With the Democratic candidates for mayor pretty well locked up, much has been made about who will run on the other side. There have been lots of rich people pushing for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to make a go for it, and billionaire John Catsimatidis has expressed interest if Kelly declines, but there are others! What would you think our current Mayor's girlfriend Diana Taylor made a go for Gracie Mansion? She's has been wanting to spend a night there and previously mulled a Senate run—and it appears that GOPers have noticed.
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GOP Bigwigs Mull 2013 Candidates, Including Bloomberg's Girlfriend
NYC Politicians Pile On Wal-Mart: "Mexico Is Only Where They Were Caught"
With Wal-Mart's alleged bribery in Mexico now being investigated in the U.S., a whole slew of politicians and labor representatives showed up at City Hall this afternoon to essentially tell the company—which can't stop sniffing around the New York market—to shove off. "We say no to Wal-Mart," was the key phrase repeated regularly.
Quinn-credible! Speaker Tops 2013 Mayoral Poll By 20 Points
With 616 days until Mayor Bloomberg leaves office, the race to replace him is starting to get interesting, in the polls at least. While Ray Kelly is still out of the race (to many GOPers dismay) and John Catsimatidis is once-again mulling a Republican run, well-financed City Council Speaker Christine Quinn just saw a big jump in her standings. According to the most recent Marist/NY1 poll, the Manhattan politician is ahead of the pack by a solid 20 points. That's a big jump from last September when she was barely on top.
Huge Hudson Yards Complex Could Be Exempt From NYC Living Wage Bill
The City Council has been working on a living wage bill that would raise the minimum hourly wage to $10-11.50 for companies that receive substantial city subsidies. But now it looks like one of the biggest development projects, the Hudson Yards, may be exempt from the proposal, thanks to mayoral hopeful City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
Liu Said To Be Done With Comptroller Gig, Ready For Gracie
John Liu has had a bumpy time as New York City Comptroller. Despite doing a solid job of keeping city agencies in check, he has been continually probed and prodded over his campaign money (remember when his 25-year-old Campaign Treasurer was arrested?). So naturally, the Post is now citing sources who say he's preparing to give up his current gig and risk it all on a run for Gracie Mansion (ahem). Good luck with that.
Bloomberg To Future Mayors: Stay Out Of Gracie Mansion
The last mayor to live in Gracie Mansion—the home of the mayor of New York City since Fiorello La Guardia moved in in 1942—was Rudy Giuliani. And if our current billionaire mayor from Boston has his way, Rudy'll remain the last. After a Journal story yesterday suggested the next mayor might reside in the storied building (designated by Robert Moses for the job holder), Hizzoner got all huffy and expressed his opinion that it would be so "wrong" for a mayor to move into the building. Seriously, doesn't everyone have a multimillion dollar townhouse or two?
Santorum Swears To Stop The Spread Of Hardcore Porn
Rick Santorum does it again. Hot on the heels of telling Puerto Rico to speak English the GOP hopeful has put up a screed on his website that frets over how "America is suffering a pandemic of harm from pornography."
Santorum Says: Puerto Rico Must Speak English To Be A State
Rick Santorum has gone and whipped up another frothy controversy. While campaigning in Puerto Rico ahead of the territory's Sunday primary, the Presidential hopeful showed willful misunderstanding of how this country works when he told a local paper that if Puerto Rico wants to be a U.S. state it is going to have to make English its official language first.
Bloomberg: "I Did Not Kiss President Obama"
So what exactly do President Obama and Mayor Bloomberg do at a secret lunch together at the White House? Well, Hizzoner assures us all, they don't make out. Though that would be interesting! If those two crazy kids got together we could call them Obloomba...
What Do Obama And Bloomberg Talk About Over Lunch?
Oh, to be a fly in that soup! Turns out that last month the leader of the free world and the leader of the five boroughs sat down for a cozy, "long private lunch at the White House" that just happened to be absent from both politicians public schedules. Details about the meeting are obviously slim, but thanks to The Times we do know that at some point President Obama asked Mayor Bloomberg something along the lines of "what are you interested in doing next?"
Liu Insists Arrested 25-Yr-Old Campaign Treasurer Is Not A Patsy
As the scandal around his mayoral campaign fund-raising grows, City Comptroller John Liu insists he's still running for mayor in 2013. He also said that his campaign treasurer 25-year-old Jia "Jenny" Hou, arrested for fraud, was not set up for a fall: "Jenny is a very capable young individual and she is capable as compared to anyone of any age. I’m not hanging anyone out to dry."
