An upstate blogger has plans for a three-state partition of New York. [Upstateless via Buffalo Pundit] Jim Tedisco's campaign for Congress is themed "Road to Recovery." [AW] Christine Quinn, David Yassky, James Gennaro, and John Liu collectively announce tighter restrictions on idling vehicles. [Sustainyc] The Brooklyn Paper editorial board suggests that Atlantic Yards be completed with federal funds. [BP ...

The federal stimulus package could mean the 7 line extension gets built. [SAS] City Comptroller and mayoral candidate Bill Thompson has started an online petition against the East River Bridge tolls. [Twitt] David Yassky is pushing to legalize beekeeping in the city. [Serious Eats via kottke] Carolyn O'Hara predicts that Hillary Clinton will quietly clash with Timothy Geithner over ...

David Yassky’s comptroller campaign has hired Josh Isay, the Democratic consultant who is also working on Michael Bloomberg’s re-election campaign and who, until recently, was running Caroline Kennedy's effort to win appointment to the Senate. Yassky announced the hire, along with others, in an email to supporters. Isay will be the media consultant; managing the campaign will ...

Rudy Giuliani is campaigning for congressional candidate Sandy Treadwell, a millionaire challenging freshman Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand. Sheldon Silver drops the idea of millionaire's tax at least for this year. A judge ruled, in favor of congressional candidate Chris Lee, that Democrat Alice Kryzan can't run on the Working Families Party line. Jon Powers, who dropped out of the ...