Charles O'Byrne had some pointed advice for his former boss David Paterson during their Feb. 21 meeting.
Off with their heads.
According to a well-placed source, Mr. O'Byrne, the former chief of staff and powerful consigliere who left the governor's office under the cloud of a tax scandal, told Mr. Paterson to act quickly and decisively after the disastrous Senate selection process, get rid of some advisers and institute a wholesale change in staff.
Despite some initial departures in the... Read Full Story
Andrew Cuomo, who now leads a sitting governor by more than 30 points in a potential 2010 primary match-up, is living proof that, for an ambitious politician who knows what to do with it, there really is no better stepping-stone than the office of state attorney general.
The job really is an image-maker's dream. Week after week, you can score enviable headlines by investigating and prosecuting the latest perpetrators of wrongdoing or injustice who happen to be in the news - actions that... Read Full Story
The G.O.P. is at war with itself. Or so we're told.
Unaccustomed to their new minority status and unsure how to handle a Democratic president with enormous popularity and considerable legislative momentum, Republicans are dividing themselves into opposing camps, each convinced that a different formula will return them to glory.
This, at least, is the narrative you might embrace if you consider the nation's 22 Republican governors a representative cross-section of their party's base.
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ALBANY—Scott Murphy is a rich carpetbagger, out-of-touch with the needs of the average voters in the 20th Congressional District he hopes to represent because he actually grew up in Missouri. He hasn't even voted in recent elections. He was a lobbyist, for Pete's sake, taking his clients to the Cotton Bowl and lavishing them with expensive meals. As a "venture capitalist" he outsourced work overseas; that's probably why his campaign website isn't calling him "Mr. Jobs" anymore. Oh yeah: he... Read Full Story
As the 2009 mayoral campaign draws closer, Anthony Weiner, the intense, rail-thin Brooklyn congressman, is playing it suspiciously cool.
After having spent much of last year outside New York as a presidential-campaign surrogate for Hillary Clinton, he has remained immersed in Washington issues, getting into the news most recently for his role in procuring stimulus money for hiring police. What he is not doing is acting like someone who is running for mayor: no regular press conferences... Read Full Story
David Paterson knows things are bad.
On the afternoon of Feb. 19—the day the New York Post published a remarkable editorial urging the governor to bring back Charles O'Byrne, the senior aide that the paper had helped push out after a tax scandal—Paterson was telling reporters that he found the prospect of O'Byrne's return "fascinating."
"It's a conversation I'd be willing to have with Charles," he said.
Asked at an event at the Harvard Club whether he agreed with the premise of the... Read Full Story
Public advocate candidate Eric Gioia just announced he's gotten the endorsement of the union representing stagehand employees.
It's the latest in a series of union endorsements Gioia has announced. With the entrance of Mark Green—who held the office for two terms and is better known than anyone in the field—it's now a race to break out of the very competitive pack, which includes City Council members Bill de Blasio and John Liu and civil liberties attorney Norman Siegel. Also considering... Read Full Story
The Public Employees Federation has endorsed Scott Murphy for Congress, pledging members to work in phone banks and canvass door-to-door for the Democratic candidate.
P.E.F. has consistently supported Assembly Minority Leader Jim Tedisco in his Assembly races, but decided to back Murphy in part because he took a strong and clear stance in favor of the Employee Free Choice Act. The decision to endorse Tedisco was not unanimous, according to Tom Comanzo, a regional coordinator for P.E.F.
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"I'm going to bite him next year," Michael Bloomberg joked on his radio show, referring to the groundhog on Staten Island.
The New York Times settled a lawsuit over their story last year about John McCain’s close relationship to a lobbyist.
“Mr. Chávez did something that New York’s mayor, Michael R. Bloomberg, would not bring himself to do,” writes Clyde Haberman.
Jews in Venezuela “are just plain scared” of Hugo Chavez, now that term limits there are gone.
Here’s the New York Post’s... Read Full Story
New York State’s public employee unions are taking their campaign against Governor David Paterson’s budget to a television near you. In recent days, the unions have launched a series of scary commercials designed to make you think that the governor’s cuts will result in needless death and destruction.
Pretty typical fare, but disappointing all the same. While the unions have every right to air their opinions and to cast aspersions on a public official who has been friendly to them in the... Read Full Story
From Spain's Princess Letizia to Italy's Mara Carfagna, the game of politics is no stranger to beautiful, powerful women. Following is a list of women whose influence is matched only by their sheer hotness.
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