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Thompson stumps on Broadway
Bronx Times-Reporter
Mayor: Watch candidate Bill Thompson duck into Loeser’s Kosher Deli. Watch Thompson order a hot dog, knish and soda. Watch a Thompson sign appear in Loeser’s window. Comment.
Beetle-mania! Brooklyn pol drums up funds to fight tree killer
for Courier-Life
Brooklyn: This is one beetle invasion Brooklyn can live without. Comment.
Kid conundrum! 39th candidates school CFB over Voter Guide muck-up
Courier-Life
Council District 39: Here’s a quick question for you: How many candidates in the race for the 39th City Council District have children in city public schools? Comments (1).
Gentile, Capano trade barbs in Dyker Heights
Courier-Life
Council District 43: While not exactly Lincoln-Douglass, the recent debate between Democrat incumbent City Councilmember Vincent (The Little Giant) Gentile and Republican Bob (The Grocer) Capano provided entertaining theater and ripe political discourse. Comment.
New legislation takes aim at stalled construction sites
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Faced with an increase in stalled construction projects -- which often turn into neighborhood eyesores -- the City Council has passed legislation whose goal is to encourage developers to keep up their properties. Comment.
Atlantic Yards critic turns conciliatory
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: In something of an about-face, Assemblymember Hakeem Jeffries last week praised the Atlantic Yards project as “a major economic development venture that is vital to the economy and the future of Brooklyn.” Comments (1).
Jury of peers awaits Hiram: Senate to consider disciplinary action after Monserrate’s conviction
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: After his conviction on misdemeanor assault charges, state Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s (D-East Elmhurst) political future hinges on the findings of a committee of inquiry formed by his colleagues in Albany. Comment.
City Planning sets stage for council’s Broadway Triangle vote
Courier-Life
Council District 33: After weeks of deliberations, the City Planning Commission swiftly approved a rezoning plan for the Broadway Triangle, a 31-acre industrial site in South Williamsburg, by a vote of 12-1-1, setting the stage for the City Council to take up the issue in a public hearing within 50 days. Comments (3).
Bloomberg rally erupts around Lander
Courier-Life
Council District 39: Even though he’s already won the Democratic primary for the 39th District, City Council candidate Brad Lander is still learning a thing or two about “the game” -- especially the unwritten truth that any event, no matter how important or benign, could turn into a political rally. Comments (1).
Brooklyn politics: Focusing on the future
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Councilman David Yassky ponders his “second act” and local electeds welcome a future political powerhouse into the world. Read on for more! Comment.
State Senate committee set up to review Monserrate
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: The state Senate is forming a special committee to establish proper procedures after Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-Jackson Heights) was convicted of a misdemeanor assault of his girlfriend last week, the Senate’s Democratic Conference leader announced Tuesday. Comment.
Democrat Vacca earns Republican line
Bronx Times-Reporter
Council District 13: 13th Council District incumbent James Vacca is a donkelephant. At least for the purposes of the general election, Vacca is a donkey and an elephant, a lefty and a righty, a Democrat and a Republican. Comments (1).
Boss-backed Broadway Triangle rezoning advances
The Brooklyn Paper
The city’s contentious plan to allow residential development inside the largely commercial “Broadway Triangle” was rubber-stamped by the City Planning Commission on Monday, as commissioners said that the project’s ends — affordable housing — justified the sometimes ugly means that were involved in drafting the plan. Comments (1).
Liu wants education, development reform
TimesLedger Newspapers
Comptroller: City Councilman John Liu (D-Flushing) said he plans to implement reforms to the city comptroller’s office within his first six months in office should he defeat Republican Joseph Mendola in the Nov. 3 election. Comments (1).
Crowley pushes for hike in fines for idling vehicles
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 30: A bill that would seek to deter people from creating the circumstances that led to the death of a 16-year-old Middle Village teen took a major step forward last Thursday in the City Council. Comment.
Join our editorial board as it grills three Council hopefuls — live!
The Brooklyn Paper
Council District 39: What other newspaper lets you into the boardroom when we grill three candidates for City Council who are seeking our endorsement? With video … Comment.
Gennaro rips upstate drilling plan
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 24: City Councilman James Gennaro (D-Fresh Meadows) said the state’s recent proposal not to ban drilling in the upstate area that provides drinking water for city residents could cost New Yorkers billions of dollars and is urging the public to voice its thoughts on the matter at a public hearing he will hold Oct. 23. Comment.
Bloomy honors Sunnyside’s bilingual theater troupe
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: The city’s only bilingual Hispanic theater company, based in Sunnyside, was one of six citywide institutions and individuals whom Mayor Michael Bloomberg presented with his annual awards for arts and culture at Astoria’s Frank Sinatra School of the Arts last week. Comment.
Halloran beefs up war chest but can’t catch Kim
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: Democrat Kevin Kim has raised more than three times the amount of money than Republican Dan Halloran in the race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside), but Halloran’s participation in the city’s matching funds program has multiplied his fund-raising efforts by six times since September’s Democratic primary, according to city campaign finance records. Comment.
