Turnout Was Pretty Good For The Public Advocate Runoff Election
@Azi @mnitzky @Tish2013 @WNYC wow. far more votes cast than I expected. James really got her vote out.— John Podhoretz (@jpodhoretz) October 2, 2013Indeed - Tish James got over 111,000 votes. That's not bad for a runoff election with nothing else at stake.Unions really did a good job here, as did the James campaign, getting out their votes.Again, now we see why Squadron was going so negative.He wa
Tish James Elected Public Advocate
Great, great news.Congratulations to Tish James and her campaign.More later.
87% Of The Vote Counted: Tish James 60%, Dan Squadron 40% - 10:05 PM
So much for those robocalls, Danny boy...
83% Of The Vote Counted: Tish James 59.5%, Dan Squdron 40.5%
First black woman to hold city wide office - Tish James.Very, very exciting.
79% Of The Vote Counted: Tish James 59.5%, Dan Squadron 40.5% - 9:58 PM
Squadron getting his ass kicked.Couldn't happen to a more deserving guy.
74% Of The Vote Counted: Tish James 59%, Dan Squadron 41% - 9:56 PM
Tish James is going to be our next public advocate.Buh-bye, Dan.
41% Of The Vote Counted: Tish James 57%, Dan Squadron 42% - 9:44 PM
And so now it's starting to look very clear why Squadron went negative with all the anonymous calls and mailers.
32% Of The Vote Counted: Tish James 56%, Dan Squadron 44% - 9:39 PM
Starting to look bad for Robocall Dan.
Did Dan Squadron Go With The Anonymous Negative Ads Because He Knew He Was Losing?
He sent out a ton of anonymous negative robocalls and anonymous negative mailers.Wouldn't own up to it last night on NY1 but did admit to it on Twitter today.Just as Cory Booker launching a negative ad this late in the campaign suggests Booker is facing some turbulence, Squadron's relentless negative barrage - most of it done anonymously - suggests his campaign knew it was losing.We'll see soon en
Cory Booker Frightened He's Going To Lose Senate Race
Two stories make me think Newark Mayor Cory Booker is worried he might lose his Senate race or barely squeak out a victory in what was supposed to be a huge blowout.First, Booker's opponent released an internal poll showing the race within six points.Now that's a Republican poll taken for a Republican candidate so we have take the results with a grain of salt.But then, there's this: Cory Booker pr
"Scissors-Wielding Lunatic" Slahes Five People, Including 2 Year Old, On UWS
Gee, doesn't Howard Wolfson live up there? A scissors-wielding lunatic stabbed and slashed five victims in a Riverside Park rampage before he was subdued Tuesday morning by a brave passerby, police said. An 18-month-old boy and his father were among those targeted as they strolled through the Manhattan park before the unprovoked 7:58 a.m. attack by a homeless man, police said. Crazed assailant Ju
Daily News Wants "Death Penalty" For Schools Too
They applaud Governor Cuomo for saying "failing" schools deserve the death penalty, then point to a Bloomberg Philanthropy- and Gates Foundation-funded research group study that pats the Bloomberg administration on the back for its school closure policies, replacing large schools with smaller ones.See here for how MDRC works is funded by Bloomberg Philanthropy even as it works in concert
More Sleaze From Dan Squadron
Dan Squadron is desperate to win this Public Advocate runoff, that is clear.Not only has he been running anonymous robcall attack ads (which he refused to own up to on NY 1 last night), but he's also sending out anonymous attack mailers.It's a shame Squadron is too gutless to take ownership of his attacks against his opponent.If you haven't voted for Tish James yet today, go out and do so - the po
Bloomberg Wrong As Usual
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Don't Forget To Vote For Tish James For Public Advocate Today
The polls are open from 6 AM to 9 PM.Turnout is expected to be very, very low.John Liu said the following:Councilwoman Leticia James has spent her entire career fighting for working people both in Albany and in the City Council. She’s stood up against stop and frisk, supported laws that increased wages for working people, and fought against the closing of day care centers in our communities. She h
Sleazy Dan Squadron Refuses To Take Responsibility For His Campaign's Anonymous RoboCall Attack Against Tish James
Dan Squadron is a sleazeball.It's one thing to attack your opponent and take responsibility for the attacks.Alas, Squadron doesn't have the courage or the moral core to do that - as Politicker reports here: State Senator Daniel Squadron would not deny tonight that his campaign was behind a controversial robocall attacking his rival in the public advocate’s race, Councilwoman Tish James.In a tense
John Liu Backs Bill Opposed To InBloom Database
From the Daily News: Activists and elected officials, including city Controller John Liu, spoke out in support of a bill to prohibit the release of personally identifiable student information without parental consent at a City Council hearing Monday. The session comes on the heels of revelations that state education officials are working with the city to upload private information about students —
Teachers With Stockholm Syndrome
Lhota tells NYC teacher there's no $ for retroactive pay. Teacher thanks him for honesty, "convinces me more you are the man for the job"— Mike Grynbaum (@grynbaum) September 30, 2013Nothing to say here other than this unnamed teacher is one of the dumbest people on the planet.Lhota says there's money for tax cuts for rich people.But those years you teachers went without a contract becau
9-30-13 Perdido Street School
Perdido Street School: Siena Poll Finds Cuomo Is Below 50% Approval For First Time EverGovernor 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