Feds Arrest Liu's Mayoral Campaign Treasurer For Fraud
City Comptroller John Liu's mayoral campaign was rocked by the arrest of campaign treasurer today. The NY Times reports, "The treasurer, Jia Hou, faces charges of fraud and obstruction of justice for what federal prosecutors say was her role in funneling illegal campaign money to Mr. Liu by using straw, or phony, donors." Last year, one of his fundraisers was also arrested for straw donations.
Day After Fundraiser's Indictment, Comptroller John Liu Gives State of City Address
Three months after his arrest, Xing Wu Pan was indicted yesterday on wired fraud charges related to his fundraising for City Comptroller John Liu. This comes at a bad time for Liu, a mayoral hopeful, who is giving his State of the City Address today. Yesterday, when he was asked about Pan's indictment, Liu said, "This is the first I'm hearing about it."
New Yorkers Love Ray Kelly, Scandalous Warts And All
Might as well start calling him Teflon Kelly—as far as public opinion polls go, scandals just don't seem to stick to our police commissioner. A new poll out of Quinnipiac University finds that 62 percent of New Yorkers approve of Kelly's job performance, down just four points since December despite the recent anti-Islam video brouhaha Kelly has been stuck in (to name just one of his headaches). In fact, when it comes to the treatment of muslims by the men in blue, New Yorkers don't seem too upset about how police handle the religion.
Election 2013: Speaker Quinn's In The (Public) Money!
When it comes to elections most people are focused on the biggie this November. But not New York City pols! They're already focused on next November when Gracie Mansion, long left vacant by Mike Bloomberg, is once again up for grabs. And the early front runner is... still City Council Speaker Christine Quinn.
John Liu's Supporters Suggest He's Being Hazed Just Like Dead Soldier Danny Chen
City Comptroller John Liu is weathering a campaign finance scandal that has resulted in a federal investigation and the arrest of a fund-raiser, plus near-daily articles about the scandal and how his mayoral aspirations are dunzo. So yesterday, Chinese-American leaders held a "hastily convened news conference" to, as the NY Times reports, to "[compare] the federal inquiry into his campaign fund-raising to what has been called a hazing campaign before the death of Pvt. Danny Chen." Yes, they went there.
Comptroller Liu's Political Future Is Out Of Control
NYC Comptroller John Liu's hopes of running for mayor in 2013 are being thrown into question as the federal authorities' investigation into his campaign fundraising has resulted in the arrest of one of his fund raisers on fraud charges. Liu said, "I am saddened by what I read today. If it is true, then the conduct was clearly wrong and my campaign was not told the truth."
New Poll: Bloomberg's "Lost Focus," Ray Kelly's Mr. Popular
After a Hurricane Irene-assisted bump, it seems things are back to normal for the sinking ship that is Bloomberg's disastrous third term. According to a new Quinnipiac University poll, a majority of New Yorkers believe that Bloomberg has "lost focus"—and those same NYers would vote NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly in as mayor were elections held today.
Video: Alec Baldwin Says He'd Rather Travel With His Girlfriend Than Run For Mayor
There's been a whole lot of hoo-ha over Alec Baldwin's potential mayoral run, and he's not doing much to dispel the rumors. Baldwin stopped to chitchat with Letterman last night and explained that he'd like to "be" the mayor, not necessarily "run" for mayor. And why would that be? Mostly because of his smoking hot 27-year-old-yoga-instructor girlfriend Hilaria Thomas, who's introduced on-camera.
Alec Baldwin Is Going To School To Learn How To Be A Mayor
There's been a whole lot of brouhaha about a possible Alec Baldwin mayoral bid for the 2013 race: will he do it? Will he square off against his flaxen-haired, freakishly tan baby brother Stephen? What will become of Jack Donaghy?! We're not sure, and Baldwin apparently isn't either, because he needs to back to school to learn how to be a mayor first.
New Poll: Voters Split On Kelly, Down On Weiner, Up On Quinn
Another day, another poll of how voters feel about potential candidates for mayor come the next election. Including another cameo from popular non-candidate Ray Kelly! When NY1/Marist went and asked 808 New Yorkers who they would support if the 2013 Democratic primary for mayor were tomorrow, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn came out on top, barely, with 15 percent—surprising since she is well ahead when it comes to fundraising. The one person who a healthy majority of the people really don't want to see run for mayor? One Anthony Weiner.