Council bill to turn stalled construction sites into safe ones
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Standing before a backdrop of a featureless boarded-up vacant Williamsburg lot where construction has ceased for several months, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn and six Council members introduced a new bill earlier this week that will allow developers to restart stalled construction sites if they agree to increased safety standards. Comment.
Brooklyn senator backs Koo in race for Liu’s seat
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 20: Flushing businessman Peter Koo picked up a prominent Republican endorsement from state Sen. Marty Golden (R-Brooklyn) Sunday, reinforcing his troupe of supporters against Democratic candidate Yen Chou. Comments (5).
Crowley backs reform of flier penalties
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 30: After a trio of Maspeth benevolent organizations got hit with more than $7,000 in city Sanitation Department fines last year for posters advertising a street fair, City Councilwoman Elizabeth Crowley (D-Middle Village) is pushing a bill that would change the way the city can penalize such violations. Comment.
[UPDATED] Monserrate escapes felony charge in slash trial, convicted of misdemeanor
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-East Elmhurst) was found not guilty on the most serious charge of slashing his girlfriend’s face with a broken glass but was convicted of a misdemeanor over his violent actions against the woman following the incident, a Queens Supreme Court judge ruled Thursday. Comments (1).
Paterson calls for $5B in cuts to close budget gap
TimesLedger Newspapers
Gov. David Paterson on Thursday proposed $5 billion in cuts over the next two years to fill a growing state budget deficit, and the plan makes deep reductions in funding to education, health care, and state agencies. Comment.
Smith’s anti-crime grant effort begins in wake of teen’s killing
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Kevin Miller’s death could have been prevented with the help of education and a support system for troubled teens to work out their differences, state Sen. Malcolm Smith (D-St. Albans) said last week. Comment.
Guv vetoes bill on closing of hospitals alert
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Gov. David Paterson vetoed Friday a bill that would have required the state to notify communities about hospital closings and issue plans for filling the gap in health-care services in the affected areas, prompting criticism from the legislation’s sponsor, state Assemblyman Rory Lancman (D-Fresh Meadows). Comment.
Bloomberg predicts bright future for Gowanus Canal
Courier-Life
The city’s top boss last week arrived at the fetid foot of the Gowanus Canal, touting an alternate scheme for its clean-up and predicting a bright future for the polluted waterway — provided the city steers its revival. Comment.
Friedrich’s co-op letter questioned
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 23: City Council contender Bob Friedrich defended a letter he sent last month as president of the Glen Oaks Village Co-op’s board to the housing community’s tenants after his opponent, state Assemblyman Mark Weprin (D-Little Neck), accused him of using the co-op’s official letterhead to promote his candidacy. Comment.
The calm before the storm: Gentile and Capano chummy in first debate
Courier-Life
Council District 43: With general good humor, 43rd Councilmanic District candidate Bob Capano and City Council incumbent Vincent Gentile conducted their first debate hosted by the Bay Ridge Real Estate Board. Comment.
Wills to run as Conservative against White
TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 28: City Council candidate Ruben Wills lost his bid to be on the Democratic ticket for the November election, but that is not stopping him from trying. Comment.
Monserrate assault verdict expected this week
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: State Sen. Hiram Monserrate’s (D-East Elmhurst) fate will likely be decided Thursday afternoon after both sides finished closing arguments in Queens Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon. Comment.
Green candidate challenges Palma
Bronx Times-Reporter
Council District 18: Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks green. Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. talks green. City Council Democrats in the Bronx talk green. But Walter Nestler is the real green thing, or so he argues. The landscape architect turned 18th Council District candidate has revived the Bronx County Green Party. Comment.
Former Liberal boss Harding pleads guilty to $800K kickback scheme for Hevesi seat
TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: Raymond Harding, the former chairman of the state Liberal Party, admitted he received more than $800,000 in exchange for doing political favors, including opening up a Queens state Assembly seat for former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi’s son, Andrew, the state attorney general said last week. Comment.
Thompson blasts Bloomy, city with charge PS 147 is altering grades
TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayoral candidate William Thompson has blasted Michael Bloomberg and the city Department of Education after a published report revealed failing students at a Cambria Heights public school were allegedly being promoted to the next grade level. Comment.
There’s a Republican in the Food Co-op!
The Brooklyn Paper
Politicrasher: Joe Nardiello is a different kind of Republican, but on a few issues, he’s not different enough. Comment.
Bloomy says he’ll begin $150 M Gowanus clean-up next month
The Brooklyn Paper
Cleaning the Gowanus: Mayor Bloomberg put the money where his mouth is today as he he announced the start of a city-funded $150-million Gowanus Canal clean-up plan that he claims would be speedier than federal Superfund designation — but opponents contend wouldn’t sufficiently clean the fetid waterway. Comment.
Astoria spa under fire over ‘fish pedicures’
TimesLedger Newspapers
The Bronx: A state senator representing the Bronx wants to ban a procedure secretly practiced at city salons during which customers receive pedicures using fish to nibble on their toes and cited one Astoria establishment that has offered the treatment. Comments (1).
