Thursday, May 5, 2011

de Blasio


 2/28/2013
WFP Tries to Kill Subpoenas
The Working Families Party is asking an appellate court to quash a broad subpoena and remove a special district attorney from the matter, arguing that the prosecutor was illegally appointed and lacks authority. 


2/27/2013 ___________________________________________________________________________________
Meet DA Donvan A Major Player in Next Mayor's Race
Also Investigating Lopez

Staten Island DA Daniel Donovan
Release Of Vito Lopez Report Delayed While Special Prosecutor Continues Probe: Sources(NYDN)

2009 Election Probe Emerges Again(WSJ)



DA Donvan Going After WPA's Data and Field Stream Who Were Very Involved in de Blasio and Liu 2009 Campaign
Working Families Party Officials Served With Subpoenas(WSJ)Working Families Party officials have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury investigating the party's ties to a for-profit company Data and Field Services that provided campaign assistance to candidates including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Staten Island Council Member Debi Rose, court records show.Working Families Party backing helped propel Ms. Rose, Mr. de Blasio and city Comptroller John Liu to victory in 2009. Messrs. de Blasio and Liu are now Democratic contenders for mayor this year.Mr. Rabb and Ms. Siegal declined to comment through a party spokesman. Representatives for Messrs. Liu and de Blasio declined to comment. Calls to the Mastic Beach association, Kantor Davidoff and Ms. Rose weren't returned. Data and Field Services is now defunct.
. was "a trusted emissary" b/w & in 2010, reports
Subpoenas Go Out To Working Family Party Officials; Party Says Prosecutor Should Be Dumped
Bill de Blasio may be ensnared in Working Families prob(NYDN)  * De Blasio has a long-standing relationship with Cuomo and even served as his go-between with the WFP during the 2010 campaign. Will the governor assist him in his mayoral run this year?  

de Blasio's Campaign Tactic Exposed (2009) Cleared in (2010) subpoenaed (2013)

Judith Kaye's botched whitewash of WFP hijinks--Editorial 

3RD PARTY WARNED ON FUNDS The city Campaign Finance Board sent a warning yesterday to the Working Families Party and candidates who use its for-profit arm, saying they're the same entity and all expenditures must be accounted for * Working Families Party candidates warned about financial dealings De Blasio has two contracts with Data and Field Services totaling $90140, a campaign aide said *** Questions for Data and Field (New York Times) ** WFP candidates warned on Data and Field Services firm *** As ACORN Engaged In Political Work, Affiliate Received Taxpayer Money *** CFB Declares DFS An Arm Of WFP ** The NYC Working Families Party Scam UPDATED *** Bill de Blasio Accused of Playing the (Inter-)Race Card
2/26/2013
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Liu and de Blasio and WFP's Data and Field Stream


Working Families Party Officials Served With Subpoenas(WSJ)Working Families Party officials have been subpoenaed to appear before a grand jury investigating the party's ties to a for-profit company Data and Field Services that provided campaign assistance to candidates including Public Advocate Bill de Blasio and Staten Island Council Member Debi Rose, court records show.Working Families Party backing helped propel Ms. Rose, Mr. de Blasio and city Comptroller John Liu to victory in 2009. Messrs. de Blasio and Liu are now Democratic contenders for mayor this year.Mr. Rabb and Ms. Siegal declined to comment through a party spokesman. Representatives for Messrs. Liu and de Blasio declined to comment. Calls to the Mastic Beach association, Kantor Davidoff and Ms. Rose weren't returned. Data and Field Services is now defunct.

. was "a trusted emissary" b/w & in 2010, reports
Subpoenas Go Out To Working Family Party Officials; Party Says Prosecutor Should Be Dumped


de Blasio's Campaign Tactic Exposed (2009) Cleared in (2010) subpoenaed (2013)

Judith Kaye's botched whitewash of WFP hijinks--Editorial 

3RD PARTY WARNED ON FUNDS The city Campaign Finance Board sent a warning yesterday to the Working Families Party and candidates who use its for-profit arm, saying they're the same entity and all expenditures must be accounted for * Working Families Party candidates warned about financial dealings De Blasio has two contracts with Data and Field Services totaling $90140, a campaign aide said *** Questions for Data and Field (New York Times) ** WFP candidates warned on Data and Field Services firm *** As ACORN Engaged In Political Work, Affiliate Received Taxpayer Money *** CFB Declares DFS An Arm Of WFP ** The NYC Working Families Party Scam UPDATED *** Bill de Blasio Accused of Playing the (Inter-)Race Card


1/30/2013
de Blasio Magic Money
Why does a parking ticket in central Manhattan cost $115? Because the city must pay that $8 billion in pensions costs   
In the Same stump speech that de Blasio blasts the city hurting driving small business with ticket blitzes he calls for more services and programs that will diver the cost of city services up requiring more tickets to be given outDe Blasio is right to defend small business - Queens Chronicle ...

