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Voting in Jackson Heights will cost ya!
In what appears to be more like an election in a Middle Eastern country where stuffing the ballot box is encouraged, the volunteer organization “74th Street Merchant’s Association” held an electio...
In what appears to be more like an election in a Middle Eastern country where stuffing the ballot box is encouraged, the volunteer organization “74th Street Merchant’s Association” held an electio...
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All the pleasure and none of the pain
The state may be facing a whopping $3.9 billion budget deficit that is likely going to cripple the economy for us and our children, paving the way for punk rock vigilantes to take over New York Ci...
The state may be facing a whopping $3.9 billion budget deficit that is likely going to cripple the economy for us and our children, paving the way for punk rock vigilantes to take over New York Ci...
Nov 17, 2009 | 0 | 1 |
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This week's Pol(-itically incorrect) Position
Americans are a notoriously forgiving bunch with a short-term memory when it comes to our politicians and celebrities crossing certain moral boundaries and falling – however temporarily – fr...
Nov 11, 2009 | 0 | 1 |
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So long & farewell Elections 2009
Has it really come to an end? Pol Position can say in no uncertain terms that this election year has been the craziest that we have ever covered. From the moment term limits were overturned to eve...
Has it really come to an end? Pol Position can say in no uncertain terms that this election year has been the craziest that we have ever covered. From the moment term limits were overturned to eve...
Nov 03, 2009 | 0 | 4 |
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Nasty Ten-year-old Tales Brought Up In Middle Village Race
Is the race in the 30th District (which covers Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Ridgewood and Woodhaven) close? You bet. And just in case voters forgot about the ten-year-old corruption complai...
Is the race in the 30th District (which covers Maspeth, Middle Village, Glendale, Ridgewood and Woodhaven) close? You bet. And just in case voters forgot about the ten-year-old corruption complai...
Oct 27, 2009 | 0 | 1 |
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Pol Position
And it looks like Hiram Monserrate will live to fight another day.
And it looks like Hiram Monserrate will live to fight another day.
Oct 20, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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Crowley makes good on Kiwanis flap
Now those of you who are watching know that it’s a whole lot of fun when a Republican actually has a shot at a seat in New York City. Well, the 30th Council District seat in Glendale is held by De...
Now those of you who are watching know that it’s a whole lot of fun when a Republican actually has a shot at a seat in New York City. Well, the 30th Council District seat in Glendale is held by De...
Oct 13, 2009 | 1 | 6 |
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Dems helping Flushing Republican?
In Flushing, the race to replace outgoing councilman and comptroller candidate John Liu has some interesting dynamics coming down the stretch run. The folks on the editorial board (which sometime...
In Flushing, the race to replace outgoing councilman and comptroller candidate John Liu has some interesting dynamics coming down the stretch run. The folks on the editorial board (which sometime...
Oct 13, 2009 | 0 | 3 |
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The governor becomes a bona fide TV star
It seems like everyone just wants him to go away, so Governor David Paterson has decided to be everywhere! A couple of weeks ago, it was reported that the president himself – yes goslings, B...
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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The mythical world of NYC politics
If you’ve been following the race for the 19th Council District (currently held by Tony Avella, who decided not to run for a third term and instead waged an unsuccessful campaign to win the ...
Oct 07, 2009 | 0 | 3 |
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He moves in mysterious ways
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, despite all of his billions of dollars and financial media empire, is just like you and me. If you don’t believe us, just look at all of his campaign literature. The...
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, despite all of his billions of dollars and financial media empire, is just like you and me. If you don’t believe us, just look at all of his campaign literature. The...
Sep 29, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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I Want Candy!
Speaking of jetting all over the world, some politicians from New York City got a lift back to their home districts from President Barack Obama on Air Force One recently. We are told that among th...
Speaking of jetting all over the world, some politicians from New York City got a lift back to their home districts from President Barack Obama on Air Force One recently. We are told that among th...
Sep 29, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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Mailers? Ha! Ognibene is on a billboard
You know who isn’t a “nobody”? Tom Ognibene, that’s who! And he has this massive billboard looming over the Long Island Expressway in Maspeth to prove it. This might be one of the firs...
Sep 23, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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Mayor refuses to endorse nobody
Ouch…you know your campaign is in trouble when you are no longer considered a long-shot candidate, but in fact a “nobody.” That’s the blow that Republican candidates for comptroller a...
Ouch…you know your campaign is in trouble when you are no longer considered a long-shot candidate, but in fact a “nobody.” That’s the blow that Republican candidates for comptroller a...
Sep 23, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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It feels like the day after Christmas
Finally Primary Day has come and gone, and guess what? Not that many people cared. Except for the folks who were lucky enough to score a ticket to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Primary Day party...
Finally Primary Day has come and gone, and guess what? Not that many people cared. Except for the folks who were lucky enough to score a ticket to Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Primary Day party...
Sep 16, 2009 | 0 | 2 |
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national news
AP - A crucial first Senate vote on President Barack Obama's health care overhaul in a rare Saturday night session looms as a test of Democratic unity and the president's prestige.
Sat Nov 21 05:01:07 -0600 2009
AP - WASHINGTON — The government intercepted at least 18 e-mails between the alleged Fort Hood gunman and a radical Muslim cleric, and a key senator says there could be more communications that might have tipped off law enforcement or military officials.
Sat Nov 21 04:58:23 -0600 2009
AP - The Justice Department intends to drop manslaughter and weapons charges against one of the Blackwater Worldwide security guards involved in a deadly 2007 Baghdad shooting, prosecutors said in court documents Friday.
Sat Nov 21 03:38:44 -0600 2009
AP - Republicans are seizing on this week's recommendations for fewer Pap smears and mammograms to fuel concern about government-rationed medical care — and to try to chip away support by women for President Barack Obama's proposed health care overhaul.
Sat Nov 21 03:39:42 -0600 2009
AP - Sri Lanka will release next month the remaining 136,000 Tamil refugees still in the squalid and overrun government camps where they've been detained since the country's civil war ended six months ago, a top official said Saturday.
Sat Nov 21 03:42:32 -0600 2009