Former Queens Assemblyman Jimmy Meng, father of Assemblywoman Grace Meng, has been arrested for allegedly soliciting $80,000 in cash from a court defendant and promising to use the money to bribe Manhattan prosecutors between December 2011 and July 2012, U.S. Attorney Loretta Lynch’s office announced this afternoon. Federal investigators found the ex-legislator did not contact 
Three weeks ago, when news of Brooklyn Republican State Sen. Marty Golden’s now-infamous “feminine presence” seminar first broke, a group almost immediately formed to “bum rush” the July 24 event at Bay Ridge Manor – and promised to bring along, “go-go Dancers” and “burlesque acts” to mock the senator. Apparently, the passage of time (and 
One of the elements fueling rumors of a comeback by Congressman Anthony Weiner is the notion that he’ll essentially be forfeiting millions of dollars by taking a pass in 2013. The scenario is laid out in this recent AP report: Weiner — who had long been vocal about his mayoral aspirations and ran for the 
Wilder Fleming filed the following report: Mayor Michael Bloomberg responded this morning to city rabbis’ threats of legal action if the city goes through with a proposal to restrict a controversial Orthodox Jewish circumcision practice. “We have an obligation to keep people alive and safe and the courts have held that up repeatedly,” Bloomberg said 
Senate Democrats released a 20-page report today on a proposed minimum wage hike, calling on Republican Senators to vote on the increase from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 in a special session. In a release accompanying the report, bill sponsor State Sen. Adriano Espaillat writes, “This report underscores just how critical it is to raise 
2013 Mayoral Race Union money is already flooding the 2013 NYC mayoral race – a sign that labor intends to get more involved than in 2009. Hedging his bets, real estate executive Jay Kriegel bundled more that $100,000 for four of the different mayoral candidates. Brooklyn Conservative Party chairman Jerry Kassar is thrilled about all 
Wilder Fleming reports this morning: At a hearing yesterday in Queens, New York City rabbis defended a controversial circumcision practice that has been blamed for infecting infants with herpes, in some cases causing their death. The practice, called “metzitzah b’peh,” requires the circumciser, or mohel, to suck the infant’s wounds after circumcision, and has led 
A source points out a new PAC giving money to Senate Republicans bearing the vague name “Educational Fund” whose donors are two conservative billionaires and one former aide to President Richard Nixon. The donors are Bruce Kovner, Roger Hertog and Peter Flanigan. Kovner, former head of the hedge fund Caxton Associates, is a major supporter 
Move over Eliot Spitzer. At the CNBC Institutional Investor Delivering Alpha conference yesterday afternoon, the network’s Jim Cramer dubbed Southern District U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara the “New Sheriff of Wall Street,” because of Bharara’s financial crimes prosecutions. Cramer starts off his interview calling Bharara “arguably the most successful prosecutor in the history of insider trading.” Bharara, whose 
State Senate The Senate GOP is using a TV ad firm that has deep Tea Party ties. Queens Republican Dan Halloran surprisingly showed up at Democratic Senate candidate John Messer’s campaign kickoff. Brooklyn Runs for NYC Comptroller or Brooklyn DA could be in TLC Commissioner David Yassky’s future. Elsewhere Erie County Democratic Party chairman Len 
