Heard Around Town, March 26, 2012

Written by City & State on March 26, 2012. Posted in Breaking News

* Gov. Andrew Cuomo was supposedly in Albany with no public schedule March 7, but that he made time to come to the Casa Lever restaurant on Park Avenue in Manhattan for a $15,000-a-head fundraiser. Maybe that’s not unusual for a popular governor with at least $14 million in his war chest, but given the
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Eyes Of The City Council

Written by Andrew J. Hawkins on March 20, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, Politics

Speaker Quinn hugs Patricia Smith, daughter of Police Officer Moira Smith, who was killed on 9/11. Madison Square Park playground was renamed in honor of the fallen officer. Photo Credit: William Alatriste

Photographer William Alatriste sees the City Council in a different light Photographing a politician behind a podium can be about as exciting as watching paint dry. Which is why the City Council’s official photographer, William Alatriste, tries to avoid those shots at all costs. “Propaganda—I don’t do that,” Alatriste says. Alatriste started out at the
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Could Prisons Factor Into Redistricting?

Written by admin on March 13, 2012. Posted in Breaking News, News & Features West Side Spirit, News OTDT, News Our Town, Politics

By Chris Bragg A memo being circulated by Todd Breitbart, a Democratic redistricting attorney expert who has worked closely with the Senate Democrats, states that the proposed redistricting constitutional amendment released late last night would bring back prison-based gerrymandering. In 2010, the practice, which had counted prison inmates in the largely upstate communities where they
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West Sider Tapped to Head Fraud Unit

Written by Andrew J. Hawkins on February 16, 2012. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Politics, West Side Spirit

President Barack Obama has proven willing to do something Gov. Andrew Cuomo has so far been reluctant to do: give Attorney General Eric Schneiderman more investigatory powers. The president recently tapped the West Sider to co-chair a new joint mortgage fraud investigation unit, giving him access to more resources and more ground troops to go
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