Ed Koch

Daring Deals and the Art of Taking Risks

Jeryl Brunner | Posted 04.24.2012

Read More: Palm Beach, Dan Myrick, Ed Koch, The Blair Witch Project, Brazilian Court Hotel, Mario Batali, Harry Potter, David Heyman, Google, Culture News
Jeryl Brunner

I love hearing stories about people who take risks to make life-changing deals. Wasn't it Donald Trump who once said, "Deals are my art form. Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals, preferably big deals. That's how I get my kicks"?

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GOP Hopefuls Still Pushing Idea Of Kelly For Mayor

Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Christine Quinn, Ray Kelly Mayor, Nyc Mayor 2013, Ed Koch, New York GOP, Ray Kelly, Ny News, New York Republicans, Fred Dicker, Bill Powers, New York News, Guy Molinari, New York News

New York Post's Fred Dicker speculates in a column Monday that Police Commissioner Ray Kelly could, after all, run for mayor in 2013. Dicker's mai...

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Ed Koch: The Chickens Are Coming Home To Roost

RealClearPolitics | Posted 04.04.2012

Read More: Middle East, Hosni Mubarak, Ed Koch, Menachem Begin, Anwar Sadat, Egypt, Politics News

The chickens are coming home to roost in the Middle East. The experts who supported the removal of President Hosni Mubarak of Egypt, e.g., The New Yor...

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Grammytech 1: A Conversation With Musical Director, Engineer & Producer Phil Ramone

Mike Ragogna | Posted 04.14.2012

Read More: Brian Wilson, Donald Passman, Simon & Garfunkel, Lorene Michaels, Ed Koch, Madonna, Kenny Ehrlich, Foster the People, Eminem, Mike Love, Roy Halee, Sting, Paul Simon, Mike Green, The Beach Boys, Luciano Pavarotti, Bob Dylan, Glen Campbell, Billy Joel, Aretha Franklin, Mark Linnet, Rihanna, George Michael, Pierre Cossette, Taylor Swift, John Cossette, Phil Ramone, Elton John, Art Garfunkel, Bruce Springsteen, Entertainment News
Mike Ragogna

Over the next two weeks, I'm going to share a series of interviews with some of the music industry's heroes and working stiffs who literally brought you this year's awesome Grammy Awards with nary a hiccup. First up at bat is Phil Ramone.

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Lady Gaga Needed to Stop New York Redistricting Disaster

Dan Collins | Posted 04.09.2012

Read More: Albany Redistricting, Governor Cuomo Redistricting, Andrew Cuomo, Ed Koch, Jon Stewart, Jennifer Lopez, New York State Senate, New York State Assembly, Lady GaGa, State Senator Michael Nossolio, Olsen Twins, State Legislature Redistricting, New York Redistricting, Redistricting, Gerrymandering, New York News
Dan Collins

Do you think there's a celebrity somewhere who'd be interested in taking on legislative redistricting? I know it's quite a lift. But if there was ever a good cause that needed some glamour, this is it.

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Bloomberg Predicts Next Mayor Will Be A Democrat

Posted 01.23.2012

Read More: Bloomberg, Nyc Mayor 2013, Ny Politics, Ed Koch, City Council Speaker, Christie Quinn, Ny News, Nyc Mayor, New York News

As his third-term inches towards the end, Mayor Bloomberg is dishing out on who he thinks will succeed him in City Hall. In an interview with The ...

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The Bigger They Come

Henry J. Stern | Posted 02.21.2012

Read More: Winston Churchill, Corruption, New York City Council, Ed Koch, Frank Costello, Trial Lawyers, Trial, Government Corruption, New York News
Henry J. Stern

While only a relatively small portion of elected officials are criminals, still the frequency of arrests and indictments of members of the political class causes people to doubt the integrity and validity of the legislative process.

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Ed Koch Endorses Christine Quinn For Mayor

Posted 12.13.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, Nyc Mayor 2013, Ed Koch, Mayor Bloomberg, City Council Speaker, New York Politics, Ny News, City Council, New York City Mayor, New York News

On Tuesday, former Mayor Ed Koch announced his endorsement of current City Council speaker Christine Quinn to succeed Bloomberg in New York's next may...

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Former NYPD Patrolmen Revealed As Famous '80s Graffiti Artist

Posted 01.07.2012

Read More: Manhattan Supreme Court, Neo, Neo Graffiti, Ed Koch, Nypd, Queens, Nypd Scandals, Graffiti, Mayor Ed Koch, Nyc-Graffiti, Queens New York, Graffiti-Art, Quality-of-Life-Laws, New York, New York City, Quality of Life, Arts News

In the history of graffiti, no rivalry has been as controversial or polarizing as the bouts between the NYPD and the writers of their city. Ever since...

