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Tuesday, May 6, 2014

5-6-14 Perdido Street School Week

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Quid Pro Cuomo - Did Cuomo Give On Moreland To Get Goodies For His Charter School Donors?
As has been reported around the media today, the US Attorney for the Southern District appears to be looking into allegations that Governor Cuomo and/or his office interfered into potential criminal investigations being conducted by the Moreland Commission panel.Here's how State of Politics wrote that story up:The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District dropped another shoe, and this time


Municipal Labor Committee Backs UFT/De Blasio Plan For Health Care Plan
Not a surprise - the Municipal Labor Committee did exactly what Mulgrew and the UFT wanted on this:The Municipal Labor Committee, an umbrella group of New York City unions, voted Monday in support of a proposal championed by Mayor Bill de Blasio that the mayor says will generate $3.4 billion in health-care savings.Several public safety unions—the Uniformed Firefighters Association of Greater New Y
US Attorney Subpoenas Moreland Commission Members, Cuomo Interference May Be Target
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has another day with no public appearances scheduled:Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Albany with no public schedule. Perhaps he is in his office brooding over this news: Federal prosecutors in Manhattan have issued a grand jury subpoena seeking emails, text messages and other records from all the members of the anticorruption commission that Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo abruptly shut down


5-5-14 Perdido Street School Week
Perdido Street School: Another Saham From Andrew CuomoRemember when Cuomo parachuted in to save the TWU/MTA contract deal?Turns out the whole thing was orchestrated by Cuomo's office to make him look the "hero":If the latest episode of the MTA-TWU drama seemed a bit scripted, it’s for good reason. It was scripted. In what might be dubbed the “Fairy Tale of Albany” or the “White Knight fr