David Seifman
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Vito Lopez is dead
Former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, who championed the rights of tenants and the elderly but whose three-decade career crashed in a sexual harassment scandal, has died. The longtime Brooklyn legislator fell...
Juvi-justice panel wants criminal responsibility age raised to 18
A juvenile-justice panel is recommending raising the age of criminal responsibility in New York from 16 to 18, shifting nonviolent offenses for those under 18 to Family Court, and keeping...
Libya demands return of captured Benghazi suspect
TRIPOLI, Libya — The Libyan government on Wednesday denied it had prior knowledge of the US capture of a top suspect in the deadly 2012 assault on Americans in Benghazi...
Fox News will interview Hillary Clinton
Hillary Clinton has agreed to a half-hour interview on Fox News next month as she promotes her new book and prepares for a 2016 presidential run. The show is set...
US attorney tells NY lawmakers to preserve Moreland records
ALBANY— Don’t shred that document. Members of the state Legislature have been instructed by US Attorney Preet Bharara to preserve all communications between themselves and the now-defunct Moreland Commission, according...
De Blasio blames Bloomberg for cornering him on charter schools
In an appearance on Brian Lehrer's WNYC radio show Monday, Mayor Bill de Blasio blamed the Bloomberg administration for pushing him into a corner on charter schools. The mayor said...
Taxes, charters, horse carriages: Voters disagree with de Blasio on all three
It’s a triple whammy for Mayor de Blasio: Voters don’t see eye to eye with him on taxing the rich to pay for pre-K, or his stances on charter schools...
Out, damn spotlight! Tech glitch zaps 'Macbeth'
So this is what they mean by “double double toil and trouble.” Lincoln Center’s Vivian Beaumont Theatre canceled Wednesday night’s performance of “Macbeth” about 20 minutes into the 2-hour, 45-minute...
The mayoral race's not-so-obvious winners and losers
The Winners Bill Hyers and Emma Woods: Things were looking grim for Bill de Blasio as late as June 26, when a Q poll gave him a dreary 10 percent in...
Street lights to get energy-efficient replacements
All 250,000 street lights in the city are going to be replaced with energy-efficient LEDs by 2017, Mayor Bloomberg is announcing Thursday. The mayor has scheduled a press conference with...
Engineers inspect NYC water tunnel for first time since 1917
A crucial stage of the Third Water Tunnel is being completed Wednesday-- allowing engineers to inspect another water tunnel for the first time in almost 100 years "We haven't been...
We have to crack down on biker gangs: De Blasio
Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio -- who's been calling on the NYPD to ease off on its stop-and-frisk program -- says police have to take a tougher stance when...
De Blasio leads Lhota 71-21 percent in new poll
Democrat Bill de Blasio is headed towards a landslide romp in the mayor's race and he now leads Republican rival Joe Lhota by a wide 71-21 percent, according to a poll...
Hillary Clinton to host de Blasio fundraiser
Former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will host a fundraiser next month for Democratic mayoral candidate Bill de Blasio, his campaign announced Thursday. Details were still being worked out....
De Blasio blasts Fresh Direct's $100M freebie
Fresh Direct would never have gotten more than $100 million in government subsidies to stay in New York City if he ran City Hall, Bill de Blasio said Thursday. The Democratic mayoral...
Joe Lhota targets de Blasio, taxes
Freshly-minted GOP mayoral nominee Joe Lhota previewed possible attack lines against Democratic rival Bill deBlasio Thursday -- and fighting higher taxes was high up on the list. "His knee jerk...
Stringer jumps 7 points ahead of Spitzer: poll
A new poll has Scott Stringer jumping to a seven-point lead over Eliot Spitzer in the race for city comptroller, after a glaring racial divide had both candidates campaigning furiously...
De Blasio surges into lead for mayor - now 4 points away from avoiding runoff vote: poll
Bill de Blasio is surging past his rivals in the crowded Democratic primary for mayor and is just four percentage points away from averting a runoff, according to a poll...
Bloomberg reveals city will save $363M in health care costs after insurer agrees to halt premium hike
Mayor Bloomberg has discovered the secret for saving the city $363 million in health care costs -- the threat of competition. Bloomberg disclosed on his WOR Radio show today that...
Next question! Spitzer refuses to deny rumors of 'extra-marital affair'
Eliot Spitzer refused today to deny that he has a girlfriend. The candidate for city comptroller was asked three times at a campaign stop this morning in Brooklyn about persistent...