Hat tip: Craig Hickman From The New York Daily News: Conflict-of-interest issues grow for President Obama's new urban czar Adolfo CarrionBY Greg B. SmithDAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER President Obama's new urban czar, Adolfo Carrión, admitted Tuesday he has not paid an architect who designed a renovation ...

President-elect Barack Obama is assembling a new and influential cadre of counselors just steps from the Oval Office whose power to direct domestic policy will rival, if not exceed, the authority of his Cabinet....

ALBANY—Chalk up one, albeit for now tepid, supporter in Ruben Diaz Jr.'s column in his run for Borough President. Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, whose district includes Riverdale, says he thinks fellow member Ruben Diaz Jr. would be a great replacement for Adolfo Carrion, who was tapped by Pres...

Let's say I have never been a fan of Latin American caudillo politics even when local Latino politicians seek to recreate them here in the United States (see "Dizzying Bronx Family Tales Spawn Unlikely Alliances" from the City Room blog at The New York Times). So while I am glad that New Mexico Gove...

Councilman Simcha Felder is not getting into the city comptroller race, but he will run for the Brooklyn State Senate seat currently held by fellow Democrat Kevin Parker, according to a source. The five-way comptroller’s race was always going to be a tough haul for Felder. (He never declared, but ...