Fox Anchor Says Bill de Blasio Has ‘Special Power to Silence Viewpoints’(NYO)


1/29/2013

Lewis Does A 180 and Challenges de Blasio of Economic Effects of Sick Pay on Small Business

Mayoral Candidates Line Up to Slam Bloomberg Budget(NYO)


NY1 Online: Public Advocate De Blasio Makes The Case For His Mayoral Run
Hunter Walker follows NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio’s marathon first day on the campaign trail as an official mayoral contender. 

 


1/28/2013

Neighborhood de Blasio

de Blasio Announces His Run for Mayor In Front of His House to Drive Home the Image He is A Neighborhood Outer Borough Guy 
De Blasio, Announcing Mayoral Bid, Pledges to Help People City Hall Forgot(NYT) Bill de Blasio, the city’s public advocate, promised to focus on education as well as neighborhood and pocketbook issues that he said had not been addressed by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg. * More on de Blasio * Public Advocate De Blasio Paints Himself As Mayoral Candidate For Working Class(NY1) * Public Advocate Bill de Blasio officially announced his own mayoral campaign yesterday. In their coverage of the event, the Daily News quickly noted his son’s “stupendous afro,” the New York Times said his “modest, homespun tableau stood in calculated contrast to the formality of an announcement at City Hall,” and the New York Post focused on his criticism of Mr. Bloomberg’s administration.
The Onion or NYT headline: "De Blasio's Announcement Is Upstaged by Son's Hair"
 De Blasio's Announcement Is Upstaged by Son's Hair(NYT)



1/27/013
Neighborhood de Blasio In

de Blasio Announces His Run for Mayor In Front of His House to Drive Home the Image He is A Neighborhood Outer Borough Guy
I stand before this city today as someone seeking to be a mayor of our neighborhoods — good, clean, strong, safe neighborhoods * De Blasio says he'll ask te "very wealthiest" to help children and "pay a little more in taxes"* Public Advocate De Blasio Officially Enters Crowded Democratic Field For Mayor(NY1) * . calls for reform of stop-and-frisk, notes his son could be targeted. ( said the same thing couple weeks ago.)* . criticizes fellow D mayorals who only want to "tweak" policies and ones who only show up in election year* . praises on smoking, obesity, mayoral control, immigration reform there are real differences among dem candidates. I will be a mayor for our neighborhoods, in all 5 boroughs. * De Blasio says there has been "tale of two cities" under Bloomberg, now beating paid sick days and "mom and pop" business drums * Proud to have led opposition to mayor Bloomberg's term limits bill, says. "Too many working parents lack adequate childcare & afterschool programs, paid sick leave & decent wages.  

All Boroughs Must Be Treated Equally  . name checks Dinkins, Clinton & Cuomo. . opens up about dad, ww2 vet who lost leg at okinawa,Bill de Blasio: "Today here on my block in Brooklyn, I proudly declare my candidacy for mayor of New York City!". notes that no mayor in recent years has sent kids to public schools but "i intend to rewrite that history this year.". kicks off campaign for NYC Mayor (NYT) * Public Advocate De Blasio Paints Himself As Mayoral Candidate For Working Class  * De Blasio Pledges to Be a ‘Mayor for Our Neighborhood’(NYT) * De Blasio Announces Mayoral Campaign(WCBS) * Public Advocate De Blasio Paints Himself As Mayoral Candidate(NY1) * Bill de Blasio Officially Launches Mayoral Campaign (NY Mag)

The Last Outer Borough Mayor Was Abe Beame Elected in 1974
 Bill de Blasio Tells ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ at His Mayoral Campaign Kickoff(NYO) * Cynthia Nixon endorses de Blasio, criticizes Quinn over Paid Sick Leave | Capital New York * Formalizing Mayoral Bid, Bill de Blasio Brands Himself A Man Of The (Outerborough) People * Public Advocate Bill De Blasio Builds His New Mayoral Candidacy Around His Park Slope Block(NY1) * Bill de Blasio announces he's running for NYC mayor(NYP) * Bill deBlasio announces he's running for mayor(Fox 5)
De Blasio begins campaign by reprising Ferrer's failed and divisive "two cities" theme from 01.


