Chipotle founder, chairman and chief executive Steven M. Ells is bringing the heat to Greenwich Village. The "gourmet" taco and burrito czar recently bought the $11 million penthouse at 40 Fifth Avenue. Mr. Ells bought the 10-room co-op in Greenwich Village from psychologist Edwin Fancher, a [...] 
Add another big name to the New York Times buyout list: Paul Tough, an eight year veteran of the Times magazine, has taken a severance package. His last day was yesterday.
"I am taking the buyout because I want to write," said Mr. Tough, a story editor for [...]
A pair of Oscar-winning directors debut new films this weekend, but all anyone really wants to talk about is the King of the World. Thanks to some embargo-breaking reviews, the first (and second and third) word on James Cameron's Avatar has finally reached the masses. And, apparently, it's' [...]
He remains so radioactive that a candidate in the Democratic primary for Manhattan district attorney was forced to cancel a fundraiser with him this summer. So, naturally, Eliot Spitzer is thinking … political comeback.
Well, at least according to Thursday's New York Post, which has Spitzer—who lasted half as [...]
Mixed emotions flew around the publishing industry today as word spread that the hard-to-please pre-publication blurb machine known as Kirkus Reviews would be shutting down after 76 years. The biweekly trade pub, which reviewed something like 5,000 books every year and competed directly with Publishers Weekly, was read [...]
How might the multibillion-dollar Comcast-NBC deal impact the network’s traditional summer social scene in the Hamptons?
For years, a great diaspora of NBC talent—Jerry Seinfeld, Jeff Zucker, Alec Baldwin, Matt Lauer, Ben Silverman and so on—would spread along the stretch of the planet that runs between Southampton and Amagansett [...]
Two years ago, the Port Authority was viewed by many in government as a plump cash cow—the riches of which could be spread to projects around New York and New Jersey.
And today? Not so much.
Facing an ever-rising tab at the World Trade Center site and a substantial [...]
On the frosty evening of Dec. 5, the line outside Webster Hall snaked its way along 11th Street, shivering in the season's first snowfall. It proceeded, caterpillar-like, into the cavernous music venue, coalescing in front of the stage in anticipation of London's the xx, the most scrutinized indie [...]
Thomas Hoving—controversial former director of the Metropolitan Museum of Art—died today of cancer, reports author Michael Gross.
Hoving first worked at the Met in 1959, and though he left for a brief stint as parks commissioner, he returned to the museum to become its director in 1967. During his [...]
Tired of clicking around YouTube and iTunes for online videos of substance? Search no more! The Observer has your weekly handy guide to what's worth watching on the Web.
A Charlie Brown Christmas on Hulu — Apparently there is a "War on Charlie Brown Christmas Specials!" Last week,' [...]
ALBANY—At the end of his remarks at a holiday fund-raiser last night, David Paterson made a simple declaration: "I am running for governor in 2010."
"If it doesn't work out, I'm going to go on The View. They need a little affirmative action on The View," Paterson said to [...]
All year, the biggest fault line in the health care debate has been the public option—a proposed government-run insurance plan that Americans without access to group coverage would be eligible to sign up for.
To liberals, it has been the reason for doing health care reform, an innovative tool [...]
Times metro reporter Jennifer 8. Lee is taking a buyout. She's a book author, and has been a fixation of many in media circles for the eight years she's been at the paper. She has the biggest name of any of those revealed to be taking buyouts from the Times. One [...]
When publisher Peter Olson stepped down from his position as chief executive of Random House in May of 2008, few were surprised by the news. More recently, Mr. Olson stepped down from another perch: 799 Park Avenue. However, unlike his step-down from Random House, this switch was less [...]
In a group email this morning, Sean McManus, the president of CBS sports and news, informed staff members that CBS Early Show executive producer Zev Shalev would be leaving the network in part to develop a new content project, called NewsTsar, which would launch "in the second quarter" [...]
The Observer has learned that David Friedman will be replacing Zev Shalev as executive producer of CBS' The Early Show.
Mr. Friedman most recently worked as the executive producer on NBC's Last Call With Carson Daily. He has also had stints producing on Rosie O'Donnell's show and on NBC's Today.
He is [...]
