Elsewhere: Maloney Purges, Rudy Surges, O'Connell Airs
Ben notices an Orwellian purge from the campaign website of Sean Maloney.
Rudy Giuliani will hire more fund-raisers and key staffers in early primary states in an effort to prove he's really running.
Andrew Sullivan wonders if Barack Obama has a James Frey problem.
Sheldon Silver will be attending the February 11 event hosted by a social service organization that received $3.4 million in state funds over the last three years.
Jerry Skurnik remembers another time when a governor appointed a state senator from an opposing party to a cushy state job.
Craig Johnson is a having a fund-raiser with bloggers.
A Democratic lawmaker in Erie County is running for re-election after pleading guilty to tax fraud.
Did Jeanine Pirro's former secretary testify in front of a grand jury?
The Village Voice didn't hear much about Mayor Bloomberg's poverty plans in his state of the city speech yesterday.
DMI has a map showing that hospital closings in New York City tend to happen minority communities.
The Forward looks at how the mayor of Kiryas Joel helped elect Rep. John Hall.
A blogger turns to Billy Martin to explain why he's not getting linked more often.
And above is a commercial for Republican Maureen O'Connell featuring the wife of the Republican state senator whose departure to Spitzerland created the vacancy.
-- Azi Paybarah
Bloomberg's response when asked if con ed should be fined demonstrates he is completely out of touch and is a callous twit.
What happened to the 3 stooges from queen Gianarris, Vallone and the other bone head?
I think Andrew Sullivan is suffering from a major identity problem, possibly connected to his party affiliation, sexual orientation and nationality.
Thanks for the link to the DMI blog but to be clear the map isn't by DMI, its by a guest blogger. The map was made by NY based organization The Opportunity Agenda.
Check them out!