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By Colin Campbell 1/07 5:10pm

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Councilman Robert Jackson speaking at the press conference.

Pols Rage at Mayor for Comparing Teachers Union to N.R.A.

Last Friday, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, frustrated with the current state of contract negotiations with the city’s teachers union, caused a political dust-up when he compared the leadership of the influential United Federation of Teachers to the National Rifle Association. Now, other New York City politicians are demanding an apology.

“Teachers want to work with the best, and most of them are not in sympathy with the union,” Mr. Bloomberg had said before pivoting to one of his preferred talking points when he pushes for tougher federal gun laws. “The N.R.A’s another place where the membership, if you do the polling, doesn’t agree with the leadership.”

Michael Mulgrew, the President of the U.F.T., said he was so infuriated by this comment that he organized today’s press conference on the topic. Read More

By Colin Campbell 7/04/12 9:48am

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Moskowitz: ‘If Bill de Blasio Becomes Mayor, What Is He Going to Do?’

Eva Moskowitz, the head of the Success Academy Charter Schools and a political lightning rod in the charter school debate in New York City, has already announced she’s not going to run for mayor in 2013, but that doesn’t mean she’s uninterested in the race.

“I’m concerned because we need a mayor who is pro-parent choice, who is pro-reform, who wants to go forward rather than roll back the clock,” she said on Inside City Hall last night. “Some progress has been made under the Bloomberg administration — not as much certainly as I would like — but we need more progress, not less progress, and so I am concerned.”

Ms. Moskowitz argued that the leading 2013 mayoral candidates have failed to articulate an educational platform. Read More

By Colin Campbell 4/09/12 1:00pm

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With Romney Coming to NY, DCCC Pumps Up Grimm/Romney Split

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee had some fun PhotoShopping Republican Rep. Michael Grimm in a press release today.

The DCCC used the presidential primary coming to New York later this month to highlight a possible fallout between Mitt Romney and Mr. Grimm following allegations of illegal fundraising to create a poster similar to the movie He’s Just Not That Into You. Read More