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First Gingrich, Now Faulkner
Azi Paybara / WNYCAdd Rev. Michel Faulkner, the GOP candidate running for Rangel's seat in Harlem, to those trying to keep up with Newt Gingrich in devising headline-grabbing analogies to explain their...
View ArticleLazio Trains a Camera on Ground Zero
GOP gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio tries reclaiming some momentum, putting out an ad reminding people he was an early critic of the mosque plan, and renewing his call for the project's funding to...
View ArticleSiena: Paladino Gains on Lazio, Both Trail Cuomo
Rick Lazio's once 20-point lead over Carl Paladino among Republican voters has shrunk to thirteen points, according to a new poll from Siena.Lazio, the GOP nominee leads Paladino, an upstate...
View ArticleMosque Move 'Would Have Been Okay Until It Was Politicized'
Rap mogul Russell Simmons takes a hard-line defense of the mosque near Ground Zero:"If you're blaming Muslims for the attack on 9/11, then you need to change your mind. Do we blame Christians [for] the...
View ArticleDept. of Language Regulation
As the AP goes, so does WNYC:A top news person here at the station emails:WNYC news is using -- Islamic Cultural Center and Mosque when talking about this news item.News hosts please be consistent....
View ArticleAn Opponent Returns to the Scene
The opposition to Park51 is drawing support from a wide array of critics, including some who’ve opposed other Islamic-oriented projects in the past.One such organizer of an anti-Park51 protest...
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Silver Wants Park51 Moved
Azi Paybarah / WNYCAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, the incredibly powerful Democrat whose district includes Ground Zero - but not the site two blocks away where the proposed Islamic center is slated...
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Bloomberg's Iftar Dinner
Kristen Artz / nyc.govBloomberg's annual Ifter dinner in Gracie Mansion, in 2004.Michael Bloomberg is hosting his annual Iftar dinner tonight at Gracie Mansion. Above is a photo from an Iftar dinner he...
View Article‘I’m Not Opposed to It…Nothing More to Add’
/> Chuck Schumer tries proving Gary Berntsen's criticism is true, telling reporters who ask about the Park51 project: Well, um, I really have nothing new to add. As I’ve said over the last several...
View ArticleBloomberg: Moving Park51 Undermines National Security
Mayor Michael Bloomberg reasserted himself Tuesday evening as the most vocal and, surprisingly, most passionate defender of the Islamic center slated for two blocks from Ground Zero.Hours after Gov....
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Park51 Rollcall
amNewYork.comWhere do officials stand on Park51 debate?amNew York offers a roll call of elected officials on either side of the Park51 debate.
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Stringer and Ingraham
mediaite.comScott Stringer asks Laura Ingraham "Why did you support the cultural center in December 2009?" and tells her "You supported this before Michael Bloomberg, before anybody else."Ingraham...
View ArticleBloomberg, Reid and Schumer
Ira Stoll gets his hands on the invite for Michael Bloomberg's September 20 fund-raiser for Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, whose guest list includes Chuck Schumer.If you're watching this through...
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Bloomberg's 'Daily Show' Argument for Park 51
Kirsten Artz / nyc.govThe more serious side of Bloomberg's appearance on "The Daily Show," via a pool report distributed by the mayor's office:The New York Times wrote about this mosque a year ago....
View Article'What Does a Muslim Look Like?'
The only Muslim City Council member, Robert Jackson of Northern Manhattan, has a question for critics.
View ArticleQ Poll: Cuomo Should Look into Park51 Funding
So, this will probably keep the Park51 debate going a little bit longer in the governor's race. A new Quinnipiac poll finds a majority of Democrats - 65-25 percent - say they want Andrew Cuomo to...
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Q Poll Focuses on Park51; Lazio, Sometimes, Doesn't
Rick Lazio, and David Malpass, at a Tea Party 365 candidate forum. (Azi Paybarah / WNYC)Just a little more about the Q poll and Park51 debate:The Quinnipiac poll today is likely to guarantee the Park51...
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Weiner Shows Democrats How to Handle Park51
Rep. Weiner discusses Park51 issue and mid-term elections. (msnbc.com)Rep. Anthony Weiner - who has been uncharacteristically quiet on the Park51 issue - was on MSNBC last night, showing Democrats how...
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NYT: NYers Split on Park51, But Not Voting on It
Trends in the NYT poll on New Yorker's attitude to the Park51 project.From the New York Times poll today about people's attitudes towards building an Islamic center near Ground Zero:38 percent of those...
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'I Should Not Express My Own Views'
With Ground Zero as a backdrop, Michael Bloomberg was on Good Morning America today defending the Park51 project - a proposed Islamic cultural center slated to open two blocks from where the World...
View ArticleDonald Trump's No-Mosque Zone
...is about five blocks long.In a letter to the Park51 developers - which includes an offer to buy the site for 25% more than it was purchased for - Trump includes this stipulation: any mosque they...
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Defending Park51
Bloomberg’s speech last night, in defense of Park51.This was, according to Bloomberg’s office, the first time reporters were allowed to cover the mayor’s annual Iftar dinner at Gracie Mansion.
View ArticleOslo Terror Suspect Says Opponents of Islamic Center at Ground Zero Were...
The Oslo gunman who killed scores this week to protest what he claimed was the “Islamization” of Europe counted two vocal critics of the Islamic Cultural Center planned near Ground Zero among his...
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Turner pats himself on the back for Park51 funding protest; Weprin gets FDNY...
Jerry Sullivan addresses the press with Chief Dolan, left, and a supporter at today's protest. (Arun Venugopal / WNYC)Late yesterday morning I received this in an email about a protest today.FURIOUS...
View ArticleAnti-Muslim activities in New York "misguided and divisive": NYCLU report
The New York Civil Liberties Union just released a report on the rise of anti-Muslim activities throughout the state. The report, according to NYCLU, "examines the role that federal national security...
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Park 51 Opens Renovated Space with Photo Exhibit of NYC Immigrant Children
The developers of the Islamic community center near Ground Zero known as Park 51 will open the controversial space to the public for the first time Wednesday night.The community center will showcase a...
View ArticleControversial Islamic Cultural Center Opens
There was no sign of protest at the Park51 community center last night. It opened its doors to the public in lower Manhattan Wednesday, without the opposition that had surrounded the project for a...
View ArticleJudge Blocks Islamic Center Eviction, but Says It Owes Back Rent
A New York State supreme court judge issued an injunction saying that Con Ed cannot evict the developer of an Islamic community center near the World Trade Center site despite being owed back rent.The...
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