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Where The Mayor's Race Now Stands
Less than a month ago, we were looking at a Christine Quinn/Anthony Weiner race with Bill Thompson and Bill De Blasio as also-rans.With today's Quinnipac poll showing Bill De Blasio in front with 30%, Christine Quinn mired in the mid-twenties and Bill Thompson barely behind her in third place, we are now looking at an extremely interesting race.Quinn is in trouble.  She loses big in a runoff to De

New Quinnipiac Poll Puts Bill De Blasio In The Lead
Okay, now this is news:Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has catapulted to first place, with 30 percent of the vote, according to latest Quinnipiac poll. The surprising new lineup puts City Council Speaker Christine Quinn in second place with 24 percent of the vote and former Comptroller Bill Thompson in third with 22 percent, a month before the Democratic primary. Former Congressman Anthony Weiner,



Bloomberg: Let The Peasants Bathe In Porcelain, I Shall Bathe In Copper With A Nickel Finish
Bloomberg is more and more like Marie Antoinette:New York's billionaire mayor Michael Bloomberg has splashed out on a bespoke hand-made copper bath at a cost of around $13,300.Built to fit the mayor's exact specifications, French craftsmen have hand-molded the vast tub - the latest addition for his five-storey Manhattan townhouse which he is in the process of renovating.The finished piece is expec

McGraw Hill Loses Regents Exams, NYCDOE Makes Students Retake The Tests
Just outrageous:Students from a Chelsea high school have to retake their English Regents exams today after their original tests fell off the back of a truck on their way to be graded, the teachers union said last night. The United Federation of Teachers said about 75 11th-grade students from Chelsea Career and Technical Education HS have to retake the test after education company McGraw Hill lost


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Perdido Street School: Newark Star Ledger: Chris Christie And Cory Booker Share Same Key DonorsThe corporate education reformers are coming out for both Christie and Booker: Five dozen wealthy donors from Wall Street to Silicon Valley have placed their bets on both of New Jersey’s big political stars — Republican Gov. Chris Christie and Democratic Newark Mayor Cory Booker — this campaign season, a