New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/14/2008
What, did Rep. Anthony Weiner sleep through the terrifying economic news of the past several weeks? Especially the part about how political pressure forced banks to make improvident loans - in no small way helping to trigger the crisis? Must be...
the albany project - Front Page (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
On a conference call minutes ago, Rep Anthony Weiner announced the launch of a new website, www.LetNYCVote.com a site the, among other things, encourages citizens to sign up for speaking slots at Thursday's City Council hearing on the Term Limits Coup. The site includes this video. More on this soon. UPDATE: Weiner: If the Mayor and the Council Speaker think that they can do this with one public hearing...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/13/2008
Poor neighborhoods could lose bank branches because of the takeover of Washington Mutual by JPMorgan Chase, Rep. Anthony Weiner warned yesterday. A study by Weiner's office found that 37 percent of New York's lowest-income communities might lose a...
NYDailyNews (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Rep. Anthony Weiner is deploying a new weapon is his battle to stop Mayor Bloomberg from seeking a third term - the Internet.
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 10/07/2008
Anthony Weiner is also criticizing the City Council for introducing legislation to change term limits because he says changing the law legislatively "takes away the right of New Yorkers to vote." Always on message, Weiner also notes that there is some geographic snobbery in the fact that hearing on the bill will be held in Manhattan. Today's announcement that there will be a hearing – beginning at...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
The Observer has video of Representative Anthony Weiner trying to make a Sarah Palin joke. But it's just terrible (and terribly sexist): Referring to the VP debate , Weiner says, " Undeniably, undeniably, we saw a vice presidential candidate who had nice legs. I won’t dispute that. .. but we also saw a vice-presidential candidate who tried to explain her running mate’s health care position.” Weiner's...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 10/06/2008
Yesterday City Council members Bill de Blasio and Letitia James announced alongside mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner that they plan to introduce counter legislation to the council's bid to extend term limits on their own by sending the issue back to voters to decide in a special election this spring . The mayor's office said that it doesn't support such an election because they worry that it might...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/05/2008
City Comptroller Bill Thompson and Rep. Anthony Weiner, two would-be mayoral candidates, are backing legislation that would put the issue of term limits to voters. At a National Action Network panel discussion yesterday, both men said they...
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Here’s Representative Anthony Weiner saying that the vice presidential debate proved “undeniably, undeniably, we saw a vice presidential candidate who had nice legs. I won’t dispute that.” Weiner, who is dating Hillary Clinton’s body person Huma Abedin , went on to say, “but we also saw a vice-presidential candidate who tried to explain her running mate’s health care position.” read more »
NY Daily News (Free subscription) | 10/04/2008
Mayoral hopeful Anthony Weiner blasted incumbent Mayor Bloomberg's plan to end term limits Saturday as two City Council members tried to force a citywide vote on the proposal.
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 10/02/2008
Marist is out with a poll saying what most people suspected: Michael Bloomberg is a clear front-runner in a hypothetical 2009 race against likely Democratic candidates Bill Thompson, Anthony Weiner and Christine Quinn.
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Michael Bloomberg wants to run for a third term ; aides are “envisioning an unusual bill that would apply only to those currently in office.” Anthony Weiner said he’ll run against Bloomberg , but Bill Thompson was on the fence. Richard Lipsky sees the term limits fight as pitting the rich against the grassroots. Ben Smith remembers when the New York Times this was a “dangerous idea.” Bloomberg is...
New York Post (Free subscription) | 10/01/2008
Rep. Anthony Weiner said yesterday he will take on Mayor Bloomberg if he runs for a third term, while two other leading Democrats were on the fence. "Anthony is celebrating Rosh Hashana, but has said he is running for mayor. He wants to offer a...
The Politicker (Free subscription) | 09/26/2008
Representative Anthony Weiner explained to reporters on a conference call this afternoon how the federal bailout plan, despite considerable constituent blowback , actually helps the middle class. Weiner described what’s happening with the financial markets now as a “middle-class problem." He said if "you can’t get a car loan and if you’re a middle-class person trying to get to work, then this credit...
Virginia Virtucon (Free subscription) | 09/23/2008
Congressman Anthony Weiner regarding the anti-Iran rally: “I think it would have been fine for Sarah [Palin] to speak. We just needed someone of equal stature from the Obama campaign to speak.” Good luck finding such a person. Not even Teleprompter Barry can draw the kinds of crowds that Palin is now pulling in. [...]
