Tag Archives: Andrew Cuomo

“I don’t want to be the governor who just proposes marriage equality. I don’t want to be the governor who lobbies for marriage equality. I don’t want to be the governor who fights for marriage equality. I want to be the governor who signs the law that makes equality a reality in the state of New York.” – Attorney General …

In a three-minute commercial that ran yesterday only on upstate stations, Carl “Imprison The Poor” tried to present a relatively sane demeanor, but he does hint again at Andrew Cuomo’s marital fidelity, saying, “Andrew’s prowess is legendary!”

Teabagger loon Carl Paladino got into a heated shouting match with a New York Post reporter yesterday after the reporter demanded to see evidence that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been cheating on his wife, as Paladino has begun to claim. Paladino, as we know, has a ten year-old daughter from his own adulterous affair with an employee. After Dicker …

Conservative Party candidate Rick Lazio confirmed today that he is dropping out of the New York gubernatorial race, a move that will likely throw a few more percentage points to teabagger whackadoodle Carl “Imprison The Poor” Paladino. Lazio tells The Associated Press that he wants to continue to influence the race and bring a workable job-creation program into a contest …

Finally some action from the Cuomo camp. I’ve seen this five times on NYC stations already today.

The only surprising part of these polling results is that almost a third of New Yorkers support Carl “Put The Poor In Prison” Paladino. In Teabagistan, you can be as crazy as a horse-fucking shithouse rat as long as you shout “Cut taxes!” every three minutes. UPDATE: Towleroad points out a just-released poll mentioned on Politico in which Cuomo leads …

“Why should the only woman running for state office be excluded? The debate shouldn’t be a boys only club. Excluding blacks and women just because we lack access to huge special interest campaign contributions is just wrong. I favor letting all legal candidates debate. I earned my place on the ballot by filing over 22,000 valid voter signatures. I am …

NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the favorite to replace David Paterson as governor, says he is confident that he can make same-sex marriage a reality during his first year in office. Via Advocate: “My opinion, from my policy point of view, it is a priority,” he said. State of Politics reports that, “He also voiced confidence that he could get …

It’s been coming for about a year, but today New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo finally announced formally that he is running for governor. “New York is upside down and backwards; high taxes and low performance,” said Cuomo. My campaign is this simple: I represent the people of the great state of New York and we want our government back.” …

NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, a presumed (but not yet declared) 2010 gubernatorial candidate, will headline a fundraiser for Brooklyn state Sen. Carl “Closet Case” Kruger, who was one of the Hate Eight Democrats who voted against marriage equality. Not uncoincidentally, Kruger is the chairman of the powerful Senate Finance Committee. David Mixner reacts: Is there a time when our …

You know all those opt-out buttons for discount offers you sometimes get when you are finishing an online purchase? The third-party companies running those discount programs may be signing you up for recurring “discount club” membership fees without your knowledge, courtesy of the credit card information you supplied to the original retailer. NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is going after …

NY Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has filed court papers to force state Sen. Pedro Espada to comply with a five month old subpoena regarding his many, many violations of campaign election laws, non-profit rules, and state labor laws. You may remember Espada as one of last summer’s Gang Of Three that upended the state Senate over a leadership battle peripherally …

One of my first days on the job at my office on E.42nd Street, back in 2001, one of my co-workers saw me stuff a dollar into the jar of the “volunteer” for the United Homeless Organization that was outside our building every day, next door to Grand Central. “Hey, that’s a scam,” he confided. “Those guys rent the table …

Insiders report that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani plans to challenge Kristen Gillibrand for her Senate seat in 2010 rather than run for New York governor, as has been long rumored. Former Mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor, but is strongly considering running for U.S. Senate instead, sources told the Daily News. The Republican heavyweight was considered …

OMG. President Obama has sent a message to NY Gov. David Paterson telling him to drop his plans to run for governor in 2010. Former Lt. Gov. Paterson became governor in 2008 after Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal. President Obama has sent a request to Gov. David A. Paterson that he withdraw from the New York governor’s race, …

According to the NY Post, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been placed under heightened security due to a death threat posted on a NAMBLA message board. A $10,000 Internet bounty was placed on Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s head by a suspected agent of the North American Man/Boy Love Association, The Post has learned. The shocking death threat by …

The Clintons have passed the Obama team’s vetting process in Hillary’s candidacy for Secretary of State. President-elect Barack Obama is “on track” to name Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton (D-N.Y.) as his secretary of state shortly after Thanksgiving, two senior Obama aides said. Financial disclosure issues have been worked out, aides said. The officials said they expect her to accept. Clinton …

“It’s not a TV crazed race. Frankly you can’t buy your way into it. You can’t shuck and jive at a press conference. All those moves you can make with the press don’t work when you’re in someone’s living room.” -Clinton supporter New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, during a radio interview. The stronger Obama gets, the more we’ll …