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With Giuliani Out, New Yorker Needed for GOP Presidential Race

Dan Collins | Posted 12.11.2011

Read More: Gop Presidential Candidates, Ed Koch, Rudy Giuliani, Ray Kelly, Real Housewives of New York, George Pataki, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly, Occupy Wall Street, Hillary Clinton, Election 2012, Tina Fey, New York News
Dan Collins

Maybe there's still time to get a New Yorker into the GOP race. How could a state with so many politicians, political junkies and political hangers-on fail to field even an 11th hour vanity candidate?

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Jason Linkins

Late Returns: One More Reason For Chris Christie To Stay Home In 2012

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 11.27.2011

Read More: Candidate Pledges, 2012 Speculation, 2012 Speculatron, Fearmongering, Chris Christie, Michele Bachmann 2012, Elections 2012, Mitt Romney, Mitch Daniels, Wall Street Donors, Bernie Madoff, Barack Obama, Rick Perry, 2012, Video, Ed Koch, Michele Bachmann, Pledges, Wall Street, 2012 Election, Frank Gaffney, Roger Cohen, Mitt Romney 2012, Rick Perry 2012, Sharia Panic, Media Criticism, Barack Obama 2012, Politics News

There's been a lot of discussion about the many reasons why Chris Christie and the GOP primary electorate wouldn't exactly see eye-to-eye, and that's ...

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Joshua Hersh

Will U.S. Position On Israel Have 2012 Staying Power?

HuffingtonPost.com | Joshua Hersh | Posted 11.22.2011

Read More: Bob Turner, Video, Ed Koch, Palestinian Statehood, Obama Reelection, Unga, UN General Assembly, Palestinians, Rep Bob Turner, Un, Israel, Rick Perry, 2012 Gop Primary, Politics News

NEW YORK -- When former New York Mayor and life-long Democrat Ed Koch endorsed a Republican for the congressional seat vacated by Anthony Weiner, he w...

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Can Barack Unleash His Inner Jew?

Robert David Jaffee | Posted 11.20.2011

Read More: Middle East Peace Process, Ed Koch, Bob Turner, President Obama, Obama Palestine Vote, Obama Palestine UN, Obama Palestine, Palestine Statehood, Obama Israel, Politics News
Robert David Jaffee

A methodical man, Obama must have been an excellent law professor and would probably make a fine Supreme Court Justice, but as president he often ambles, not the best trait for a chief executive.

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Big Apple Turnover

Henry J. Stern | Posted 11.19.2011

Read More: Bob Turner, Anthony Weiner, Harry Truman, President Obama, David Weprin, Dov Hikind, Meat Loaf, Joseph Crowley, Saul Weprin, Ed Koch, Vito Lopez, Mark Weprin, Michael Long, Jimmy Carter, Melinda Katz, Ny-9, New York News
Henry J. Stern

The election last week of Republican Robert Turner to Congress is significant for several reasons. One is that the result will be widely perceived as a rebuke to President Obama and the Democratic Party, which it is.

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Both Sides Now: Debating Vaccine, Jews & Inequality

HuffPost Radio | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: Palestinian State, Egypt, HPV Vaccine, Turkey, Elizabeth Warren, Poverty, Ed Koch, President Obama, Cdc, Mary Matalin, Peter Moskos, Jackie Kennedy, In Defense of Flogging, U. N.; Robert Reich, Michele Bachmann, Jon Huntsman, Libya, Israel, Rick Perry, Arianna Huffington, Chuck Schumer, Inequality, Robert Rector, Politics News
HuffPost Radio

2010-06-28-bothsides_pull.jpg Arianna and Mary alternately agree and clash over the HPV vaccine -- women's health or big brother -- Obama & Jews in Queens & Israel, and the quiet crisis of growing inequality in America.

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Dem Deserves to Lose Race for Anthony Weiner's Old Seat But ...

Dan Collins | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Special Election, Anthony Weiner, Ed Koch, Bob Turner, Anthony Weiner Resignation, David Weprin, Congressman Weiner, Mayor Ed Koch, Barack Obama, New York News, Anthony Weiner Twitter, President Obama, New York News
Dan Collins

Democratic Assemblyman David Weprin deserves to lose the race for this Brooklyn-Queens congressional seat on general principles, but nothing good can come of his defeat.

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Democrats Nervous About Race to Replace Anthony Weiner

Dan Collins | Posted 10.24.2011

Read More: Congressman Weiner, Mayor Ed Koch, Anthony Weiner, Bob Turner, Ed Koch, David Weprin, Anthony Weiner Twitter, Special Election, Anthony Weiner Resignation, New York News
Dan Collins

If Democrat David Weprin loses, the message will be that President Obama was wrong in the recent national debt debacle and the Republicans were right. Period.

