How de Blasio Plays the Media
The de Blasio Dance: Bad Story About His Administration - ATTACK THE PRESS
Media "Nattering Nabobs of Negativism"
Spiro Agnew and de Blasio
De Blasio thinks homeless crisis is a case of ‘fear-mongering’ (NYP) Mayor de Blasio on Monday ripped The Post’s coverage of the homelessness crisis — and touted an estimated drop in the vagrant population based on a single-day census conducted in sub-freezing temperatures. * The Agnew de Blame the Press "Fear-Mongering" Edition * De Blasio 12/3/14: I had 2 “train” son "how 2 takespecial care w police." Today: “media...likes 2 look backwards” (Capital)
“With all due respect to your publication, which is well known for fear-mongering, let’s look at the facts. We have had a reduction in crime, we’ve had a reduction in street homelessness, and we are going to deal with problems related to mental health much more aggressively,” he said.* The Post writes that de Blasio is in denial about thehomeless crisis because he accused the tabloid of “fear mongering” in its coverage and is relying on a street census taken in 27 degree temperatures:
How Team de Blasio (Berlin Rosen) Tried to Blame Homelessness and the NYCHA Mess On Cuomo
NYP is Wrong de Blasio is Not in Denial He is Just Controlling the Message and the Press
Bill de Blasio in denial on homeless horrors (NYP Ed) John Tucker was still plaguing Manhattan ’s West Side on Monday, two days after The Post used its front page to display the vagrant’s blight-inviting behavior. Yet Mayor de Blasio insists he’s got everything under control.
de Blasio "Don't Believe What You Read In the NYP and Daily News About Crime Rising"
Friday Do Not Believe Everything You Read in the NewYork Post': Mayor Smacks Down Tabloids (NYO) Once again, Mayor Bill de Blasio dinged the city’s two tabloids today, telling radio listeners that the New York Post and Daily News are greatly exaggerating the threat that crime and shootings pose to the five boroughs. Mr. de Blasio, a Democrat, appeared on WNYC this morning, taking call-in questions from New Yorkers for the first time since he became mayor more than a year ago. He took special aim at “New York ’s Hometown Newspaper.” Update Last Night Crime One killed, 6 wounded in shootings across 3 boroughs (NYP) * Man fatally shot standing in his Brooklyn driveway (NYP) * Two killed, five wounded by gunfire in three boroughs (NYDN) * Elderly woman latest victim amid citywide surge in rapes (NYP)
The Mayor Attacks the Press and the Reporters At the Press Conference
de Blasio Blames McCarthyism Press For Noerdlinger Leaving . . . Mr. Mayor Press Got the Senator and Press Reporting Facts About Noerlinger
Before the Mayor Spoke Bratton Warned the Press How Volatile Their Industry Has Gotten With All the Media Layoff - A Threat from Commission Slick?
First Team de Blasio Games the Election System, Now They are Looking Forward to See the City's Newspapers Die
The Mayor Attacks the Press and the Reporters At the Press Conference
“What are you guys going to do? Are you going to keep dividing us?” de Blasio asked reporters when asked about the anti-NYPD rhetoric and call for violence that were heard at these protests, during a press conference at 1 Police Plaza
We Now Know From Emails That the Press Was Right About Noerdlinger Connections to Sharpton
De Blasio blames media and exposes his heart lies with protesters (NYP) Late in the day, the mayor’s mask of conciliation came off. Actually, he ripped it off with a snarl and gave vent to his smoldering anger at what he regards as the real culprit. No, it’s not the protesters who beat and spit on cops and accuse them of being the KKK. It definitely isn’t the mobs chanting for dead cops. Nor is it those who shut down highways, bridges and invade stores to disrupt the holiday season. The real problem, as de Blasio sees it, is the media. I kid you not — he actually shot the messenger. He accused the reporters assembled in front of him of stoking outrage by focusing on “the few” protesters doing “immoral” things. * Noerdlinger: A liar working for liars to help tell lies (NYP Ed) Now we know Rachel Noerdlinger wasn’t just a liar, she was a liar working for other liars to help tell lies. Officially hired as First Lady Chirlane McCray’s chief of staff until she was forced out by scandal, Noerdlinger was in fact working as liaison to her old boss, Al Sharpton, for the entire de Blasio administration. E-mails released just before the holiday weekend (in a classic effort to bury bad news) show that Noerdlinger regularly passed along official talking points to Sharpton — while also counseling the mayor on how to keep Sharpton happy.After Sharpton’s incendiary rhetoric humiliated both Mayor de Blasio and Police Commissioner Bill Bratton at last July’s infamous press conference, she got City Hall to pull back from exposing Sharpton as — what else — a liar.
