Don't believe the hype. If every Democrat voted for cloture on background checks, it still would have failed.
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Don't believe the hype. If every Democrat voted for cloture on background checks, it still would have failed.
Today, even in New York, we are all Red Sox.
Really folks, is Weiner's political fantasy life really anymore deluded that Malcolm Smith's?
Isn't the Mayor's job powerful enough without giving a Mayoral Agency the power to appoint a watchdog to keep the Council in line?
Back in 2009, in the aftermath of Bill Thompson’s shocking near victory for Mayor, I pretty much made the case for Anthony Weiner:
Weiner on a potential Mayoral race: “We are ready to clear the decks on this thing.”
Who needs Mixed Martial Arts when you have Quinn versus DeBlasio?
Much to my disappointment, few have followed up on my recent posts about presumptive Brooklyn Beep Eric Adams (here are a couple more to peruse).
Compared with the U.S. average, the gap has started to close, and because poverty is far grayer in the city than the U.S. as a whole, that gap may close some more. For now, read more and grab some spreadsheets here.
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