Last night, Al D’Amato had something to say the New Jersey and Wisconsin delegations. So he stood up on a chair and started yelling.

Al D’Amato went further with his show of support for Vito Fossella than anyone else when he told NY1 that he thought the congressman could run for reelection--and win.

So, does that mean the former Senator would actively campaign for Fossella?

I asked D’Amato’s spokeswoman, Dana Weisberg, who left the door open, but stopped just short of actually saying he would. She emails:  read more »

Forest City Ratner paid former U.S. Senator Al D’Amato’s lobbying firm $400,000 in 2006 and 2007 to lobby federal legislators regarding eminent domain and other issues important to the developer of the $4 billion Atlantic Yards project in downtown Brooklyn.

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Here's a shot of some of the people biding their time at the Sheraton in midtown as they wait for New York GOP chairman Joe Mondello and most of the state party to announce their endorsement of Rudy Giuliani for President.

Republicans notably, and deliberately, steering clear of today's festivities include Mike Bloomberg, Al D'Amato, George Pataki and former state chair Stephen Minarik aren't particpating.

But who's counting?

Eliot Spitzer formally signaled his support today for building a casino in the Catskills.

The late John Lavelle's Assembly seat may go to his son.

Mitt Romney has an explanation for a 1992 vote that angered conservatives.

And pictured above are most of the candidates in tomorrow's special election for the City Council seat in Brooklyn.

8:30 a.m. Al D'Amato and Carl McCall discuss city and state government at Baruch College.

Noon. Assembly Democrats convene for a meeting in the capitol.

2 p.m. The state Senate will join the Assembly for a joint session of the legislature.

6 p.m. Legal scholar Cass Sunstein will talk about the balance between executive power and the Constitution at the New School.

Schools Chancellor Joel Klein discusses Children First reforms at community round table forum at 1368 Fulton Street, in Brooklyn.

Al D'Amato may not have the clout he used to.

Andrew Cuomo hired Frank Hoare to work in the attorney general's office.

Barack Obama is still vacationing in Hawaii, where he's deciding what to do about 2008.

The WSJ prepares for complaints about their makeover.

And pictured above is an over-the-shoulder view of an artist painting the scene around the corner from City Hall this morning.

The New Jersey legislature voted for civil unions.

On Monday, Hillary will go on the Today show, and on Wednesday she'll be on The View.

"So Kucinich's presence on stage at those cattle-call debates could put pressure on her, especially with Democratic primary voters being more anti-Iraq war than the population as a whole."

John McCain said 15,000 to 30,000 more troops should be sent to Iraq.

Eliot Spitzer may name his top transportation adviser to head the MTA.

"I told you the other day he's not a lobbyist, I still say he has never lobbied," King just told me. "He had no idea he was listed. Al D'Amato had no idea that my son was listed."

"Apparently when they attained SAP as a client they put down, they listed everyone who could potentially be involved in the dealings," King said. "In an overabundance of caution they put his (Sean's) name. He had no idea he was down there. He has never had any dealing with SAP, he has never lobbied."

King said that his son represents the home delivery pizza chain Papa John's in Taiwan and has no role in lobbying for clients with Homeland Security business. The Mejias campaign dug up one of the strangest, Casio-scored pieces of video footage I've seen in an effort to assert that Sean King, who is apparently the speaker in the film clip, does in fact represent companies like Lockheed Martin. But according to the clip, he only mentions them as one of the firm's publicly disclosed clients.

Dave Mejias, King's opponent, phoned in to respond.

King's son, Sean, started working at former U.S. Senator Alfonse D'Amato's Park Strategies lobbying firm in February. The firm represents several clients with multi-billion dollar Homeland Security contracts, such as General Atomics and Lockheed Martin. They have also made campaign contributions to Congressman King.

Still, small world.