There are many reasons to oppose New York Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf’s plans to building a mosque and “cultural learning center” two blocks away from Ground Zero. The perception that you’re slapping the faces of 9/11 victims’ families is only one of them, and surely Imam Feisal has to know this when he began the project. It’s poor judgment at best.| MORE ›
Thanks a lot, Hillary!
In a surprise turnaround that will cost the city $260 million in back taxes and untold millions in future lost revenue, Hillary Rodham Clinton’s State Department has quietly reversed a longstanding policy requiring foreign governments to pay taxes on some diplomatic residences.| MORE ›
Are Feds completely and utterly insane? Why yes, they are:
Federal officials knew that sending two fighter jets and Air Force One to buzz ground zero and Lady Liberty might set off nightmarish fears of a 9/11 replay, but they still ordered the photo-op kept secret from the public.| MORE ›
No joke. At least, not according to the New York Post:
BEHIND Eliot Spitzer’s flaccid attempt at re-erecting his public persona is a plan to run for state attorney general in 2010, sources told Page Six.| MORE ›
President Barack Obama is going all out in New York, reports Chris Cillizza:
President Obama is putting his political capital on the line in a New York special election, cutting an ad in support of the Democratic candidate and using his massive email list built during the presidential campaign to recruit volunteers for the final days of the race.| MORE ›
New York Governor David Paterson’s racial discrimination cost his state’s taxpayers $300.000.
Shortly after becoming NY senate minority leaders in 2003, Paterson fired the white senate photographer – action first filed in 2005 by Joseph Maioriello, 56 – because he wanted to hire a black staffer. Instead of accepting this kind of disrimination, Maioriello decided to fight.| MORE ›
‘Republican state Assemblyman Jim Tedisco conceded the New York special election this afternoon to Democratic businessman Scott Murphy, giving the Democrats a key off-year victory in a race that both parties aggressively contested,’ Politico reports.| MORE ›
Tedisco resigns. It this a sign of confidence or did he have no choice?
In what can be interpreted as a sign of great confidence, Jim Tedisco has announced his resignation as minority leader of the New York State Assembly. The announcement came shortly after Tedisco said he would stay in office until the election results were officially announced.| MORE ›
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