By David Freedlander 5/08/12 6:07pm

suggested reading

Roundup: Man Up

Jerry Nadler and Scott Stringer are raising for Hakeem Jeffries.

Shelly Silver spiked the football with President Obama’s Albany visit.

Liz Benjamin’s got the low-down on the guest list.

Barack Obama’s tech team are putting together a fundraiser in Brooklyn tonight.

Russians in New York still lean Republican, but Assemblyman Alec Brook-Krasny, the only native of the Soviet Union to hold office in New York, thinks this will change as the younger generation grows more educated: Read More

By Colin Campbell 4/02/12 12:27pm

Protests

Assemblyman Cymbrowitz and Sate Senator Diane Savino

Officials Protest NYT’s ‘Offensive’ and ‘Dangerous’ Depiction of Russians

Elected officials in southern Brooklyn are putting The New York Times on notice.

At issue is an article about insurance fraud in Russian-speaking communities of Brooklyn where a law-enforcement official was quoted saying, “This is the Russian mind-set, and this is why it’s endemic in the system …. If you’re not scamming the system, if you’re not scamming the government, you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing — you’re looked upon as a patsy.” Read More