... is getting itself in trouble with cronyism.

Don't forget the NY Times called into question the horse & carriage removal... but it gets uglier now.

Robert Stacy McCain

It's not about all the "safety" of the horses... it appears it's about land development. Who knew that the Mayor of NYC was trying to get his buddies some primo land?

Quote:“You’ve got a group of people who are being fed nonsense. The guy who’s funding all this is a real estate guy. . . . He’s interested in buying the land. The stables are located right by the Javits Center and they want to put hotels up in there.”

Quote:The bad guy in this drama, according to the carriage drivers, is Steve Nislick, chief executive officer of a New Jersey-based real-estate development company, Edison Properties. The company "employs legions of lobbyists to influence city decisions on real estate and zoning in its favor," journalist Michael Gross reported in 2009, pointing out that two of Edison's businesses "have multiple locations in the same Far West Midtown neighborhood as the stables where the Central Park horses are housed." An anti-carriage pamphlet Nislick circulated in 2008 made this interesting observation: "Currently, the stables consist of 64,000 square feet of valuable real estate on lots that could accomodate up to 150,000 square feet of development. These lots could be sold for new development."

Ruh-roh shaggy... I think Di Blasio has some questions to answer for... And will the Times follow up on the antics of their nanny governor?

(01-07-2014 09:13 AM)DaSaintFan Wrote:  And will the Times follow up on the antics of their nanny governor?

Actually, they might go pretty rough on DeBlasio. Otherwise, they run the risk of being scooped (over and over and over again) by other NYC media, about a NYC story. That would be very bad for their (NYT's) business and for their self-image.

Yes, this was coming out in the press a few weeks ago

http://csnbbs.com/thread-669135.html

It more than a little interesting to watch how corrupt Dems are at every level...while acolytes like mach say nary a word about it.

This story is why Terrence won't last a year as Governor of VA.

You can take the crook out of DC, but you can't take the DC out of the crook.