unerring political instincts
https://splinternews.com/heres-non-jew-andrew-cuomo-making-a-very-bad-joke-about-1824075629
― ice cream social justice (Dr Morbius), Monday, 26 March 2018 17:28 (six years ago) link
I'm also hearing the #nybudget will include a https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/978746421477367808.75 fee on ride-hail trips starting and ending in Manhattan below 96th Street, and perhaps a https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/978746421477367808.50 fee on taxi trips in the same zone. https://t.co/obQpY7i6uq— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) March 27, 2018
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 27 March 2018 21:47 (six years ago) link
Basically everyone is expecting budget shortfalls for next year once federal support numbers come in lower, based on the new tax plan, and trying to find ways to propose filling the gaps.
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 21:57 (six years ago) link
And congestion pricing is one of the ideas being thrown around. I was in Albany the other day w people who work at other schools in my district, trying to talk to electeds about this stuff, and the people around me disapproved of congestion pricing more than they cared about the budget (because they're all from South Brooklyn where everyone drives everywhere and they mistrust public transit because a) Manhattan is far away from here, and b) dirty, poor, and non-white people take the MTA so obv it's not good enough for this group). Our only local Democratic elected official was caught off guard trying to defend a policy that isn't even HIS to a bunch of ppl who are supposed to be asking questions about schools and education funding. lol/sob
― Conic section rebellion 44 (in orbit), Tuesday, 27 March 2018 22:02 (six years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaV0OL5UMAAT0BX.jpg:small
nixxxon!
― mookieproof, Monday, 9 April 2018 15:05 (six years ago) link
BREAKING: Big unions — SEIU and CWA — quit Working Families Party on eve of now-likely Cynthia Nixon endorsement.Cuomo pushing for MORE: Wants unions to defund liberal groups backing her.LOTS of details with @jessemckinley here: https://t.co/MM6ThUen1d— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 13, 2018
nice
― mookieproof, Friday, 13 April 2018 19:45 (six years ago) link
the WFP announced the Nixon endorsement
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2018 07:26 (six years ago) link
he's on war footing
https://theintercept.com/2018/04/14/andrew-cuomo-sees-whats-coming-he-doesnt-know-whether-to-run-join-it-or-destroy-it/
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Sunday, 15 April 2018 14:32 (six years ago) link
It’s wrong that 79 percent of 4-year olds outside of New York City still lack full-day Pre-K. Under the Cuomo budget, at the funding levels he has given, it will take nearly 57 YEARS to fund full-day universal Pre-K in this state. New York is ready for change.— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) April 17, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 April 2018 15:48 (six years ago) link
WE LOVE YOU, SHADOW GOVERNOR CYNTHIA NIXON https://t.co/YNTwBMhhQa— free kellyanne (@DearSplenda) April 18, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 18 April 2018 18:23 (six years ago) link
When you only read the first half of The Power Broker https://t.co/CrtNWhBXhn— Good Idea Dave (@DaveCoIon) June 14, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 14 June 2018 21:04 (five years ago) link
Gov. Cuomo is in Brooklyn right now for another campaign rally - er, government announcement. Got a rousing introduction from Assemblymember Walker. "Is Brooklyn in the house?" Cuomo says, before asking audience if it loves different electeds who are there, then "Do you love me?"— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) July 5, 2018
please clap
― mookieproof, Thursday, 5 July 2018 17:46 (five years ago) link
I realize state politics is not the hottest topic right now, but the description of the Cuomo admin – widely driven by fear (& in some cases personal profit) & rife with sycophancy – as alleged in these 2 federal corruption trials is worth your attention.https://t.co/hfPW3B0CIZ— erica orden (@eorden) July 6, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Friday, 6 July 2018 18:34 (five years ago) link
Andy makes his happy-hour move
This small-dollar Cuomo event flagged by @CaseySeiler, on the eve of campaign filing deadline seems a pretty clear effort to have some small donors on his upcoming report https://t.co/f8mXkCfS2q— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 9, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 9 July 2018 18:27 (five years ago) link
1) Not throwing public money at private businesses2) Not relying on a convicted felon/lobbyist to be your 'eyes & ears' at a state agency3) Not accepting campaign donations from contractors and bidders4) See No. 1 https://t.co/n58vspCzA2— Bill Hammond (@NYHammond) July 13, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 14 July 2018 20:44 (five years ago) link
oopsie
https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/State-resources-went-to-Cuomo-campaign-effort-13073450.php
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 July 2018 11:33 (five years ago) link
The defining feature of every oafish thing Andrew Cuomo ever says is that he seems to have genuinely never thought about what you might say to an ordinary person to convince them you should have the job of being governor— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) July 14, 2018
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Monday, 16 July 2018 11:55 (five years ago) link
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiU0K03UwAAjo6y.jpg:small
. . . nice
― mookieproof, Tuesday, 17 July 2018 18:04 (five years ago) link
re-convicted! NYT:
Dean G. Skelos, once one of the most powerful political figures in New York State, was found guilty of bribery, extortion and conspiracy on Tuesday, marking the fourth time in five months that a major federal case targeting corruption in Albany has ended in a conviction.
The jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan deliberated for three days before finding Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam, guilty; prosecutors said the elder Mr. Skelos, the former leader of the State Senate’s Republican majority, had wielded his political clout to pressure business executives to send his son around $300,000 for a patchwork of no-show or low-show jobs.
Both Mr. Skelos and his son were convicted on those charges in 2015, but their convictions were overturned last year after the Supreme Court limited the definition of public corruption.
― the ignatius rock of ignorance (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 17 July 2018 23:09 (five years ago) link
'Best' part of this is that when an over-the-limit corporate donor is revealed, campaign says it was actually an LLC of same name, so no violation. State campaign finance laws are an incredible joke. https://t.co/UA7m0oJhx3— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) July 30, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 July 2018 20:11 (five years ago) link
Pareene: the Prince vs the press
Spectrum News is one of the largest strictly local news outlets in the state, and its coverage of Albany in particular is vital and important. It is the primary place where millions of New Yorkers learn what is happening in the notoriously corrupt and opaque statehouse (it's worth noting that Spectrum's NY1 has scheduled a Democratic gubernatorial primary debate this month, which Cuomo has not committed to attending despite his apparent promise in May to debate progressive challenger Cynthia Nixon). Andrew Cuomo is threatening to blow it up, either because he doesn't care about the collateral damage of his war against Charter, or because blowing it up is the point of that war. In Spectrum's newsrooms, many journalists believe it's the latter.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-talks-about-a-war-on-the-press-andrew-cuomo-is-waging-one
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 9 August 2018 16:48 (five years ago) link
I'm all about making memes todayhttps://i.imgflip.com/2g117k.jpg
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Friday, 17 August 2018 03:20 (five years ago) link
Zephyr Teachout for NY AG
On Monday, I asked Tish James about the AG's office and state corruption, and this was her answer https://t.co/hjysqfD1Zz pic.twitter.com/H1Lv4rFJe5— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) August 22, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 August 2018 18:44 (five years ago) link
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/nyregion/queens-candidates-nominated-without-knowing.html
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Sunday, 26 August 2018 00:23 (five years ago) link
probably could have posted in the democratic party and/or queens threads but it's remarkable how much worse this gets with every paragraph
― aloha darkness my old friend (katherine), Sunday, 26 August 2018 00:28 (five years ago) link
As a Jew in August, I have to say: I'm with Cuomo on this one. https://t.co/WTN4oBQtjm— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) August 28, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 28 August 2018 15:33 (five years ago) link
I'm glad she directly called him a liar a couple times. Might've been to Nixon's advantage to interrupt a little bit less, don't want to seem like "a pushy woman."
Cuomo being obsessed with proving that Nixon was "a corporation" bigger than the Koch Brothers was a weird tactic.
