The Obama administration is slashing anti-terror funding for NYC’s mass transit system; Sen. Chuck Schumer is not happy.

From three men in a room to 28 men and women in a room – and still no budget deal.

Newt Gingrich endorsed Randy Altschuler for Congress in NY-1. (No link).

Rick Lazio will attend a Tea Party candidate forum on Staten Island tomorrow. (No link).

An out-of-work businessman has erected a billboard in advance of President Obama’s Buffalo visit that reads: “Dear Mr. President: I need a freakin’ job. Period.”

billboard

Obama’s approval rating in New York is holding steady.

The president will meet with the Flight 3407 families while he’s in Buffalo.

CSEA and PEF are thrilled with US District Court Judge Lawrence Kahn.

Asked about LG Richard Ravitch’s layoff threat, Gov. David Paterson replied: “We’ll come up with another plan.”

The Health Department has a sense of humor.

Another Bloombergism.

A “skeptical Republican source” tells Azi Paybarah why ex-Rep. Vito Fossella’s comeback is probably a pipe dream.

…or, perhaps this is the problem.

A FOX News poll shows Mayor Bloomberg at 10 percent in a 2012 match-up against Obama (42 percent) and an unnamed Republican (29 percent).

Desiree Pilgrim-Hunter is fundraising.

AG hopeful Eric Dinallo announced an LGBT rights agenda.

The Tioga County GOP endorsed comptroller hopeful Harry Wilson. (No link).

“Furlough fever!”

SeeThroughNY has posted educators’ pension data on-line.

Freelancers get creative.

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