It was wall-to-wall photo-op smiles as Jean Shafiroff, stunning in an azure blue strapless above the knee silk dress, and New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg faced the Red Carpet photo blitz at the Jewish Board of Family and Children’s Services 2013 Spring Benefit on April 24. Proceeding from The Plaza’s Palm Court, past its “Great…
Democrat Anthony Weiner, who resigned from Congress in disgrace two years ago, is weighing a bid for New York mayor, but a poll released on Tuesday suggests his political comeback would be an uphill battle. Only 40 percent of city voters say they would consider voting for him, while 52 percent said they would not,…
A ho-hum New York City mayoral race just got a whole lot more interesting. Sext scandal-ridden former congressman Anthony Weiner announced, a few paragraphs into a laudatory New York Times Magazine profile, that he’s considering joining the crowded Democratic field. That could shake up allegiances among New York City’s political clans, including some city Jews….
Former U.S. Congressman Anthony Weiner, who resigned after tweeting lewd pictures of himself, is considering a run for New York City mayor, in what many see as wide open race for one of the highest-profile offices in the United States. In a lengthy interview with The New York Times magazine, posted online on Wednesday, Weiner…
A high-ranking Democratic New York State senator was arrested on Tuesday and charged with trying to buy a place on the Republican ticket in the city’s next mayoral race, an effort that prosecutors said was part of a wide-ranging bribery scandal and reflected pervasive corruption in New York politics. Five other politicians, all Republicans, were…
Disgraced ex-Congressman Anthony Weiner has spent more than $100,000 on polling this month alone, raising speculation that he may be planning a return to politics. The Tweet-happy Jewish lawmaker, who quit in 2011 after being caught sending inappropriate text messages and pictures to women, paid a San Francisco consulting firm $106,500 in March, the Daily…
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn announced she was running for mayor Sunday, making official what had been all but acknowledged for months. In a whistle-stop tour of the city and a new campaign video, Quinn touted her middle-class roots and a campaign agenda that emphasizes housing and education. If she wins, Quinn would…
New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn officially launched her candidacy on Sunday for the job that would make her the city’s first female and first openly gay mayor, in a race that has no Jewish major candidate for the first time in years. The Democratic Quinn, 46, made her announcement on Twitter, saying: “It’s…
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