At Domestic Affairs Party, Politicos Weigh in on Campaign Finance
The Sunset of Si: As the Conde Nast Chairman Fades Away, His Glossy Kingdom is Losing Some Sparkle
Weekend Roundup: Katz for Queens; Cooling on Quinn; Too Many Obama Emails
In Extremely Animated Speech, Sanders Makes His Pitch to South Asian Voters
Be Here Now! Former Oasis Frontman Liam Gallagher Rocks Essex House In $2.5 M. Condo
Reactions to Thought Catalog Writer's Fake Craigslist Job 'Experiment'
Roundup: A History of Barroom Brawling
Just How Desperate Is Walmart to Open in New York—And Have They Lost All Their Allies?
Swank or Rank? Frank Sinatra's Former Penthouse Hits the Market for $7.7 M.
Weekend Roundup: Katz for Queens; Cooling on Quinn; Too Many Obama Emails
Melinda Katz is planning a run for Queens Borough President.
The Queens Tribune laid out which races to watch on September 13th.
Lawmakers, especially those not facing competitive reelections, still spend campaign cash rather freely.
Hakeem Jeffries formally endorsed Walter Mosley for his State Assembly seat.
Rafael Espinal said he’ll win in a landslide.
The New York Times endorsed paid sick day legislation, while the Daily News endorsed never talking about it again. Read More
In Extremely Animated Speech, Sanders Makes His Pitch to South Asian Voters
“So Sanders, what are you going to different? All you guys come up here, what are you going to different?” an audience member asked Councilman James Sanders Friday night at a Democratic club in Richmond Hill.
Mr. Sanders, a candidate for the State Senate against incumbent Shirley Huntley, then strolled up to the front.
“I’m glad you asked that question sir, and I’m going to answer you this way,” he responded. “One of the things that we’re going to different is that we’re going to open up an office in this community. This noble community should not have to trek a million miles to get service.”
The audience member, who happened to be Mr. Sanders himself assuming multiple roles as he scurried back and forth between his speaking position and the crowd, amusingly countered, “That’s good Sanders, but that’s only the beginning, we need more!” Read More
Be Here Now! Former Oasis Frontman Liam Gallagher Rocks Essex House In $2.5 M. Condo
As the frontman for quintessential British rockers Oasis, Liam Gallagher made no secret of his dislike for the U.S., at least as far as concert attendees go, claiming that they only wanted grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head onstage. But apparently Mr. Gallagher has changed his tune, or at least taken a liking to a two-bedroom condo in the Essex House at 160 Central Park South, which he bought for $2.5 million, according to city records. Read More
A Quick Intellectual Experience
Reactions to Thought Catalog Writer’s Fake Craigslist Job ‘Experiment’
Eric Auld is 26-year-old with a Master’s in English, a couple lists on McSweeney’s, and a job as an “Adjunct Lecturer in English.” And yet, like a male version of the characters in Girls, he cannot get a full-time employment in New York City.
So after applying to hundreds of job listings on the Internet, Mr. Auld conducted an experiment “to find out more on where I stood in this uncertain job market.” He did this by creating a fake job listing for an Administrative Assistant on Craigslist. And then writing about it on Thought Catalog, home of semi-employed Adjunct Professors of English everywhere. Read More
Roundup: A History of Barroom Brawling
BREAKING: There are new pictures of Michael Grimm’s dog Sebastian.
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s office has an interesting way of responding to FOIL requests.
Reid Pillifant profiled Eric Schneiderman’s quest to expose campaign donors.
Ed Towns will rally for Jason Otano on Sunday. Read More
Just How Desperate Is Walmart to Open in New York—And Have They Lost All Their Allies?
The press release came in even before The Observer had seen the initial report that prompted it.
“We have not had any talks with Walmart about a location at Willets Point and we have absolutely no intention of discussing this site with them,” the email statement read.
Who knew! And yet it made perfect sense, as the company has been looking for any opening imaginable in the city. Read More
Swank or Rank? Frank Sinatra’s Former Penthouse Hits the Market for $7.7 M.
When we heard that Frank Sinatra’s old rat pack party pad at 530 East 72nd Street was coming to market for $7.7 million, as reported earlier this week by the New York Post, we were excited to catch a glimpse of the penthouse that Andy Warhol called a “glittering grotto in the sky.” Read More
Media Briefs: Editor-in-Chief Out at BlackBook
BlackBook‘s editor is out. Buzzfeed’s got a new vertical. And The Observer has a softball game against a Foer Brother to get to, so let’s get on with this. Here are your Friday Afternoon Media Briefs: Read More
Nasdaq Sees More Costs Coming From Botched Facebook IPO
Nasdaq said in a regulatory filing today that it expects to incur “significant additional expenses” as a result of a technical glitch at the exchange during Facebook’s initial public offering, which in truth, was not so hard to see coming: Nasdaq has been revising upward the costs associated with the botched IPO from the very beginning. The sources of those costs: nine lawsuits, a Securities and Exchange Commission Investigation and, uh, “technical changes and remedial measures” to make sure this kind of thing never, ever happens again. Read More
Paul Ryan’s Aides Deny Rumors As V.P. Speculation Heats Up
With Wisconsin Congressman Paul Ryan considered to be a leading contender to be Mitt Romney’s running mate, readers of the veepstakes tea leaves took note when he pulled out of a planned speech this evening and when his political action committee filed several amended reports. However, aides to Mr. Ryan told The Politicker it would be a mistake to read any greater significance into these moves. Read More
