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'Mob' hurdle in SI House race

Staten Island Republicans are girding for a primary dogfight over the House seat they lost to Democrats when Vito Fossella chose not to run for re-election in a scandal over his secret second family. One candidate is environmental lawyer and ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  15 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  U.S. Republican Party,  Vito Fossella,  Federal Bureau of Investigation,  John Gotti

President has stirring words for victims

President Obama yesterday paid touching personal tributes to the 13 brave soldiers gunned down by a Muslim Army psychiatrist at Fort Hood as he consoled a nation torn by the homegrown attack. The president delivered the emotional remarks to a crowd of ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  11 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michelle Obama,  Nidal Malik Hasan

Deadbeat butt-head owes 'red' state NY $19M

The No. 1 New York state tax deadbeat is a Queens man who owes an eye-popping $19 million on cigarette taxes, newly released records show. Gui Hong Chen, an Elmhurst man according to state records, tops the list of 200 corporate tax deadbeats, which ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER AND MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  10 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Al Sharpton

Apology by heathen pol

Facing a storm of criticism, a newly minted city councilman who practices a "neo-heathen" religion apologized for how he characterized Greek Orthodox Easter celebrations as he discussed animal sacrifices in his own faith. The move by Councilman Dan ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  10 Nov 2009

Heathen pol standing up for his rites

Meet New York's first openly "heathen" City Council member. Dan Halloran, a cop-turned-lawyer, is the Theodism-practicing Republican who captured the Bayside, Queens, seat last Tuesday. He may be the first openly practicing member of the religion to ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Republican Party

Bye-bye Bubba, Dubya

A "debate" between former Presidents Bill Clinton and George W. Bush has been nixed because the promoter overhyped it as a death-match face-off between the men, The Post has learned. Clinton spokesman Matt McKenna said the appearance was never supposed ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill Clinton,  George W. Bush,  Barack Obama

Wynn a scratch at big A

Casino king Steve Wynn abruptly folded in the high-stakes -- and delay-plagued -- competition to run a video-lottery "racino" at Aqueduct. Wynn was one of six bidders for the multibillion-dollar contract to create and operate the city's first ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  5 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Steve Wynn,  Penn National Gaming, Inc.

Aqueduct-bid tribe in 'illegal casino' flap

The Florida Seminole tribe, which is part of a team making a play to run the potentially lucrative video lottery casino at Aqueduct, is enmeshed in a controversy in its own state, with some pols claiming they're illegally allowing gambling. The ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  4 Nov 2009

A mixed bag for Working Families

The Working Families Party made serious inroads last night in its first foray into city races -- but it wasn't all good news for the small, union-backed party. On the one hand, the WFP was credited with propelling Bill de Blasio to public advocate and ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  4 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Bill de Blasio,  John Liu,  Michael Bloomberg

'Microtarget' expert watching Bloomberg's results

Mayor Bloomberg's camp was running a presidential-level operation monitoring the fruits of his microtargeting operation on Election Day, where he tried to identify the mayor's voters in a race where ideology wasn't a driving factor. At the mayor's 40th ...

From MAGGIE HABERMAN, New York Post,  3 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Bloomberg,  Barack Obama

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