Topic: Albany

The Morning Read: Tuesday, September 16, 2008

David Paterson said the state will take a $1 billion hit while Michael Bloomberg said the city will be fine.An unnamed source tells the New York Post that Nancy Pelosi urged Charlie Rangel in a private meeting to give up the chairmanship ...
The Plank doesn't find MoveOn's latest ad funny at all. Bill Richardson is hosting fund-raisers to help Hillary Clinton get rid of her debt. Obama is related to Wild Bill Hickok in the same was he was related to Dick Cheney and ...

Ed Koch's Solution for Albany

A new political party. From his email: What we should do is improve on the reform model and create a new party which will state in its manifesto that it is running against the candidates of both the Democratic and Republican parties ...

Maya Angelou, State Budget, State Police

Maya Angelou writes on Hillary Clinton's web site: [Hillary Clinton]Albany lawmakers passed a $332 million budget extension to pay the bills until they can get the real budget done. [Times Union] Andrew Cuomo says he will investigate the state police, at David ...
NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg Again Rejects Supporters Who Want Him to Run for PresidentNew York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg again rejected supporters Monday who wanted him to run for president. That includes Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel's suggestion that the nation could use ...
Gingrich: a 'Great Possibility' He'll Get Into 2008 Presidential RaceFormer House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Monday there is a very good chance he'll get into the race for the 2008 Republican presidential nomination, but he won't decide until after September."I think right ...