de Blasio Blames McCarthyism Press For Noerdlinger Leaving . . . Mr. Mayor Press Got the Senator and Press Reporting Facts About Noerlinger
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(NYDN) "I think the notion that somehow, in modern society, not just your own actions, but your girlfriend or boyfriend, your own teenage child, somehow all of this is fair game in the public discourse, I think something's gone wrong here that we really need to look at," de Blasio said at an unrelated news conference in Brooklyn . "Where are we going?" he asked reporters. "Would you all like to have that discussion about yourselves? You're in the public eye." "A lot of really nasty stuff was done here. It is clearly for a purpose. It's quite obvious: Why would so much attention be given to one person and her personal life?" he asked. "It's clearly a pretty systematic effort to undermine certain work that's being done," de Blasio said, although he did not provide concrete examples when given the chance to do so in a follow-up question. De Blasio said Noerdlinger, who said she's leaving to spend more time with son Khari, 17, is "welcome back to the administration" when and if she feels she's taken care of her family issues.* De Blasio Decries 1950s-Style ‘Smear’ Campaign Against Noerdlinger (NYO) Mayor Bill de Blasio today railed against what he called a “nasty” and “repulsive” smear campaign — which he seemed to compare to the McCarthyism of the 1950s — that led in part to the stepping down of his wife’s chief of staff, Rachel Noerdlinger. NOERDLINGER COVERAGE ‘REPULSIVE’ -- De Blasio lashes outat the media -- Capital’s Sally Goldenberg: In speaking to reporters, the mayor criticized the press corps for its coverage of Noerdlinger. "We've seen this throughout the history of this country," he said. "If someone wants to smear people and use that for political purposes, there's a pretty easy playbook for doing it. It's repulsive, but it's become quite common. You guys do what you want, but for the rest of us as citizens, as people trying to make this city better or this country better, we have to get on with the work and not be putting so much time and energy into one person's personal life when we have things like affordable housing, job creation, education to talk about.”
The City Hall Press Backs Down When the Mayor Attacks - de Blasio to Press: "Are you going to keep dividing us?"
“They are wrong,” he said, his voice rising. “But are you going to keep dividing us? What you manage to do is pull up the few who do not represent the majority.” He called it “unfair,” and insisted most protesters were peaceful but “you guys enable” the troublemakers. He went on in the vein for several minutes, becoming more forceful and shutting down a persistent reporter by addressing him as “my friend,” a phrase he paired with a death stare. His heart remains with the protesters, and in spirit, he is still with them, denouncing the very police force that works for him. His passion for the anti-cop agenda is so deep that he wasn’t capable of following his own advice to take a break from divisiveness for even a single day. The mayor’s intemperate performance was unforgettable, and unforgivable. Any hope that he would own up to the fact that he contributed to the atmosphere that led to Saturday’s bloody explosion was dashed.* Video Shows NYC Protesters Chanting for "DeadCops"(Video) * Video of Mayor De BlasioSLAMS Media For Portraying Majority Of Protesters As Violent * Bill de Blasio Rips Media: ‘Are You Going toKeep Dividing Us?’(NYO)
First Team de Blasio Games the Election System, Now They are Looking Forward to See the City's Newspapers Die
de Blasio Blasts the Media Says They are Responsible for the Racial Divide Poll
de Blasio Dimisses Poll on Racial Divide and Attacks Press for Reporting Its Results
De Blasio Dimisses Poll on Racial Divide(WSJ) de Blasio on Wednesday dismissed a new poll showing a racial divide in the city over his performance at New York City Hall Quinnipiac University Staten Island – still,” citing his “insultingly condescending tone” with a Staten Island Advance reporter at a recent press conference.
