A police sketch of former Senator Carl Kruger’s office. New York state residents: Somebody stole your furniture. Relations are so bad between the Governor and Senate Democrats that a bunch of them no-showed his lunch party. OccupyWallStreet had an uneventful walk across the Brooklyn Bridge. New York City’s undercounting appeal has been rejected by the…
This is the douchiest shirt we’ve ever seen on too many levels. (Source: NYC & Company) The latest voting count for a Brooklyn State Senate seat puts candidate Lew Fidler ahead by 3 votes in the this-is-why-your-vote-matters election of the month. Bad news on the health care front for those of us…
This won’t be in your kids’ lunches anymore….starting September. It’s your last chance to try the meat-derived product everyone is talking about! Still no resolution in race to replace State Sen. Carl Kruger for an eight month term. As Governor Cuomo attempts to get more budgetary power, state legislators grow some backbones and decide…
The Orwells At first we were going to pretend like we thought this was former Governor Mario Cuomo, and maybe some band from the 60s that he was is, but that’d be really dumb. The Orwells are a new garage rock band fronted by a very different Mario Cuomo, who is a teenager from…
Indian Point Nuclear Plant is messing with this slightly augmented version of reality!! Greg Smith is the coolest guy [not] at Goldman Sachs. Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant also manages to mess with stuff under the sea. A handy village election voting guide for our readers in Westchester, Rockland, and Putnam Counties. Rep. Bob Turner…
No one should take advice from a man with that much pancake makeup (Source: Jeanne Noonan for New York Daily) Let’s all listen to what Councilmember Vallone thinks about a crappy new ABC show. Turns out organized labor is willing to put up a fight about their pensions, especially when the crisis is…
You’d think it would be hard to hate on a guy who helped Eliot Spitzer get elected as New York Attorney General, and you’re right: It takes some work. Let’s get started! Steve Pigeon at the 2008 DNC in Denver receiving the respect he has earned during a lifetime of public service. (Image Credit: Artvoice,…
You would think that a bill that passed the New York State Senate 55-0 and had only eight (of 140) dissenting votes in the State Assembly must be all good. Especially if it can draw such a broad array of praise, from Republican Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, to 1% advocates the Partnership for New…
The new tune, allegedly Millionaires’ tax advocates see opportunity in Governor Cuomo’s planned tax revisions Unions, progressive groups to canvass this Saturday in support of Millionaires’ Tax. New York City Council votes to sue Bloomberg administration over homeless policy revisions. NYTimes’ Jim Dwyer asks what’s up with this NYC living wage fight? Albany Times…
Which 311 would you rather be on the phone with?? (Source: TV Tropes, Google Image Search) SO I ALREADY TOLD YOU ABOUT HOW TO CALL YOUR ELECTEDS’ OFFICES. Well, our readers in New York City are more inclined to call 311 for their woe is me tales about non-emergency local issues. If you’ve…