Take The City And Run

According to Streetsblog, there was a transportation planner (also a Park Slope resident) in attendance at last week’s community board meeting who had a statement ready to read, but never had a chance to share it. If given the chance, he would have argued against converting 6th and 7th Avenues to one way streets and […]

I attended last night’s Brooklyn Community Board 6 Transportation Committee meeting. The turnout was impressive — the auditorium we were in wasn’t the biggest, but it was filled to capacity, which was probably somewhere around 150 people. But there were even more people outside in the anteroom to the auditorium — and, if I understood […]

As someone who lives in Park Slope, between 7th and 8th Avenues, I’m really against the Department Of Transportation’s proposal to make 6th and 7th Avenues one way streets. I like my neighborhood the way it is now and don’t really understand the claim that making those avenues one way will make them safer for […]

I’ve been following the problems in Brooklyn’s 40th District since the special election there a few weeks back with awe at how ridiculous the situation has become. A quick summary of the problems as I understand them:
Does Matthieu Eugene even reside in the district he was elected to represent? Or did he when he was […]

According to The Empire Zone, Anthony Weiner “has filed papers with the State Board of Elections in preparation for a mayoral run in 2009.”
Lots of people have been hinting that they’ll run lately. As of now, I’ll probably support Weiner based on how much he impressed me in the 2005 primary — I still really […]

Reading through recent posts over at The Daily Gotham about Rudolph Giuliani brings a question to mind:
Is it better for progressives who expect to vote for a Democratic candidate to try to label Giuliani as an actual moderate or debunk his claims to that label?

Obviously, these days it seems that Giuliani is trying to distance […]

The Empire Zone has some interesting info about the bad luck of NYC mayors who have aspired to higher office. Doesn’t bode well for Giuliani’s or Bloomberg’s chances.

NY Post: MCCAIN TO CRASH RUDY’S MANHATTAN PARTY

The Politcker says: “In an apparent snub to hometown candidate Rudy Giuliani, the state GOP has invited John McCain to attend a major Republican Party fund-raiser in New York.”
I suggest that perhaps the state party has chosen to invite McCain (and other GOP 2008 hopefuls) as a means […]

The New York Observer’s Niall Stanage explores speculation, based largely on recent public statements by the Mayor, that Bloomberg may be considering an independent run at the Presidency in 2008. The reasoning seems to be that the Mayor wouldn’t be making statements on hot national issues if he didn’t have plans for higher office. Or […]

Candidates:
Mike Bloomberg [Republican, Independence, Liberal]
Fernando Ferrer [Democratic]
Thomas V. Ognibene [Conservative]
Seth Blum [Education]
Anthony Gronowicz [Green]
Audrey Silk [Libertarian]
Jimmy McMillan [Rent Is Too Damn High]
Martin G. Koppel [Socialist Workers]
Let’s face it: This is a two-man race. And just barely that. It’s all about Mike Bloomberg. If you like him and think he’s done a good job, vote for […]

Candidates:
Betsy F. Gotbaum [Democrat] - INCUMBENT
Jay Golub [Conservative]
Jim Lesczynski [Libertarian]
Bernard Goetz [Rebuild]
2005 NYC Voter Guide:
As the City’s “ombudsman,” or go-between, the job of the Public Advocate includes monitoring the operation of the public information and service complaint programs of City agencies, and investigating and trying to resolve complaints about many City services. In the Mayor’s […]

Candidates:
William C. Thompson Jr. [Democrat, Working Families] - INCUMBENT
Herbert F. Ryan [Conservative]
Ron Moore [Libertarian]
Daniel B. Fein [Socialist Workers]
From 2005 NYC Voter Guide:
The Comptroller is the City’s chief financial officer. The Comptroller’s responsibilities include: keeping the Mayor and the City Council informed about the City’s financial condition; making recommendations about the operations, fiscal policies, and financial […]