Sharpton Attacks the Press Over Noerdlinger Coverage
Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire(AP)
Lots of media-bashing from @TheRevAl over coverage of @rachelnoerd. To the press: "have you no pride in your profession?" *
Blasting the Press, de Blasio, Sharpton Over Noerdlinger and Racial Divide; Clueless Press
The Racial Divide, A Tale of Two City's Black and White
“What are you guys going to do? Are you going to keep dividing us?” de Blasio asked reporters when asked about the anti-NYPD rhetoric and call for violence that were heard at these protests, during a press conference at 1 Police Plaza
Media "Nattering Nabobs of Negativism"
Spiro Agnew and de Blasio
De Blasio blames media and exposes his heart lies with protesters (NYP) Late in the day, the mayor’s mask of conciliation came off. Actually, he ripped it off with a snarl and gave vent to his smoldering anger at what he regards as the real culprit. No, it’s not the protesters who beat and spit on cops and accuse them of being the KKK. It definitely isn’t the mobs chanting for dead cops. Nor is it those who shut down highways, bridges and invade stores to disrupt the holiday season. The real problem, as de Blasio sees it, is the media. I kid you not — he actually shot the messenger. He accused the reporters assembled in front of him of stoking outrage by focusing on “the few” protesters doing “immoral” things.
The City Hall Press Backs Down When the Mayor Attacks - de Blasio to Press: "Are you going to keep dividing us?"
A Mayor Who Won With 15% of New Yorkers Vote Invokes Nixon Silent Majority
What you manage to do is pull up the few who do not represent the majority, who are saying unacceptable things, who shouldn’t be saying those things, and they – some who actually physically attack police officers, which I’ve said is absolutely unacceptable. We will prosecute them to the fullness – every – fullest – everyone must participate in finding those individuals, providing information to the police, intervening to stop them, alerting the police. I will keep saying this over and over. The question is will you tell the world about it. Because you all are part of this too.” “The vast majority of our citizens are good and decent people who do not say negative things, racist things, nasty things to police – threatening things to police. The few who want conflict attempt that. And unfortunately, so many times, you guys enable that,” de Blasio said as he pointed his fingers to the media. “I don’t see reports on the many decent good people. I don’t see reports on the everyday cops who do the exemplary thing, and hold the line, and show restraint and discipline no matter what invective is hurled at them… we know a different reality.” When the reporter attempted to push back, de Blasio said, “That’s how you want to portray the world… They, my friend, are not the majority. Stop portraying them as a majority.”
Sal Albanese @SalAlbaneseNYC
The real DEB came through yesterday when he went ballistic on press who I believe has been pretty easy on him going back to campaign
. Is the NYT Losing It Knock Out Power?
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Mr. Sharpton said. “It’s the same agreement, y’all.” He could not say what he currently owed in back taxes, including penalties and interest. As of December of last year, Mr. Sharpton said NAN owes $400,000 in back taxes and the same amount in penalties–he openly bristled at the penalty amount.The reverend, who enjoys an extraordinarily close relationship with both President Barack Obama and Mayor Bill de Blasio, tore into the media for constantly highlighting his bond with those figures and ignoring how allegedly well he worked with past leaders like President George W. Bush and Michael Bloomberg, two Repuban.
Sharpton Plays NYC Weak Press Like Yo You Ma Play His Fiddle
To underscore the point, he read aloud from a dedication Mr. Bloomberg wrote for Mr. Sharpton’s lavish 60th birthday party, which he said raised more than $1 million for NAN . Mr. Sharpton claimed news outlets zero in on his relationship with President Obama and Mayor de Blasio–his former aide, Rachel Noerdlinger, was chief of staff to Mr. de Blasio’s wife before taking a leave of absence this week–because powerful interests never wanted to see either of them win their posts. (Mr. Sharpton would also not confirm another report today that he offered Ms. Noerdlinger her old job back.) “A lot of people don’t like the fact that President Obama is the president, a lot of people don’t like the fact that Bill de Blasio won for mayor and certainly don’t like the act that I’m still here—and I ain’t going nowhere,” Mr. Sharpton told the Observer.
