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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

  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 has shared national TV time with Yassky. So, if he can line up backing uptown and in his part of Brooklyn... who

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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

  operatives George Fontas, Scott Gastel and Sam Cooper). He also worked for Councilman Oliver Koppell in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. (There are probably some notable operatives from there too, but I'll need some help on that one.) Felder's most recent hire before Kuo was an operative with experience in Queens, which happens to

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• Columbia Throws Harlem $33 M.

  Published: September 26, 2007, 4:07 pm

  Tags: Real Estate, Columbia University, Scott Stringer, West Harlem

  of Borough President Scott M. Stringer. It was, if you think about it, a small investment to make, given that the new 17-acre campus, north of 125th Street and generally west of Broadway, is going to cost something like $6 billion. President Bollinger, who shared the podium with Mr. Stringer at a press conference this afternoon in the

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• Hiring: Scott Stringer, Unions

  Published: October 19, 2007, 9:33 am

  Tags: Politics, 1199 Seiu, Local 32bj, Political Help Wanted, Scott Stringer, Transport Workers Union Of America

  Borough President Scott Stringer is looking for a director of community affairs. He's also hiring a director of communications. The Transport Workers Union, which is fighting the effects of penalties levied against it for an illegal strike, wants to hire a political assistant. Local 32BJ is hiring a director of communications. The

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• Education Workshop - Sponsored by Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer - Getting the Most Out of NYC Schools - October 20 - The New School

  Published: October 24, 2007, 12:24 am

  Tags: Robert Jackson, Education, Dominic Carter, Schools, Ny1, Alliance For Quality Education, Scott Stringer

  Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Getting the Most Out of NYC Schools, at at the Tishman Auditorium of the New School. NY Times report Anahad O' Connor, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer, Dominic Carter and Councilman Robert Jackson... Author Dominic Carter The keynote speaker was NY1

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• Firemen in City Hall, Stringer Attendees Out

  Published: October 24, 2007, 10:31 am

  Tags: Politics, Scott Stringer

  Line of the Day came from Scott Stringer, whose tribute to Italian-American culture was abandoned as the dozens of attendees were forced out onto the City Hall Steps. His (deadpan) reaction: "Was it something I

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• Stringer Faces the 2009 Question

  Published: October 25, 2007, 11:45 am

  Tags: Politics, Josh Isay, Scott Stringer

  for the 2009 citywide races, Scott Stringer too has a decision to make. He can either coast to a second term as Manhattan Borough President or pursue a more ambitious, and hard-to-win, position. His consultant, Josh Isay, seems to be leaving Stringer's options open. He's had the job for less than two years," Isay just told me.

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• Hiring: Stringer, Carrion

  Published: October 24, 2007, 7:37 pm

  Tags: Politics, Adolfo Carrion, Scott Stringer

  Scott Stringer is looking for interns to help with campaign fund-raising. Adolfo Carrion is hiring a research analyst. And an Assembly member in Queens is looking for a community liaison.

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• Stringer eyes NYC Comptroller race

  Published: November 3, 2007, 12:35 am

  Tags: Scott Stringer

  Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer is planning a campaign for New York City Comptroller in 2009. I was personally hoping that Stringer would jump into the race for Mayor but have no doubt that Scott would make an outstanding candidate for Comptroller and would provide continued excellent leadership for New York City in that

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• Cuomo and Stringer

  Published: November 7, 2007, 12:41 pm

  Tags: Politics, Andrew Cuomo, Scott Stringer

  Andrew Cuomo will introduce Scott Stringer at a fund-raising breakfast tomorrow in the Time Warner Building, according to an item in Crain's today. (The event is tomorrow morning, at 8 a.m. at Landmarc.) Stringer, right now the Borough President in Manhattan, hasn't said what office he'll be seeking in 2009. He's term-limited in 2013 [updated].

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• Stringer on Sabini's Side

  Published: November 8, 2007, 11:38 am

  Tags: Politics, Hiram Monserrate, John Sabini, Scott Stringer

  which is being organized by Scott Stringer, the Manhattan Borough President. Sabini is in a safely Democratic seat in Jackson Heights, Queens, but he may face a strong challenge from the Democratic City Councilman who almost beat him in a previous race, Hiram Monserrate. For Stringer, the benefits of making friends outside Manhattan could

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• Scott Stringer Fund-Raiser at Butter

  Published: December 18, 2007, 3:10 pm

  Tags: Politics, Carolyn Maloney, Maura Moynihan, Michael Bloomberg, Scott Stringer

  Borough President Scott Stringer, whose 2009 intentions are still not clear, is having a fund-raiser at the chic Lafayette Street restaurant Butter on January 9, according to an invitation a reader sent me. Tickets range from $50 to $1,000, but the invitation says Members of political clubs and students can purchase tickets at the

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• NYC Public School Parents - Bloomberg Beaten by East Harlem PTA Presidents and Community Activists in Randalls Island Lawsuit by Patrick Sullivan

  Published: February 1, 2008, 4:36 pm

  Tags: Parks, Joel Klein, Schools, Mayor Bloomberg, Scott Stringer, Nyc Public School Parents, Nyc Department Of Education

  Borough President Scott M. Stringer, the sole member of the Franchise & Concession Review Commission to oppose the original contract: "I applaud today's decision," Stringer said. "The judge's order will insure that the project gets the full public review and input it needs to become a fair deal for the community, the City and for

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• Murray Hill to City and State: Here's How We See East River Park

  Published: February 21, 2008, 2:31 pm

  Tags: Real Estate, Daniel Garodnick, East River, Scott Stringer, Sheldon Solow

  Manhattan borough President Scott Stringer, and nearly a dozen others assembled outside the potential site of the park: a vacant, city-owned concrete lot that is currently being leased by Con Edison. An unsightly chain-linked fence bars the public from the lot, so officials unrolled a vinyl back-drop with renderings of the four-acre park

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• (Stuy) Town Hall Meeting About Tishman Speyer's Mailbox Surprises

  Published: April 2, 2008, 4:20 pm

  Tags: Real Estate, David Garodnick, Peter Cooper Village, Scott Stringer, Stuyvesant Town, Tishman Speyer

  Borough President Scott Stringer, Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh, Councilman Dan Garodnick, and assorted community groups are hosting a town hall meeting on Thursday evening to discuss the issues facing Stuyvesant Town and Peter Cooper Village residents. The non-renewal notices from landlord Tishman Speyer that are allegedly flooding the

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