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Thursday, Sep. 10, 2009

Naked Cowboy hits Brooklyn campaign trail — in his skivvies

Courier-Life
Mayor: How’s this for a mayoral campaign stop — prance around in nothing but a pair of snug undies and ask a group of Brooklynites for their votes? Comment.

The Diana Reyna monologues

Courier-Life
Council District 34: A crowd of approximately seventy residents, community leaders and reporters from nine newspapers gathered in the basement of 1st Spanish Presbyterian Church recently expecting a raucous debate among candidates running for the 34th Council District seat. Comment.

Tuesday, Sep. 8, 2009

ABC brawl: 45th candidates argue over education at forum

Courier-Life
Council District 45: Education was the subject as four of the challengers in the 45th Council District Democratic primary debated at a forum held in East Flatbush. Comment.

Koslowitz gets help from Quinn on trail

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 29: City Council Speaker Christine Quinn (D-Manhattan) and state Assemblyman Charles Lavine (D-Glen Cove) helped Democratic Council hopeful Karen Koslowitz campaign in Forest Hills Sunday in a last-minute attempt to rally voters before the Sept. 15 primary. Comments (3).

Voting on the fringe: Other candidates in citywide races have their say

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: In Democratic Party circles, names like Roland Rogers may not ring many bells, but he has made it on the ballot to run in the Democratic primary for mayor. Comment.

Friday, Sep. 4, 2009

Thompson accuses mayor of letting Queens hospitals fail

TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Democratic mayoral contender Bill Thompson, the city comptroller, slammed the Bloomberg administration for not fighting harder to keep the now shuttered St. John’s, Mary Immaculate and Parkway hospitals open. Comment.

Flushing Council debate stirs racial strife

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 20: With less than two weeks until the Democratic primary election for City Councilman John Liu’s (D-Flushing) seat, the topic of ethnic politics and racism once again stoked fire among the candidates at a debate at Flushing Library last week. Comment.

Council hopefuls for Avella seat spar at debate

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: The six Democratic candidates vying to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) vowed to fight overdevelopment and explore a variety of options for alleviating overcrowding at district schools during a debate hosted by TimesLedger Newspapers last week. But tempers flared when the contenders were given an opportunity to question their opponents. Comment.

Candidates for Sears seat go on attack

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 25: Attack, defend, repeat. Comment.

Weiner health care forum turns raucous

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: From protesters outside depicting President Obama as Hitler to catcalls and shouting from audience members, Rep. Anthony Weiner‘s latest health care reform town hall meeting was marked by decidedly uncivil behavior. Comments (2).

Brooklyn Politics: It’s getting ugly

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: With just over a week to go, candidates are taking off the gloves in the ongoing war of words with their challengers. Read about all the latest dust ups here! Comment.

Dems square off on issues facing District 29

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 29: The six Democrats running in a packed race for City Councilwoman Melinda Katz’s (D-Forest Hills) seat called for better health care and more schools in the district at a TimesLedger Newspapers debate last week during which the candidates also tackled the Cord Meyer rezoning, ethnic tensions and term limits in the run-up to the Sept. 15 primary. Comments (3).

Questions continue to swirl around Stewart newsletter

Courier-Life
Council District 45: The newsletter in which City Councilmember Kendall Stewart printed the now-infamous list of false endorsements may itself be a violation of state election law. Comment.

Gioia leads rally to help immigrant

TimesLedger Newspapers
Public Advocate: City councilman and public advocate candidate Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside) and close to 100 Queens residents rallied outside City Hall Saturday in support of a pillar of the Woodside community who is facing what elected officials are calling an unjust deportation. Comment.

District 26 candidates face off

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 26: The four candidates seeking to replace City Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside) told the TimesLedger Newspapers staff in a debate last week that affordable housing, education, the oil spill at Newtown Creek and a dispute between tenants and landlord Vantage Properties were among the key issues leading up to the Sept. 15 Democratic primary. Comment.

33rd District race keeps moving along

Courier-Life
Council District 33: In the tenth official debate among the candidates for the 33rd City Council District, sponsored by Transportation Alternatives, the theme of transportation naturally dominated discussions. Comment.

Thursday, Sep. 3, 2009

Brooklyn Paper picks Thies, James and Heyer in City Council races, Yassky for Comptroller, Siegel for Public Advocate

The Brooklyn Paper
The Brooklyn Paper’s editors posted their Democratic Primary election endorsements tonight, differing with their Community Newspaper Group colleagues at Courier-Life Publications in two of three City Council endorsements, and in two of three citywide races. Comments (1).

Caribbean Life endorses Thompson in Democratic Primary

BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Caribbean Life, a 101,000 circulation newspaper published by Community Newspaper Group, today endorsed — in the Democratic primary election — William Thompson for mayor, John Liu for comptroller, and Bill de Blasio for public advocate Comment.

Bronx newspapers endorse Thompson, Katz, deBlasio

BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: The Bronx Times and Bronx Times-Reporter today endorsed William Thompson for the Democratic nomination for Mayor, Melinda Katz for Comptroller, and Bill deBlasio for Public Advocate. Comments (1).

Queens newspapers back Thompson in Dem mayoral bid; Liu for Comptroller, Gioia for Public Advocate

BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: TimesLedger Newspapers of Queens — a chain of 14 newspapers with a circulation of 73,500 copies — today endorsed candidates in the citywide Democratic Primary election. Comment.

Brooklyn’s Courier-Life publishes Democratic primary picks

BoroPolitics.com
Mayor: Courier-Life Publications, Brooklyn’s largest-circulation newspaper chain, today endorsed candidates in the upcoming Democratic primary election. Comment.