1/11/2013


This Is New York: Bill de Blasio, NYC Public Advocate(Epoch Times) An advocate of heritage, honor, and family* Let's not wait for more court rulings to set boundaries of our policing tactics—we should be setting our priorities w/ our laws & oversight


1/9/2013

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio rehired Pinny Ringel, who left his office in order to join former Senator David Storobin‘s chief of staff. The move reflects Mr. de Blasio’s continued focus on Brooklyn’s Orthodox Jewish community, part of which he represented in the City Council. “We are thrilled to have Pinny back on our team. He’s a powerful voice for Brooklyn,” Mr. de Blasio said in a statement.
1/6/2013
New Blog Goes After de Blasio

1.3.2013
de Blasio Hopes the Anti Stop and Frisk Activism Translates into Votes . . . Team Quinn Uses Kelly As A Bridge to Make New York Voters Feel Safe After Bloomberg

De Blasio blasts Christine Quinn's decision to keep Ray Kelly as NYPD Commissioner if she's elected mayor(NYP)   de Blasio is trying to build a coaliton from the anti stop and frisk activists to conservative to conservative orthodox jews in Brooklyn. It will be interesting to see how sucessful Team Quinn is in trying to pick off de Blasio conservatives who fear crime but opposes the speaker because of her lifestyle. * THOMAS A. REPPETTO: Keeping the City Safe  "Crime will gradually go up" if the next mayor cuts back on stop-and-frisk, a former president of the Citizens Crime Commission warned. [Thomas Reppetto]* A Soaring Homicide Rate,  Public Advocate Bill de Blasio criticized Council Speaker Christine Quinn's reported backroom deal to keep NYPD commissioner Ray Kelly in place if she's elected mayor, but also said he has "a lot of respect for Ray Kelly."?

Neighborhood de Blasio In

de Blasio Announces His Run for Mayor In Front of His House to Drive Home the Image He is A Neighborhood Outer Borough Guy
I stand before this city today as someone seeking to be a mayor of our neighborhoods — good, clean, strong, safe neighborhoods * De Blasio says he'll ask te "very wealthiest" to help children and "pay a little more in taxes"* Public Advocate De Blasio Officially Enters Crowded Democratic Field For Mayor(NY1) * . calls for reform of stop-and-frisk, notes his son could be targeted. ( said the same thing couple weeks ago.)* . criticizes fellow D mayorals who only want to "tweak" policies and ones who only show up in election year* . praises on smoking, obesity, mayoral control, immigration reform there are real differences among dem candidates. I will be a mayor for our neighborhoods, in all 5 boroughs. * De Blasio says there has been "tale of two cities" under Bloomberg, now beating paid sick days and "mom and pop" business drums * Proud to have led opposition to mayor Bloomberg's term limits bill, says. "Too many working parents lack adequate childcare & afterschool programs, paid sick leave & decent wages.  

All Boroughs Must Be Treated Equally  . name checks Dinkins, Clinton & Cuomo. . opens up about dad, ww2 vet who lost leg at okinawa,Bill de Blasio: "Today here on my block in Brooklyn, I proudly declare my candidacy for mayor of New York City!". notes that no mayor in recent years has sent kids to public schools but "i intend to rewrite that history this year.". kicks off campaign for NYC Mayor (NYT) * Public Advocate De Blasio Paints Himself As Mayoral Candidate For Working Class  * De Blasio Pledges to Be a ‘Mayor for Our Neighborhood’(NYT) * De Blasio Announces Mayoral Campaign(WCBS) * Public Advocate De Blasio Paints Himself As Mayoral Candidate(NY1) * Bill de Blasio Officially Launches Mayoral Campaign (NY Mag)

The Last Outer Borough Mayor Was Abe Beame Elected in 1974
 Bill de Blasio Tells ‘A Tale of Two Cities’ at His Mayoral Campaign Kickoff(NYO) * Cynthia Nixon endorses de Blasio, criticizes Quinn over Paid Sick Leave | Capital New York * Formalizing Mayoral Bid, Bill de Blasio Brands Himself A Man Of The (Outerborough) People * Public Advocate Bill De Blasio Builds His New Mayoral Candidacy Around His Park Slope Block(NY1) * Bill de Blasio announces he's running for NYC mayor(NYP) * Bill deBlasio announces he's running for mayor(Fox 5)
De Blasio begins campaign by reprising Ferrer's failed and divisive "two cities" theme from 01.



