Andrew Rasiej as the Technorati Candidate
Over at Tech Central Station, I wrote a follow-up on Andrew Rasiej's unsuccessful campaign for New York City Public Advocate ("The Technorati Candidate"). Despite a technology-centric platform that...
View ArticleWould lower subway fares help New Yorkers cut back on gasoline consumption?
According to the New York Daily News, New York State Senator Frank Padavan has launched a new Web site ("Get Back to the Train") that includes a petition for New York subway riders to call on the MTA...
View ArticleNew York subway cam installation gets off to rocky start
The New York Post got us all excited this morning with the first sneek peak at the new subway cams. (see pic) According to the Post, contractors have been busy testing the cameras at a platform along...
View ArticleThe new face of terror in New York: young mothers with bomb-laden baby carriages
Well, it looks like the terror alert level in New York just got ratcheted up a notch -- there's a "credible threat" that terrorists plan to attack the New York subway system using tactics and lessons...
View ArticleBarry Diller is no fan of Sarbanes-Oxley
According to media mogul Barry Diller, the high cost of compliance with some of the more onerous provisions of Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) is having a significant negative impact on U.S. businesses. While...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg wonders: where are the liberal attack blogs?
Dawn Eden, who writes the "Blog On!" column in the Sunday New York Daily News, is a bit puzzled as to why so many liberal bloggers in New York City are "soft" on Mayor Bloomberg. After conferring with...
View ArticleBloomberg 60%, Ferrer 28%
Based on as yet unreleased poll numbers, The Politicker is predicting a huge landslide victory for Michael Bloomberg in this week's mayoral election: 60% to 28% over Fernando Ferrer. The comments to...
View ArticleThe Rasiej campaign post-mortem
Last week, Micah Sifry, the eCampaign Director for Andrew Rasiej, posted an exhaustive and honest analysis of Andrew Rasiej's unsuccessful bid for NYC Public Advocate. There's a lot to chew on in...
View ArticleBloomberg: Can he get to the magic 70% mark?
It's election day, and while there's not any real drama about the outcome of the New York City mayoral race, there are a few interesting political tidbits floating around about the race between...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg wins re-election; Proposition 2 passes
As expected, Mayor Bloomberg had an easy time of it at the polls yesterday, trouncing Democrat Fernando Ferrer 58.5% to 38.7% - the widest margin ever for a Republican mayor of New York. In addition,...
View ArticleNew high-tech bomb-detection equipment for the New York subway system
Tired of getting patted down during routine "subway searches" by the NYPD? Embarrassed by what's lurking at the bottom of that briefcase? There's help on the way - the New York Daily News is reporting...
View ArticleMayor Bloomberg knows exactly what you're thinking
Apparently, here's what $100 million in campaign spending buys you these days in New York: a state-of-the-art computerized database that catalogues every attitude and every desire of nearly any New...
View Article"The Wild West of blogging"
In a blog post that references the "media elite" and last week's alcohol-fueled Open Source Media party in Manhattan, blogger Scott Sala of SlantPoint makes an impassioned case for blogging about local...
View ArticleWhy the mathematics of congestion pricing don't work
Over at Tech Central Station, Johan Wennström argues that a congestion pricing scheme for traffic in New York City would become an unwelcome burden for New Yorkers. Pointing to examples from London and...
View ArticleEliot Spitzer takes on the national cinema chains
The New York Post reports that Eliot Spitzer is fighting to make New York movie theaters more accessible for the visually and hearing impaired. In an agreement reached with eight national theater...
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