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• Yassky for Comptroller?

  Published: August 17, 2007, 1:23 pm

  Tags: Politics, David Weprin, David Yassky, James Brennan, John Liu, Melinda Katz, Michael Bloomberg, Scott Stringer, Simcha Felder

  of Brooklyn, and John Liu, Melinda Katz and David Weprin of Queens, if I'm not missing anyone. The pool of voters in Manhattan, in the absence of another entrant (Scott Stringer, maybe?), are anything but locked down. Yassky is popular with the New York Times and with Michael Bloomberg, who has already held two fund-raisers for Felder, but

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• Simcha Felder Hires Again With an Eye on Comptroller Race

  Published: September 17, 2007, 5:03 am

  Tags: Politics, 2009, David Weprin, David Yassky, Eric Kuo, George Fontas, James Brennan, John Liu, Melinda Katz, New York City Comptroller, Oliver Koppell, Sam Cooper, Scott Gastel, Scott Stringer, Simcha Felder, Vinny Gentile

  opponents: Council members Melinda Katz, David Weprin and John Liu. Kuo's hire, if we feel like parsing the significance, not only gives Felder access to someone with experience in yet another part of the city but may help him, around campaign season, to appeal to any Chinese-American media and voters that aren't locked down by

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• Yassky for Comptroller

  Published: September 24, 2007, 4:19 pm

  Tags: Politics, Adolfo Carrion, David Weprin, David Yassky, James Brennan, John Liu, Melinda Katz, Simcha Felder

  the race are David Weprin, Melinda Katz and possibly John Liu, all from Queens, plus Simcha Felder and James Brennan from Brooklyn. There's low-level grumbling about Adolfo Carrion getting into that race (although Carrion indicates he'd prefer to run for mayor). When I spoke with Yassky on Friday, he didn't confirm or deny he was

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• South Queens Democratic Club 41st Dinner Dance - October 17, 2007...

  Published: October 22, 2007, 12:53 am

  Tags: Betty Braton, Audrey Pheffer, Senator Michael Genaris, Frank Gulluscio, South Queens Democratic Club, Joseph Addabbo, Melinda Katz, Eric Gioia

  Eric Gioia, Councilwoman Melinda Katz...and District Leader Geraldine Chapey... Councilman Joseph P. Addabbo and Barbara

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• Yassky Raises for Comptroller Campaign [updated]

  Published: December 10, 2007, 10:55 am

  Tags: Politics, David Weprin, David Yassky, James Breannan, Melinda Katz, Simcha Felder

  money and endorsements: Melinda Katz, David Weprin, Jim Brennan and (all-but-declared) Simcha Felder. The next Campaign Finance Board disclosure filing deadline is January 15. Any predictions as to what the candidates will show? UPDATE: Also tonight is a birthday party/fund-raiser for Assemblyman Micah Kellner of Manhattan at XES Lounge,

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• Reactions to Carrion for Comptroller: Ferrer, Thompson, Katz, Etc.

  Published: December 13, 2007, 11:40 am

  Tags: Politics, Adolfo Carrion, Bill Thompson, David Yassky, Fernando Ferrer, Melinda Katz

  Some reactions from the 2009 circuit to Adolfo Carrion's entry into the comptroller's race: Fernando Ferrer, the most recent Hispanic candidate to run for mayor, told me via cell phone, Well look, I think that he's staked out for himself a race where he's going to be a dominant figure. Asked if he was disappointed that Carrion would not

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• Maxing Out for Comptroller Candidate Melinda Katz

  Published: December 18, 2007, 2:05 pm

  Tags: Politics, Land Use Committee, Melinda Katz

  ready to "Max Out for Melinda. That's the subject line of an email invitation to a fund-raiser for Melinda Katz's city comptroller campaign, which a reader forwarded to me. It's taking place on January 10 at the Manhattan office of Howard Milstein, a major real estate developer. The text of the email: Sent: Tuesday, December 18,

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• Feedback Loop: Melinda Katz's Effective Fund-Raising Using Story of Her Effective Fund-Raising

