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Koch’s Enemies List

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Ed Koch has an enemies list and almost every incumbent Bronx legislator is on it. The former mayor has founded NY Uprising, a group of former elected and appointed officials that is demanding incumbent and wannabe state legislators sign a pledge promising to support non-partisan independent redistricting, ethics reform and budgetary reform. Those that sign on are deemed “heroes.” In the Bronx, only State Senators Pedro Espada and Jeff Klein are on that list, as are Espada challengers Gustavo Rivera and Fernando Tirado. (Daniel Padernacht, like most Bronx Dems, is on the group’s enemies list). We texted Bronx Democratic Party head Carl Heastie (he’s well known for his texting preference) and asked why his team of Bronx Dems haven’t signed on to the NY Uprising agenda.

Bronx News Network

Bronx News Roundup, July 30

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Mayor Bloomberg agreed yesterday with the Bronx judge who ruled saggy pants legal, though not fashionable. “I am certainly not the style police,” Bloomberg told the Post.The Times reported this morning that, five months into the investigation of Governor Paterson’s top aide abuse case, officials are still unclear about how much the governor knew about the abuse and when he knew it. A later article by the Times states that Paterson unlawfully leaked evidence in the case to witnesses. Read the full story here.Waitresses at Bronx strip club Sin City filed a law suit charging that their managers routinely groped them, stole their tips and demanded sexual favors.The National Weather Service is urging locals to be prepared for tornadoes such as the one that hit Riverdale earlier this week. The Service’s top suggestions are to get inside, stay away from windows, and have an emergency kit.Police have found suicide notes throughout the home of Micaela Jackson, who killed her son and herself in their Bronx home on Wednesday.