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Category Archives: Only in NY
Friends in High Places
Well that didn’t take long. According to the Daily News, the state is poised to award a $27 million no-bid contract to a company overseen by Joel Klein. Yep, the same Joel Klein who left his post as NYC Schools Chancellor just six months ago. “It raises all kinds of red flags,” said Susan Lerner, executive director of Common Cause New York. “It just smacks of an old-boys club, where large amounts of public money are spent based not on ‘is this the best product?’ but ‘I know this guy and I like him and I want to be sure he makes a lot of money.’” State officials defend the move: “In a request to the state controller’s office to sign … More >>
Tagged education, joel klein
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Making NYC The Digital Capital Of The World
On Monday, Mayor Bloomberg announced New York City’s road map to become the #1 digital city, partnering with social media companies Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr and Foursquare, promising greater public access to data, expanded WiFi access and even going on to suggest they will have a new .nyc domain name for city websites. You can download the full report by the city’s Chief Digital Officer, Rachel Sterne, at her tumblr page and see what is in store.
Tagged technology
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NY-26: Never a Dull Moment
It all started with shirtless pics on Craig’s List. Who would have guessed that would end up being the least interesting part of the special election in NY-26. What should have been a cake walk in the R+6 district has turned into quite the sideshow. First there’s Jack Davis, the former Democrat who is now running on the Tea Party line. Polls show Davis has actually been quite effective at bleeding support from the establishment GOP nominee, Assemblywoman Jane Corwin. On Wednesday Davis was approached by a man with a camera and this happened: Which on its face is not particularly noteworthy, except it turns out that the guy who was holding the camera actually works for Assemblywoman Corwin! Daily … More >>
Tagged ny26, special election
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Alexis de Tocqueville in 2011
h/t Adam Bermudez for the awesome title! Last night I popped into my local Community Board meeting (the Transportation Committee of Community Board 8 to be exact). I did not have high expectations. I suppose I expected it to be something like those insanely boring City Commission meetings I had to cover for my college radio station; hours upon hours of prattling with nothing much accomplished. Well, I was pleasantly surprised. In just over an hour the committee addressed issues ranging from adequate parking to safer crosswalks to noise complaints. Not life or death issues for the most part, just average citizens trying to improve their quality of life. There was an 87 year old woman who is awakened at 5am … More >>
Tagged community boards, new york city
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El Diario Supports Marriage Equality
El Diario, New York’s largest Spanish language newspaper, has officially endorsed passage of a Marriage Equality bill. [translated] Homosexuality is a human reality. The majority of New Yorkers have a friend, colleague or relative who’s gay. It’s time to give these people the opportunity to develop families and build communities. Our government shouldn’t be in the business of telling the people who to love or who to marry. Amen!
