Wed, 4 November 2009
The myth that nobody realized the mayor's race would be close underscores a deeper problem with accepting the conventional wisdom at face value.
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Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 7:37pm EDT |
Wed, 4 November 2009
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Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 6:46pm EDT |
Wed, 4 November 2009
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Tue, 3 November 2009
Direct download: Ed_Schultz_on_Election_Day_11_03_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 6:06pm EDT |
Tue, 3 November 2009
The Watertown Times says Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, who doesn't live in the district, doesn't know local issue. He also relies on big national funders. One of them is Matt Wheeler of the National Republican Trust.
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Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 5:27pm EDT |
Mon, 2 November 2009
Direct download: Bill_Thompson_pre-Election_11_02_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 5:03pm EDT |
Wed, 30 September 2009
Yesterday's runoff election brought victory to Bill de Blasio and John Liu. Back in March, I described the politics behind John Liu's campaign.
Direct download: John_Liu_the_morning_after_victory_09_30_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 3:48pm EDT |
Tue, 1 September 2009
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Wed, 26 August 2009
To hear the full 90-minute debate between Democrats Bill Thompson and Tony Avella, click below. |
Mon, 3 August 2009
Direct download: Seth_Barron_on_City_Council_politics__08_03_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 2:06pm EDT |
Wed, 22 July 2009
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Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 7:39pm EDT |
Fri, 17 April 2009
As moderator of a three-hour political forum for Teamsters Local 237, I expected to spend Saturday tending my stopwatch and introducing a parade of candidates for Mayor, Comptroller and Public Advocate. The breakfast event, at the New York Hilton, was for 200 or so shop stewards and business agents. (FYI: the 27,000 members of Local 237, the largest Teamsters local in America, include 9,000 public housing authority employees and 5,000 school safety agents). I was as shocked as anybody when Councilman Eric Gioia of Queens, a candidates for Public Advocate, suddenly lit into Mark Green about 50 minutes into the forum. Here's a transcript of the 2-minute exchange. Eric Gioia: "For too long, politicians have misled us. Politicians have distracted us. Politicians have given us so much B.S. it’s hard to believe. And I have to say, growing up in Woodside, I was always so offended when politicians got up and acted like they knew what my family was going through – like they knew what it was like to put food their family’s table, or not be able to make their rent. "And I would be remiss if I didn’t comment on my colleague Mark Green saying ‘You and I’ in terms of tax rates, saying Bloomberg and Rockefeller pay one rate and ‘You and I’ pay another. "Mark, I don’t hold it against you that you’re wealthy, I don’t hold it against you that you live on Park Avenue, I don’t hold it against you that you spend weekends in the Hamptons and use corporate jets. I don’t hold that against you. But it’s offensive when you look at this audience and tell them you have any idea what they’re going through, ‘cause you don’t. I challenge you to tell me how much money they make a year and how much money you make a year. It is wrong of you." Errol Louis: "Um...I’ll give Mr. Green an opportunity to respond." Mark Green: "What’s really important, as we all talk about the city and the future, is trying to avoid petty, personal attacks that take away from what’s good for you." Overtalking follows, including me saying “let him finish, Eric," and Gioia saying “you’ve misled the public for a long time, and it’s time it stops, Mark. Be honest with your campaign." Mark Green: "Calm down, Eric. We’ve got a long way to go. "Two points if I could. I haven’t saved money in 10 years because of my public service and public life. I haven’t. My goal when I got out of law school was to be the lowest income earner in the Harvard Law School class of 1970 – and I succeeded because I’ve never been a private lawyer. I’ve only been a public lawyer. And for Eric to make fun of me and my family who’s always been in public service, I think is odd. "If you want to talk about consistency, let’s be careful that we all act honorably and ethically, and that none of us take monies from interests who the City Council gives member items to. I think that’s wrong, I think that’s unethical. I think that should be illegal, Eric."
Direct download: Teamster_Forum_Gioia_vs_Green__04_17_09.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 4:27pm EDT |
Thu, 26 February 2009
Lillian Roberts, Executive Director of DC37, explains a new report by the union that found $9 billion a year is being spent on a "shadow government" and no-bid contracts.
Direct download: 02_26_09_Lillian_Roberts_on_NYC_Shadow_Govt.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 7:29pm EDT |
Tue, 17 February 2009
Vincent Messina, the lawyer of City Council candidate John Tabacco, says NY's election system is rigged.
Direct download: 021709_Vincent_Messina_on_SI_election.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 4:22pm EDT |
Thu, 1 January 2009
City Councilman Eric Gioia talked about term limits, citizen involvement and New York's tough fiscal times.
Direct download: 010109_Eric_Gioia_on_NY_Politics.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 8:54pm EDT |
Thu, 20 November 2008
The term limits fight leads Village Voice reporter Wayne Barrett to calls Mike Bloomberg the best mayor -- and the worst -- he can remember.
Direct download: 112008_Wayne_Barrett_takes_on_Mayor_Bloomberg_over_Term_Limits.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 2:51pm EDT |
Wed, 12 November 2008
Here is the federal lawsuit filed to restore term limits in New York City government. We talked about it with Norman Siegel, one of the lawyers who filed the suit.
Direct download: 111208_Norman_Siegel_on_Term_Limits_Lawsuit.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 12:22pm EDT |
Mon, 27 October 2008
Civil rights attorney and candidate for Public Advocate Norman Siegel outlined the legal case that he and other supporters of term limits plan to make against Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council.
Direct download: 102708_Norman_Siegel_on_Term_Limits.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 11:20am EDT |
Thu, 23 October 2008
Broadcasting from Kingsborough Community College, we took a moment to talk with Comptroller Bill Thompson about his effort to block Mayor Bloomberg on the issue of term limits. |
Mon, 13 October 2008
One of the leaders battling against Mayor Bloomberg's attempt to eliminate term limits is City Councilwoman Letitia James, who joined us.
Direct download: 101308_Tish_James_on_Term_Limits.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 8:00pm EDT |
Thu, 2 October 2008
We talked with Paul Jacobs of Citizens in Charge, who once ran U.S. Term Limits, about Mayor Bloomberg's attack on the city's term limits law.
Direct download: 100208_Paul_Jacobs_on_Term_Limits.mp3
Category:Election 2009 -- posted at: 4:09pm EDT |