Kennedy Bows Out, Rangel Plans to Stay
By Katharine JoseRobert F. Kennedy, Jr. told David Paterson he does not want to be senator. [City Room]
Tom Suozzi is not turning it down. [Spin Cycle]
Unsurprisingly, Charlie Rangel has no intention of giving up his committee chairmanship. [Politico]
Nancy Pelosi does not "foresee" that he will have to. [Liz]
David Paterson and other governors are meeting with Obama today, and are expected to ask for money. [Politico]
Dan Jacoby and others are suing the Campaign Finance Board. [Daily Gotham]
Some rare praise for the M.T.A. from a transit blogger. [SAS]
A blogger writes of a new plan for a high rise in Greenpoint, "One might say that this proposal sucks less." [11211]
The cost of the Atlantic Yards project has gone up much faster than the rate of inflation. [AYR]
Janet Napolitano, the Homeland Security nominee, opposes the REAL ID program, and passed a measure that banned its adoption in Arizona. [NYT]
The Supreme Court ruled against a company that wanted to build a power line under Long Island Sound. [Post]
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