Oops: Steve Pigeon Forgot To Tell Everyone About That $126K Tax Lien For Some...
In which we learn that Preetsmas is truly a gift that just keeps on giving. After lots speculation about how WNY’s premier ratfcker Steve Pigeon could conceivably be wealthy enough to give 6 figure...
View ArticlePoll: Majority Of New Yorkers Say Cuomo ‘Part Of The Problem’ On Ethics
A new poll from Quinnipiac University confirms what other recent polls have shown. Andrew Cuomo’s approval ratings continue to slide to new lows. It also shows that a majority of New Yorkers don’t...
View ArticleThe True Meaning of Preetsmas
Another day, another must read post from Buffalo blogging all-star Alana Bedenko about the unfolding scandal involving WNY scum bucket Steve Pigeon and his coterie of ratfckers. Today’s installment...
View ArticleCuomo Cancels Rent Control Rally Because No One Was Going To Attend
Well this is embarrassing. As tenant activists were getting arrested outside Andrew Cuomo’s office yesterday, the governor’s office announced that Cuomo would hold a rally in Harlem today to support...
View Article‘Wholesale Changes?’ Cuomo Appoints 6 Wealthy White Guys To Port Authority Board
It’s been a rough few years for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Chris Christie was caught pretty much red-handed using the Port Authority as a personal goon squad to punish the mayor...
View ArticleWorking Families Party Admits it Got Played in Cuomo Endorsement
Nice of the Working Families Party to admit what anyone with half a brain knew last summer, that Cuomo was playing them like a ten-dollar violin: A year ago this week, New York political observers...
View ArticleAnthony Bonomo Gave Skelos’ Son $100K No Show Job, But Got What He Paid For
Anthony Bonomo had to step away from his dream job, heading up the New York Racing Association, this week. It had to be hard to take a leave of absence after just a couple of months after being...
View ArticleThe Feds Tapped Dean Skelos’ Phone For Months And Albany Is Freaking Out
I got this feeling Somebody’s watching me And I got no privacy We learned a couple of months ago that US Attorney Preet Bharara had loads of new targets for federal wiretaps thanks to disgraced former...
View ArticleGovernor Andrew Cuomo Inspects His Future Home
Caption this photo. We’re going with “soon.” The post Governor Andrew Cuomo Inspects His Future Home appeared first on The Albany Project.
View ArticleAnthony Bonomo’s Son Works For Andrew Cuomo
Well this is interesting. The son of Anthony Bonomo, the guy appointed by Andrew Cuomo to run the New York Racing Association just a few months ago and the man who paid Dean Skelos’ son $100,000 for a...
View ArticleCarl Heastie’s Campaign Spending Is A Mess
The Times dropped a deep dive into newly minted Assembly speaker Carl Heastie and how he spends his campaign funds this morning. It’s a doozy and it goes a long way in showing just how screwed up...
View ArticleNobody Likes Cuomo Linking Rent Regs To His Awful Ed Tax Credit
Andrew Cuomo has a problem. He really wants to pass his truly awful “education tax credit” giveaway to the hedge fund billionaires that bankrolled his (and Dean Skelos’ John Flanagan’s GOP state...
View ArticleGOP Senators Bill You For Mileage On Cars Paid For By Their Campaigns
It was just a couple of weeks ago that we learned that the Nassau County DA was investigating part time Jabba the Hutt impersonator and Long Island Republican state Senator carl Marcellino over him...
View ArticleSeven Regents Call For Delaying, Changing Cuomo’s Teacher Evaluation System
Seven members of the Board of Regents are calling for a delay in implementing the teacher evaluation scheme that Andrew Cuomo insisted on including in this year’s budget. They also want changes,...
View ArticleCourt Says Vito Lopez Really Will Have To Pay $330K Fine For Being An Awful...
Fabulously corrupt former Assemblyman and serial creep, Vito Lopez, will indeed have to pay that $330,000 fine levied against him for being a horrible human being. A state Supreme Court justice shot...
View ArticleLast Minute Ad Blitz Asserts REBNY Cares About Affordable Housing All Of A...
A group called “Putting New Yorkers Back To Work, Inc” is running a last minute ad campaign advocating for passage of the 421-a tax abatement that would be most friendly to wealthy real estate...
View ArticleVIDEO: Jon Stewart Loses It Over Cuomo Hazing His Little Brother On CNN
Last night, Daily Show host Jon Stewart used Andrew Cuomo’s repeated hazing of his little brother Chris on live TV to teach us a valuable lesson: Andrew Cuomo, like many older brothers, is a dick....
View ArticleCuomo Floats Straight Extension Of 412-a As Rent Regs, Ed Tax Credit Link Flops
CapitalNY’s Jimmy Vielkind reports this morning that Governor Cuomo is now pushing for a straight 3-6 month extension ($) of the controversial 421-a tax abatement for real estate developers. With just...
View ArticleHedge Clippers: Who Are The ‘Mystery 7′ Behind $13 Million Lobbying Push For...
The indispensable Hedge Clippers are out with a new report on the $13 million lobbying effort to privatize even more of New York’s public education system. This big money push by two groups funded...
View ArticleA Guide To ‘Noncriminal Legislating For Dummies’ For An Albany Afflicted With...
It has become increasingly obvious that Albany is seized with a vicious case of what Bill Hammond is calling “Bhararaphobia.” As the legislative session winds down, major issues that will effect...
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