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City shadows: Nightmares haunt mayoral visions
Spin CycleSooner or later every New York City mayor faces the kind of nightmare event that mocks his message. Ed Koch won fame for improving morale and procedures, then departed after corruption and crime. David Dinkins rode in on racial healing......Tags: Rudy Giuliani, David Dinkins, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Crown Heights, Michael Bloomberg
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Andrew Cuomo: Sequel to the 'Bronx is burning"?
Spin CycleIn a campaign that raged through the hot, tumultuous summer of 1977, Mario Cuomo lost the race for New York City mayor to Ed Koch. Today the ex-governor???s son, state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, of Manhattan, draws mention as......Tags: Manhattan (New York City)
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Same riff, different year: Koch goes for Rep. King
Spin CycleSen. Joe Lieberman (due to serve at the GOP convention as this year's Zell Miller) is relatively new to the partisan apostasy game. For decades, ex-Mayor Ed Koch has traded on his being an enrolled Democrat to help Republicans he......Tags: Republican Party, Joe Lieberman, George W. Bush, National Government, Government
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Koch: For Obama, against Palin
Spin CycleEd Koch, never entirely predictable, decides to endorse Obama. Not exactly a big draw in the heartland, but maybe a little help with pockets of wavering Jewish voters: In a statement to Politico, he targets Sarah Palin: "I have concluded......Tags: John McCain, Joe Biden, Health Treatments, Democratic Party, Social Issues
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Billionaires' pact: Oligarchs get a fix on NYC charter
Spin CycleMayor Michael Bloomberg, the self-made billionaire who has a private habit of expressing disdain for those with inherited wealth, nonetheless seems to have cut a deal with fellow billionaire, longtime Republican and once-failed mayoral candidate Ronald...Tags: David Dinkins, Republican Party, Referenda, Regional Authority, Crime, Law and Justice
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Plunge in poll puts Paterson in the danger zone
Spin CycleQuickly, the question has become whether Gov. David A. Paterson takes a shot at election next year ??? or even has a shot to take. Yes, we have a long way to November 2010. True, Paterson has been making......Tags: David A. Paterson, Rudy Giuliani, Eliot Spitzer, New York, Local Elections
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Caroline Kennedy provides punchline for NYC sendup
Spin CycleMayor Michael Bloomberg's annual Broadway-buttressed response skit in the annual City Hall reporters' dinner and show brought former Senatorial aspirant Caroline Kennedy briefly on stage Saturday night at the New York Hilton. The plot line of the sketch,...Tags: David Dinkins, Kirsten Gillibrand, Edward M. Kennedy, David Paterson, Charles B. Rangel
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On shotgun weddings -- and statewide tickets
Spin CycleIf as some predict Gov. David Paterson will be missing from the Democratic ticket next year, is a primary for lieutenant governor in the offing? And, should Attorney General Andrew Cuomo occupy the top slot, Nassau County Executive Thomas......Tags: Local Elections, Regional Authority, David Paterson, Tom Suozzi, Executive Branch
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Bloomberg mayoral fliers are in the mail
Spin CycleGlossy fliers promoting the re-election of NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg started hitting mailboxes this week. The fliers are 12 glossy pages that largely mirror his shock-and-awe wave of television commercials. They???re very heavy on the economy, focus...Tags: Local Elections, Economic Policy, Michael Bloomberg
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A fine state indeed
The recent State of the Community luncheon was headlined by four speakers who gave, if not glowing then surely positive, reports on where their organizations stand at the start of 2013 — John Scholten of the Public Schools of Petoskey, Dr. Josh...Tags: Local Government, Fire Island, Real Estate, Services and Shopping
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A fine state indeed says State of the Community report, remembering Ed Koch
The recent State of the Community luncheon was headlined by four speakers who gave, if not glowing then surely positive, reports on where their organizations stand at the start of 2013 -- John Scholten of the Public Schools of Petoskey, Dr. Josh...Tags: Local Government, Fire Island, Real Estate, Services and Shopping
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Mayor Ed Koch — He Was Doin' Fine
The Hartford CourantI lived in Manhattan when Ed Koch was running it in the 1980s. I met the mayor, who died Friday, a dozen times but not at fundraisers, book parties or political conventions. I was putting myself through graduate school and working two part-time jobs. I...Tags: Bethlehem (Litchfield, Connecticut), Local Government, Bronx (New York City), New York City, Manhattan (New York City)
Jul 23, 2008
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Jul 23, 2008
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Aug 22, 2008
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Sep 9, 2008
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Oct 9, 2008
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Mar 4, 2009
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Mar 29, 2009
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Apr 13, 2009
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May 6, 2009
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Feb 11, 2013
|Column| Petoskey News
Feb 11, 2013
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Feb 1, 2013
|Column| Hartford Courant
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