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Mayor-for-Life 'Papa Doc' Bloomberg: Latest update

The video above is a beautifully presented piece about the schools under Mayor Bloomberg who has now served nearly two terms. All his ads are expensive, polished productions, free of peeve. Um, say -- is that school bus in the background at 23 seconds ...

From DAN JANISON, Spin Cycle,  22 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Joel I Klein,  Fernando Ferrer,  Wayne Barrett,  Deutsche Bank,  Yankel Rosenbaum

NYS politics broils in the post-Senate summer

When Gov. David A. Paterson recently replaced June O'Neill as Democratic state chairman with Nassau Chairman Jay Jacobs, you could have guessed that AG Andrew Cuomo wasn't going to be crazy about the pick -- if you assume the template of a rivalry ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Andrew Cuomo,  Kirsten Gillibrand,  David A Paterson,  Michael Bloomberg,  Hiram Monserrate

Ex-Suffolk exec Halpin finds fountain of youth on 'Net

Former Suffolk County Executive Patrick Halpin, back on the singles scene, said he values “honesty” in a recent posting on a dating Web site, but it turns out the age listed is four years short of up-to-date. In his profile on match.com, Halpin ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  20 Jul 2009

Quiet pension extension delays tension, for NYC teachers

Six months ago, it was noted in this space that despite investment collapses worldwide, active and retired participants in New York City's teacher pension system continue to draw an exceptional taxpayer-guaranteed return of 8.25 percent annually on ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  U.S. Democratic Party

Suffolk lawmakers propose shift for county printing

Trying to keep aides to Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy from spying on lawmakers' newsletters, Legis. Cameron Alden has asked the legislative counsel to draft a bill moving control of county printing away from the Public Works department. Alden ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  20 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Steve Levy,  Civil Service

Naked Ambition

Which was the most fevered lunge for self-promotion by a power player? 1. Doctor-turned-Sen. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) using the 1950’s Desi Arnaz term “you’d have some ‘splainin’ to do” during a jocular exchange with Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor. 2 ...

From DAN JANISON, Spin Cycle,  19 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Desi Arnaz,  Sonia Sotomayor,  White House,  Kathleen Rice,  Long Island Rail Road

GOP hopeful for Suffolk Leg. seeks Democratic line too

Browning said she expects to challenge the petitions and believes she has a chance to knock Bissonette off the primary ballot. Despite her GOP candidacy, Bissonette can run a Democratic primary because she is still registered as a Democrat. She won a ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  19 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

LI judge vote delayed after Flanagan-Foley clash

Two state senators from Suffolk County last night parted ways on the reappointment of Court of Claims Judge Mark D. Cohen of Stony Brook. Sen. Brian X. Foley (D-Blue Point) had Cohen’s confirmation by the Senate delayed, angering Sen. John Flanagan (R- ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: Brian X. Foley,  U.S. Senate,  John Flanagan (politician),  George Pataki,  U.S. Republican Party

Judge Sonia: Ethnicity as theme, and battleground

The question was never whether, but always how, ethnicity would come up. The answer is that the emotional implications of ethnicity have threaded their way through the confirmation hearings of Judge Sonia Sotomayor. The first African-American president, ...

From DAN JANISON, Newsday,  16 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party,  U.S. Democratic Party,  Jeff Sessions,  Sonia Sotomayor,  Barack Obama

Judge Sonia's lonely backer

A middle-aged man stood in the plaza in front of the U.S. Supreme Court building. He carried a poster proclaiming "White guys 4 'Wise Latinas.'" He asked a police officer if Sotomayor was in the building for the day. The officer shook her head and ...

From DAN JANISON, Spin Cycle,  15 Jul 2009
Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

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