Posts Tagged ‘York’

Weiner Will Run for New York City Mayor

Former Rep. Anthony Weiner (D) is preparing to jump into the New York City mayoral race, possibly as soon as next week, the New York Daily News reports. Tweet This Post

Obama raises cash for Dems in New York

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Barack Obama is heading to New York City to raise campaign cash for Democrats. Tweet This Post

New York Corruption Probe Widens

A sentencing document for New York State Senator Shirley Huntley (D) details her cooperation with federal authorities in the wake of her arrest in a bribery scheme and shows at least nine officials and staffers were caught in her wiretaps, Politicker reports. Tweet This Post

Jury convicts two aides of New York City mayoral hopeful

By Jonathan Allen NEW YORK (Reuters) – A federal jury on Thursday convicted two former fundraising associates of John Liu, a Democratic candidate for mayor of New York City, a setback in Liu's attempt to emerge from a crowded field to succeed Michael Bloomberg as mayor later this year. Jia Hou, the Liu campaign's former [...]

New York Post falsely fingers 17-year-old high school student in Boston Marathon bombing

Move over, CNN—The New York Post wants to reclaim its spot as the most unreliable source of information in America. Actually, that’s not even fair to CNN, because at least when CNN screwed up, they could blame bad sources. When The Post printed this cover, it was just making stuff up: Tweet This Post

Weiner Trails Quinn in New York City Primary

A new Marist Poll in New York City finds Christine Quinn (D) leading the Democratic primary for mayor with 26%, followed by Anthony Weiner (D) at 15%, John Liu (D) at 12%, Bill de Blasio (D) at 11% and Bill Thompson (D) at 11%. Tweet This Post