New Eliot Spitzer Controller Spot Urges Voters To Tell Political...
Eliot Spitzer has a new ad with a familiar message to a familiar group in what a Wednesday poll calls a neck-and-neck fight with Scott Stringer for the Democratic controller nomination. Team Spitzer...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer, Scott Stringer, Trade Attacks On Sex Offenders, Prostitution...
Eliot Spitzer and Scott Stringer turned a debate into a street fight Wednesday as a new poll showed the Democratic controller primary too close to call. Our Mara Gay reports: The mudslinging got ugly...
View ArticleGov. Cuomo Will Stay On The Sidelines In Eliot Spitzer - Scott Stringer...
The hotly contested race for city controller will play out without an endorsement from Gov. Cuomo. Cuomo told reporters in Buffalo Thursday afternoon that he had no plans to make an endorsement in the...
View ArticleEx-Doorman Who Filed Race-Discrimination Suit V. Eliot Spitzer's Dad Backs...
A former doorman who said he got bounced from his post at a building owned by Eliot Spitzer's family because he's black is backing the ex-governor's rival in the race for city controller. Anthony...
View ArticleSex (Scandal Redemption) Doesn't Sell For Comeback-Seeking NYC 2013 Contenders
New York voters on Tuesday rejected disgraced politicians Anthony Weiner and Eliot Spitzer, who had sought electoral redemption after their respective sex scandals. Our Adam Edelman and I report:...
View ArticleThose Close To Comeback-Denied Eliot Spitzer Say He's Not Going Anywhere
Here's a story from Glenn Blain and me that ran today: New York has not seen the last of Eliot Spitzer. The disgraced former governor whose attempt at political redemption was thwarted by his Tuesday...
View ArticleMany Close To Eliot Spitzer Say They Hope He Doesn't Run For Office Again
Here is the second item from my "Albany Insider" column today: Days after Eliot Spitzer lost the Democratic primary for city controller, many close to him hope he suppresses his massive ego and ends...
View ArticleNYS Controller Thomas DiNapoli Not Saying Much About Eliot Spitzer
If state Controller Thomas DiNapoli was at all gratified to see former Gov. Eliot Spitzer defeated in his bid for a political comeback, he isn't letting on. “I think Scott Stringer is going to be a...
View ArticleEx-Gov. David Paterson Says Old Boss Eliot Spitzer Will Be Back
Former Gov. David Paterson says we haven't seen the last of his disgraced ex-boss, Eliot Spitzer. Though Paterson doesn't believe Spitzer, fresh off a loss in the city controller Democratic primary,...
View ArticleLegislative Officials Call Gov. Cuomo's Anti-Corruption Commission Spitzer-esque
This was originally the third item from my "Albany Insider" column today, but was cut for space: Legislative officials were stunned at the ferocity of the verbal smack down they received from Cuomo’s...
View ArticleSiena Poll: Eliot Spitzer Should Skip 2014
New York voters think Eliot Spitzer should not try to call it a comeback again. A Siena Research Institute poll released Monday shows more than two-thirds of voters say the former governor should stay...
View ArticleOn Dick Grasso's Election Night 2013 Menu: A Restaurant Chat In Queens
Two years ago, former NYSE Chairman Dick Grasso vowed that if his arch-nemesis, Eliot Spitzer, ran for mayor as an independent in 2013, he’d run too. Spitzer, at the last minute, ran for not for mayor...
View ArticleNY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman Probes Alleged Racial Profiling By...
Here is my story from today, with help from our Ben Chapman: The state Attorney General has launched a probe into Barneys and Macy’s after four complaints surfaced in the past week about racial...
View ArticleNFL's Pick To Probe Miami Dolphins Alleged Bullying Incident Has NY State...
Here is my story that ran in today's paper: Ted Wells, the lawyer hired by the National Football League to probe alleged bullying within the Miami Dolphins lockerroom, has a state government...
View ArticleNY Governor-New York City Mayor Wars
The following is a list detailing the often tense relationships between New York's governors and New York City mayors. It was put together to run with my story Sunday on the relationship between Gov....
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