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John Liu is in a You Know What Storm Without an Umbrella Rent Regulation Is Not Abused By Rich People As Much As People Say It Is

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8:50 pm, 04/20/2012

Queens Is Totally The New Florida Right Now | Friday Links

Gold On The Ceiling: Your Committee To Save New York

The Committee to Save New York from left to right: Bizarro Eliot Spitzer, H. Carl McCall, Lex Luthor, The Riddler, Felix G. Rohatyn, Kathryn S. Wylde, Some Green Dude and Aquaman's nemesis, Black Manta

by Charles Benson-Hearst

11:36 am, 04/18/2012

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This is who your precious Committee to Save New York really is. [Read More]

NYLEAD, Coalition of Rich People, Wants to Get Rich People Out of Politics

A mysterious white knight is here to save the day. What could go wrong?

by Jay Emsey

1:01 pm, 04/12/2012

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A coalition of wealthy people is advocating to get wealthy people out of politics in New York State. The coalition of media, banking, and inheriting moguls, dubbed NYLEAD, is working to bring New York City’s model of campaign financing to statewide races, and counter the increasing dominance of wealthy donors in American politics. [Read More]

Cuomo Stamps Out Medical Marijuana Talk

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by Jay Emsey

11:35 am, 04/10/2012

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Not now, sez Guv. [Read More]

Dean Skelos Doesn’t Want to Raise the Minimum Wage

Just look at this chart.

by Jay Emsey

4:48 pm, 04/09/2012

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And he posits some science to back up his theorems. [Read More]

Former Journalist Blasts New York Press Corps for Coddling Cuomo

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by Jay Emsey

12:07 pm, 04/05/2012

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Quinnipiac University’s Mickey Carroll says Governor Cuomo’s high approval ratings are a result of unrelentingly positive press coverage. [Read More]

Quinnipiac Poll: Governor Cuomo is Popular

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by Jay Emsey

12:14 pm, 04/04/2012

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A new poll from Quinnipiac University shows that Governor Andrew Cuomo remains very popular in the state, with equal suppost from Democrats and Republicans. [Read More]

A Primer on Redistricting

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by Jay Emsey

9:12 pm, 04/03/2012

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Oh, man, how come New York is such a Democratic state but the State Senate is always Republican? Dude, I never thought of that before. That’s weird. [Read More]

1:23 pm, 04/02/2012

A Brooklyn Whodunit | Monday Links

5:40 pm, 03/23/2012

Get Your Doctor’s Visit And Religious Observance Done In One Place | Friday Links

10:30 am, 03/21/2012

Another Bus Comes Every Fifteen Minutes | Wednesday Links

Coolest, Best New Yorkers Gather To Harass New York Post State Editor Fred Dicker During His Lame Radio Show

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by Charles Benson-Hearst

2:31 am, 03/21/2012

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Our sources also say that the lamest and worst New Yorkers, as usual, sat this protest out. Because this protest is the greatest thing to happen ever, I am including every photo I could find of it in a sumptuous gallery as well as an equally glorious embedded video. Miracles DO HAPPEN, people!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [Read More]

9:39 am, 03/16/2012

Goldman Sachs is Anti-Muppet | Friday Links

Tier 6 Passes Assembly

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by Jay Emsey

1:47 pm, 03/15/2012

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State lawmakers were up all night in Albany, and passed another sharp reduction in state worker pension benefits around 7:30 this morning. The vote is part of a Big Ugly: a cute Albany term for a mass of unrelated bills linked together by government leaders in a back room deal. [Read More]

1:47 pm, 03/14/2012

Redistricting News and Hipster News | Wednesday Links

12:23 pm, 03/12/2012

All Power in the Hands of the SPECIAL MASTER | Monday Links

9:01 am, 03/09/2012

Barron and Jeffries take on the Mann | Friday Links

Rent Regulation Is Not Abused By Rich People As Much As People Say It Is

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by Gwenna D'Klein

12:41 am, 03/08/2012

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I gotta set the record straight before one asshole gets the US Supreme Court to tell us that we can’t have our rent regs. Everyone has heard some story in the news about super rich New Yorkers renting rent regulated [Read More]

11:25 am, 03/07/2012

Ominous Sounding SPECIAL MASTER Makes Congressional Lines Bow Before Her | Wednesday Links

9:04 pm, 03/05/2012

Lots of Confusing, Easy to Ignore Redistricting News. Oh, and Hipsters. Some Hipster News | Monday Links