The fate of St. Vincent’s in Lower Manhattan is part of a trend engulfing hospitals across the state.

At a City Hall On/Off the Record Breakfast on Wednesday, City Comptroller John Liu said that New York's weak pension fund has been damaged by high expenses, bad investments, and a lack of careful,

“I'm not someone who anyone’s going to be able to say, ‘Oh, Mark’s pro-developer, Mark’s pro-advocacy groups,” said Weprin. “There’s always a delicate balance that you need to strike. I think we need to grow as a city, but at the same time we need to protect the character of neighborhoods.”

Add another challenger to Rep. Charlie Rangel this fall: Michael Faulkner, a Republican, a former Jet and prominent local minister. Michel Faulkner is backed by a GOP team that hopes to prove that

At 13, Jimmy Vacca led a student campaign against the MTA. But the new Transportation Committee chair—who has quickly moved up the ranks, from the Seniors Centers Subcommittee to the Fire & Criminal Justices Committee to his new post all over the course of the last 18 months—comes into the job with other experience as well.

Two-Thousand-ten voters take note: answering poll questions is not like it used to be. You may not even know you have done so. But candidates take note as well: the new methods get results. As public polls proved to be miles off in the wake of New York City’s mayoral election, the race’s private pollsters—who had the race pegged—showed that new hurdles like cell phones and low voter turnout are not insurmountable.

President Barack Obama’s health care reform battle may be in limbo in Washington, but state officials are still preparing for dealing with what would be a massive change to health care delivery in New York. Albany’s first hurdle is deciding who will oversee the process of putting the reforms in place—a tricky decision that shows how laborious and politicized the reform process could become.

Last year, a coalition of state legislators from Queens ushered through both houses a bill that would mandate a 90-day public comment period if the state wanted to shutter a hospital. But Gov. David Paterson vetoed the bill, known as the Hospital Closure Planning Act and despite prodding from the Queens delegation, the Legislature did not override the veto. Now however, Manhattan politicians are in an uproar over the likely shuttering of the emergency room at St. Vincent’s Hospital, a closure that may happen without the kind of public notice that the Legislature’s bill promised. Queens politicos can not help but say, “I told you so.”