buffett has also already sheltered the bulk of his fortune from federal taxes by putting them into a foundation that will give the money away.” [WSJ]
Headline: “Anti-Walmart activists, politicians need to recognize ordinary New Yorkers want retailer here” [Daily News]
Pensions: “Crazy” to ask more givebacks from CSEA members, says union president. [Glenn Blain / Daily News]
Dress Code: Councilman Weprin bill protect employees’ right to wear religious clothing; unclear if NYPD will permit Sikhs to wear “full turban”. [Michael Saul / WSJ]
Bike Lanes: City wins major lawsuit over opponents; “frivolous lawsuit” said Sadik-Khan. [Andrew Grossman / WSJ]
Toll Hikes: Possible compromise is $2 increase for “everyday commuters.” [Margolin, Fenton and Fermino / NY Post]
Toll Hikes: No voting member of the Port Authority attended hard-to-find meeting on Staten Island; boisterous union yells in favor of hikes. [Jillian Jorgensen and Michael Sedon / SI Advance]
2012: Ron Paul has a friend in upstate Rep. Gibson. [Jimmy Vielkind / Times Union]
Attacking Perry: “Rangel Pulls the Race Card…” [Brian O'Connor / Red Dog Report]
Attacking Perry: Rangel is “serving up the red meet.” [Josh Marshall / Twitter]
NY-9: Weprin supporter hits Turner for being “silent” on congestion pricing. [Alison Gendar / Daily News]
NY-9: “Schumer also might help move Jewish voters.” [Liz Benjamin / Capital Tonight]
2014: CSEA reminds Cuomo they’re not necessarily going to support him. [Liz Benjamin / Capital Tonight]
Labor: CSEA will oppose Cuomo on pension changes. [Glenn Blain / Daily News]
Polls: “Bloomberg’s job approval rating among New Yorkers has hit its lowest point in six years.” [David Chen / New York Times]
Investigation: Schneiderman probe of BofA likely to continue even if giant company settles with other states. [Son, Hopkins and Woellert / Bloomberg]
Debt: AG Schneiderman gets $3.5 million settlement with California-based company that “sold computers and other electronics at highly inflated prices and credit terms” to soldiers near Fort Drum. [AP]
Attacks: Schneiderman’s investigation into Wall Street prompts a “smear” campaign. [Matt Hamlin / Ameriblog]
Transportation: Bike advocate trashes Daily News edit board member. “He could have asked these guys at any time what the deal is …I guess that’s not how the Daily News editorial board handles the task of gathering information.” [Ben Fried / StreetsBlog]
Education: Charter school makes a cameo in new Spider-Man. [Philissa Cramer / Gotham Schools]
Bloomberg’s Garbage: Captain Sully said, “putting a trash facility this close to one of the busiest runways in the nation just doesn’t make sense. It’s really a terrible idea.” [NY Post]
Immigration: State Senate Dems urge Obama to drop Secure Communities program. [Liz Benjamin / Capital Tonight]
Pictures: Brooklyn cops “looking fierce.” [Jole / KensingtonProspect.com]
And a unique story, courtesy of BlackStarNews.com
Republican congressional candidate Bob Turner’s first television ad — which shows images of the World Trade Center buildings on fire during the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks — is drawing criticism.
City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, a Democrat, was in midtown to speak at an international conference on fire fighter safety.
When asked about the ad, Quinn told the Observer nobody should use images like that for politics.
“Look, I don’t think elected officials or people who are running for office should use the tragedy of 9/11 for political gain.” Quinn said. Read More
A post on the Weekly Standard‘s website that says that the State Department doesn’t recognize people born in Jerusalem as Israeli has been burning up the right-wing blogosphere.
This morning Bob Turner joined in the fight.
“President Obama has found a new way to try to humiliate our Israeli allies and placate that nation’s enemies, and he needs to reverse himself immediately,” said Turner, the Republican nominee for the 9th Congressional district. Read More
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One day after a Siena poll showed him to be within six points, Republican Bob Turner is out with his first television ad, attacking his Democratic opponent, David Weprin, for supporting the right to build a mosque near Ground Zero.
