Primary Elections Held for Albany Lawmakers in All Five Boroughs Tuesday Video
“I know the IDC wants to maintain a separate caucus. They want to have a say, they want to be kingmakers. And [Marisol Alcantara] allow them to do that.”
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Category: Elections
Pre-Primary Election Edition of NY1 Inside City Hall (09/12/2016)
A special panel of local political experts previewed key state legislative primaries in Brooklyn, Queens and the Bronx.
Read MoreCUNY Forum: Economic Inequality and the Politics of Resentment
Check out @bobliffnyc on @cunytv talking #Election2016 w/@SquarePegDem SusanDelPercio @CelesteKatzNYC & Kai Wright
Read MoreMichael Goodwin discusses the federal probe of Brooklyn police commanders, real estate developers, and Mayor Bill de Blasio’s nonprofit political action committees and finds that the ‘fish stinks from the...
Read MoreNY Times Uncovers Mayor de Blasio ‘Pay to Play’ Scandal
Political fixer, Harold Ickes, gave the re-election campaign committee of his pal, Mayor Bill de Blasio $19,250 in bundled contributions after his client A.E.G. Live won city permit to hold a music festival on Randall’s Island.
Read MoreDe Blasio’s 2013 campaign committee under investigation | New York Post
Looks like my colleagues at City and State dogged reporting snagged another pol (see Laura Nahmias reporting on ex-assemblyman William Boyland) playing games with campaign finance rules. The de Blasio campaign deny that they did...
Read MoreNew campaign leisure spending ruling leaves ‘gray area’ | New York Post
Yes, the partisan and gridlocked NYS Board of Elections ruled that spending campaign cash on junkets is permissible as long as the campaign funds only pay a portion (50%, 75%, 99%?) of the related expenses and pols...
Read MoreEditorial: Right on the money – NY Daily News
Key paragraphs in NY Daily News editorial re State Bd of Elections new enforcement counsel tackling LLC donations (controlled by a single donor) given an unsuccessful Brooklyn Assembly candidate: “[Risa] Sugarman — who was...
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Nemesis Drops Discrimination Suit Against Bronx BP Diaz
Bronx BP Ruben Diaz’s former staffer and long time ally Camella Pinkney-Price has quietly dropped the racial discrimination lawsuit.
Read MoreBronx Chronicle: Bx DA Indicts Former Assembly Candidate
On Tuesday, Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson arrested former Assembly candidate Hector Ramirez along with another individual, Ana Cuevas. They were arraigned, entered pleas of not guilty, and were released on personal...
Read MoreRangel Isn’t Surprised by Powell Bid | Daily Politics Blog
Charlie Rangel isn’t surprised by Adam Clayton Powell IV’s announcementTuesday that he will run to succeed Rangel, who plans to retire after his current term ends in 2016. “I don’t remember a time Adam Clayton Powell wasn’t...
Read MoreAdam Clayton Powell IV Declares For Congress
In an email to friends and supporters yesterday, former assemblyman Adam Clayton Powell IV declared his unambiguous intention to run for Congress in 2016. He begins his email, “Now that Congressman Charlie Rangel has begun...
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