Headline of the Day: “Who Yelled It Better? ‘Bullsh*t’ as Screamed by Chris Christie and John Catsimatidis”

It’s a tough Village Voice cover story for Speaker Chris Quinn today: “Are the LGBT anti-Quinn activists holding her to a higher standard because she’s one of their own? ‘Almost all the vocal opponents of Christine Quinn are gay,’ [JoeMyGod blogger] Jervis says. ‘They’re saying, ‘My idol has disappointed me.’ We hold ourselves to higher standards, so we feel doubly betrayed.’” Read More

Headline of the Day: “How to survive a scandal.”

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s been working a consulting gig: “On six different occasions during the interview, he marveled at his own aptitude for business … His biggest regret so far: undercharging. ‘I make far less money than I should, with all the advice that I’ve given and how lucrative it’s turned out to be for the companies,’ he said.” Read More

Headline of the Day: “Cuomo Ends Hypothetical 2016 Presidential Bid.”

Councilman Dan Halloran keeps it going: “He threw away his marriage for a co-ed staffer half his age, and now Dan Halloran, the city councilman already under indictment in an alleged plot to rig the mayoral race, could lose his seat after another seamy office romp.” Read More

Headline of the Day: “The phallible Anthony Weiner.”

Who won last night’s NY1 mayoral debate? According to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio‘s campaign, they had the advantage. To wit, they sent out a statement entitled, “HOW BILL DE BLASIO WON THE FIRST TELEVISED DEBATE.” His spokesman reasoned, “Bill de Blasio emerged again tonight as the clear choice for progressives who don’t want four more years of the same Bloomberg policies.” Read More

Headline of the Day: “Cuomo: Take a position, details be damned.”

New York post columnist Cindy Adams this morning: “A thought. Where did the Boston suspects get such money? To travel . . . to buy . . . Another thought. Anthony Weiner’s skeevy — but also savvy. Survived this lousy anti-Weiner press early. Well in advance. Result? No matter what he does or when he does it, he’s already survived the slings and arrows.” Read More

Headline of the Day: “Anthony Weiner Rejoins Twitter in Second-Worst Way Possible.”

The New York Post reacted to former Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s new Twitter account: “Weiner has unzipped a new Twitter account. But it’s not as big as it once was … He declined to say whether Huma had placed parental controls on his account or whether he trusted himself with the technology.” Read More

Partial Poem of the Day: “But hey! That’s okay… I’m Bloomberg!”

“Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz is not crossing party lines to make an endorsement in the mayoral race — but he is crossing a river,” the Daily News reported this morning. Indeed, Mr. Markowitz passed on the two Brooklyn candidates in the race to endorse Council Speaker Chris Quinn, who said it was “like receiving Brooklyn’s ‘Good Housekeeping’ seal of approval.” Read More

Headline of the Day: “IDC’s campaign reform would aid…IDC.”

Daily Kos Elections has collected the first quarter fund-raising data for almost every congressional candidate next year.  Of note for New York City’s one competitive congressional district: GOP Rep. Michael Grimm has continued to accumulate debt, almost $500,000 in total compared to about $300,000 cash on hand. Meanwhile, Mr. Grimm’s Democratic challenger, Councilman Domenic Recchia, has almost $400,000 on hand, likely partially thanks to refunded contributions from his 2013 account. Read More

Headline of the Day: “Is this the part where Andrew Cuomo really tackles public corruption?”

The New York Times‘ Michael Powell also looked at Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s anti-corruption efforts: “In fairness, none of this is easy for the governor. Mention ethics reform, and Dean G. Skelos, the Republican leader in the State Senate, and Sheldon Silver, the Democratic Assembly leader, pace about like suspicious cats with wrinkled noses. And the governor sounds a bit plaintive of late.” Read More

Headline of the Day: “The Anthony Weiner-Mark Sanford comeback playbook.”

New York Magazine profiled Gov. Andrew Cuomo‘s “Albany Machiavelli” leadership style. Here’s one part: “‘You think they’ve got Felder?’ Cuomo said, according to Senate Republicans. ‘I have the rabbis who Felder reports to! You think you have Klein? I’ll get Klein to be a Democrat again! You are in power only so long as you can move progressive measures.’ (Cuomo denies making the remarks.)” Read More