The Weak Spin Press Allows Sharpton to Answer the NYT With Almost No Challenging Questions
Rev. Al Sharpton says he is not father of RachelNoerdlinger's son(NYDN) * @agrenell writes about Sharptonprivilege in a de Blasio administration (City and State)@GloriaPazmino No one asked him though. He just brought it up.* Video - Sharpton: News Corp gives $ to National Action Network & Fox News used to like me. * The Rev. Al Sharpton blasted a New York Times story detailing years of unpaid taxes, accusing the newspaper of writing a “misleading” and blatantly political piece about past issues that he claimed were long resolved.* NY1 Online: Sharpton Defends Self Against Report of Alleged Financial Negligence(NY1)@errollouis piece on @thereval. "Like hisfriend Donald Trump, Sharpton cannot be embarrassed." (NYDN) * Sharpton responds to Times, mentioning de Blasio and Obama(Capital)
Sharpton Plays NYC Weak Press Like Yo You Ma Play His Fiddle
The Weak Spin Press Allows Sharpton to Answer the NYT With Almost No Challenging Questions
Al Sharpton, the durable warrior (NYDN) Skilled and useful, the Rev. is here to stay
Sharpton Says the Press is On A Witchhunt Against Noerdlinger Will the Press Respond? NOPE
Sharpton Threatens the Press
Azi @Azi (Capital)
Sharpton: "ebola to ISIS … people dying … all you can put on the front page is @rachelnoerd ? something sick about that” cc @rupertmurdoch
@TheRevAl tries to embarrass #nyc #reporters & #editors for what he says is unfair coverage of his former asst #RachelNoerdlinger #politics
Some Media says #RachelNoerdlinger should be fired from #CityHall job, #Sharpton warns reporters to be careful about their own backgrounds * It follows the full text transcript of Spiro T. Agnew'sAttacking The Media speech, delivered at the Mid-West Regional Republican Committee Meeting in Des Moines , Iowa
de Blasio Blasts the Media Says They are Responsible for the Racial Divide Poll
de Blasio Dimisses Poll on Racial Divide and Attacks Press for Reporting Its Results
De Blasio Dimisses Poll on Racial Divide(WSJ) de Blasio on Wednesday dismissed a new poll showing a racial divide in the city over his performance at New York City Hall Quinnipiac University
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Sharpton Blasts the NYT and Media:
Weak and Enabling Press Allows Sharpton To Battle the NYT Knockout Machine
Al Sharpton Blasts ‘Misleading’ New York Times Story AboutHis Tax Troubles(NYO) Harlem . “The politics of it is very interesting.” Mr. Sharpton said today he and NAN were paying their taxes on time and keeping up with installment plans. Rebuffing the report, he said “not one dime” had been used by NAN to pay the expensive private school tuition of his children and said there was “not one red penny” of current taxes owed by NAN or himself. “These are all on back taxes pre-2006 that you’ve covered over and over again. Every time there’s a Sean Bell or a Ferguson or a Trayvon Martin, we go through my taxes,”* Al Sharpton Criticizes New York Times Report on Unpaid Taxes(NYT)* Sharpton Says Books are Open Amid Tax Questions(NY1)* Al Sharpton DeniesHe’s a Distraction for Bill de Blasio (NYO) * A little tax trouble won't drive a wedge between BFFs AlSharpton and Bill de Blasio(NYO)
Sharpton Attacks the Press Over Noerdlinger Coverage
Lots of media-bashing from @TheRevAl over coverage of @rachelnoerd. To the press: "have you no pride in your profession?" *
More Shapton Speek Saturday
Jonathan Lemire @JonLemire(AP)
.@TheRevAl says he and @BilldeBlasio have not discussed the allegations surrounding @rachelnoerd .@TheRevAl defends @rachelnoerd, says she has been victim of inaccurate attacks - including that Sharpton was father of her son. .@TheRevAl, uses fiery rhetoric to distance himself from Rubenstein case, says focus is solely on Eric Garner. .@TheRevAl compares allegations against Sanford Rubenstein (Garner family attorney) to a roadblock which they'll work around.
