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Entries from Gothamist tagged with 'politicians'

May 2, 2008

The four city officials who are assigned a security detail no longer have to pay the expenses on their taxpayer-funded official cars and drivers when they use them for personal excursions, according to a ruling by the Conflicts of Interest Board. The lucky protected ones are Mayor Bloomberg, Comptroller William Thompson, Public Advocate Betsy Gotbaum and City Council Speaker Christine Quinn. In 2006, former state Comptroller Alan Hevesi resigned after admitting he assigned a government......

Continue Reading "City to Cover Car and Driver Expenses for Top Officials"

December 22, 2007

If one ever wondered if there was a rhyme or reason to where those WET PAINT signs show up on subway pillars, the Daily News gives some idea. The paper learned that the MTA made sure to paint the pillars at three major station hubs right before politicians used them as locations for press conferences."I gotta figure a way to get the governor to my station in Brooklyn," quipped Gene Russianoff of the Straphangers......

Continue Reading "Beware of Wet Paint, Pols, Press In the Subway"

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