I was having dinner Tuesday night with a major political consultant and asked when did he think Anthony Weiner would finally make it official that he was running for mayor?

Weiner after all was always one of the most active, and colorful members of the NY Congressional delegation. I have...

For weeks here in the New York City area folks have asked me, what is Bill Thompson doing?

Is he a candidate for NYC mayor?

Does he really want this or is he just going through the motions?

Where is Thompson's passion?

Well, if Thompson's personality...

In my opinion, it was a very smart political move by Anthony Weiner to "test the waters" for a possible campaign for mayor.

First of all, I think Weiner has already decided he's running for mayor, but what I'm referring to is that during his set of local TV interviews...

It comes as no surprise:

The top NYPD official that ran stop and frisk supports the highly controversial police tactic as an effective law enforcement tool.

Just-retired Chief of Department Joseph Esposito did make a convincing case while testifying.

To listen to Esposito, he sounded reasonable,...

Here at the trial, the week ended for the NYPD the same way it started, and that is on the defensive.

On Wednesday and Thursday the plaintiffs put an expert witness on the stand, Professor Jeffrey Fagan of Columbia University, who studied four million of the random...

Lawyers for the City of New York have argued the highly controversial Police practice of "Stop and Frisk," is not only legal, but has also helped pushed crime to record lows in New York City.

But for two weeks, I have sat in the lower Manhattan 15th floor courtroom of...

I will always remember my friend Ed Koch.

He made all of us proud to be a New Yorker. Here is how we discussed the legacy of Ed Koch on RNN-TV.

The fact of the matter is they don't make politicians like Koch anymore. Koch was not...

With his performance in the first debate It looked like Mitt Romney might well have been on his way to achieving something that is very difficult to do, and that is to defeat a sitting president.

Momentum was on his side, and It was starting to look like Romney...

In the photo below, I'm kissing a woman named Kimberly Hall on stage in front of an audience of 200 people at a Crimes Against Children Conference in Mississippi just the other day.

I had just met Kimberly minutes before, but I couldn't help myself. I was so touched...

"Our Boys are Killing One Another."

Profound words from the Pastor of New York's Allen AME Church the other day when during a television interview I asked the prominent African American Pastor, the Rev. Floyd Flake, why he is supporting the highly controversial and polarizing Police Practice of "Stop and...

Yes, Anthony Weiner can make a political comeback. In fact, via the People magazine trial balloon, it's already under way. To the skeptics the following argument is made.

• If Washington Mayor Marion Barry, seemingly caught on tape by the Feds smoking crack in a hotel room...

Critics thought they finally had him.

They assumed the blood they could smell in the water was career ending, that Congressman Charles Rangel was vulnerable, and at the age of 82, he was ripe to be knocked off after representing Harlem for more than 41 years.

The...

It's easy to attack New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg on his effort to cut back on large-size sugary sodas. This is an issue that immediately became high profile, and has swept the country.

However, before you simply conclude "who does this billionaire mayor think he is...

The argument about fiscal austerity has been drilled into all of us. The U.S Marines couldn't have done a better job.

It's our new way of life.

If you are a Republican elected official, there's a second part to the "cutting back" rule of thumb these days: Don't dare believe...

Be careful what you wish for. Or what your powerful supporters might have possibly wanted.

It was quite smart for Mitt Romney to quickly distance himself from the proposed idea that a supportive Super PAC of his considered bringing back of all issues, the Rev. Jeremiah Wright.

Romney

Conventional wisdom and recent polling indicates City Council Speaker Christine Quinn is the one to beat in the 2013 race for mayor, but it may not be that simple.

Quinn by all accounts, is the front-runner now, but the race, about a year and a half away, is a

Let's face it.

If you're City Council Speaker Christine Quinn, the race for NYC Mayor can't get here fast enough.

Quinn who has a shot at making history not only as the first woman mayor of the Big Apple, but also as the first openly gay mayor of the...

The general election campaign is underway and the president could be in for the fight of his life. As expected, Mitt Romney won all five GOP primaries Tuesday, and his remarks sure sounded like an energetic nomination speech.

"A better America begins tonight," Romney told supporters in Manchester, New...

You knew it was coming.

It had to be on the way.

After all it's Mitt Romney. One step forward, two steps backwards.

Sure enough, on Sunday, reporters overheard Romney telling wealthy Palm Beach, Fla., contributors how he would slash education and housing programs.

The private fundraising...

One of the few mementos that I proudly keep is a 2008 "Hillary for President" media pass.

It's bright yellow, and is from the Iowa caucuses. I remember the night well in Des Moines at her victory night celebration. Halfway down, on the paper credential in blue, reads, "Ready...