Azi @Azi (Capital)
.@TheRevAl and the family of Eric Garner appear at NAN headquarters in Harlem .@TheRevAl said a reporter asked if he was the father of @rachelnoerd’s teenage son. "if she is judged by her boyfriend…” —@TheRevAl defends @rachelnoerd. cc @Lis_Smith "maybe there is a need for a special prosecutor to work on this case”—new lawyer for #EricGarner family Jonathan Moore. cc @NationalAction "we’re not trying to change a story, we’re trying to change the world”—@thereval re: @rachelnoerd. "when you were choking eric, you were choking all of us”—@TheRevAl re: #EricGarner. #nypd cc @changethenypd @MarshallProj @PROPNYC "we never got any money from a lawyer or victim”—@TheRevAl re: police abuse victims. cc @NYCLU @HuffPostNY #NYPD
Dean Meminger @DeanMeminger
New #EricGarner family lawyer #JonathanMoore says there needs to be a movement to arrest the #NYPD officers involved in Garner case. @NY1 #Sharpton says he and #NationalActionNetwork don't get money from lawyers or victims. Responding to accusations that have been made for yrs. @TheRevAl says he's a diamond not charcoal. Says he had to be charcoal first to become a diamond. Says he's a changed man. Public thoughts?
McCray Plays the Race Card Against the NYP
.@Chirlane: "Too many city newsrooms do not reflect the population of NYC or the experiences of the majority of New Yorkers" .@Chirlane: "Too many city newsrooms do not reflect the population of NYC or the experiences of the majority of New Yorkers" Reading through it was an astonishing and surreal experience. It’s like the reporters created a fictional character that happened to look like me and have the same name as me. They put words into my mouth that I never said. They gave me opinions that have never crossed my mind. They made it sound like NYPD Commissioner Bill Bratton is my sworn enemy, when in fact he has my full support. There is a small but stubborn group of people who adamantly oppose the efforts of Mayor de Blasio and Commissioner Bratton to create a more fair and equal policing system. Myopically loyal to a status quo that serves their personal interests at the expense of everyone else, they are doing whatever they can to stop reform – and that includes spreading lies to irresponsible reporters.
True News Posted Two Days Ago The Media's Attack on Noerdlinger Facts McCarthy Invented Attacks
De Blasio Dumps Rachel Noerdlinger, Accuses the Press ofMcCarthyism(NYT)Staten Island . What’s repulsive is that Mr. de Blasio has used Ms. Noerdlinger’s travails to don the self-righteous garb of victimhood, and to condemn the media for an underhanded attack on public service. Mr. de Blasio and Ms. McCray made a bad hire. Ms. Noerdlinger didn’t work out. If he still thinks she is the best person for the job, and has proved herself a benefit to the administration and the city, then he should stick with her. But don’t dump her and blame McCarthyism.* Recent Headlines Test Mayor's Relationship with Press Corps(NY1)
de Blasio Blames McCarthyism Press For Noerdlinger Leaving . . . Mr. Mayor Press Got the Senator and Press Reporting Facts About Noerlinger
NYT: Media Did Not Invent Defamatory Lies Against Noerdlinger . . . Not McCarthyism Charges Against Her True
True News Posted Two Days Ago The Media's Attack on Noerdlinger Facts McCarthy Invented Attacks
De Blasio Dumps Rachel Noerdlinger, Accuses the Press ofMcCarthyism(NYT)
de Blasio Blames McCarthyism Press For Noerdlinger Leaving . . . Mr. Mayor Press Got the Senator and Press Reporting Facts About Noerlinger
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(NYDN) "I think the notion that somehow, in modern society, not just your own actions, but your girlfriend or boyfriend, your own teenage child, somehow all of this is fair game in the public discourse, I think something's gone wrong here that we really need to look at," de Blasio said at an unrelated news conference in Brooklyn . "Where are we going?" he asked reporters. "Would you all like to have that discussion about yourselves? You're in the public eye." "A lot of really nasty stuff was done here. It is clearly for a purpose. It's quite obvious: Why would so much attention be given to one person and her personal life?" he asked. "It's clearly a pretty systematic effort to undermine certain work that's being done," de Blasio said, although he did not provide concrete examples when given the chance to do so in a follow-up question. De Blasio said Noerdlinger, who said she's leaving to spend more time with son Khari, 17, is "welcome back to the administration" when and if she feels she's taken care of her family issues.* De Blasio Decries 1950s-Style ‘Smear’ Campaign Against Noerdlinger (NYO) Mayor Bill de Blasio today railed against what he called a “nasty” and “repulsive” smear campaign — which he seemed to compare to the McCarthyism of the 1950s — that led in part to the stepping down of his wife’s chief of staff, Rachel Noerdlinger.
