Silver For Weprin
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver this afternoon issued a statement in support of Assemblyman David Weprin’s special election bid to replace ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, saying the Queens Democrat can be...
View ArticleTurner Resurrects Ground Zero Mosque
As Connecticut Sen. Joe Lieberman is poised to endorse Assemblyman David Weprin today in hopes of blunting the whole Israel issue in the NY-9 race, Weprin’s Republican opponent, Bob Turner, is...
View ArticleDems Use Zadroga Comment Against Turner (Updated)
The Democrats are gleefully pouncing on GOP NY-9 candidate Bob Turner’s ill-timed comment to the DN editorial board that the James Zadroga 9/11 Health and Compensation Act is “too broad” and shouldn’t...
View ArticleAnother NY-9 Theory
I’m just going to put this one out there without judgement and let you decide. Teamsters Local 237 President Greg Floyd joined me for a CapTon interview that will air this evening (8 p.m. and 11:30...
View ArticleTurner Spokesman: Weiner’s A ‘Mensche’
Bill O’Reilly, the GOP consultant who served as spokesman for Rep. Bob Turner’s surprisingly successful campaign in NY-9, blogged in praise of Turner’s predecessor, ex-Rep. Anthony Weiner, calling the...
View ArticleThe Time Andrew Breitbart Crashed The Weiner Press Conference
From the archives, here’s the late Andrew Breitbart’s performance after he comandeered Rep. Anthony Weiner’s news conference for a full 14 minutes. A website run by Breitbart, who died last night...
View ArticleSchneiderman: President Romney Would Kill Mortgage Fraud Probes
ICYMI: Gov. Andrew Cuomo might be avoiding the Democratic National Convention until the last possible minute, but state AG Eric Schneiderman plans to be in North Carolina for several days and...
View ArticleWeiner 2013 Trial Balloon Aloft Again (Updated)
A reader in Forest Hills, Queens wrote in to report that he received a polling call yesterday afternoon asking if he would be willing to consider scandal-scarred former Rep. Anthony Weiner for NYC...
View ArticleCuomo Not Going Near Weiner
Gov. Andrew Cuomo declined to give his thoughts on the possible mayoral run of disgraced former Rep. Anthony Weiner, and used the question to jokingly end this afternoon’s Red Room news conference....
View ArticleMarist Poll: Weiner No. 2 In Democratic Mayoral Primary
In the first poll released since Anthony Weiner confirmed he is mulling a potential entry into the New York City mayor’s race, the former congressman demonstrates he could still be a contender – or, at...
View ArticleGennaro Calls For Weiner To Drop Mayoral Bid
Queens City Councilman Jim Gennaro is calling on fellow Democrat Anthony Weiner to drop his bid for New York City mayor just as it’s getting off the ground. In a lengthy statement this afternoon,...
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Why Cuomo Didn’t Want To Comment On Weiner
Yesterday in Buffalo, Gov. Andrew Cuomo really didn’t want to comment on former Rep. Anthony Weiner’s formal announcement that he’s running for mayor of New York. “None,” Cuomo said when asked for his...
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Cuomo Now Has No ‘Official Position’ On NYC Mayor’s Race
During his Tax-Free NY announcement at SUNY New Paltz earlier today, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was asked to expand on his remarks to the Syracuse Post-Standard editorial board that if New Yorkers elect former...
View ArticleCuomo Keeps His Weiner Answer Short This Time
Perhaps remembering it’s best to keep your answers about Anthony Weiner boring and colorless, Gov. Andrew Cuomo didn’t want to offer any more opinions on the disgraced former congressman’s mayoral run....
View ArticlePelosi Won’t Assess Weiner’s Leadership Skills
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi wants to keep her distance from the New York City mayor’s race. Asked to assess Anthony Weiner’s leadership while he was a member of Congress, Pelosi responded, “I...
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Gillibrand Punts On Weiner, Spitzer
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has been an outspoken advocate and defender of women, recently making headlines in her quest to crack down on sexual assault in the military. But the junior senator was not...
View ArticleWeiner Admits To More Explicit Messages, Photos (Updated)
Is Anthony Weiner Carlos Danger? It sure looks that way. And if so, he may have still been sexting last summer – in other words, AFTER he resigned from Congress in disgrace. In the wake of new...
View ArticleAlbanese To Weiner: ‘Do Right By New Yorkers’ And Quit Mayor’s Race (Updated)
The first call for former Rep. Anthony Weiner to withdraw from the New York City mayor’s race following his acknowledgement of another round of explicit on-line messages and photos comes from one of...
View ArticlePelosi Suggests Weiner Should Get Therapy in Private
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi didn’t explicitly call on Anthony Weiner to drop out of the Mayor’s race, but she did suggest that the former Congressman seek therapy in private. At her weekly...
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Carlos Danger Graces The New Yorker
Next week’s New Yorker cover was unveiled today and, not surprisingly, it’s already generating a fair amount of buzz on social media this morning. City-based weeklies do seem to become inspired by...
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