The RNC has no intention of cancelling the convention because of some storm. Tampa Mayor Bob Buckhorn backed off his suggestion that calling the whole thing off might be necessary.

Former NYC Mayor Rudy Giuliani accused The New York Times of “helping” the Democratic presidential ticket.

Rep. Joe Crowley rocked out to Carly Rae Jepsen singing “Call Me Maybe” on the Today show this morning. (He says his kids are big fans, but he clearly knows all the words).

NYC Mayor Tony Danza?

Mayor Bloomberg said fewer people are leaving the city’s homeless shelters because being there is a “much more pleasurable experience” than in the past.

Andrew Cuomo, governor and “puppet master.”

While at the State Fair, Cuomo complimented an anti-fracking demonstrator on her T-shirt, which read: “Love New York? Don’t Frack it Up.”

Obama’s Truth Squad isn’t telling the truth about the the GOP convention platform plank on abortion.

No GOP House freshmen made it onto the list of prime time convention speakers.

Bloomberg has declared next Tuesday “Richard Tucker Day”, marking what would have been the legendary Brooklyn-born tenor’s 99th birthday.

New York has received its fifth federal grant to support development of an affordable health insurance exchange. This one is worth $95.5 million.

“(New York Financial Services Superintendent Ben) Lawsky may have been right to brand Standard Chartered a rogue. But it takes one to know one.”

Mark David Chapman was denied parole for the seventh time since he was convicted of murdering John Lennon in 1980.

The League of Women Voters launched an on-line voters guide.

Sen. David Storobin (who’s running in the so-called “Super Jewish” district) criticized Bloomberg’s proposal to regulate and discourage metzitzah b’peh, a controversial circumcision rite practiced among Orthodox Jews.

The NYC Marathon adopted a “no-baggage” policy. Runners, predictably, are not happy.

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