Mayor Michael Bloomberg is moving to outlaw a circumcision ritual often performed by Orthodox Jews, creating an unusual hot-button social issue in its wake. The vast majority of pols have avoided talking about the issue, but you can now add one more name to the list that includes Assemblyman Dov Hikind and potential mayoral candidate Malcolm Smith: State Senator David Storobin. Read More

Various athletes are racking up Olympic medals, and New York class of elected officials are taking note.

First up, outspoken State Senator Rubén Díaz, Sr., who has already weighed in on this year’s premier athletic event before, issued a press release this afternoon entitled, “The Dominicans and Puerto Ricans are not far behind.” Read More

Governor Andrew Cuomo finally entered the ranks of successful celebrities in recent days, earning his own bobblehead doll. And on Fred Dicker’s radio show this morning, Mr. Cuomo didn’t necessarily buy the New York Post columnist’s theory that perhaps the doll was based on his brother Chris by mistake.

“Trouble is, … the bobblehead by most accounts looks like Christopher Cuomo, not Andrew Cuomo,” Mr. Dicker said at the start of his show, long before Mr. Cuomo called in. “It could very well be that the photograph that was used to make the bobblehead’s face, sent over to China or wherever it gets sent to, got swapped. Maybe whoever sent it over sent a picture of Chris Cuomo and not Andrew Cuomo and that explains it.” Read More

“EXCLUSIVE: A longtime Bronx business owner was slapped with a $115 ticket for parking her car in a bike lane that doesn’t exist, The Post has learned,” read the beginning of a story hitting the streets of New York today. “Phyllis Cannon, 72, has been fighting the outrageous summons for five months, to no avail.”

And it turns out that Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t really care.

At a press conference on summer youth programs in Flushing this afternoon, a Post reporter started explaining Ms. Cannon’s situation only to have Mr. Bloomberg tersely interrupt him, asking, “What do you want me to do?” Read More