One thing worse than a bad economy is one that's "rapidly deteriorating." [Gothamist] Asked at the Slate holiday party about life as a columnist, Eliot Spitzer replied, “It sucks, I used to be governor of New York.” [FT via Intel] According to Bill Thompson, shale drilling in the Catskills could have "crippling implications" for New York City's water ...

Liz Crowley, who defeated Republican City Councilman Anthony Como of Queens earlier this month, got a tour of the Council side of City Hall today from one of the speaker's top aides, Ramon Martinez. Crowley ousted Como after he had been in office only months, having been voted in by a special election last June to replace former Council ...

They're speaking about the amendment that would send the issue of extendign term limits to the public by creating a charter revision commission to put it on the ballot. Robert Jackson said he's against the amendment, and said, "lets not play games. Stand up and don't be afraid," to change term limits legislatively. Vinny Gentile said the ...

Here's the vote: 22 Yes, 28 No 1 Abstension Interestingly, Darlene Mealy voted no, since the Working Families Party, which helped put her in office, supports it. James Sanders abstained. Addabbo-Y Arroyo-N Avella-Y Baez-N Barron-Y Brewer-Y Como-N Comrie-N Deblasio-Y Dickens-N Dilan-N Eugene-Y Felder-N Fidler-N Foster-N Garodnick-Y Gennaro-Y Gentile-Y Gerson-Y Gioia-Y Gonzalez-N Ignizio-Y Jackson-N James-Y Katz-N Kopplell-N Lappin-N Liu-Y Vivertio-Y ...