Wednesday, Sep. 2, 2009

Ethnic tensions flare up at District 20 debate

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 20: Accusations of racism and a full-out shouting match punctuated the jam-packed debate in the race to succeed John Liu. See the whole thing right here. With video … Comment.

Watch our public advocate debate now!

The Brooklyn Paper
Public Advocate: Last week, we taped a scintillating debate with the four public advocate candidates — and you can watch it right now by clicking the link above! With video … Comment.

Controversial aide Landor fired by Chain campaign

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 29: The former deputy press secretary to Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer who resigned after writing inflammatory racial statements on her Facebook profile has been fired from her position as a campaign photographer for Democratic Council candidate Heidi Harrison Chain. Comment.

Iannece acted ethically on developer issue: Government sources

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: City Council contender Jerry Iannece said he did not violate any city laws by acting as Community Board 11’s chairman at a June meeting during which a Bayside developer who contributed to Iannece’s campaign discussed plans to expand its operations. Comment.

Watch our comptroller debate now!

The Brooklyn Paper
Comptroller: Who should be our next comptroller? Decide for yourself by watching our exclusive debate featuring all four hopefuls. With video … Comments (1).

Meeks aims to allay fears of government health plan at forum

TimesLedger Newspapers
Queens: U.S. Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Jamaica) opened his ears and took input from both sides of the aisle on President Barack Obama’s bold, health care reform bill last week as he pitched the plan to southeast Queens residents and offered additional solutions to make sure it benefits the borough. Comment.

Bloomberg’s plan for swine flu includes vaccine, open schools

for TimesLedger Newspapers
Mayor: Mayor Michael Bloomberg and key administration members Tuesday rolled out the city’s battle plan against a probable H1N1 flu outbreak that includes keeping schools open but the mayor said it was uncertain when a new flu vaccine would be available. Comment.

Tuesday, Sep. 1, 2009

Candidates for Avella’s seat clash in District 19 debate

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: TimesLedger Newspapers (and our parent, the Community Newspaper Group) brought the six ambitious Democratic candidates in District 19 together for a spirited debate on the issues facing northeast Queens. Watch the whole thing, right here. With video … Comments (1).

NYPD staffing woes could continue in Bloomie’s next term

Courier-Life
Mayor: Brooklyn won’t be flooded with new cops anytime soon. Comment.

Dems stake out positions ahead of District 29 primary

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 29: Six Democratic hopefuls came together for a lively but cordial debate in the race to succeed Melinda Katz in the District 29 council seat. See the whole thing right here. With video … Comments (6).

District 25 contenders aim barbs at Sears in CNG debate

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 25: Challengers Danny Dromm and Stanley Kalathara went on the attack against Helen Sears at our City Council debate last week. Watch the whole thing here. With video … Comment.

Friedrich, Weprin, Singh square off in District 23 debate

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 23: A trio of Democrats talked about the issues facing Council District 23 at our debate as each seeks to be the successor to David Weprin. See the whole thing right here. With video … Comment.

Meet the would-be mayors!

The Brooklyn Paper
Mayor: Click on the links below to read — and watch — our exclusive sit-down interviews with Democratic mayoral aspirants Bill Thompson and Tony Avella.

Cassino heads east

Bronx Times-Reporter
Council District 11: Tony Perez Cassino sleeps in Riverdale. But the 11th Council District candidate is headed east. Cassino recently opened a campaign office on Gun Hill Road. He plans to woo, then represent, the residents of Norwood, Wakefield, Woodlawn and Bedford Park. Comment.

Evaluating the Bronx incumbents

Bronx Times-Reporter
The Bronx: Thanks to the 2008 term limits amendment, eight City Council incumbents from the Bronx are up for re-election. Four are opposed by at least one legitimate primary candidate. Who are the incumbents? Let’s check the City Hall legislation rolls. Comment.

11th Council District clunkers

Bronx Times-Reporter
Council District 11: 11th Council District incumbent Oliver Koppell drives a red ‘93 Ford Probe. 11th Council District candidate Tony Perez Cassino drives a red ‘90 Nissan 240SX. Comment.

Monday, Aug. 31, 2009

Giraldo dishes dirt on Ferreras

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 21: Renewing criticisms of his rival’s political ties, former Queens Hispanic Chamber of Commerce President Eduardo Giraldo has launched his Democratic primary campaign against City Councilwoman Julissa Ferreras (D-East Elmhurst). Comment.

Rosasco’s write-in bid undone by state law

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 26: David Rosasco’s write-in campaign may be over before it began. Comment.

33rd District Candidate Profile: Evan Thies

Courier-Life
Council District 33: In the grueling slug-fest to replace David Yassky as Councilman for the 33rd District, there are more challengers than weeks left to the September 15 primary. To make sure everyone gets their say, we’ll be pulling double duty, kicking off this week with candidate Evan Thies. Comment.

Candidates meet their match (matching funds, that is)

Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Brooklyn’s City Council candidates entering the stretch run of their exhausting campaigns received a welcome pick-me-up last week: matching funds. Comment.

Gov’t watchdog, union endorse Kim, Halloran

TimesLedger Newspapers
Council District 19: The candidate who has raised the most funds in the race to replace City Councilman Tony Avella (D-Bayside) picked up a key endorsement from a major government watchdog group that promotes good government last week, while the race’s sole Republican received a nod from one of the city’s largest unions. Comment.

Friday, Aug. 28, 2009

Bloomy in our hood! An exclusive video preview!

The Brooklyn Paper
Video: Mayor Bloomberg sat down with our editors and reporters on Monday. Here’s just a small taste. With video … Comment.
CNG