Mario Cuomo
Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch Dead At 88
Spokesman George Arzt said Koch died at 2 a.m. at NewYork-Presbyterian/Columbia hospital of congestive heart failure. The funeral will be Monday at Temple Emanu-El in Manhattan.
David Dinkins Reflects On Death Of Fellow Former Mayor Ed Koch
“Shock, frankly, all though I knew that Ed was not well and I knew that we has in intensive care. Still, I was not quite prepared for that,” Dinkins said. “He seems to be indestructible. I thought he’d go on forever.”
Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel Renamed After Late Gov. Hugh Carey
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority officially renamed the tunnel, nearly two years after Albany gave the name change the green light.
Gov. Cuomo Won’t Fuel Speculation That He Might Run For President in ’16
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a week after being named among Time’s 100 most influential people, says he won’t fuel speculation that he might run for president in 2016.
Judge To Decide On Mets-Madoff Trial By March 5
Arguing on the trustee’s behalf, attorney David Sheehan scoffed at attempts to portray the Mets owners as “unsophisticated run-of-the-mill guys.”
Mets Trying To Detach Themselves From Madoff Cloud
The New York Mets are trying to distance themselves from the Bernie Madoff as their March trial approaches.
Mets Owner Fred Wilpon In Court Today Over Madoff Trustee Lawsuit
The owner of the New York Mets will be in court today seeking to have a $700 million lawsuit filed by Irving Picard thrown out.
Politicians, Family, Friends Pay Tribute To Late N.Y. Gov. Hugh Carey
There was a final farewell Thursday for one of New York’s most popular and colorful governors. Hugh Carey led the Empire State through the fiscal crisis of the 1970s. His funeral drew a bipartisan who’s who of New York’s political elite.
Analysis: Gov. Cuomo Takes Bill Clinton’s Path
In a picture hanging in New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s inner office, Cuomo is a young housing secretary at a Democratic dinner dais where his father, then-Gov. Mario Cuomo, was to introduce Bill Clinton, the president and Andrew’s boss at the time.
Judge: Mets’ Madoff Profits ‘Figments Of The Imagination’
A federal appeals panel reviewing a compensation plan for former clients of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff cast doubt on claims by the embattled owners of the Mets — and other investors — that they have a right to keep millions of dollars of fictitious profits.
Ex-Gov. Mario Cuomo Mediates Mets, Madoff Case
Former Gov. Mario Cuomo listened intently to the legal arguments in the courtroom Thursday. He has been appointed to work out an agreement between the trustee and the Mets owners.
Kallas Remarks: Can They Settle?
Using the six-year look back period involved in bankruptcies in New York, the following will try to lay out the parameters for a possible settlement of the Madoff lawsuit involving the Wilpon/Katz defendants.
Madoff: Wilpons, Mets ‘Knew Nothing’ Of Ponzi Scheme
Bernard Madoff said in an interview published online Tuesday that Mets owners Fred Wilpon and Saul Katz “knew nothing” about his scheme to fleece victims out of billions of dollars.
Bloomberg, Seinfeld: We’ll Pass On Owning Mets
Mark Cuban and L.I. businessman Martin Silver have been linked to the Mets in the weeks since the Wilpons announced they would explore a partial sale. Mayor Bloomberg doesn’t want in on the action. Neither does funny man Jerry Seinfeld.
Kallas Remarks: The Mets And Mediation
When the news broke Thursday on Mike Francesa’s show that former NY Governor Mario Cuomo had been appointed to mediate the Picard/Wilpon-Katz dispute, Mike had a number of questions. Here are the answers.
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