Partying with the Manhattan Madam

Gubernatorial candidate Kristin Davis with a supporter Photo credit: Sara Dover, NBC Niteside

Political parties love to party. And no party parties like the Anti-Prohibition Party, whose candidate for governor was the former “Manhattan Madam” who claimed Eliot Spitzer as a client.

Quinn, Vornado benefit from donation loophole

Law imposes $400 limit on contributions from individuals with business before the city. So how did Speaker pocket nearly $20,000 from Steve Roth’s real estate empire? Read Crain’s story here.

Hailing a cab in 2014

In a meeting with automakers in January, the Bloomberg administration pitched an ambitious idea to reinvent one of the city’s most ubiquitous symbols: the taxi. Read more.

Clocking CityTime, the craziest contract ever

A dozen years late, 10 times pricier, not even half-finished.

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By Jeremy Smerd

Published: June 13, 2010 – 5:59 am

In March 2003, executives at software company Science Applications International Corp. were scrambling for a way out of a deal with the city to build a timekeeping system for its 167,000 municipal employees.

First Person: Two not-so great recessions

Here’s a link to an opinion piece I wrote for the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. It’s a “response” to an opinion article my grandfather wrote for the Post-Gazette 37-years-and-one-day earlier. As the sub-headline says, “Like grandfather, like grandson, coping with hard times.”