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Only in New YorkThe lengthy lead story in the Real Estate section [of the NY Times] credited Lopez with sparking a massive rebuilding effort in Bushwick, way back when he was a graduate student in 1971, and then carrying it through. The story also mentioned that Angela Battaglia's agency is the developer for a $20 million component of the rebuilding effort. It even pictured [Vito] Lopez and Battaglia standing together in front of new housing construction. But the story omitted that Battaglia is Lopez's girlfriend. Does that connection at least deserve mention? Might the article have explained why there was or wasn't a conflict of interest present? Was it a coincidence that Lopez's girlfriend's outfit was put in charge of the $20 million deal? Inquiring minds would like to know. It may well be that everything was done on the up-and-up. But given Lopez's tendency to do favors for his friends-for example, he helped make his girlfriend's brother Jack Battaglia a Civil Court judge-the Times should have explored the question. | |
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The Way I See It
1. Recchia's out and has been out for a while. Lopez just made it formal althought I wish he would of allowed Dom to do that, after all he was supposed to be the candidate.
2. McMahon is still considering running but I don't see him doing this with his wife also running for Judge. Also, he would have to give up his law practice and spend at least 1/2 of every week out of town something he used as the excuse not to run in '06.
3. Savino may run if it's a special and wouldn't effect her running again in November should she lose the Congressional Race.
Neither Savino or McMahon have anything in place to run a campaign although as seasoned politicians they maybe able to get things in order. Remember, petitioning starts June 3rd which is 2 weeks away.
4. Steve Harrison announced he was running in August 2007. He has boots, he has endorsements and he's prepared to run whether it was Vito or another Republican. Steve got 43.7% of the vote in 2006. This was the most any Democratic candidate received against Vito. The 2 that came closest to that were Frank Barbaro and Sal Alberese (2 more Brooklyn Candidates).