10/5/2012
De Blasio Makes Early Move On Quinn
Campaign 2012/3 . is on a mean streak, ripping 
de Blasio: Thompson 'did not motivate people to come out' in 2009(Capital) * De Blasio hits rich with bill for pre-K(NYP) de Blasio, one of the top mayoral contenders for 2013, yesterday proposed raising the city’s income tax on those earning $500,000 a year or more to fund universal pre-K classes. * Higher Taxes in de Blasio’s Schools Push(NYT) Public Advocate Bill de Blasio proposed a plan to finance education programs with $500 million by raising taxes on New Yorkers who earn over $500,000 a year, which earned scorn from the mayor *

2013 Positioning Dance on Sick Bill: Quinn Vs. de Blasio 
De Blasio is pushing Quinn to support the sick pay bill to cut her off from the business community support and to win support among the activists.  At the same time de Blasio is spinning to become the champion of the small businessman by cutting red tape regulations.
 "not the right time" for -- * . on : "a well intentioned bill but it's one that I believe if we were to put into law right now would cost us jobs." . said she doubts the best way to find the best students is through a single test. cc: * "we all know really smart people who don't do well on tests"-- *
 . says FDNY OT is "extraordinary" when discussing fire exam controversy over diversity.  Color the Daily News unimpressed with Councilman Dan Garodnick‘s attempt to water down the proposed paid sick leave legislation to make it more palatable to business leaders and Council Speaker Christine Quinn. “His proposal is all about that run, and not about the health of struggling entrepreneurs,” the publication opined about Mr. Garodnick’s 2013 campaign for comptroller.

 

11/2/2012

de Blasio Vs Bloomberg: Taxing the Rich

 Bill de Blasio To Top Earners: I Want To Jack Up Your To Help Schools * Bloomberg: De Blasio will 'drive everybody out of the city' * . proposes tax hike to fund education, by

de Blasio Blasts Quinn on Helping Small Business
In response to a question about Council Speaker Christine Quinn saying the city would seek to ease regulations on small businesses, Public Advocate Bill de Blasio said of his likely 2013 mayoral rival and Mayor Bloomberg, “With all due respect to them, that’s a joke. That’s not a real response.” * Public Advocate Bill de Blasio on Economic Growth at Association for a Better NY Breakfast(Video)

 

 

de Blasio's Campaign Tactic Exposed

 


de Blasio Loves Weiner's $$$

Election 2012  A Clinton connection: De Blasio calls on other Bill(NYP) * Rangel hires a scandal (NYP)  Rangel hired Moises Perez, who was booted as executive director of the not-for-profit Alianza Dominicana last year following allegations of mismanagement and self-dealing. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is traveling to Washington, D.C. in what some see as an attempt to replace Anthony Weiner as the mayoral candidate for the Clintons and Beltway insiders,
Public Advocate Bill De Blasio says city should cut business ties with car wash in labor probe (NYDN)  City paid Lage Management Corp. $170G for cleanings despite investigation alleging it cheated workers out of wages





 

 

de Blasio Takes A Hard Shot At Kelly 


Public Advocate Urges NYPD to Address Ticket-Fixing Scandal

Public Advocate Bill de Blasio is urging Police Commissioner Ray Kelly to respond to allegations reported by DNAinfo that police officers covered up incidents of domestic violence and drunk driving as part of a massive ticket-fixing scandal.*  Mayor Bloomberg thinks NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly would make a “great president.”

De Blasio Backer Trashes Weiner: 'Too Shrill,' 'Ridiculous,' 'We Need a Calm Voice' [Updated](NYO)

 

The UFT Has An Election Machine and Lots of Money for Candidate, Most of the Public Does Not Even Vote? 

NYC’s puppet advocate

NYC’s puppet advocate

Memo to Public Advocate Bill de Blasio: You’re supposed to advocate for the public — not the teachers union. After questioned, de Blasio’s office removes link to UFT web site.