Poll: NYPD Commish Ray Kelly Is The People's Pick For Mayor
With two years to go, the 2013 mayoral landscape is starting to take shape. Campaign money is being raised by the millions, pols are starting to make clear their intentions and polls are being administered. And the latest one brings some good news for Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, who isn't even running for mayor (yet). If he were, however, according to Quinnipiac University he would be the candidate to beat, with 23 percent of New Yorkers (and 17 percent of Democrats) saying they'd like to see him in Gracie Mansion. That puts him five points ahead of his nearest competitor, City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, who polled with 18 percent (including 20 percent of Democrats). It appears that the poll did not ask about any of the Baldwin brothers.
Baldwin Vs Baldwin: Stephen Hints At Mayoral Run Against Alec
A house of Baldwins divided against itself cannot stand: is born again actor Stephen Baldwin considering a mayoral run against his big brother Alec? The youngest (and in his own words, "kookiest") of the Baldwin brothers said as much in an interview with conservative talk-show host Alex Jones at the Talkers New Media Conference. He even asked Jones to be his campaign manager: "If it looks like Alec is going to run for mayor for sure, and it looks like he's getting some traction, you and I will circle back, you have to help me raise the money, and maybe we'll go head to head with big brother."
Mayor Bloomberg Is Warily Supportive Of Alec Baldwin Mayoral Bid
Since the ongoing revelations of Rep. Anthony "Stop Staring At My Weapon!" Weiner's private life can't stop/won't stop, his chances at running for mayor in 2013 are looking dimmer and dimmer. This week, a friend of 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin alleged that The Shadow was interested in a mayoral run. And Mayor Bloomberg said he thinks that's great...as long as he doesn't bother him whatsoever: "I only want him to stay out of my business for the next 935 days. For the record, I do not plan to go into his business."
Weiner's Sext Partners Spill More Details, Even Feel Bad For His Wife
Anthony Weiner's wife Huma Abedin, may be (understandably) keeping out of public on a day when full frontal weiner shots have been leaked online—but many of the six other disembodied ladies involved in Weiner's secret sext life have had no qualms with speaking to the press. In the case of porn star Ginger Lee, she was even allegedly coached by Weiner on how to handle the media. But at least it seems Weiner was able to retain his sense of humor in the midst of his chaotic last week: "Btw, I'm sponsoring a line of twitpic ready undies. I need a name," he wrote her.
Weiner No Winner When It Comes To 2013 Mayoral Polls
As more details of his sextracurricular activities keep coming, randy Representative Anthony Weiner is maybe depressed and definitly being hounded by the press as his political prospects with the public are being polled left and right.
With Weiner Unerectable, Will Alec Baldwin Go From 30 Rock to Gracie Mansion?
If there's been one silver lining to emerge from this whole Anthony Weiner mess, it's the tantalizing prospect of The Shadow as our next mayor. According to a friend, 30 Rock star Alec Baldwin is mulling throwing his hat into the 2013 NYC mayoral race: “Alec said, ‘Hey, maybe this changes the race. The dynamics have shifted.’ The Democrats need a high-profile candidate, and Alec can fill that bill,” the unnamed "pal" told The Daily.
Video: Crying Weiner Admits To Sending Explicit Photographs Of Himself To Various Women
At a press conference this afternoon, Congressman Anthony Weiner admitted that he sent the Tweeted photograph in question last week and "intended it as a joke." But when his direct Tweet went public, he panicked. Weiner said his actions were "deeply, deeply hurtful to the people I care about most" and that he has both, before and after his marriage, partaken in "explicit conversations"—with photographs—with women on the Internet. But he maintains that he did not engage in any physical relations with them. Weiner says he will not be resigning.
Former NYSE Head Dick Grasso To Run For Mayor In 2013 If Spitzer Does And Kelly Doesn't
Dick Grasso, the former chairman of the New York Stock Exchange and Monty Burns lookalike, really hates former governor Eliot Spitzer. See, back when Spitzer was the Sheriff of Wall Street, he sued Grasso over his ridiculous $187 million pay package. So Grasso, ever bent on getting back at Client No. 9, told a crowd at Wagner College that he'll run for mayor in 2013 if Spitzer does and if Police Commissioner Ray Kelly doesn't.
Eliot Spitzer Won't Talk About His Fantasies (With Journalists)
Things Eliot Spitzer, ex-Governor and current CNN-er, doesn't want to talk about with journalists? What he fantasizes about and his political ambitions. We know this because client number nine sat down for a chat with the Times Magazine this week and right off the bat made his feelings clear.
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