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Cuomo in charge
What the hell is happening up in Albany?!
After years of doing essentially nothing, the State Legislature was actually able to take action on one of the most controversial issues in not only New Yo...
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R.I.P. bluecollarcorner.com
We guess running an outspoken blog that generally veers far, far, far, far right-of-center and running for office in a strongly Democratic district that spans two boroughs don't exactly go hand-in-...
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Jimmy Mac is back.
Damn!
If you just couldn't get enough of the eccentric Jimmy McMillan, the gloved wonder who ran for governor on the singular issue that the rent is just too damn high, then you are in luck.
DAMN! ...
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The wide world of Twitter
So did he or didn't he? Looks like the world will never know for sure if Congressman Anthony Weiner sent that lewd tweet from his Twitter...
Oh wait.
Looks like he did.
Weiner finally came clean Mo...
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More on our Man of Mystery
Who would have thought that when we ran this picture a few weeks back of then-Governor Mario Cuomo and Mets ace Ron Darling and half-heartedly asked readers to identify the third man - “Mr. X” - in...
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Ferrar0. Mondale & a bunch of other people
Community Board 6 in Forest Hills unanimously approved renaming a portion of the busy Austin Street shopping strip after the recently deceased Geraldine Ferraro, who at one time represented the are...
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Jeffries goes exploring
Looks like there is getting to be a fairly sizable crowd of up-and-comers who wouldn't mind replacing longtime Congressman Ed Towns next election.
It was long believed that Towns, who has represent...
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He'll 'Trump' anything you've got!
We have to tell you, dear goslings, we really thought we were dreaming. Or at the very least that we had gone on a serious Night Train Express Wine Cooler bender and that we had just imagined the w...
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Hevesi joining the club
Well, add Alan Hevesi to the long list of New York City politicians who went from constantly getting re-elected to getting sentenced.
Last Friday morning, the Forest Hills native and former state c...
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Weiner on a roll (his joke!) at dinner
We know that this event actually happened a couple of weeks ago, but we here at Pol Position would feel seriously derelict in our duties (and trust us, that doesn't happen very often!) if we knew t...
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Rock 'N Pol
Now this is one politician who knows how to throw a fundraiser!
Councilman Peter Vallone, Jr. celebrated his 50th birthday last night with some 450 guests (we don't even know if 450 people even bot...
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Ferraro's political legacy is the real deal
New York City - scratch that, the nation - lost a political trailblazer this past weekend with the passing of Geraldine Ferraro.
Ferraro represented parts of Queens in the House of Representatives...
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Senior centers saved! Oh, wait...
And the winner in this week's edition of terribly misleading press releases – Queens Assemblywoman Marge Markey!
A little background: so you've probably heard about the pending closures of over 100...
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A Republican club grows in Brooklyn
Wait a minute, there's Republicans in Brooklyn?
We here at Pol Position were under the impression that to spot a real live Republican here in New York City you had to venture to the nether-regions...
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