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The article discusses the death of former New York governor Mario M. Cuomo on the day of the inauguration of his son, Andrew M. Cuomo, for a second term as governor of New York. Topics addressed include the impact of Mario Cuomo's legacy on Andrew Cuomo's political style and priorities, as well as competition between the two men in terms of their records of passing progressive legislation as governors.

The article examines Rudy Giuliani's aborted campaign for the U.S. Senate from New York state in 2000 against Hillary Clinton. Giuliani abandoned the campaign on May 19, 2000 citing his treatment for prostate cancer. Giuliani began with a lead in the polls, but a series of missteps, notably his refusal to campaign in upstate New York, led to him trailing Clinton when he withdrew, a decision which relieved many Republicans.

The article examines how the issue of immigration posed a dilemma for U.S. Senator Hillary Clinton in an October 30, 2007 debate among Democratic party presidential candidates. Clinton's awkward effort to explain her stand on New York state Governor Eliot Switzer's policy of allowing undocumented aliens to obtain driver's licenses allowed her rivals to criticize her for timidity on important issues. Clinton issued a clear statement of support for Switzer the next day.

The article focuses on how former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani refers to his tenure during his campaign for the Republican presidential nomination. Giuliani portrays himself as a man who reformed a decaying city nearly ruined by the liberal ideas of the Democratic party. He ignores many of the liberal policies such as gay rights and gun control he endorsed while Mayor.

This article reports that former New York City Mayor and Republican candidate for President, Rudy Giuliani, took on conservative Republicans over his support for abortion rights, gun control and gay rights. Giuliani told Republicans that they need to be tolerant of dissenting views on these issues if they want to retain the White House. Giuliani said the control of terrorism should be the party's platform.

The article discusses how his New York City character may be a drawback for U.S. Presidential candidate Rudi Giuliani. Like the stereotype of a New Yorker, Giuliani is brash, opinionated, and not bound to conventional political norms. According to former New York City mayor Edward I Koch, Giuliani can be "mean-spirited." Giuliani is also sometimes temperamental, volatile, and capricious according to some.

Reports on the discussion by New York state H. Carl McCall of his campaign for governor at a seminar in Lower Manhattan, New York City. Response to the query regarding the principles and vision of the candidacy; Personal and professional characteristics; Career highlights.

Reports on the exchange of insults between New York State Comptroller H. Carl McCall, a Democratic candidate for governor, and Liberal Party leader Raymond B. Harding. Description of Harding and the party by McCall; Criticism of McCall by Harding; Challenges facing the Liberal Party.

The Pacific Coast Highway, which runs along much of the California coast, is probably one of the most iconic stretches of road in the country, memorialized in film, sought out by tourists. My favorite stretch is in Malibu, 25 miles or so of highway that will reward you with a sunny blur of California coast: beaches, mountains, ocean, wetlands and surfers. Driving north out of Santa Monica on Route 1 (or the P.C.H. as it known here), the highway's charms are hidden at first. You will pass ''Millionaire's Row,'' home to the likes of David Geffen and Jeffrey Katzenberg, whose deceptively modest houses are hidden by shrubs. Traffic should ease once you pass Malibu Lagoon State Beach. But don't pass it. Stop and walk the boardwalks that crisscross the lagoon, then head out to the beach to watch surfers tackle what many view as the best waves in the United States. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

LOS ANGELES -- Robert Gaffney, who came here from Oklahoma 10 years ago, settled on a scrap of burlap the other day on a grassy hill outside City Hall, surveying the tents and crowd that make up Occupy Los Angeles. For many of his neighbors at City Hall Park, this is a center of protest and political grievance. For Mr. Gaffney, it is the latest piece of land that he calls home. It is, he said, more comfortable than the sidewalk in Hollywood that he has been living on for the last few months. It is safer and less sketchy than Skid Row, the homeless colony a few blocks away. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

