Elliot Sander defends the much maligned MTA in the New York Times, just a few weeks after stepping down as the agency's chief executive.
The Daily News likes Governor Paterson's ethics reform proposals, aimed at repairing Albany's "corrupt" and "dysfunctional" politics and ending a culture of "pay to play." The editorial takes direct aim at Sheldon Silver:
a snowballing issue, Silver has promised to hold hearings on Paterson's
ethics bill with the intention of taking action before the end of the
session this month. He must."
The new American Girl doll had its big unveiling in Midtown yesterday morning. But the Times has learned there's another "Rebecca Rubin" who is "most wanted" not by tween girls but by the FBI!
From Craigslist: Auditions will be held on the Lower East Side Saturday for "a brave, beautiful, strong character" to play a Japanese terrorist known as the "mistress of menace." The role is for a film tied to a "prestigious art exhibition" in New York.
Finally, New York Magazine "stands in awe" of David Sax who managed to rattle off the names of 30 Jewish delis in one minute:
