Comptroller Candidates Launch Attack Ads to Close Heated Race
A scene from Scott Stringer’s new ad. In the clearest sign yet that the race to become the next city’s comptroller is neck-and-neck, the two candidate launched attack ads tearing into each other today....
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Spending Big Money on GOTV Efforts
Eliot Spitzer collecting petitions signatures the day after he launched his bid. (Photo: Getty) As it begins, so it ends. Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has shelled out hundreds of thousands of dollars on...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer’s Comeback Attempt Fails
The room would soon be empty. He gave Scott Stringer reason to sweat it out, but Eliot Spitzer will not be New York City’s next comptroller. The former governor, who had attempted to revive his...
View ArticleScott Stringer Credits ‘Integrity’ in Win Over Eliot Spitzer
Scott Stringer declaring victory. After what may have been the nastiest–and most high-profile–race for comptroller in New York City history, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer eked out a...
View ArticleRedemption Seeking Pols Rejected En Masse
Anthony Weiner. (Photo: Getty) It was a rough night for redemption-seekers. Four scandal-scarred candidates–Eliot Spitzer, Anthony Weiner, Vito Lopez and Micah Kellner–all failed to win their bids last...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Denies He’s Plotting Another Run for Office
Eliot Spitzer on the campaign trail for city comptroller. (Photo: Getty) Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer insists he’s not diving back into the political arena just yet, contrary to a New York Post report earlier...
View ArticleRoger Stone’s New Book Says L.B.J. Killed Kennedy
Roger Stone, the sharp-dressed, right-wing political operative who is no fan of any Democrat, has it in for Lyndon Johnson. Mr. Stone says the architect of the War on Poverty and the Great Society is...
View ArticleEx-Anthony Weiner Campaign Manager Among Those Tapped to Join New...
Camille Joseph. (Photo: LinkedIn) Scott Stringer, the city’s next comptroller, slayed one scandal-scarred pol on his road to victory. Now he’s bringing on board the ex-staffer of another randy...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer Announces Divorce From Wife
Monday’s New York Post. (Photo: Newseum) Ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his wife, who stood by him after his prostitution scandal, are finally getting a divorce. “We regret that our marital relationship has...
View ArticleThe Most Excellent Hot Messes of 2013
We sexted, we filibustered, we shot selfies at Nelson Mandela’s funeral. We made bad websites. We were led astray by cronuts and tempted by imaginary girlfriends, and we shamed our dogs on Facebook....
View ArticleHot Tub Tabloid War: Daily News and New York Post Battle Over Spitzer Story
Today’s cover of The New York Post The war between the city’s tabloids warmed up last night when Confidential, the Daily News‘s gossip page, posted an item refuting “new stories making the rounds” that...
View ArticleHot Tub Tabloid War: Daily News and New York Post Battle Over Spitzer Story
The war between the city’s tabloids warmed up last night when Confidential, the Daily News‘s gossip page, posted an item refuting “new stories making the rounds” that ex-Gov. Eliot Spitzer and his...
View ArticleMorning Media Mix
(Illustration by Lauren Payne) The Daily News’ gossip page continues to hammer away at what it calls “the rapidly imploding down-market New York Post” over yesterday’s Post front page alleging that...
View ArticleChinatown Civic Leader Says Cuomo Administration Grilled Him Before Astorino...
Rob Astorino (left) at the Lin Sing Association with Eddie Chiu (center). A Chinatown civic leader claimed today that a member of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office interrogated him before Republican rival Rob...
View ArticleDavid Paterson Definitely Has Joseph Bruno’s Back
David Paterson. (Photo: Mario Tama/Getty Images David Paterson has a message for the now exonerated Joseph Bruno: you always have a friend in me. Mr. Paterson, the ex-governor and new chair of the...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Official Calls Eliot Spitzer Housing Development ‘Offensive’
A top de Blasio staffer called Eliot Spitzer's planned Williamsburg housing development "offensive."
View ArticleOne Dem Hopeful Gunning for Steve Israel Seat Has Port Authority Past
Robert Zimmerman's path to Congress in Steve Israel's Long Island seat may be complicated by involvement with figures now under scrutiny
View ArticleThomas Suozzi Nabs Steve Israel’s Congressional Seat
Former Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi has eked out a victory to replace the retiring Rep. Steve Israel in New York’s 3rd Congressional District.
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