HOLLYWOOD -- It is tucked in a storefront a block from the Walk of Fame, walking distance from the annual Academy Awards ceremonies, and steps from the hubbub of tourists, hucksters and celebrity hunters that is Hollywood: a Papaya King hot dog stand, in all its garish yellow and orange glory, selling hot dogs imported straight from the Bronx. This symbol of New York landed last week in the heart of Hollywood, with a cluster of balloons and a cheeky billboard campaign that includes an off-color joke about a casting couch. (Another Papaya billboard reads: ''We're 100 percent natural. But we think we'll fit in L.A. just fine.'') [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

One year after the election of President Obama, a handful of off-year political contests -- including governors' races in New Jersey and Virginia and a Congressional race in upstate New York -- offer some clues about how Americans are viewing Mr. Obama, as well as an early measure of the landscape for next year's midterm elections. But precisely what kind of clues? How much significance should be read into contests that will be determined by a small pool of voters in two states and one Congressional district? [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

A moderate Republican whose candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat had set off a storm of national conservative opposition, abruptly withdrew on Saturday, emboldening the right at a time when the Republican Party is enmeshed in a debate over how to rebuild itself. The candidate, Dede Scozzafava, said she was suspending her campaign in the face of collapsing support and evidence that she was heading for a loss in a three-way race on Tuesday involving Douglas L. Hoffman, running on the Conservative Party line, and Bill Owens, a Democrat. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The White House's intervention in the race for New York governor is the latest evidence of how President Obama and his top advisers are taking an increasingly direct role in contests across the country, but their assertiveness has bruised some Democrats who suggest it could undercut Mr. Obama's appeal with voters tired of partisan politics. The overt involvement of Mr. Obama's team in New York, where they have tried to ease Gov. David A. Paterson out of the race, has made clear that this is a White House willing to use its clout to help clear the field for favored Democratic candidates and to direct money and other resources in the way it thinks will most benefit the administration and help preserve the Democrats' majority in Congress. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The reclaiming of the Hudson River waterfront has provided a great alternative to Central Park for joggers. I like to enter the Hudson River Park around 14th Street off West Street. You can go as far north as the George Washington Bridge, moving in and out of the park reconstruction along the river, but the prettier and roomier route is to the south. It is worth a detour to run along the developed piers near Christopher Street, before following the Hudson River through Battery Park City, with a view of the Statue of Liberty to your right and one of the best urban park development efforts in years on your left, including Robert F. Wagner Jr. Park. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

For most of Washington, Tim Russert was known as the successful moderator of ''Meet the Press'' on NBC and a premier chronicler of the presidential campaign. His accomplishments and status could be measured in the flood of tributes that poured in from his colleagues, competitors and the people he covered. Yet there was another chapter in Mr. Russert's career that is less known, and that offers another insight into his personality. And it is one which he arguably thrived at nearly as much as he did sitting behind his desk at NBC News: as a political strategist and operative in one of the most brutal political environments in the country. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article presents information on certain political events, which are scheduled for the week beginning February 5, 2007. Senator Barrack Obama, who had officially announced his candidacy for U.S. presidential election on February 3, 2007, is to visit Iowa as a presidential candidate. Former Mayor of New York City, Rudolph W. Giuliani, addresses the California Republic Convention in Sacramento, California.

The article refers to a coincidence of two important political events in New York City. Senator John McCain of Arizona is releasing the list of members of his national fund-raising committee on the same day when his fellow Republican, former Mayor Rudolph Giuliani of New York is holding a fund raiser in the city to inaugurate his presidential exploratory committee.

The article reports that on December 13, 2006, New York City's former mayor Rudolph Giuliani, selected Mike DuHaime, a senior Republican Party official, to head his presidential exploratory committee. DuHaime will serve as campaign manager, if Giuliani decides to run for presidential election in 2008. However, it is doubtful that Giuliani who supported abortion rights and gay rights, could win the nomination of the Republican Party, dominated by social conservatives.

The article reports that Ken Mehlman, chairman of the Republican National Committee, had described Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton of New York, as a representative of the far-left wing of her party.

Focuses on former New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani's address at the Republican National Convention in New York. Evocation of the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Center; Overview of speakers at the opening of the convention, including a former New York City police commissioner and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Remarks by Giuliani; How the party's platform contrasts sharply with the Democrats, particularly in its opposition to same-sex unions and legalized abortion; Attacks on presidential candidate Senator John Kerry; Arizona Senator John McCain's defense of U.S. President George W. Bush's invasion of Iraq.

