Bill Thompson Used Pension Funds To Pay Off Cronies, Donors And Connections
City & State looks at Bill Thompson's tenure as comptroller and finds problems - lots and lots of problems:Thompson’s chief responsibilities as comptroller from 2002 and 2009 were to manage the city’s $85 million pension funds and a staff of about 700 people. He touts that record on the campaign trail, and friends in both political parties credit him for steady leadership as the city’s financi
De Blasio And Family Respond To Bloomberg's "Racist" Statement
How much Bloomberg has helped de Blasio's campaign with his "racist" statement remains to be seen.Certainly the story has eaten up all the oxygen in the campaign today.De Blasio's opponents all responded to Bloomberg's comments by defending de Blasio. While that's a nice and the right thing for them to do, it doesn't help them make any moves against de Blasio.Someone on Twitter (can't remember wh
Bloomberg: Poor People Have Air Conditioning, So They're Really Not Poor
From Reuters:Bloomberg also took issue with criticism that the city's poor have suffered during his three terms in office, which comes to an end in 2014. "I'm not being cavalier about it, but most places in the world our poor are wealthy. There's a lot of tragedy around the world," Bloomberg said. Previous measures of poverty looked at income and not services available to individuals - like air co
Bloomberg Calls De Blasio Campaign "Racist"
No, seriously - in an interview with NY Magazine: Then there’s Bill de Blasio, who’s become the Democratic front-runner. He has in some ways been running a class-warfare campaign—Class-warfare and racist. Racist? I mean he’s making an appeal using his family to gain support. I think it’s pretty obvious to anyone watching what he’s been doing. I do not think he himself is racist. It’s comparable t
UFT Tells Teachers Bill Thompson Promises Retro Pay - But He Doesn't
More lies and misinformation from the United Federation of Teachers leadership over the Bill Thompson campaign:The United Federation of Teachers is telling its members to come out in droves to vote for mayoral candidate Bill Thompson because he will give them back pay — even though he insists he didn’t promise fat raises to win union support. The UFT, which endorsed Thompson in the hotly contested
9-6-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Who Are These Teachers Who Like Walcott?The NYCDOE survey results:In his second year as New York City schools chancellor, Dennis Walcott’s popularity fell to levels that rival the tumultuous 95-day tenure of his predecessor, Cathie Black. Fifty-seven percent of teachers said they were “unsatisfied or very unsatisfied” with Walcott, the highest disapproval rate for a chancell