NOERDLINGER COVERAGE ‘REPULSIVE’ -- De Blasio lashes outat the media -- Capital’s Sally Goldenberg: In speaking to reporters, the mayor criticized the press corps for its coverage of Noerdlinger. "We've seen this throughout the history of this country," he said. "If someone wants to smear people and use that for political purposes, there's a pretty easy playbook for doing it. It's repulsive, but it's become quite common. You guys do what you want, but for the rest of us as citizens, as people trying to make this city better or this country better, we have to get on with the work and not be putting so much time and energy into one person's personal life when we have things like affordable housing, job creation, education to talk about.”
Even Schneiderman is Blaming the Press
Even Schneiderman is Blaming the Press
Eric Schneiderman Blames Press for Promoting Republican Challenger(NYO) Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, coming off his easy 14-point triumph over Republican challenger John Cahill, blamed political reporters for depicting the race as remotely close. Mr. Schneiderman defeated Mr. Cahill, former chief of staff to ex-Gov. George Pataki, by nearly half a million votes–comparable to fellow Democrats Gov. Andrew Cuomo and State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli’s victories over GOP Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino and Onondaga County Comptroller Bob Antonacci. Speaking on the Capitol Pressroom radio program, the state’s top lawman said the media had falsely portrayed the contest for his office as competitive. Honestly, I think it was more a phenomenon of the political press and insiders. They like a horse race,” he said. “I think there was an effort by my opponent and he was helped by some of the press in making it look like it was closer than it was.”
McCray's Joins Bad Press Poll #s Turkey Trot
McCray's Joins Bad Press Poll #s Turkey Trot
Two press releases from City Hall were unusual. The first announced that “First Lady Chirlane McCray, joined by U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand,” would distribute turkeys at a Brooklyn pantry, and the second announced that they had done it. By having an honorary First Lady “joined by” an elected U.S. Senator, the releases were jarring, especially because of their timing. They arrived as a poll showed New Yorkers don’t like McCray’s big part in her husband’s administration. Quinnipiac reports that 71 percent think she should play a minor role or none at all, while only 24 percent want her deeply involved in public business. Just days earlier, Rachel Noerdlinger, McCray’s $170,000 chief of staff, took an unpaid leave to deal with her son’s troubles. Voters want the leave to be permanent, telling pollsters by nearly two-to-one they don’t want McCray to have a chief of staff. Naturally, her husband disagrees, which is probably why Mayor de Blasio hyped the turkey event. He called McCray “highly effective,” insisted “she’s going to have a staff” and said New York is lucky to get her “for free.” Free isn’t free if taxpayers pay for a staff, yet reality often escapes de Blasio. When Quinnipiac showed that his support among whites is collapsing, falling to 34 percent, he argued with that, too. He said public criticism “doesn’t necessarily make it right,” which is, technically, true. But as one political operative notes, de Blasio invariably says “polls are inaccurate unless they are good for him.” That’s the mayor’s personal “tale of two cities.” He’s right and everybody else is wrong.
Picture This Mayor Diversity
The Real Diversity are the Men Who Have Occupied City Hall and the Way They Have Built A City That Aloud Wave After Wave of the Immigrants and Poor to Join the Middle Class, Not the Historical Pictures That Hang On Its Walls
David Dinkins, Afro-American (1990-1993); Ed Koch, Jewish (1978-1989); Jimmy Walker, Irish (1926-1932); Fiorello H. La Guardia, Italian (1934-1945); John Lindsay, Protestant (1966-1973); Robert Wagner, Catholic (1954-1965); Seth Low, Episcopalian (1902-1904) . . . Note while no Latino has been mayor, the man who came the closest was Herman Badillo, whose funeral the mayor did not attend last week. De Blasio wants to revamp the art collection at City Hall(NYP)New York City , and discussions on how to update the building’s collection to celebrate that diversity are underway,” Mayoral spokeswoman Marti Adams said Friday.
