Maggie Haberman
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Morning buzz
Here's the rundown: * Per The Post's Fred Dicker, he'll host Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on "Live from the State Capitol" on Talk 1300 this morning. * Mayor Bloomberg is...
Cox: Gillibrand should be 'ashamed' for not introducing derivatives ammendment
State GOP chairman Ed Cox took aim at Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand for backing off a chance to introduce an amendment to cut a legislative proposal to ban banks taking part...
Education Reform Now responds to Perkins with ad
As Harlem State Sen. Bill Perkins, a major opponent of charter schools, is holding a hearing today on companies connected to charters, Education Reform Now - the umbrella group pushing...
Brooklyn Dem chairman backs DiNapoli
Powerful Brooklyn Democratic Party Chairman Vito Lopez is endorsing appointed state Comptroller Tom DiNapoli in his quest for a full elected term this fall, another key early endorsement as he...
Morning buzz
Here's the rundown: * Gridlock will be on the agenda as President Obama speaks close to noon at Cooper Union to sell his case for a Wall Street crackdown. The...
More calls for Espada to resign leadership post
Two of the candidates looking to succeed Andrew Cuomo in the AG's office - including one of Sen. Pedro Espada Jr's colleagues in the Democratic majority - are calling on...
Schuyler GOP flips from Lazio to Levy
And in some good news for Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, his team just announced he'd peeled away a county from GOP gubernatorial rival Rick Lazio, as he flipped the...
The power of Rudy?
Staten Island GOP congressional hopeful Michael Allegretti's fundraising quarter in the first part of 2010 appears to have hit a stumbling block - around the time Rudy Giuliani endorsed his...
Cox: I have full faith in Levy
State GOP Chairman Ed Cox just phoned in to firmly protest the Knickerbocker item - including but not limited to the headline - about his comments at an upstate women's...
EXCLUSIVE: Levy may not make it to 50 percent at the GOP convention, Cox says
State GOP chairman Ed Cox publicly raised the specter that his hand-picked candidate, Democratic Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, won't get the 50 percent support among delegates at the Republican...
Education Reform Now's uplifting mailers to voters
Here's a sample of the mail that's being sent by Education Reform Now, the pro-charter umbrella coalition of groups looking to lift the statewide cap and other reforms to boost...
Sen. Breslin calls for Espada to leave leadership post
Per The Post's Brendan Scott, Sen. Neil Breslin (D-Albany) has apparently become the first of Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr.'s colleagues to call for him to resign his leadership post....
Morning buzz
Here's the rundown: * A doorman strike was averted with an eleventh hour deal * Mayor Bloomberg is re-opening the Harlem School of the Arts * Gov. Paterson gives a...
NY Dems go on offense, ask GOP hopefuls to release tax info
The newly-souped-up state Democratic party lobbed a fresh shot at GOP gubernatorial hopefuls Steve Levy and Rick Lazio, saying they need to release the last decade of tax returns in...
Morning buzz
Here's the rundown: * Mayor Bloomberg is continuing to push back on the Obama administration's Wall Street crackdown, hitting CNN this morning to make his case in advance of the...
Gillibrand can't crack 50% barrier
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is still struggling to hit the magic "50" mark against her three possible Republican opponents, even after her biggest potential fall challenger, GOP ex-Gov. George Pataki, made...
Cuomo out to hit it big with lottery
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was headed to Rhode Island to raise money last night at the home of the head of a company that landed a $600 million contract with...
Gov hopefuls sign redistricting commission pledge
The three GOP gubernatorial hopefuls - and soon-to-declare Democratic hopeful Andrew Cuomo - all signed a version of a pledge to create an independent redistricting commission through a "reform Albany"...
Cuomo raising money in RI at home of honcho with mega NY contract
A source says Attorney Andrew Cuomo is heading north to Rhode Island to raise some cash for his coffers tonight at the home of the head honcho of a company...
Bloomberg learned of Obama visit from the news
Mayor Bloomberg learned from reading about -- not from the White House -- that President Obama is heading to the Big Apple on Thursday to talk about Wall Street reform...