New York City’s Orthodox bloc vote is cracked. With just weeks to go before the city’s mayoral primary, Orthodox political activists in Brooklyn haven’t settled on a Democratic contender. Instead, they’ve picked all of them. In Hasidic Williamsburg, the larger of the two Satmar Hasidic factions likes Bill Thompson. In Flatbush, the Syrians have endorsed…
Hasidic activists accosted a man who disrupted a rally by Satmar Hasidim endorsing New York City Democratic mayoral candidate Bill Thompson, briefly detaining him inside a nearby Judaica store. The careful stagecraft of the event went awry as one Hasidic speaker concluded praising Thompson and Satmar Hasidic community leader David Niederman took the podium. A…
In a New York City mayoral race marked by scandal and the clear absence of a front runner, wealthy tech entrepreneur Jack Hidary sees an opening for another candidate – one with a sweeping vision for the city’s future. “The message across the board is, thank God someone else is in the race,” Hidary said…
Anthony Weiner can rest easy: Kristen Chenoweth has found a way to save his campaign. Chenowith, best known for her Tony Award-winning performance in “Wicked,” the hit Broadway musical, gave the disgraced candidate a little advice during a parody rendition of one of the show’s hits, “Popular,” on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. “Can’t…
A spokeswoman for scandal-ridden New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner said on Wednesday she would remain in her job despite a political news website’s publication of profane comments she made about a former campaign intern. The remarks were the latest hiccup for former Democratic U.S. Rep. Weiner as he tries to resurrect his political…
Shocker: Things are not going well for Anthony Weiner. A week after the mayoral hopeful’s campaign started to implode when it was revealed that he had in fact continued his Internet sexcapades after his resignation from Congress, Weiner’s reputation continues to tank. The latest debacle involves remarks made by a Weiner spokeswoman, Barbara Morgan, regarding…
Anthony Weiner, under fire after admitting that he sent lewd pictures to women online long after resigning from Congress over similar behavior, will not exit the New York City mayoral race because quitting “isn’t the way we roll in New York City.” In a video message posted on his campaign website on Tuesday evening, Weiner…
Anthony Weiner, under fire after admitting that he sent lewd pictures to women online long after resigning from Congress over similar behavior, will not exit the New York City mayoral race because quitting “isn’t the way we roll in New York City.” In a video message posted on his campaign website on Tuesday evening, Weiner…
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