Greg Sargent
Articles by Greg Sargent
Will Bloomberg Run? Test-Markets Himself as Potential Mayor
Barry Blitt
Michael Bloomberg.
Like any shrewd businessman, Michael Bloomberg knows the importance of test-marketing a new product& read more »
City Energy Aide Quit Weeks Ago, Attacking Mayor
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Michael Bloomberg.
Six weeks before the Great Blackout of 2003, Mayor Bloomberg’s senior energy adviser quit his read more »
City Energy Aide Quit Weeks Ago, Attacking Mayor
Six weeks before the Great Blackout of 2003, Mayor Bloomberg’s senior energy adviser quit his post read more »
The Rudy Team Has '04 Dream: Bush-Giuliani
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Rudy Giuliani and George Bush.
Bruce Teitelbaum, Rudy Giuliani’s most trusted political adviser, sidled up to a veteran New Y read more »
The Rudy Team Has '04 Dream: Bush-Giuliani
Bruce Teitelbaum, Rudy Giuliani’s most trusted political adviser, sidled up to a veteran New York read more »
El-iot! Can Spitzer Go to 1600?
Barry Blitt
Eliot Spitzer.
When Eliot Spitzer was growing up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, he and his two siblings pla read more »
El-iot! Can Spitzer Go to 1600?
When Eliot Spitzer was growing up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, he and his two siblings pla read more »
Politically Knotted, Boss Dennis Rivera May Endorse Nobody
Dennis Rivera, president of the city’s hospital workers’ union, controls the most powerful and s read more »
Politically Knotted, Boss Dennis Rivera May Endorse Nobody
Barry Blitt
Dennis Rivera.
Dennis Rivera, president of the city’s hospital workers’ union, controls the most powerf read more »
Giff Gets Going: Miller is Racing in Mayoral Jump
City Council Speaker Gifford Miller may be the second-most-powerful elected official in New York Cit read more »
City Energy Aide Quit Weeks Ago, Attacking Mayor
Six weeks before the Great Blackout of 2003, Mayor Bloomberg's senior energy adviser quit his post a read more »
Lynch Defects From Mayor's Un-Party Plan
As he pursues his goal of implementing nonpartisan elections in New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg ha read more »
Bush's Tactics In Terror Case Called Illegal
A bipartisan group of prominent New York lawyers, former federal judges and former government offici read more »
Airport Grab: Jet Blue Cramps T.W.A. Jewel
Some of the city's most influential preservationists are vowing to block plans to build a huge new t read more »
G.O.P. 's Chair Remaking N.Y. In Bush Image
It's safe to assume that Marc Racicot, the Montana-born chairman of the Republican National Committe read more »
Pataki Doused By Big Spritzers On Water Plant
Intensifying a classic city-state confrontation, dozens of the city's most powerful business and lab read more »
Finding Demo
No, Tom Brokaw is not running for President in 2004. read more »
Museum Bile: Fifth Avenue Razzing Met
In recent weeks, an incendiary fund-raising letter has been circulating among wealthy Upper East Sid read more »
Mayor Mikey Club: Who Adores Him? The Super Elite
According to recent polls, a surprisingly large majority of city residents see Mayor Michael Bloombe read more »
Mayor Buying A Water Filter In the Bronx
Ending a municipal drama that has dragged on for years, city and state officials have reached a deal read more »
Gristedes Boss is at Check-Out on Mayoral Run
With Democrats gleefully making noise about taking on Michael Bloomberg in the 2005 Mayoral election read more »
Wily Cunnigham Hatches a Plot to Salvage Mike
As he seeks to resuscitate the political fortunes of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, William Cunningham, th read more »
Ferrer Blasts Mike's Mettle In '05 Prelude
Only a year ago, few New York Democrats would have relished the thought of challenging Michael Bloom read more »
Albany Burns; Pataki, Bruno Grapple, Sweat
Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who is in the midst of a bitter budget war with his fellow Repu read more »
