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THE
INSIDER
Labor’s
marching
orders for
council
Union-backed party
hands candidates
its to-do list for
post-Bloomberg era
BY CHRIS BRAGG
facility in Long Island City, Queens.
“I’m a big believer in not wasting
time,” he said, noting that he visits at
least seven accounts a day. “You use a
bike, return it and forget about it.”
For the left, there’s a permanent tax
hike for the top 4%. For the teachers
union, a moratorium on school closings and co-locations with charter
schools. For unionized hotel workers,
no new hotels—
anywhere in the
five boroughs—
PORTION of tax
without the City
filers to pay more
Council’s approval.
in a Working
As
the
Families Party
Bloomberg
era
tax plan
ends, these are the
positions council
candidates are exCITY COUNCIL
pected to champiProgressive
on upon election if
Caucus members,
out of 51
they want campaign help from
the labor-backed
Working Families
OPEN SEATS
Party.
being contested
for City Council
It’s no conspiracy theory: The litmus tests and demands for activism are
laid out in black and white in the questionnaire that the party is giving to
candidates—complete with a warning
not to skip any questions.The council’s
11-member Progressive Caucus has a
similar bucket list.
“Those questionnaires should be
required reading for every New York
taxpayer,” said GOP consultant Bill
O’Reilly. “Half the city would register
Republican if they knew what their
council candidates were agreeing to.”
The WFP’s survey, obtained by
See BUSINESSES on Page 20
See THE INSIDER on Page 6
4%
TALK ABOUT YOUR
BUSINESS CYCLES:
Some companies
are paying for
$95-a-year Citi Bike
memberships for
their employees.
redux
11
Gearing up for Citi Bike
Gripes aside, many businesses are rolling with bike-share program
BY MATT CHABAN AND ADRIANNE PASQUARELLI
NEWSPAPER
Rosario Safina will be peddling—and
pedaling—his wares around town this
spring.The truffle salesman plans to use
Citi Bike to help him transport his exot-
ic stock to clients such as Nobu and Koi,
cutting down on valuable time he would
have spent waiting for the subway.With
an insulated case strapped to his back,
he’ll also zip between his office in
downtown Brooklyn and his production
REPORT DIVERSITY
General counsel roles offer
women a way up PAGE 13
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THE LIST
Largest minority-owned
companies PAGE 15
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Crains New York - May 6, 2013
THE INSIDER
IN THE BOROUGHS
IN THE MARKETS
BUSINESS PEOPLE
REAL ESTATE DEALS
SMALL BUSINESS
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REPORT: DIVERSITY
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