School report cards fail: Liu (NYP)

 

Daily News Defends Mayor by Whacking de Blasio Again on Posters

 de Blasio is Whacking Bloomberg for cutting teachers the NYDN defends their man

 Public Advocate Bill de Blasio won't quit trying to weasel out of fines for illegal campaign posters(NYDN Ed) Editors want de Blasio to pay $303,750 fine for illegal posturing. * rips proposed teacher layoffs & fire companies closings

Other poster bums Liu and Thompson(True News)

 

Public Advocate Hires Consultants for a Likely Mayoral Run(NYT) Bill De Blasio hired John Del Cecato, now working on President Obama’s re-election campaign, and Anna and Stanley Greenberg, advisers to several federal races. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has hired John Del Cecato and Anna and Stanley Greenberg, former consultants to Barack Obama, Rahm Emanuel and Bill Clinton, in advance of his increasingly-likely mayoral ru

 

 

 De Blasio's Secrets

De Blasio's emails supporters about his 'secret' fund-raising period | Capital New York

Data And Field Services Held In Contempt | New York Daily News * Bill De Blasio Surges in Mayoral Race Fundraising Contest(DNA INFO)

 

 


Is Bklyn de Blasio Against Cabs In the County of Kings?

Mike lays green on yellow-cab allies (NYP) Filings show that Mayor Bloomberg quietly donated $4,100 apiece to the campaign committees of Carl Heastie (D-Bronx), Guillermo Linares (D-Manhattan) and Karim Camara (D-Brooklyn), key allies in his plan. * Opponents of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s livery cab plan gave $43,800 to public advocate Bill de Blasio, one of the bill’s vocal critics, while Bloomberg gave $4,100 each to the bill’s sponsors Guillermo Linares, Karim Camara and Carl Heastie

 

 

 

de Blasio Taking Money From Taxi Industry While Going After Super Pacs 

NYC Public Advocate Bill de Blasio got $43,800 from the yellow cab industry for speaking out against Bloomberg’s bill.  Bill de Blasio participated in an all-night Twitter protest of the Citizens United decision.

Bill de Blasio (Twitter) Where’s secret spending going? 14,000 TV ads have hit SC so far. Demand disclosure:


Micro Reporting Vs. Daily News Editorial Big Picture View

DN Editorial Forces De Blasio to Visits the Real World Not There Own Reporters
The Daily News says with a $3 billion dollar budget gap the challenge for the city’s next chief executive will be to find ways to do more with less


De Blasio child’s play(NYDN)  The first big idea of next year’s mayoral campaign is on the table. Public Advocate Bill de Blasio says he wants to increase the income taxes paid by rich New Yorkers to pay for expanded pre-kindergarten and middle school services. . .  "Back in the real world, he’s contemplating an enormous and costly expansion  ($530 Million) of service at a time when the next mayor will face a budget gap of roughly $3 billion, according to current projections. And those are on the low side because they do not include pay raises for city workers. So here’s the gist of de Blasio’s plan: raise $500 million a year for added education while cutting expenses everywhere else — likely including in the public schools."

 

Update NYP Joins DN In Attacking de Blasio Tax Plan
de Blasio Goes After the UFT and Their Power to Get Votes
The Post attacks Public Advocate Bill De Blasio for his proposal to increase taxes on New Yorkers earning $500,000 or more by 11 percent and “hand the boodle” to the teachers union 
De Blasio, one of a gaggle of liberal pols likely to run for mayor next year, wants to boost already sky-high taxes on incomes over $500,000 by 11 percent (rates would jump to 4.3 percent, from 3.876 percent). And to hand the boodle right over to the teachers union. If he truly wants to boost education, there are countless cost-free measures he could push — like charter schools, reforms to help fire ineffective teachers and a serious teacher-rating system. The city faces multibillion-dollar cash gaps in coming years. Pension costs for teachers are through the roof. Yet “Mayor” de Blasio would expand the teacher base, ballooning costs even more. An even bigger head-scratcher: His surcharge supposedly would vanish in five years — leaving his programs penniless, but with the spending chugging along. More likely, as Mayor Bloomberg put it, the new levy would “drive everybody out of the city.” Leaving no one to tax.

NY's Enabling Corporate Press Lets Mayor Candidate Get Away With No Comment About Budget Cuts
No Comment From Mayoral Candidate? Esp de Blasio who joined court case against outer boro taxi service De Blasio backs a suit against the Bloomberg taxi plan | Capital New ...






Sick Pay Bill City Hall Rally
de Blasio Triangulation Pushes Quinn to Support Sick Pay and Tells Small Businessman I Am Your Guy
Eyeing ’13 Mayoral Bid, de Blasio Focuses on Small-Business Issues(NYT) With a sharpened pitch, the public advocate, Bill de Blasio, is talking and listening around the five boroughs ahead of an expected run for mayor.An outer borough strategy?

de blasio attacked in new blog 

de Blasio's Campaign Tactic Exposed



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