Bloomberg, G.O.P.: Mike Shows Stuff Raising McCain
Facing a deepening budget crisis and with little help from Albany in sight, Mayor Michael Bloomberg read more »
W.'s Sister-in-Law Schleps Tell-All About First Family
Sharon Bush, the estranged wife of President George W. read more »
Tough Mayor Bares Budget Stripped Raw
The last time the city found itself in such perilous condition, the Governor of New York, a Brooklyn read more »
Private Sector Demands Bush Secure the City
Ratcheting up the pressure on the White House and Congressional leaders to help the city prepare for read more »
City to Burrow New $1 Billion Filtration Plant
Reviving one of the most controversial proposals of the Giuliani years, the Bloomberg administration read more »
City Cranks Up Its Big Bunker For High Alert
With New York City on a war footing, some of the most important contingency planning is going on in read more »
Mayor's Big Dig: Money Drains Out, Water Flows In
At a time of budget cuts and work-force reductions, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has committed billions o read more »
Mayor Bloomberg Opens His Manor To London Lucre
In his latest effort to revive New York's sagging economy, Mayor Michael Bloomberg is traveling to L read more »
After a Huddle, Jets Start Rush For West Side
The Jets are preparing to launch an all-out political and public-relations blitz designed to build s read more »
A Pataki Buddy is Hauled Down on Roosevelt I.
Robert Ryan was once one of the most feared and respected political operatives in New York State. read more »
Cold-Eyed Pataki Discards Allies, Impresses Bush
A month into his third term, Governor George Pataki unveiled a budget that has won him acclaim in na read more »
Mayor Targets Flannel Suits for Revenues
Just before he unveiled his new budget proposal on Jan. read more »
Mayor's Team: We Got Stiffed In Pataki Deal
Since taking office a year ago, Mayor Michael Bloomberg has invested a huge amount of capital-politi read more »
Chuck's Game: Plans to Block Bush's Judge
Shortly after the Democrats were defeated in last year's midterm elections, Senator Charles Schumer read more »
Convention '04: Elephants Fly To the Garden
On an early December morning, several weeks before Republican Party officials announced that they wo read more »
Mayor Mike Needs One Crisp Story
Michael Bloomberg is a Mayor in search of a narrative.In the year that has passed since he took offi read more »
Gay Factions May Sink Bill On Sex Rights
A bitter battle among Manhattan politicians and gay activists is threatening to scuttle the landmark read more »
City is 'Favorite' for Convention, Republicans Say
New York City has emerged as the front-runner in the race to host the Republican National Convention read more »
Here's One Place G.O.P. Curled Up: Our Fair Island
For the first time in more than a century, there are no Republican legislators on the island of Manh read more »
Roger Stones the Race
Barry Blitt
George Pataki.
To the outside observer, it looked as if Roger Stone was merely running Independence Party candidate read more »
McCall Hauling Clintons' Cash; Golisano Gains
With time running out in the race for Governor, Carl McCall and Tom Golisano are unveiling the endga read more »
Kelly Sleuthed `Insider' Wigand for Private Firm.
Six years before Mayor Bloomberg hailed Jeffrey Wigand as a "genuine American hero" for exposing the read more »
El-iot! Can Spitzer Go to 1600?
When Eliot Spitzer was growing up in the Riverdale section of the Bronx, he and his two siblings pla read more »
That 70's Show: Bloomberg Cuts Could Be Brutal
In search of a cure for the city's looming deficit, senior advisers to Mayor Michael Bloomberg have read more »
Mayor to Kick Elected Butts on Smoking
Mayor Michael Bloomberg likes to advertise himself as a consensus-builder who prefers compromise to read more »
Architect's Suit Charges Big Firm Stole His Plans
An architect who worked for Michael Bloomberg in the 1990's has launched a multimillion-dollar lawsu read more »
