Christine Quinn and the NY City Council Punish The Creation of Jobs

By: Dan McLaughlin (Diary)  |  March 25th at 10:40 AM  | 

It would be hard to design a more obvious example of why New York City employers should be terrified of Christine Quinn’s Mayoral ambitions than the passage earlier this month of an unprecedented bill allowing lawsuits for damages by unemployed job-seekers against any employer that tries to hire in the City: When the law takes effect in three months, the city will be the fourth | Read More »

…Anthony Weiner contemplating running for NYC Mayor anyway?

By: Moe Lane (Diary)  |  January 16th at 11:00 PM  | 

I… don’t know what to say. Could former Rep. Anthony Weiner be preparing for a political comeback? The Democrat’s latest filing with the New York City Campaign Finance Board, published Tuesday, may send some subtle messages. His mayoral campaign committee, created ahead of his unsuccessful bid for the Democratic nomination in 2005, reported spending just one dollar shy of $37,000 in the last six months. | Read More »