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PATERSON WHINES: 'RACISM!'
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson has played the race card.
The state's first black governor yesterday blamed his political woes -- and those of President Obama -- on a white-dominated media that he accused of taking part in an "orchestrated" attack campaign.
"We're not in the post-racial period," Paterson said in a freewheeling interview on the liberal talk-radio station WWRL. "My feeling is it's being orchestrated, it's a game, and people who pay attention know that."
Frank Luntz attacks Obama's Administration's Lies on what their plan is.
Heat Seeking Bullets???
How stupid can N.Y. Politicians be? "Heat seeking bullets"? What idiots.
Homeless Offered Free Airfare To Leave NYC
Bloomberg Administration Initiative Provides One-Way Ticket Anywhere As Part Of Plan To Save On Shelter Costs
Paris? Orlando? San Juan? New York City is buying one-way
plane tickets for homeless families to leave the city. It's part of a
Bloomberg administration program to keep the homeless out of the expensive
shelter system, which costs $36,000 a year per family. More than 550
families have left the city since 2007. All it takes is for a relative to
agree to take them in.
According to nyc.gov, the official Web site of city government, more than
35,000 people are currently in shelters in and around the city.
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Officials lambast NJ corruption after 44 arrested
NEWARK, N.J. – Officials are decrying political corruption in New Jersey after more than 40 people, among them rabbis and elected officeholders, were arrested in an investigation in which some were accused of laundering tens of millions of dollars and of black-market trafficking of kidneys and fake Gucci handbags.
The 44 arrests Thursday were a remarkable number even for New Jersey, where more than 130 public officials have pleaded guilty or have been convicted of corruption since 2001.
"New Jersey's corruption problem is one of the worst, if not the worst, in the nation," said Ed Kahrer, who heads the FBI's white-collar and public corruption division. "Corruption is a cancer that is destroying the core values of this state."
2 NJ mayors, lawmaker arrested in corruption case
July 23rd, 2009
The mayors of two New Jersey cities and a state legislator are under arrest Thursday as part of a major corruption and international money laundering conspiracy probe.
Federal prosecutors say about 30 people have been arrested in the two-track investigation. They include Assemblyman Daniel Van Pelt, Hoboken Mayor Peter Cammarano III and Secaucus Mayor Dennis Elwell. Federal prosecutors say several rabbis in New York and New Jersey are also arrested.
A news conference is scheduled for noon at the U.S. attorney's office in Newark.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker, who has fought corruption in New Jersey' largest city, says it's "an unbelievable morning so far."
All are Democrats.
NEW YORK DEMOCRAT CONGRESSWOMAN CAROLYN MALONEY APOLOGIZES FOR USING
'N WORD'
WASHINGTON -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney issued a statement yesterday apologizing for using the "N word" when she was telling a story attacking Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand.
"I apologize for having repeated a word I find disgusting," said Maloney, who may challenge Gillibrand in the Democratic primary next year.
Maloney was quoted in a "City Hall News" story recounting a previous conversation she had about Gillibrand.
Maloney said she heard from someone that Gillibrand was pushing English-only education while she was in Puerto Rico and the congresswoman added that the person told her that was "was like saying n--r to a Puerto Rican,'" according to City Hall News.
Asked if the congresswoman was quoted accurately, Maloney's campaign released her comment explaining how she said it happened.
"It's no excuse, but I was so caught up in relaying the story exactly as it was told to me that, in doing so, I repeated a word that should never be repeated," Maloney said.
New York State Senators sit during National Anthem
Democratic state senators (top), except for Pedro Espada, remain seated as Republican senators and staff begin a session Tuesday with the Pledge of Allegiance at the Capitol in Albany.