By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Bernard Catcher, a democratic district leader and power broker who helped launch the legislative careers of Congressman Anthony Weiner (D-Sheepshead Bay), Councilman Lew Fidler (D-Mill Basin), Assemblyman Alan Maisel (D-Mill Basin), state Sen. Carl Kruger (D-Brighton Beach), and a litany of other Brooklyn politicians, died on Aug. 20 after a prolonged battle with cancer. He was 70.
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
By Aaron Short
Brooklyn: Assembly candidate Doug Biviano blasted away at incumbent Joan Millman in a debate last week, hammering her for taking her pension even as she works as a lawmaker, lambasting her for backing transit cuts, and for flip-flopping on housing inside Brooklyn Bridge Park — but the harshest word he had for Millman was that she’s “nice.”
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By Stephen Brown
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: The city has cut the cord on Marty’s chain gang.
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: It’s official — state Sen. Kevin Parker blows us off!
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By Stephen Brown
Courier-Life
Brooklyn Borough President: Call it Marty’s “con”-cert series.
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By Aaron Short
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Assemblyman Vito Lopez “abused” his office when he called a city employee and asked him to provide documents that he wanted to used in a bid to kick a political opponent off the ballot this year.
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: State Sen. Kevin Parker’s trial for assaulting a New York Post photographer has been delayed until after the September primary election, but this time the pugilistic legislator has a longtime political rival to thank for the hold up.
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Congressional hopeful Kevin Powell’s faltering campaign to unseat 27-year incumbent Rep. Ed Towns (D–Fort Greene) was dealt a death blow on Friday after reports indicated that he owes the taxman $615,000 — and then tried to divert attention by decrying Towns’s political consultant for “nasty dirision.”
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By Helen Klein
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Double-dipping Assemblywoman Rhoda Jacobs (D-Flatbush), who’s been legally collecting both a salary and a pension from taxpayers since 2008, says she’s almost ready to give up her salary — but not until she gets elected one more time.
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By Helen Klein
Courier-Life
Council District 45: It looks like Kendall Stewart can kiss his political career goodbye.
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By Thomas Tracy
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: The “Jews” are not happy about Rep. Mike McMahon’s “Jewish money” gaffe.
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: Here’s our roundup one day after all the petition signatures are in.
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By Aaron Short
Courier-Life
Council District 33: Councilman Steve Levin should have worn his running shoes to work on Tuesday — because he spent part of the afternoon chasing around the managers of a luxury condo building that recently fired two workers who claim they were just trying to form a union.
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By Thomas Tracy
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: After a week of tight-lipped silence, state Sen. Carl Kruger is finally speaking out about the FBI’s probe into his campaign practices, saying that he’s just an innocent patsy despite allegations that he sold his sizable political clout at high-priced fundraisers.
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By Thomas Tracy
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: State Sen. Carl Kruger’s $2.1-million campaign war chest brings new meaning to the phrase “money to burn.”
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By Thomas Tracy
Courier-Life
Brooklyn: State Sen. Carl Kruger clammed up this week when asked about federal charges levied against a local restaurateur who’s donated thousands of dollars and held fund-raisers for the embattled pol.
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By Andy Campbell
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: This is not some twisted anti-lawyer joke! Ralph Perfetto is actually facing a year in jail for helping a pal in a 2008 case.
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By Helen Klein
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Staten Island’s Republican Party has finally settled on a candidate — and it’s the guy from Brooklyn!
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By Stephen Brown
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: The disgraced former congressman, nominated for his old seat by his Staten Island party cronies, said today that he will not return to politics at this time.
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By Helen Klein
The Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn: Two Brooklyn Republicans are slamming “law-and-order” Congressional candidate Michael Grimm, saying he used their names in a fund-raising letter without their permission.
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