Focuses on selection of New York City as the convention place of U.S. President George W. Bush. Campaigns of Bush in the city; Excitement of Bush in the convention; Visit of the Bush in the city.

Discusses U.S. President George W. Bush's involvement in his presidential re-election campaign, in light of the upcoming Republican National Convention in New York City. Bush's sense of urgency; How he has intervened in the campaign, according to his aides and party leaders; Observation that attacks on Senator John Kerry have characterized Bush's re-election effort since the spring; Debate over the value of Bush's involvement and whether he has the political savvy of other presidents; Political advertising; Background on Bush's role in his father's presidential campaigns; Why some Republicans have questioned strategic decisions; Campaign sessions held by Bush's advisers; Influence of Karl Rove, bush's chief political adviser. INSETS: Rove Banks on victory and Debunks Myths;A Campaign's Inner Circle.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush will present what aides say will be a detailed second-term agenda when he is nominated at the Republican convention in New York City. Focus of the convention program on the September 11, 2001 attacks and portraying candidate Senator John Kerry as untrustworthy; How Republicans are planning to deal with street demonstrations; Theme of the convention; Comments of aides; Emerging goals of the political agenda; Reference to Bush's 2000 acceptance speech.

Reports that U.S. President George W. Bush is planning a vigorous drive to undercut presidential candidate John Kerry. Focus on Kerry's Senate record; Strategies for the Republican convention in New York City; Campaign plans of both Bush and Kerry for August 2004; Comments of Karl Rove, Bush's senior political adviser; and Kerry's campaign manager, Mary Beth Cahill; Signs of the intensity leading up to the convention; Tone of the campaigns.

Reports that the U.S. Republican Party designated New York City as the site of its 2004 national convention to renominate U.S. President George W. Bush. How New York City is one of the most heavily Democratic cities in the nation; Support for the convention from New York officials led by Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and Governor George E. Pataki; Reasons for choosing New York City; Convention costs and plans for New York to accomodate the event.

Offers observations on the purchase of second homes by friends in the Hamptons or the Catskills. Suggestion that the persistent invitations by these friends may be related to their need for social affirmation; Appeal of staying in New York City during summer; Limitations of the social opportunities away from New York City.

Presents an outlook for the gubernatorial campaign in New York. Favorable viewing of Republican Governor George E. Pataki; Problems facing Democratic candidates Andrew M. Cuomo and H. Carl McCall; Dynamics of the race; Challenge to Pataki by B. Thomas Golisano, who is seeking the Independence Party line on the ballot.

Focuses on Irwin S. Kruger, who is promoting doughnuts at a McDonald's in Manhattan, New York. Comments of Kruger, an experimenter in fast-food marketing; Kruger's efforts to promote tourism in New York City after the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks; Career of Kruger, including his franchises; How Kruger opened the first McDonald's in Midtown Manhattan; Types of doughnuts sold.

Discusses a New York Times/CBS News poll focusing on New Yorkers in the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 destruction of the World Trade Center. Psychological effects; How daily routines are back to normal, but many fear a second terrorist strike; Views on education and Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg; Changes in attitudes on race relations; How the poll was conducted; Possible reasons for the sense of insecurity found in the poll, including terrorist alerts. INSET: How the Poll Was Conducted.

Focuses on New York Governor George E. Pataki. How Pataki, ignoring his prospective Democratic opponents, embraced the unanimous support of the New York State Republican Party in his bid for a third term; Pataki's remarks; His vision for the state; Observation that Pataki did not offer a critique of the credentials of prospective candidates H. Carl McCall and Andrew M. Cuomo.

Reports on the Democratic Party convention, which will chose a primary candidate for governor of New York. Background on Andrew M. Cuomo, who casts himself as a political outsider, and his opponent H. Carl McCall; View that Cuomo's announced boycotting of the convention was a theatrical maneuver; Struggle of the candidates to find ideological distinctions between them as they compete for many of the same blocs of voters.