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10 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Redistricting

Morgan Pehme | Posted 10.19.2011

Read More: William Boyland, Bob Turner, Anthony Weiner, John Sampson, Gerrymandering, Richard Hanna, Richard Pildes, Charles Rangel, Voting Rights Act, John Boehner, Bill Owens, David Weprin, Jeff Klein, Ann Marie Buerkle, ReShape New York, Latfor, John Roberts, Dean Skelos, Shelly Silver, Kathy Hochul, Clarence Thomas, Eliot Spitzer, Redistricting, New York Uprising, Andrew Cuomo, Ed Koch, George Pataki, New York State Legislature, Dominican American National Roundtable, Mario Cuomo, Chris Lee, New York News
Morgan Pehme

New Yorkers have shown a much greater interest in addressing gerrymandering than ever before. But there is still a great deal about the current debate that is largely unknown, misunderstood, or unsaid.

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Hugh Carey: New York Mensch

Martin Nolan | Posted 10.11.2011

Read More: Ed Koch, George Romney, Hugh Carey, Brooklyn, Felix Rohatyn, Montauk Jimmy Carterll, Daniel Patrick Moynihan, Jimm Walker, Ted Kennedy, Sinatra, Nelson Rockefeller, Tip O'neil, Bay Ridge, Massena, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Happy Days Are Here Again, Jimmy Carter, Al Smith, Four Horsemen, New York News
Martin Nolan

He had the wit of Jimmy Walker, the vision of Al Smith, the courage of FDR and the energy of Nelson Rockefeller. When New York's history is written, Hugh Leo Carey will have his place as the hero of a dark decade.

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Will President Obama Become Mayor Dinkins?

Michael Fauntroy | Posted 10.05.2011

Read More: Florida, Ed Koch, President Obama, 1989, Black Voters, Obama African Americans, Mitt Romney, Michael Fauntroy, 2011, Democrats, 1993, Virginia, 2008, Republican Nominee, David Dinkins, African Americans, North Carolina, Black Unemployment, Black Voices News
Michael Fauntroy

The president could lose his reelection bid if enough Black voters stay home because they either do not believe the Republican nominee can win or they just do not feel the same urgency to show up on election day.

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Beware the Gerrymander

Henry J. Stern | Posted 10.04.2011

Read More: Wendell Phillips, New York Uprising, Andrew Cuomo, Redistricting, Ed Koch, Gerrymandering, Bill Samuels, Citizens Union, Andrew Marvell, ReShape New York, Latfor, Common Cause New York, New York Redistricting, New York News
Henry J. Stern

The struggle for clean elections and clean district lines are part of the effort to insure fair, open and honest elections so that the voters' choices will be respected.

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Win Some, Lose Some

Henry J. Stern | Posted 09.10.2011

Read More: Anthony Weiner, Eric Massa, Gerrymandering, David Weprin, Saul Weprin, Joseph Crowley, Andrew Cuomo, Redistricting, Ed Koch, Michael Nozzolio, Vito Lopez, Mark Weprin, U.S. Census, Jack McEneny, Chris Lee, Latfor, New York News
Henry J. Stern

With the loss of two New York seats, the question arises: which two districts out of the 31 will be made to disappear by whichever legislative body, independent commission or Federal court ends up drawing the final lines?

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Ed Koch: "Always a Bridesmaids?

Ed Koch | Posted 08.16.2011

Read More: Bridesmaids Movie, Kristen Wiig, Ed Koch, A.j. Abucay, Thomas Farley, Mayor Koch, Bridesmaids Review, Maya Rudolph, New York Insider Productions, Lucille Ball, Entertainment News
Ed Koch

While worth seeing, some will find Bridesmaids, as I did, a little too raunchy. Having a woman defecate in a sink was too much for me.

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Jason Linkins

Reports That Obama Had Alienated Jewish Donors With 'Arab Spring' Speech Seem To Have Been Exaggerated

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 08.01.2011

Read More: 2012 Speculatron, 2012 Speculation, Ed Koch, 2012 Election, Israeli-Palestinian Conflict, Haim Saban, Elections 2012, Obama Jewish Donors, Obama Arab Spring Speech, Barack Obama, 2012, Politics News

The conventional wisdom in DC was that President Barack Obama was putting the support of Jewish donors at risk with his "Arab Spring" speech, if only ...

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Greed Rules

Henry J. Stern | Posted 07.25.2011

Read More: Brennan Center for Justice, Utica Observer-Dispatch, Albany, New York Uprising, Andrew Cuomo, Ed Koch, New York Daily News, Ethics Reform, New York State Legislature, Sheldon Silver, Albany Times-Union, Gay Marriage, Bill Hammond, New York News
Henry J. Stern

We turn today to one of New York State's oldest oxymorons: Albany ethics. Governor Cuomo has sent an ethics package to the Senate and the Assembly, and is speaking up for it on a statewide tour.

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