Page Six spotted would-be Senator Harold Ford dining with Governor David Paterson at Butter last Tuesday. Which means it's time up update the ol' campaign trail map! Study it, Harold, because your New York geography needs work.
Zagat reviewer and supposed Senate candidate Harold Ford did Colbert last night. He deftly met every joke with an inane talking point, just like a real Senate candidate!
While the Post led with "fat man flips bird," the New York Daily News tried news (and Beyonce) on the front page: David Paterson has $620k to spend on a primary campaign. That is not as much as Andrew Cuomo.
Rich Uncle Bloomberg does not want terrorist Khalid Shaikh Mohammed tried in Federal court in lower Manhattan. And so now it will probably not happen. Not because of fear of terror, but because of fear of real estate prices dropping.
Our anecdotal report on the MTA just giving up on subway service: proven with science!
Yesterday, Mayor Bloomberg introduced fancy new "umbrellas" that will eventually take the place of ugly scaffolding covering New York sidewalks. (The city's 37,000 homeless people were reportedly looking forward to taking shelter under such aesthetically pleasing awnings.)
At least there's a Harold Ford interview to entertain us today. Has Prince Hal changed his tune on Wall Street bonuses, or health care reform? No one knows, because the Daily News reporter was not allowed to ask about "issues."
Have you been wondering why power couple Steven Rattner and Maureen White, rich Democratic fundraisers and friends to all local plutocrats, are supporting Harold Ford? Because Kirsten Gillibrand broke Maureen's brothers heart.
Today in dubious "quotes": the New York Daily News quotes a "friend" of Alex Paterson, the New York governor's son who was recently detained by the police for playing a dice game and possessing a missing debit card:
Lady-slasher Hiram Monserrate will be censured (which is meaningless) or expelled (which his lawyer, Joe Tacopina, says they can't do, though they can). Andrew Cuomo's investigation of Pedro Espada for tax and campaign finance fraud is heating up, too!
Remember how the New York Times' uncomfortable interview with Caroline Kennedy pretty much sank her Senate campaign? Hello, Harold Ford, welcome to New York! First question: Jets or Giants?
In time for primary season: conservative Tennessee Democrat, would-be New York Senate candidate, Julia Allison ex-boyfriend, and gay marriage opponent Harold Ford, Jr. supports gay marriage. Finding Democrats who already support Democratic policies to run in liberal states is hard!
George Will wrote about the Atlantic Yards mess! Which we learned about in an email blast from beloved Prospect Heights dive Freddy's! All of this is weird, to us. Especially the "agreeing with George Will" part!
New York's wonderful old mechanical lever voting machines are now officially dead. And you probably missed your last chance to use them, when you forgot to vote against Bloomberg. Now we will use terrible electronic vote-stealing machines.
New York said goodbye to 2009 and kicked off the decade with a rough 48 hours that included a murder suicide, a crotch stabbing, and a teenage knife fight.
The Billionaire Gentleman's Agreement that allowed Mayor Bloomberg to buy his third term? It is now concluded. Thanks for your help making it happen, everyone!
Uh oh! MTA doomsday budget time again! (Is it already... any time of year, at all?) Farewell, W train! Goodbye, Z train! Hope you didn't need to get anywhere at night or on a weekend!
Former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was convicted on two of the eight felony corruption charges he was facing. So this is precedent to press charges against everyone in Albany.
Face-slashing asshole-of-the-year candidate and New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate will not go to jail for the face-slashing (or for the asshole-of-the-year thing).
The new $11 billion operating budget is actually just an ominous warning that in a year—or maybe a few months—the Transit Authority will once again cite the need to hike fares in order to strong arm Albany in finding a newer, more regressive way of funding operating costs.
