With Election Day rapidly approaching, the devastation from Hurricane Sandy could have residual consequences that may alter the outcome of local and federal elections. With many polling sites still without power and thousands of residents displaced due to flooding and damage to their homes, the New York City Board of Elections has been scrambling to come up with solutions that would allow voters to cast their ballot. With its Lower Manhattan offices incapacitated due to power outages and flooding, the… [More]

* Police Commissioner Ray Kelly may lead the Quinnipiac University poll of 2013 mayoral contenders at 23 percent, but he shouldn’t count on an endorsement from his boss. People who have worked closely with Bloomberg say while he trusts Kelly to run the NYPD, he is not convinced Kelly would be as strong at running the rest of the city’s operations. They say the mayor still has the most confidence in City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a successor. *… [More]

* Police Commissioner Ray Kelly may lead the Quinnipiac University poll of 2013 mayoral contenders at 23 percent, but he shouldn’t count on an endorsement from his boss. People who have worked closely with Bloomberg say while he trusts Kelly to run the NYPD, he is not convinced Kelly would be as strong at running the rest of the city’s operations. They say the mayor still has the most confidence in City Council Speaker Christine Quinn as a successor. *… [More]