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Councilman Recchia To Run For Borough President, Sources Say

Councilman Recchia, left, and Senator Adams, right.Coney Island City Councilman Domenic Recchia is reportedly eyeing the Brooklyn Borough President’s office, potentially pitting Northern and Central Brooklyn versus Southern Brooklyn for the largely powerless position. Sources told the Daily News [http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/brownstone-belt-grabs-upcoming-borough-president-race-pundits-article-1.1223840] that

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Voter Education to Combat Voter Confusion

In response to significant “voter confusion [http://politicker.com/2012/09/voters-confused-council-members-hold-press-conference-to-discuss/] ” during last month’s primary election day, District Leader Rodneyse Bichotte is holding a voter education forum on Tuesday, October 23 from 6 to 9 pm at St. Jerome’s School (465 East 29 Street). “This event is

Opinion

Op-Ed: Rush To Report Is Not Always The Right Decision

President Harry S. Truman gets a chuckle out of the November 3, 1948 edition of the Chicago Tribune, with the famously inaccurate headline. Source: National ArchivesBETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Every American news enterprise was most likely primed and on its toes for last Thursday’s landmark Supreme Court of

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Storobin Supports State Legislature Term Limits, Funding Vouchers With Existing Revenue Streams

Republican State Senate contender David Storobin told attendees of a civic meeting this week that he supports implementing term limits for members of the state legislature, and explained that his proposal to give tuition vouchers for private school students would be funded by “existing revenue streams.” Storobin appeared before the

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State Senator Carl Kruger: I'm Not Resigning! – Oh, And Kagan's Too Busy To Run

Source: NYS SenateWell, so much for our little speculative piece earlier this week about what candidates might step up if Carl Kruger resigns [/kruger-hints-at-possible-resignation-from-state-senate-contenders-begin-lining-up/] . The state senator, embroiled in a corruption case that alleges he took about $1 million in bribes [/carl-kruger-charged-with-accepting-1-million-in-bribes/], had a proxy write to the Daily News

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Fidler Hopes To Return $10k From Campaign Funds

Though some say Fidler owes the city $88,550 in campaign finance funds, the councilman says he expects to return around $10,000Councilman Fidler has told Crain’s Insider that he hopes to return about $10,000 of the $88,550 in taxpayer funds he received from the Campaign Finance