Mention Joe Lieberman's name to a Democratic activist these days and you'll probably hear some variation of the question: This is what we get for letting him keep his chairmanship? It was last November, you'll remember, that Senate Democrats opted to hand Lieberman—who had just spent nearly a' [...]
"I have the strangest allergy I’ve only discovered in the last couple years,” revealed petite wealth manager and socialite Alexandra Lebenthal, arriving Monday, Dec. 7, for the 12th annual Food Allergy Ball at the Waldorf. “I’m allergic to tomatoes. But not in the way other" [...]
The fashionable thing to say, especially among those who haven’t been around long enough to know what they’re missing, is that New York has lost all its old charm. The wondrous character-driven businesses that once populated the magical, uneven checkerboard that was Old New York have all been' [...]
"It's just a building when it comes right down to it,” 91-year-old George Doty, the former Goldman Sachs managing partner, said last month. His firm had just started moving out of 85 Broad Street, its headquarters for the past three decades, and into a shiny new West Street" [...]
To anyone closely watching the recent City Council elections, a small set of races took an interesting turn in the summer. The Independence Party of New York, typically something of a passive player in city politics, suddenly became actively involved in outer-borough contests, pushing hard for four or [...]
For a while there, it seemed as though every time you turned on a Toyota commercial or ate vegan food downtown, you couldn’t help but hear an atmospheric synthesizer and processed vocals telling you “we rock the party” or whatever. This was thanks to Moby. [...]
ALBANY-Tom DiNapoli is in a bad place.
It's not the fact that, as state comptroller, he's forced to preside over a state pension fund spiraling down with the overall stock market. Or that a recent poll showed that voters are inclined to pick "someone else" over him for a [...]
Want to know what the scene was like at Art Basel Miami Beach this year? The answer can be summed up in one word: bloated.
The fair has been running for seven years, and its success has paralleled the contemporary art boom. The fair allows foreign dealers from all [...]
Last week, Josh Cohen, Google News' senior business project manager, was in Washington, D.C., at a Federal Trade Commission-organized workshop titled "How Will Journalism Survive the Internet Age?" He appeared onstage before a crowd of journalists, entrepreneurs and F.T.C. policy lawmakers in a slate-colored jacket, white shirt and' [...]
Ted Harbert knows what it feels like to miss out narrowly on a top entertainment job at NBC.
In the winter of 2000, Mr. Harbert was running NBC Studios in L.A. when network bosses passed him over (along with a field of other strong potential candidates) [...]
The Lovely Bones
Running time 135 minutes
Written by Fran Walsh, Philippa Boyens, Peter Jackson
Directed by Peter Jackson
Starring Saoirse Ronan, Mark Wahlberg, Rachel Weisz, Susan Sarandon, Stanley Tucci
I’m no fan of Peter Jackson, but as much as I hated the 2005 remake of King [...]
Evading the challenges of climate change—and the human responsibility to save the planet—is simple enough even for the laziest citizen. Pay attention only to the theories that support the comforting skepticism of the oil industry. Focus on a set of purloined emails that prove nothing except [...]
Time Inc.'s John Squires is making it official. The five-publisher strong alliance between Time Inc., Conde Nast, Hearst, Meredith and News Corp is starting work today on building the most comprehensive digital store for publishers.
As the Observer reported in November, the company will prepare digital versions [...]
Mary Mundinger doesn’t look like a controversial figure.
A small, prim, 72-year-old lady with wispy white chin-length hair, she sat at a drafty table in Viand coffee shop on the Upper East Side on a tepid November Thursday afternoon and made a fist with her right hand, which she [...]
Republicans in New York will have something in 2010 that they've lacked for years: a real opportunity to win. What they don't have are candidates.
There's been talk for at least a year now that Rudy Giuliani or George Pataki (or both) might run for statewide office next year.
In [...]
At the Mandarin Oriental on Monday afternoon, the city’s largest office landlord beamed rays of optimism onto its collective shareholders.
"We can regain absorption quickly when people start hiring again," said Marc Holliday, SL Green's CEO. "We’re at 85,000 job losses now, but that can quickly reverse itself. ... It’s" [...]