  Published: February 8, 2008, 12:23 pm

  Tags: Politics, Melinda Katz, Michael Bloomberg

  is from City Councilwoman Melinda Katz, and it includes a profile of herself that was published in the Real Deal. The profile describes how Katz leverages her position on the powerful Land Use committee to raise money. Here's the Katz fund-raising email. From: melinda@melindakatz.org [mailto:melinda@melindakatz.org

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• Two More Co-Chairs for Carrion

  Published: March 6, 2008, 10:14 am

  Tags: Politics, Adolfo Carrion, Carl Mccall, David Weprin, David Yassky, Elizabeth Holtzman, James Brennan, Leo Hindrey, Melinda Katz, Merryl Tisch, Simcha Felder

  a field that also includes Melinda Katz, David Yassky, David Weprin, Simcha Felder and James Brennan. Here is the official statement: BRONX, NY - Today Carrion NYC Committee announced that Former NY City Comptroller Elizabeth Holtzman and Merryl H. Tisch Chairperson of the Metropolitan Council on Jewish Poverty have agreed to serve as

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• Brooklyn Democrats Honor Yassky

  Published: April 2, 2008, 9:21 am

  Tags: Politics, Adolfo Carrion, David Weprin, David Yassky, Independent Neighborhood Democrats, James Brennan, John Liu, Melinda Katz, Simcah Felder

  A reader sent along this invitation for a May 1 awards dinner hosted by the Independent Neighborhood Democrats, a political club in Brooklyn. Among the honorees is the organization's councilman, David Yassky, who is also a candidate for city comptroller.  read more »

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• Assemblyman's Alternative Congestion Pricing Plan

  Published: April 2, 2008, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Green, Adolfo Carrion, David Weprin, David Yassky, James Brennan, John Liu, Melinda Katz, Simcha Felder

  split on congestion pricing. Melinda Katz and David Weprin, both of Brooklyn Queens, opposed the plan. David Yassky and likely candidate Simcha Felder, both of Brooklyn, support it, as does Adolfo Carrion of the Bronx. John Liu of Queens, who is yet another possible candidate, voted for it.

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• It's Her 'Term' in Office by Maggie Haberman - New York Post

  Published: April 13, 2008, 1:22 am

  Tags: Nyc Council, Queens, Melinda Katz

  IN THE POLLS: Councilwoman Melinda Katz, 42, a candidate for city comptroller, conceived with a donor egg and donor sperm.A leading candidate for city comptroller has carried some personal business onto the campaign trail - she's nearly eight-months pregnant and preparing to be a single mom, The Post has learned. City Councilwoman Melinda

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• Baby-Boy Joy for Queens Politician by Maggie Haberman - New York Post

  Published: May 6, 2008, 2:59 am

  Tags: Nyc Council, Queens, Ny Post, Melinda Katz

  Melinda and her new born good luck..!Read original...Queens Councilwoman Melinda Katz, a leading contender for city comptroller, has given birth to the baby boy she conceived through in-vitro fertilization. Katz, 42, delivered the baby on Saturday morning, she told The Post. She will raise him on her own. Baby Boy Katz - yet to be named

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• From Katz To Como, And Back To The GOP Fold - Elizabeth Benjamin - The Daily Politics - NY Daily News

  Published: July 20, 2008, 1:14 pm

  Tags: Queens, Elizabeth Crowley, Anthony Como, Democrats, Republican Party, Melinda Katz

  original...Councilwoman Melinda Katz' has lost her communications director, James McClelland, who departed her employ to accept a job as chief of staff for the Council's newest member: Anthony Como.That's a pretty big switch. Although both lawmakers represent Queens, she's a Democrat and he's a Republican. McClelland, as it turns out, is a

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• Councilman Liu Leads Race to Raise Funds for Election War Chest by Lisa L. Colangelo and John Lauinger and

  Published: July 19, 2008, 10:38 pm

  Tags: Peter Vallone Jr, Tony Avella, Leroy Comrie, Nyc Council, David Weprin, Audrey Pheffer, John Liu, Melinda Katz, Eric Gioia, Campaign Finance Board

  Council members Melinda Katz and David Weprin, who have announced runs for controller, raised $192,000 and $316,000 respectively since the last filing period in January. Katz has raised $2.1 million in total, spending $775,000, compared to Weprin's $1.8 million, with $338,000 spent. Councilman Eric Gioia (D-Sunnyside), eying a run

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