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In reply to the discussion: Any NYer remember the story of corruption/racketeering with Mario Biaggi?, [View all]Budi
(15,325 posts)63. Shambolic describes the whole 'he touched my arm'!!! RESIGN!!
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Any NYer remember the story of corruption/racketeering with Mario Biaggi?, [View all]
Budi
Mar 2021
OP
She's a State Senator from the Bronx. She was the first member of the state legislature...
George II
Mar 2021
#8
Alessandra Biaggi and Lindey Boylan are close, and you're right, Boylan has threatened to support...
George II
Mar 2021
#16
She was the first to call for his resignation, and has been the most outspoken about it for weeks.
George II
Mar 2021
#20
Calling for her grandfather to resign by Cuomo's father isn't disqualifying, but it certainly....
George II
Mar 2021
#82
It's more than that. There are these tweets AND one that she deleted blaming Biden and Harris....
George II
Mar 2021
#52
She also was a protege of Joe Crowley and Deputy National Operations Director for Hillary Clinton's
Celerity
Mar 2021
#38
That doesn't mean people can't have personal grudges. Similar to Kushner and Chris Christie
JI7
Mar 2021
#49
Sorry, I am not going to promote fantasyland hit jobs on elected Dems based off
Celerity
Mar 2021
#55
The OP already was caught downthread making another factually untrue statement.
Celerity
Mar 2021
#61
I did not move anywhere, the nursing home issue was always the more problematic one for me
Celerity
Mar 2021
#68
You should really self delete the OP, the thread is a baseless smear job on an elected
Celerity
Mar 2021
#62
lol, now you just outed yourself in regards to another untrue statement, this one exposes your
Celerity
Mar 2021
#67
I did not out myself as I have nothing to out, other than my tendency to debunk bollocks on all
Celerity
Mar 2021
#80
Interesting take. You seem to not be a fan of having a full investigation, as you've already made
Celerity
Mar 2021
#74
I have not called for him to resign, nor have I tried to smear anyone, and I, as stated before, am
Celerity
Mar 2021
#77
Yes. I read about her, her record is both impressive and apparently very clean. nt
Blue_true
Mar 2021
#43
Actually Cuomo tried to choose who did the "independent investigation" but that failed...
PoliticAverse
Mar 2021
#23
I don't remember anyone claiming he had serious mob ties, but he was a NYC politician...
TreasonousBastard
Mar 2021
#11
Esposito was a big backer of Ed Koch for Mayor, too. As it turned out, Koch's administration was...
George II
Mar 2021
#19
"City for Sale" - yes an excellent book on the corruption of the Koch years.
PoliticAverse
Mar 2021
#26
I absolutely LOVED Ed Koch, and I too pooh-poohed lots of what was in the news. It wasn't until....
George II
Mar 2021
#29
When I googled the exact title yesterday, I saw that it's for sale on ebay or Amazon, but....
George II
Mar 2021
#86
Tammany Hall was a name that I recently read. I haven't looked further but I will now!
Budi
Mar 2021
#14
They held power. Whatever people think of Teddy Roosevelt now he was not a wimp.
JanMichael
Mar 2021
#41
I hate to break it to Non NYers. NY has a history of corrupt politicians and politicians behaving
tulipsandroses
Mar 2021
#24
Doesn't matter the past corruption. The fact tha Trump sees a way to be pardoned & his life of Mob
Budi
Mar 2021
#27
it sure is such a theory, with the added benefit of ethnic-based stereotype smear attempts and CT
Celerity
Mar 2021
#72
Since he ran on cleaning up corruption, and has been embroiled in corruption scandals
tulipsandroses
Mar 2021
#37
Unfortunately, several people seem to be trying to paste dirt on Alessandra Biaggi,
Blue_true
Mar 2021
#50
Biaggi might be helping to pave the way for a second Cynthia Nixon primary run.
lapucelle
Mar 2021
#81