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Wednesday, July 30, 2014

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Cuomo Getting Beaten Up By National Press
Laura Nahmias on Cuomo's press strategy around the Moreland mess:The way the Moreland story took hold nationally following the bombshell Times piece may be of particular concern to Cuomo because the bad press fills something of a vacuum—while the governor is unusually energetic in his attempts to manage local press coverage, he has rarely engaged the national media since taking office, citing a de

Here's Comes The "Health Care Savings" From City Workers
From the NY Times:When Mayor Bill de Blasio announced his first labor agreements with New York City unions this spring, he was sharply criticized for granting long-awaited wage increases in exchange for promises of unspecified though sizable savings on health care expenses.Now, some of the specifics are coming into focus: City officials and union leaders say they hope to push municipal workers to

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Perdido Street School: Christine Quinn Looks For Commissionership In Second Cuomo TermYou just can't keep a corrupt politician down:Astute political watchers noticed when former mayoral candidate Christine Quinn attended a recent women’s press conference at City Hall in support of Gov. Cuomo’s candidate for Lt. Governor, Kathy Hochul. Quinn has been keeping a low profile since her primary loss to