The 30-second ad — titled “Send A Message” — opens with a static shot of the Twin Towers on fire, then juxtaposes that with the facade of a mosque, followed by the smiling face of President Obama.
That’s followed by a shot of Weprin saying, “I support the right of the mosque to build.” Read More
2012: “If he runs, Giuliani’s advisers envision a smaller, scrappier operation than his 2008.” [AP]
2017: Mr. Baldwin, a 53-year-old Long Island native, is hardly huddling with the masses. He lives at the Eldorado.” [Diane Cardwell / New York Times]
NY-9: “This is ours to lose,” said Turner. [Dan Long / KickLedger]
NY-9: “OVER confidence. No Republican in #NY9 should talk like that.” [Russ Schaffer / Twitter]
NY-9: “Schumer has indicated he will officially endorse Weprin and Cuomo has yet to weigh in on the race.” [Rachel Hartman / Yahoo]
NY-9: This may be the last primary in September. [erick Ortiz / amNewYork]
Crime: “[S]omebody tried to shoot me through the window,” Assembyman Boyland reportedly said last night. [Larry Celona and Joe Mollica / NY Post]
Crime: “It doesn’t seem they were aiming at the vehicle,” said Inspector Royster. [Joseph Goldstein and Sarah Nir / New York Times]
City Budget: “Bloomberg inserted $22.5 million into city budget to pay for his high-profile initiative…items were specifics in budget documents that council members received the day they voted.” [Michael Saul / WSJ]
Travel Expenses: State lawmakers spent $2.9 million this year. [Joseph Spector / Gannett]
Travel Expenses: Freshman Assemblyman Eric Stevenson tops the list, eight $26,468. [Tony Cassino / Bronx Chattter]
Gambling: Editors say drop casino push, and stop diverting current gambling profits “from lottery’s video slot machines to subsidize horse-racing tracks.” [Daily News]
Labor: Verizon protesters rally outside Southampton home they thought @vp was located in. [Lisa Du / Newsday]
Audits: NYPA spent money on “nonessential” things like “parties, ceremonies, gifts and memberships,” said DiNapoli. [Ken Lovett / Daily News]
Audits: “NYPA defended many of the questionable costs as morale-boosting and necessary.” [Casey Seiler / Times Union]
Toll Hikes: “Cuomo administration knew of the $4 plan before the PA announced it Friday, sources said. [Glenn Blain and Pete Donohue / Daily News]
Headline: “New sex-education curriculum must teach kids how unwanted pregnancies perpetuate poverty.” [Daily News]
Medicaid: Espada’s organization getting cut off from Medicaid, “effectively shutting down the 30 year old Bronx-based health clinic.” [Fred Dicker / NY Post]
Internet: 32 parks to get Wifi. (Free access for three 10-minutes periods every month; 99 cents for daily access after that). [Patrick McGreehan / New York Times]
Buffalo: “But [Schumer's] latest small-bore issue didn’t exactly resonate in Buffalo. A check with bars on Chippewa and with police on area college campuses found that the Chinese-made fake IDs do not pose a widespread problem in this area.” [Lou Michel / Buffalo News]
Nassau: Mangano and Stack promise to work together. [Celeste Hadrick / Newsday]
Media: Dominic Carter’s conviction overturned. [Richard Huff / Daily News]
Media: Newsweek must have gone out of their way to find a bad Bachman photo. [Jon Stewart]
A one-time supporter of Bob Turner who claims to have helped him get the Republican nomination now fears he may squander his shot at upsetting the once heavily-favored Democratic candidate in the Ninth Congressional District, because, in part, Turner lives in a “segregated” community and hasn’t fully engaged the Orthodox Jewish community.
Asher Taub, a lawyer and Orthodox Jew who once considered running for the seat, wrote a letter spelling out what he says Turner needs to do in order to defeat Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin. (According to today’s Siena poll, Weprin leads by only 6 points.)
Turner has to “go to Israel now;” “include Orthodox Jews in the top echelon of his campaign;” and “start personally campaigning in Orthodox areas in a serious fashion.” Read More