Focuses on Andrew Cuomo, who has decided to bypass the Democratic State Convention and focus on winning the gubernatorial primary of New York in the fall of 2002. Competition between Cuomo and H. Carl McCall for the seat; Plans of Cuomo to win a spot on the ballot via collecting signatures from enrolled Democrats across the state; Support for McCall among Democratic officials; Outlook.

States that the influence of small political parties in New York is disrupting the election campaigns of Gov. George E. Pataki and his two Democratic rivals. Outlook for well-financed and well-known candidates on as many as four ballot lines, splintering the vote and complicating electoral calculations of Pataki and his opponents, H. Carl McCall and Andrew M. Cuomo; Mention of endorsements by the Conservative Party and the Working Families Party; Discussion of minor party law.

Deals with the criticisms expressed by Andrew Cuomo, a candidate for governor of New York on the pace and management of the effort to rebuild Lower Manhattan.

Focuses on the campaign strategy of New York gubernatorial candidate H. Carl McCall.

Features the television documentary 'In Memoriam: New York City, 9/11/01,' which highlights the events that took place during the September 11, 2001 terror attacks in New York City.

Discusses how New York City officials and urban planners are considering opportunities to shape the future of the site of the World Trade Center, destroyed by terrorists on September 11, 2001. Their overall vision for downtown Manhattan; Comments of New York Governor George E. Pataki; Observation that there is a focus on tradition rather than innovation or experiment; Mention of the memorial to victims of the attack; Question of whether the outcome will be a missed opportunity.

Reports on comments made by Democrat Andrew Cuomo during a tour of the state of New York to promote his candidacy for governor. His criticism of the record of new York governor George E. Pataki; Areas in which Cuomo perceives Pataki to have failed, including his handling of the school system, the economy, and the rebuilding of the World Trade Center site; Response of Lisa Dewald Stoll, deputy campaign manager for Pataki, to Cuomo's statements.

Reports that H. Carl McCall and Andrew M. Cuomo, two Democratic candidates for New York governor have distanced themselves from a proposal by City Council Democrats to raise taxes to balance the city's budget and pay for education programs.

Reports on the campaigning tactics of Andrew M. Cuomo and H. Carl McCall, Democratic candidates in the race for governor of New York. Assertion of Cuomo that McCall has publicly called him a friend of Palestinian leader Yasir Arafat; Reaction of McCall's aides to Cuomo's allegations; How each candidate has portrayed the other throughout the campaign; Perception that negative campaigning could alienate supporters.

Focuses on New York Governor George E. Pataki, who is seeking a third term. Why the two-term Republican finds himself in a strong position; Endorsement of Pataki by a group of black ministers, mostly Democrats; Comments of Pataki, including his views on health care; View that party identification does not mean as much as it once did; Pataki's campaign strategy, including a change in ideological emphasis; Focus on New York's upstate economy; Criticism from Democrats.

Focuses on the cross of party lines by New York's largest health care union in order to support Republican Governor George E. Pataki, following Pataki's issue of a raise for $1.8 billion in raises for health care works. Announcement of the unanimous decision by Dennis Rivera, the president of 1199/S.E.I.U., New York's Health and Human Services Union; Criticism of the union's endorsement by Pataki's Democratic opponents, H. Carl McCall and Andrew M. Cuomo; Outlook for the election.

States that Andrew M. Cuomo, a Democratic candidate for governor in New York, has supported the proposal for eliminating the New York City Board of Education and awarding its Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg control over the city's school system.

Deals with the possible implication of the visit made by New York state comptroller H. Carl McCall in Israel on his candidacy for governor in New York.

Reports on the sponsors of the March 7, 2002 trip to Israel of H. Carl McCall, gubernatorial candidate and New York state comptroller.

Reports that New York Governor George E. Pataki has ceded equal control of an agency charged with rebuilding downtown Manhattan, including the site of the collapsed World Trade Center. His declaration that they would be responsible for deciding what to do with the site; Progress of site cleanup; His decision to expand the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation board.

Discusses Andrew Cuomo's campaign to become governor of New York. His political background, including as a member of the cabinet of former U.S. President Bill Clinton; His lack of political history in New York; Focus of his campaign on the idea of change versus the status quo.