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D-Day (Free subscription) | 07/02/2009
While there's no question the Supreme Court has tilted significantly to the right , in one case at the end of this session, they squeaked through a very damaging policy for the banking lobby. And believe it or not, it took Antonin Scalia to do it - I guess he's the new "swing vote": In a rebuke of the Bush administration, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a federal bank regulator erred...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/30/2009
Former mayor Rudy Giuliani finally 'fessed up and told us what we all suspected: He is totally thinking about running for governor next year. On CNN's American Morning, Rudy at first said , "I don't know if I am or if I'm not" running for governor but then said, yes, he was "thinking about it." But Giuliani added, "I don't know if I'm at the point of seriously considering...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/26/2009
The more you peer under the rock that renegade Democratic Senator Pedro Espada, Jr. operates under , the more you understand why the Senate is so screwed. CBS2, which broke the story about how Espada probably illegally lives outside his Bronx district in fancy Westchester, has admittedly "been on his trail for months," and now they're reporting that he may have violated federal and state...
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New York Newsday (Free subscription) | 06/22/2009
Andrew Cuomo says he plans to sue a Long Island lawyer who allegedly collected pensions from six school districts.
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/12/2009
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that private equity firm Riverstone Holdings agreed to adopt his office's Public Pension Fund Code of Conduct plus pay $30 million to the NY State Pension Fund for its role in pay-to-play dealings. Cuomo has been investigating how numerous firms paid intermediaries to gain access to the NY State Pension Fund; Cuomo said , " If you knew and paid the right...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
If you've been following along with any of the various scandals simmering around Democratic State Senator Pedro Espada, Jr.—whose defection was instrumental in returning control of the Senate to Republicans and put him next in line to be Governor (should tragedy befall David Paterson)—then you get why some people think he's "really an unsavory character," in the words of Baruch...
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Times of the Internet (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
NEW YORK, June 10 (UPI) -- A new poll indicates New York Gov. David Paterson is less popular than his predecessor Eliot Spitzer who resigned in disgrace for seeing a prostitute. A telephone sampling of adults throughout the state found only 21 percent of New Yorkers have a favorable view of Gov. Paterson compared to 26 percent who see Spitzer in a positive light, The New York Times reported Wednesday....
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New York Times (Free subscription) | 06/10/2009
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo plans to sue a loan modification firm and has subpoenaed data from 14 similar companies as part of a nationwide investigation.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
NEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said he plans to sue a large loan modification company and has issued subpoenas to 14 other firms nationwide as part of a probe into alleged excessive fees imposed to help homeowners avoid foreclosure.
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/09/2009
It's Albany as usual—and by usual, we mean totally full-tilt boogie dysfunctional. Yesterday, two State Senate Democrats decided to join the Republican minority, which then threw the GOP back in power , with a 32 member majority (30 Republicans, the 2 defected Democrats). The Times Union reports, " The whole posse was backed by billionaire Thomas Golisano, who has been conspiring with a...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/06/2009
Charlie Rangel might have apologized for sticking his foot in his mouth last week while joking about the accidental police shooting in East Harlem, but that hasn't caused the congressman to lay low when it comes to speaking his mind to the press. Last night he was a guest on Dominic Carter's Inside Politics on NY1 and Rangel further inserted himself into the political chess game that seems to be going...
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bizjournals (Free subscription) | 06/04/2009
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has ended his investigation of six investment banks, including Banc of America Securities, over their sale of auction-rate securities. (BAC)
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Swing State Project (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
? PA-Sen : Gov. Ed Rendell confirmed in his usual inimitable style that he's backing new-found Dem Arlen Specter in 2010. He did go out of his way to praise Rep. Joe Sestak but to encourage him to remain in the House, warning Sestak that he would "get killed" (metaphorically, I'd assume) and that "we will lose a terrific Congressman and when he loses to Arlen, he fades into political...
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Gothamist (Free subscription) | 06/01/2009
Andrew Cuomo thinks that primaries are a fundamental part of the Democratic Party, telling a Democratic conference over the weekend , "We’re a party of primaries, which I think winds up being good for us, because I think the conversation and the discussion within the party can be very productive." So if he loves primaries so much, why doesn't Cuomo marry one...or at least commit to...
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