Should A Mayor Elected With Less Then 15% Of New Yorkers Votes Control History
Were is the Outrage?
Sunday Update Former city design head blasts mayor’s plan to remove portraits(NYP) Mayor de Blasio’s off-the-wall plan to take down the City Hall portraits of white historical figures is not only dumb, it’s also “condescending’’ to minorities, a former city official said Saturday. “The premise is stupid,’’ said Michele Bogart, an ex-vice president of the Public Design Commission, which overseas the portrait collection. “You take down the dead white men because they represent something you don’t like in history instead of the portraits being a point of conversation. Use it as a teaching tool.’’ De Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, want to banish the portraits of former mayors, presidents and military heroes — some by famous artists — to make way for art that “celebrates’’ the city’s “diversity.’’“I don’t think it’s appropriate for the mayor to be bashing the previous mayor through the portrait collection,’’ Bogart said. Modal Trigger Michele Bogart is now a professor atStony Brook University
Sunday Update No public tours at Gracie Mansion since de Blasio moved in(NYP)The mayor’s need for seclusion is a far cry from when Mayor Rudy Giuliani lived there with his family. Back then, public tours were available every Wednesday and Thursday morning, according to 2001 press reports.
Saturday UpdateDe Blasio never got permits for new Gracie Mansion fence(NYP) Mayor de Blasio failed to secure the proper permits to build his “privacy fence” aroundGracie Mansion
David Dinkins, Afro-American (1990-1993); Ed Koch, Jewish (1978-1989); Jimmy Walker, Irish (1926-1932); Fiorello H. La Guardia, Italian (1934-1945); John Lindsay, Protestant (1966-1973); Robert Wagner, Catholic (1954-1965); Seth Low, Episcopalian (1902-1904) . . . Note while no Latino has been mayor, the man who came the closest was Herman Badillo, whose funeral the mayor did not attend last week. De Blasio wants to revamp the art collection at City Hall(NYP)
Should A Mayor Elected With Less Then 15% Of New Yorkers Votes Control History
Sunday Update Former city design head blasts mayor’s plan to remove portraits(NYP) Mayor de Blasio’s off-the-wall plan to take down the City Hall portraits of white historical figures is not only dumb, it’s also “condescending’’ to minorities, a former city official said Saturday. “The premise is stupid,’’ said Michele Bogart, an ex-vice president of the Public Design Commission, which overseas the portrait collection. “You take down the dead white men because they represent something you don’t like in history instead of the portraits being a point of conversation. Use it as a teaching tool.’’ De Blasio and his wife, Chirlane McCray, want to banish the portraits of former mayors, presidents and military heroes — some by famous artists — to make way for art that “celebrates’’ the city’s “diversity.’’“I don’t think it’s appropriate for the mayor to be bashing the previous mayor through the portrait collection,’’ Bogart said. Modal Trigger Michele Bogart is now a professor at
deB Boots O'Reilly Guy Out of Press Conference . . . Builds Bigger Fence With Permits
Monday Update * City shelled out $30K for Gracie Mansion fence(NYP)Sunday Update No public tours at Gracie Mansion since de Blasio moved in(NYP)The mayor’s need for seclusion is a far cry from when Mayor Rudy Giuliani lived there with his family. Back then, public tours were available every Wednesday and Thursday morning, according to 2001 press reports.
