Mad Max In Bloomberg's New York City
Thirty bikers surrounded a man in Upper Manhattan yesterday after a fender bender on the Upper West Side, caused when one of the bikers stopped short in front of the man's SUV, and pummeled him in broad daylight in front of his wife and 2-year-old.The Daily News reported: A dad out for a Sunday drive on his first wedding anniversary with his wife and 2-year-old child was attacked by a mob of moto
NY Post Uses De Blasio's Father's Suicide Against Him
We know from the hacking scandal that ended up with Rupert Murdoch's News of the World closed and dozens of Murdoch journalists from the NOTW and The Sun facing criminal charges for hacking, bribery and conspiracy that ethics is not a strong suit in the Murdoch Empire.Murdoch's Post has been hammering Bill de Blasio for a few weeks now, calling him a commie pink, Sandanista-loving Marxist and all
Charter School Operators Threaten De Blasio
The Wall Street Journal reports that charter school operators say they would "reduce services" if he is elected mayor and charges them rent for taking up public space in public school buildings.This is tantamount to a threat from the charter operators. They're using children as hostages in this battle.But I have an idea how they can handle the rent expenditures without having to cut serv
Incompetence At NYSED Causes Delays in Parent Notification Over Test Scores
It's all about the test scores for kids, teachers and schools these days.The Board of Regents and the NYS Education Department have gone full speed ahead with their vaunted new Common Core tests and teacher evaluation systems based upon test scores.Test scores plummeted across ther state as the NYSED instituted a new set of Common Core tests and many parents want to know how their children did on
Andrew Cuomo Ensures Moreland Commission Won't Look Into His Own Crimes
Ken Lovett in the Daily News reports Governor Cuomo, who once declared the Moreland Commission's anti-corruption work would be "independent" of his interference, has moved to take over the commission and make it do what he wants.In addition, Cuomo has ensured that the anti-corruption commission will not probe his own campaign fundraising or the largesse he or his PAC, the Committee to Sa
Siena Poll Finds Cuomo Is Below 50% Approval For First Time Ever
Governor Cuomo has bludgeoned his agenda through the last few years by using his immense popularity in the state (for a while there, he was riding with 80% approval ratings.)''He is facing reelection next year and is rumored to be seeking a very ambitious agenda in order to ease that bid - including a wide range of tax cuts and an education reform package that would include state takeover of "
Government Shutdown Isn't The Problem, The Debt Ceiling Fight Is
From the NY Times:Most Wall Street economists have said that the consequences of a temporary government shutdown would be relatively insignificant, particularly because spending on essential services — a large portion of the budget — would continue. Citigroup economists estimated on Friday that a one-week shutdown would probably cause a 0.1 percent hit to the national economy.In the long run, not
9-29-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Are Americans Waking Up From Their Self-Induced Comas?Washington Post polls finds many Americans no longer believe in the fantasy of the "American Dream:Four years into an economic recovery in which most of the benefits have flowed to the top earners, a majority believe that the American Dream is becoming markedly more elusive, according to the results of a Washington P