Showing posts with label 2013 City Council Speaker Race. Show all posts
Showing posts with label 2013 City Council Speaker Race. Show all posts
Tuesday, June 17, 2014

The parallel but opposite universe in the media's recounting of Melissa Mark-Viverito's speakership (thus far)

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New York City Political Reporting Twilight Zone RELATED No. 2 and Trying Harder : The Unlikely Rise of City Council Speaker Melissa ...
Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Is Council Speaker Mark-Viverito Caught In A Corrupt Pay-to-Play Fix ?

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"Lobbysists are brazen. Council Speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito is smug. They make an ugly couple." -- The New York Daily News Cam...
Sunday, February 2, 2014

NYC Political Reporters Admit They Didn't Scrutinize Bill de Blasio, Still Give Themselves High Journalistic Marks

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You believe that there's nothing wrong, because that's what the media tells you in the newspapers. But watch them in this frank pane...
Wednesday, January 8, 2014

Daniel Garodnick concedes ; Melissa Mark-Viverito Expected To Become Council Speaker

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Or else, @BilldeBlasio offered sooooooo many perks and privileges that @DanGarodnick couldn't match ? @MichaelHwrdSaul — Informed Voti...
Tuesday, January 7, 2014

The not-so “different realities” between de Blasio-Mark-Viverito and Bloomberg-Quinn in Council speaker race

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Read more : On Eve of Speaker Vote, de Blasio Evasive On Mark-Viverito and Quinn Comparison (City & State)

Do private Council speaker lobbying meetings violate open meetings law ?

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Do private mtgs. between Bill de Blasio and Bronx @NYCCouncil delegation violate open meetings law ? http://t.co/Fy2AgzNpG7 @AGSchneiderma...
Monday, January 6, 2014

The Losing New York City Council Speaker Candidate Is Less Corrupt Than The Winner

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The Losing Council Speaker Candidate #constantcontact http://t.co/tmpGyWojvJ — Louis Flores (@maslowsneeds) January 7, 2014 About 36 hour...

New Yorkers Continue To Be Deceived About Council Speaker Race

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The NYTimes reports that the Council speaker race gets decided in "back rooms," but fails to report the back room deals. After ...
Sunday, January 5, 2014

Sam Roberts Stops City Hall Reporter Kate Taylor From Fully Discussing Council Speaker Backroom Deals

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This Week In Self-Censoring, Corporate Newspaper Editors On this week-end's edition of The New York Times Close-Up on NY1, the editor...
Saturday, January 4, 2014

Ethan Geto defends corrupt real estate dealing by Melissa Mark-Viverito

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It doesn't matter who becomes speaker, because lobbyists are always the winners. Ethan Geto is another corrupt real estate lobbyist e...

Patrick Gaspard Lobbying for Melissa Mark-Viverito in Council Speaker Race

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In desperation, Melissa Mark-Viverito's speakership campaign turns to Ambassador of South Africa for a lifeline. Is she unable to close ...
Thursday, December 26, 2013

Progressives Make Pay-to-Play Deals In Council Speaker Race

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Pay-to-Play in Council Speaker Race "According to sources close to the situation, Mayor-elect Bill de Blasio has promised a number of ...
Friday, November 22, 2013

Will LGBT Groups Protest Scott Levenson Over Anti-Gay Attack Ads ?

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The Advance Group, providing political consulting services for "free" to Melissa Mark-Viverito, was paid to defeat LGBT City Counc...