Saturday UpdateDe Blasio never got permits for new Gracie Mansion fence(NYP) Mayor de Blasio failed to secure the proper permits to build his “privacy fence” around
Defensive de Blasio builds taller fence at Gracie Mansion(NYP) Gracie Mansion Bronx Thursday. Jesse Watters was asked to leave after pestering the mayor to appear on the prime time show, which is hosted by de Blasio critic Bill O'Reilly.* Bill O’Reilly ambush man Jesse Watters confronts de Blasio(Capital)* Bill de Blasio,'mayor of the people,' builds higher privacy fence around home
de Blasio's Transparency, FOILS and Keeping Out the Press
Puppet Show Reporters Cover the News Events Not Sure What Interest or Lobbyists is Making the News
NYC Reporters Have No Idea That A Communist and Millennial Activists United are Organizing the Protests They Are Covering
NYT Identifies the Protesters Who Continue But Don't Report Where They Get Their Funds From
The protesters seem to get their slick pricey graphics, posters etc from a Central location, No? Who?
A protest is to take place in Brooklyn tomorrow – the day of the funeral for Officer Rafael Ramos.
The protest movement in New York City is at a crossroads following the shooting of officers Ramos and Liu, with politicians who were marching in the streets just a few weeks ago now urging groups to cease demonstrating—to mixed reactions After Killing of Police Officers, Protest Movement Is at a Crossroads(NYT) Along with the protest on Sunday, led by Justice League NYC, a demonstration was held on Tuesday along Fifth Avenue . Another protest is to take place in Brooklyn on Saturday, the day of the funeral for Officer Ramos. * Why I’m StillProtesting(City Limits)* RevCom One of the communist groups driving the protests * New York City’s anti-cop activists are scrambling forcover now (City Journal) * Partners in protest: The anti-Israel, cop-bash link(NYP)
Puppet Show Reporters Cover the News Events Not Sure What Interest or Lobbyists is Making the News
NYC Reporters Have No Idea That A Communist and Millennial Activists United are Organizing the Protests They Are Covering
Joo-Hyun Kang, executive director of Communities United for Police Reform, said halting the protests would be misguided. On Monday, the group Ferguson Action tweeted, “The N.Y.P.D. wants to use this tragedy to silence this movement. Not gonna happen.” Ashley Yates, a member of Ferguson Action and a co-founder of Millennial Activists United, said she knew immediately that the officers’ deaths would cause some backlash. But the call for a protest suspension surprised her.
de Blasio Uses Enabling Press to Distract
New York City students welcomed Wednesday’s announcement of the demise of a long-standing ban on cellphones in schools—while admitting many had ignored the rules anyway, theJournal reports: * The de Blasio administration is expected to announce on Thursday that a ban on the plastic foam used to make many food containers will take effect on July 1, The New YorkTimes reports: * School officials work to stop abuse before phone ban ends(NYDN)
NYC to ban Styrofoam cups beginning in July. Black market sales spike for packing peanuts held together with scotch tape
THEY GOT THE 311: New Yorkers use city's 311 system a record breaking 28 million times in 2014(NYDN) * De Blasio tweetsthrowback pic at NYU: A photo Mayor Bill de Blasio tweeted of himself back inhis days at New... (Fox 5) * New York City Bans Foam Containers(WSJ) New York is the latest U.S. city to ban plastic-foam containers for food and drinks, completing an initiative begun during the Bloomberg administration * NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio got scooped on one of his most prized initiatives - the new municipal ID program - when a government staffer inadvertently tweeted out the
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Corrupt Albany Pigs Make Fun Jeer Reso to Seat Reporters on the Day Journalists Were Murdered in France
Sheldon Silver elected to 11th term as speaker, despite probe(NYP)* Scared sheep in theNew York Assembly keep Sheldon Silver as their speaker(NYDN) Democrats turn a blind eye to leader's secret payments from a landlord law firm. Who cares that Sheldon Silver opened the door to wholesale legal bribery in the Legislature? Not his Assembly Democrats, who reelected him speaker without a whiff of concern. Silver has secretly taken substantial payments, for at least a decade, from a small law firm specializing in helping New York City building owners lower tax bills. Its clients include big landlords, many with interests in legislative action. While state law requires Silver to disclose the sources of private income, he never included the name of the landlord law firm, Goldberg & Iryami, in his disclosure forms. If that’s acceptable practice, Silver has given big-spending concerns a clear path for clandestinely putting lawyer-legislators on their payrolls.* Sheldon Silver says he has not heard from the feds as part of probe into law firm pay(NYDN)
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