Stefan C. Friedman
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PATERSON LAUNCHES RUN
February 2, 2006 | 5:00amNewly minted lieutenant-governor candidate David Paterson got a warm welcome-home to Harlem yesterday, as hundreds packed the Great Hall at City College to send the area's longtime state senator on...
PATERSON STUMPS
February 2, 2006 | 5:00amNewly minted lieutenant-governor candidate David Paterson got a warm welcome-home to Harlem yesterday, as hundreds packed the Great Hall at City College to send the area's longtime state senator on...
CITY GETS $3M GOP SURPLUS
February 1, 2006 | 5:00amThe New York City Host Committee officially closed the books on the 2004 Republican Convention by donating its more than $3 million surplus to the Mayor's Fund to Advance New...
$2B BOOST FOR RETIREES
January 31, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg is expected to announce during his budget presentation today that the city will reserve $2 billion over the next two years to help pay municipal retirees' health-care benefits....
SMART CAM TAKES AIM
January 28, 2006 | 5:00amSmart cameras - which can detect a gunshot and rotate in that direction to capture the shooter on video - will be the latest high-tech weapon in the war against...
ANDY $TUCK WITH AG TAB
January 23, 2006 | 5:00amCharlie King, who four years ago ran as Andrew Cuomo's Lt. Governor, has called on his former running mate to offer refunds on $1.2 million left over from that race...
SPITZER'S HIGH $OCIETY - RAKING IT IN FROM HAMPTONS ELITE
January 23, 2006 | 5:00amOld money, new money, Hamptons money and Hollywood money - every kind of wealth is doling out huge dollars to 2006 statewide candidates, financial records released last week show. Parts...
DEM TO ANDY: GIVE BACK $$
January 23, 2006 | 5:00amCharlie King, who four years ago ran as Andrew Cuomo's lieutenant governor, has called on his former running mate to offer refunds on $1.2 million left over from that race...
QUINN TO TAKE ON TURN-AWAY HOSPS
January 22, 2006 | 5:00amNew City Council Speaker Christine Quinn's first legislative act will be to introduce a bill requiring hospitals to inform patients that they can't be turned away because they lack insurance....
PAINT LAW DEFIE$ MIKE
January 21, 2006 | 5:00amA new lead-paint law passed over Mayor Bloomberg's veto has cost one-third of what Hizzoner predicted when he tried to kill the law, a city watchdog agency has found. The...
DEM ZING FOR KING
January 19, 2006 | 5:00amTwo New York congressmen denounced House Homeland Security Committee Chairman Peter King yesterday for blaming the city's lack of terror funds partly on black lawmakers. Reps. Anthony Weiner and Gregory...
REP. KING RIPS RURAL SECURITY-$$ PIGS
January 18, 2006 | 5:00amPoliticians from rural states are unfairly grabbing federal terror-prevention dollars at the expense of areas that are actually at risk, Long Island Rep. Peter King said yesterday. Speaking before the...
KING-SIZED CITY TRIBUTE; POLS' HARLEM HOMAGE
January 17, 2006 | 5:00amDozens of politicians descended on Harlem yesterday to pay homage to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on what would have been the slain civil-rights leader's 77th birthday. Mayor Bloomberg visited...
MIKE'S TAB
January 14, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg's record-shattering re-election bill just keeps growing and growing - hitting $84.1 million as of the most recent filing period, his aides revealed yesterday. And though his campaign ended...
NEW POLL PILLORIES STATE POLS
January 12, 2006 | 5:00amSix out of 10 New Yorkers are fuming about state government - and even more believe that leaders in Albany care more about themselves and special interests than about the...
MIKE NAMES 7TH DEPUTY
January 11, 2006 | 5:00amDramatically reshuffling his inner circle, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday named another deputy mayor - the seventh in his administration. The promotion of Homeless Services Commissioner Linda Gibbs (left) to the post...
SKYLER NAMED MIKE'S DEPUTY
January 10, 2006 | 5:00amEd Skyler, who has served as Mayor Bloomberg's press secretary since he took office, got a promotion yesterday, becoming deputy mayor for administration. At 32, Skyler - who worked in...
MAYOR VOWS TO KEEP COPS SAFE
January 10, 2006 | 5:00amMayor Bloomberg swore in a new class of NYPD recruits yesterday with a promise to keep them safe in the wake of the shooting deaths of two of New York's...
MIKE FIRES ON POLS
January 7, 2006 | 5:00amRatcheting up the rhetoric in his recently declared war on guns, Mayor Bloomberg yesterday accused lawmakers who kowtow to the gun lobby of being cowards. Bloomberg continued an assault begun...
N.Y. AN '05 TOUR DE FORCE
January 6, 2006 | 5:00amNew York's resurgent tourism industry hit another milestone last year, as a record 41 million out-of-towners flocked to the Big Apple - including 8.25 million in November and December alone,...