ALBANY—Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno has been found guilty on two counts in his federal corruption trial, and acquitted on five other counts. Jurors could not reach consensus on another count, Capital News 9 is reporting.
From the Times Union:
The 80-year-old Republican from Brunswick sat quietly as the [...]
For at least two years, the Bloomberg administration has been pushing--first privately, then publicly--to take over the governance of Brooklyn Bridge Park, offering to put more money into the new East River parkland in exchange for more control from the state.
Now, the move has earned the tentative support [...]
The first reviews of David Mamet's latest play—Race, which he also directed—are in. Despite (because of?) plenty of anticipation, the critics seem to agree that it's a disappointing effort.
For one thing, Mamet's self-conscious shocking posture has grown predictable. Writes Elisabeth Vincentelli in the Post:
Four-letter words are to Mamet [...]
A push to force a vote on a set of new commercial rent regulations has failed, at least for now. El Diario reported Monday that Councilman Robert Jackson is pulling his motion to discharge, a rare action that would force a vote on his commercial rent bill, the Small Business [...]
Consider this the calm before the storm. After a record breaking Thanksgiving, the box office slowed down to a crawl on the first weekend of December, as The Blind Side blitzed passed New Moon to take the top spot with an underwhelming $20.4 million. Don't feel too bad' [...]
Monday: Men of a Certain Age
When it comes to original programming, TNT hasn't fared nearly as well as fellow cable netlet USA. That's because whereas the latter channel has succeeded by matching high concept fluffiness (Burn Notice, Royal Pains, White Collar) with up and coming actors (Jeffrey' [...]
These days, there are three John McCains.
One is the pride-driven defeated presidential candidate who hopes Americans will compare him to President Obama and realize the error of their ways. Another is a true-believer neoconservative, dedicated to using his Senate perch to push for aggressive military efforts in Afghanistan, [...]
Snow!
And some resignations:
Pamela D. Delaney, President of the NYC Police Foundation, is stepping down at the end of the year.
Priscilla Almodovar, president and CEO of NY State Housing Finance Agency, resigned Friday.
Caroline Kennedy attended Bloomberg's fundraiser for Alan Khazei, who is running for Ted Kennedy's former seat in the Senate.
Joseph [...]
NBC News pater familias Tom Brokaw and his wife Meredith survived a serious scare on Friday afternoon, sources tell The Observer, when their car was involved in a three car accident on the Bruckner Expressway in the Bronx.
The accident, which primarily involved an SUV and a postal truck, [...]
The state's housing finance chief is on her way out.
Governor Paterson's press office sent out a late Friday statement announcing that Priscilla Almodovar, CEO of the New York State Housing Finance Agency, is resigning from her job.
Ms. Almodovar came into government through the world of Eliot Spitzer, serving [...]
The first issue of Bloomberg BusinessWeek landed in news stands today. What is it like?
First, the logo: "Bloomberg" is tucked discreetly between the the "B" and "i" in "Business."
The front of the book runs about 30 pages, and offers short write-ups on the Fed, GM, and "What Lurks" [...]
Terry McDonnell, editor of Sports Illustrated, explains how their magazine will work in tablet form in this video demo.
Users will be able to swipe across the screen to flip pages as though it's a print product. They can also create their own version of the magazine, by arranging sections [...]
Here's to hoping he's right.
In a Nov. 25 internal email to staff at real estate brokerage Cushman & Wakefield, Ken McCarthy, the head of the firm's research services, declared the recession over:
As many of you know I have been reluctant to call an end to the recession despite [...]
ALBANY—Add another one to the list of reasons a bill legalizing same-sex marriage failed in the State Senate: alphabetical coincidence.
Republicans called for a rare slow roll-call vote, which meant that senators in alphabetical order were called on to say yea or nay. Here's an alphabetical list of the [...]
There might not be a chill in the air just yet—thanks, global warming!—but as long as the calendar reads December, we're in Oscar season. The first weekend of the month brings three contenders to multiplexes, but just one (hint: its name rhymes with Schmup in the Schmair) stands' [...]
Can you feel the George Pataki fever? Neither can I. But apparently the former New York governor think he can coax a lot of people into believing in him one last time.