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 August 2018 01:39 (five years ago) link
In fact, the MTA has not been declining for decades. For much of the first 10 years of the 2000s it was improving and rapidly. There's something that happened in New York in 2010 that started the decline. If only I could put my finger on it.— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) August 29, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 30 August 2018 01:57 (five years ago) link
lol
― Dan S, Thursday, 30 August 2018 02:03 (five years ago) link
he's keith hernandez!
https://deadspin.com/ny-state-senate-candidate-julia-salazar-was-once-involv-1828859119
― mookieproof, Thursday, 6 September 2018 20:30 (five years ago) link
NYT showing buyer's remorse over the Prince
https://splinternews.com/after-endorsement-the-new-york-times-furiously-backped-1828926405
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Monday, 10 September 2018 02:06 (five years ago) link
LETTER from state to contractor: “The authority will not hold T.Z.C. responsible for any traffic incidents(s) or damage to the work that results from shifting traffic on the bridge while all elements are not fully complete as permitted by this letter.” https://t.co/IdnEJJ99Z5— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 11, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 11 September 2018 14:16 (five years ago) link
You know it's almost as if New York voting laws are designed to depress turnout and hand elections to shitty incumbents https://t.co/Z0kviouYM9— Katie McDonough (@kmcdonovgh) September 12, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:04 (five years ago) link
Evergreen tweet
― Fedora Dostoyevsky (man alive), Wednesday, 12 September 2018 16:32 (five years ago) link
‼️‼️‼️New Yorkers & all NYCHA residents its time to get JUSTICE, VOTE Thur. Sept. 13 for Gov. Cuomo, Lt. Gov. Hochul & Tish James. They know how to work for the people to make NY even GREATER. Spread the word. See you at the Polls‼️‼️‼️— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) September 12, 2018
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 20:57 (five years ago) link
can i shamefully admit here i'm a bit torn about the Cuomo vs. Nixon primary
― Nhex, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 22:45 (five years ago) link
I don't have a vote and I don't think Nixon will win, but I think she is worth voting for
― Dan S, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 23:16 (five years ago) link
same
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 12 September 2018 23:19 (five years ago) link
"experience"
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/nyregion/cuomo-anti-semitism-nixon-flier.html
Nhex, Prince Andy has actively assisted in keeping the legislature from going Dem (if that helps)
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:33 (five years ago) link
I am not a NYer and know close to nothing about Cuomo’s administration but what I know is enough to convince me he is a machine politician of the most destructive sort and deserves a primary thrashing.
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:38 (five years ago) link
Like Charles Foster Kane would probably be a better choice than him
― faculty w1fe (silby), Thursday, 13 September 2018 18:41 (five years ago) link
trouble with the rolls
https://splinternews.com/people-are-sharing-a-whole-slew-of-horror-stories-about-1829039353
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 13 September 2018 21:31 (five years ago) link
rollin' with the cuomies
― how's life, Friday, 14 September 2018 16:27 (five years ago) link
Cuomo: the 6 Senate IDC primary challenger wins last night were just "rearranging the deck chairs"— Karen DeWitt (@kdewitt7) September 14, 2018
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 September 2018 19:07 (five years ago) link
Whose deck chairs, exactly
― faculty w1fe (silby), Friday, 14 September 2018 19:10 (five years ago) link
http://www.mod16.org/imagemacros/emot-iiam.gif
― mookieproof, Friday, 14 September 2018 19:11 (five years ago) link
so here's comparing the state to the Titanic? cool
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Friday, 14 September 2018 19:25 (five years ago) link
The story isn't Cuomo, it's that Nixon turned out enough to crush the "blue dog" faction in the State Senate that gave Republicans control. There are a lot of bills coming Cuomo won't like. Either he fights and blows it all up or gives over and goes further left.— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) September 14, 2018
― a Mets fan who gave up on everything in the mid '80s (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 15 September 2018 12:43 (five years ago) link
I am disappointed that Nixon did not win. Also, in an empty office you can tell where the women sit because there are always sweaters or wraps on the back of the chair. It's freezing in the offices.
― Yerac, Saturday, 15 September 2018 13:27 (five years ago) link
i sit with a fan on me at work all day. i wish it were freezing in the offices
― mookieproof, Saturday, 15 September 2018 20:32 (five years ago) link