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    E-mail: sgentile@manhattanmedia.com

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    Monday, April 26,2010
    News

    One Year Later, Plan To Reverse Condo Boom A Bust

    HPD extends deadline for proposals, as lawmakers call for money to be shifted elsewhere

    By Sal Gentile
    When Council Speaker Christine Quinn and the Department of Housing Preservation and Development unveiled a $20 million pilot program last year to turn empty condos into affordable units, some feared the project would be a windfall for reckless developers. A year later, officials say, the money has not been spent on real estate mogul bailouts.
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    Wednesday, April 7,2010
    City Hall Daily

    Republicans Weigh Primary Challenges to Steve Levy Next Year

    Consensus Democrat Emerges as GOP dissenters search for a candidate

    By Sal Gentile
    As he wages a bitter campaign for governor that has fractured the Republican Party, Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy has also angered the party faithful back home—so much so that several Repu
    Wednesday, March 31,2010
    News

    Preliminary Motions Begin For 2013 Brooklyn D.A. Race—If Hynes Goes

    Brennan interested, though field could also include Zachary Carter, Loretta Lynch

    By Sal Gentile
    All last year, the question swirled among criminal defense lawyers and political leaders in Brooklyn: "Have you heard anybody who's running against Joe Hynes?" By November, the 74-year-old Brooklyn district attorney won re-election with 99.9% of the vote, just four years after narrowly fending off a challenge from State Sen. John Sampson and two others.
    Wednesday, March 31,2010
    News

    As ACORN Fades, Its Successor's Political Clout May Grow

    As ACORN Fades, Its Successor's Political Clout May Grow No longer accepting government funding, New York Communities for Change may join the Working Families coalition

    By Sal Gentile
    Now that ACORN is shuttering its headquarters and splintering into dozens of different grassroots groups, its leaders across the country and in New York are doubling down on the very thing that has antagonized its conservative critics.
    Wednesday, March 31,2010
    News

    ACORN Housing Arm, Battered By Federal Funding Ban, Lives On

    By Sal Gentile
    The organization, which manages and develops affordable housing units in New York, has gone through a rebranding of its own, changing its name to Mutual Housing NY. Ismene Speliotis, the group’s executive director, said that was ACORN Housing Corporation’s original name when it was founded in 1986.
    Wednesday, March 31,2010
    Features

    Number 32

    Back and Forth: José Peralta

    By Sal Gentile
    The governor is imploding. The budget is late. And subpoenas are flying left and right. But at least the Senate has a functioning majority again.
    Friday, March 19,2010
    City Hall Daily

    Levy Wrests Support Of Suffolk GOP From Lazio

    As Suffolk exec pushes for Republican nod, Conservatives say window is still open

    By Sal Gentile
    John Jay LaValle, the chairman of the Suffolk Republican Party and the first GOP leader to endorse Rick Lazio’s campaign for governor last year, will announce that he is switching his support
    Thursday, March 11,2010
    City Hall Daily

    Long Island Conservative Chairs Spearhead Uprising In Hopes Of Getting Levy GOP Line

    By Sal Gentile
    Two key Conservative chairmen, both from Rick Lazio’s backyard, are pushing party leaders to drop their support for Lazio and hand the gubernatorial nomination to his budding rival.
     
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