For a while, Pataki has come up as a possible challenger to Kirsten Gillibrand—the appointed senator who [...]
A possible City Council vote on the controversial Bronx Kingsbridge Armory project was postponed Thursday, pushing the matter back at least a few more days. The Subcomittee on Zoning and Franchises has recessed until Monday, Dec. 7. They could vote then, or push back the matter until [...]
Tired of clicking around YouTube and iTunes for online videos of substance? Search no more! The Observer has your weekly handy guide to what's worth watching on the Web.
Taxi Driver on Hulu — Taxi Driver needs no introduction. Put one of Martin Scorsese's best in your Hulu queue [...]
In an unexpected major decision, a New York appellate court has overturned the use of eminent domain to create a new West Harlem campus for Columbia University, ruling the action unconstitutional.
The cases were brought by the defiant owner of a set of storage warehouses in West Harlem, [...]
Are the naming rights for Bruce Ratner's planned Nets arena worth what they used to be?
In January 2007, Mr. Ratner, Nets owner and developer of the planned $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project in Brooklyn, trumpeted a record-setting naming rights deal for the new $900 million [...]
While the success of films like Little Miss Sunshine, Once and Precious prove that the Sundance Film Festival still holds some pretty serious weight in Hollywood, something about the grandaddy of them all has—shall we say—dulled. Perhaps Sundance lost some edge around the same time it featured heavily [...]
ALBANY—What went wrong?
Despite the spin, most everyone pushing for a bill legalizing same-sex marriage privately acknowledges that the 24-38 loss in the State Senate was a whopper, and while theories abound, there's no clear explaination for how the bill was so soundly defeated.
Senator Eric Schneiderman started by blaming [...]
In 1985, at age 22, Garry Kasparov was the youngest world chess champion in history. Now, almost a quarter of a century later, Mr. Kasparov has retired from chess, taking up politics in its stead as a fierce critic of Vladimir Putin and a public enemy of the [...]
Santa may be bringing an upmarket trend in his sleigh this holiday season. Forte Software founder Martin Sprinzen sold his ninth floor condominium at 838 Fifth Avenue for $22.5 million, according to a city deed filed Tuesday. The technology tycoon, who sold Forte to Sun Microsystems for [...]
On Election Night, I called Bill Thompson the Christie Whitman of New York politics, since his startlingly narrow, 4.6-point loss to Mayor Bloomberg represented perhaps the biggest near-miss shocker since a then-unknown Whitman came within two points of unseating Bill Bradley in 1990.
And now he's doing exactly what [...]
Early last month, when Times executive editor Bill Keller hosted a “Throw Stuff at Bill” chat soon after announcing 100 newsroom job cuts, he assured staffers that executives would be proceeding carefully.
“What you can do with less, is less,” said Mr. Keller. “But if you are smart and [...]
"Good journalism is an expensive commodity,” said Rupert Murdoch at a Federal Trade Commission conference in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, Dec. 1.
We’ll say!
Mr. Murdoch is ready to roll out a budget of $15 million for his new New York edition of The Wall Street Journal, an insider familiar" [...]
Del Posto, the three-star Italian restaurant co-owned by Mario Batali and Joe Bastianich, has a green side—and we’re not talkin’ about all the dough they’re raking in from the $28 spaghetti!
The 2002 Ford Excursion in which Mr. Bastianich commutes every morning from Greenwich, Conn., has a converted diesel [...]
It was 2:30 a.m. on a school night about a year ago when Seth, Joel and Dana left the party and headed into the rain. The party had been unremarkable, only this time Seth had allowed the open bar to get the better of him. He knew he [...]
Earlier this fall, Ann Temkin, the chief curator at the Museum of Modern Art’s department of painting and sculpture, was working on the checklist for the upcoming Gabriel Orozco retrospective (opening Dec. 13) when it occurred to her that one of the pieces she wanted to include in [...]
Happy holidays, NBC!
Today, National Association of Broadcast Employees and Technicians (NABET-CWA) Local 11, which represents several thousand employees at NBC Universal, announced that they are celebrating the holidays at NBC by launching a web site, http://NBCStoleChristmas.com, highlighting "the 'Grinch' within NBC" and threatening to disrupt the network's 12th [...]
Good news for the remaining employees of Hachette Filipacchi: your new offices won’t likely alter your commute much.
Magazine publisher Hachette Filipacchi is planning to trade its too-capacious offices at the Paramount Group’s 1633 Broadway for more recession-friendly offices less than half the size at the Time-Life tower two [...]
What’s a broker to do when he finds himself in the pay of Tehran?
That’s the question now facing real estate brokerage Jones Lang LaSalle, following the revelation that a skyscraper in New York’s most exclusive office market belongs to a shell company that, in turn, [...]
Lower Manhattan wants more liberty.
The $8 billion Liberty Bond program, an incentive created in the aftermath of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, is scheduled to sunset on Dec. 31, ending the availability of tax-free bonds that would save hundreds of millions of dollars [...]
The Last Station
Running time 112 minutes
Written and directed by Michael Hoffman
Starring James McAvoy, Christopher Plummer, Paul Giamatti, Helen Mirren
Let the drums roll. The arrival of a movie with as much intelligence and artistry as The Last Station should also be accompanied by the sound of [...]
In a major boost to the proposed new Nets arena for Brooklyn, credit ratings agency Moody's gave the proposed financing for the project an investment-grade rating, a large hurdle that developer and team owner Bruce Ratner had been struggling to overcome in recent weeks.
Moody's sent out a [...]
ALBANY—There is a small sign on the wall of the cramped, third-floor Capitol office that state senators walk by on their way to closed-door sessions. It proclaims the “theme of the week,” a mix of sarcasm and inspiration set by the Senate president Malcolm Smith. On Monday, it [...]
This is typically the time of year when I, Mr. Retail, embark upon the laborious task of writing a holiday gift guide for you, the ordinary woman in the street. Not this year. After a casual poll of friends and colleagues, I recently ascertained some important information: People [...]
From now on, the headlines about Afghanistan will be slugged “Obama’s War,” and perhaps that is fair enough given the president’s many endorsements of what he has called a war of necessity. It would be much less fair, however, to ignore the events that led us to this [...]
Fighting to force movement on a bill that would newly regulate commercial rents for small businesses, Councilman Robert Jackson has filed a rare motion to bring the legislation up for a vote before the City Council, according to three people with knowledge of the action.
The bill, [...]
Before he became famous for donning ridiculous mascot headgear to make his weekly picks on ESPN, Lee Corso coached the Indiana Hoosiers football team for ten mostly forgettable seasons.
One year, one of his overmatched squads managed to score an early touchdown against mighty Ohio State, grabbing a 7-0 [...]
Tomorrow, Bloomberg officially takes over BusinessWeek, and, having cleaned house for Josh Tyrangiel—its young new editor—one might expect him to fill his stable of columnists with all sorts of fresh young faces.
One would be wrong. Today, on the even of the big transfer, Bloomberg's BusinessWeek announced its newest [...]
ALBANY—Sources in both the Senate and Assembly say the leaders of those chambers have agreed to pass a deficit-reduction plan of around $2.85 billion that does not contain mid-year school aid cuts but does contain some cuts to healthcare. It will also contain lots of tricks and one-shot [...]
The Commercial Observer: What’s happening right now at Adams & Company?
Mr. Buslik: The year started out slow, and it’s picking up momentum.
When did you start seeing the momentum pick up?
At the end of the summer.
Why do you think that happened?
An avalanche [...]
Women are more likely to be chatting it up on Facebook, Twitter and other social networking sites you've probably never heard of, like "Bebo." According to data taken from Google's U.S. Ad Planner, a site that tracks popular Web sites' traffic, 84 percent (or 16 out of 19) [...]
Monday: Home for the Holidays
Is anyone out there suffering from a little post traumatic thanksgiving stress disorder? We understand! And, we suggest you check out 1995’s Home for the Holidays. Holly Hunter stars as a single parent (her daughter is played by Claire Danes, who mainly just chatters [...]
An East 44th Street landlord has dropped a strongly worded lawsuit against the government of Senegal in which he claimed breach of contract and warned that his experience "should serve as a cautionary tale for anyone thinking about doing business with Senegal," and has instead moved ahead with the [...]
In between bouts of leftovers and naps, Americans found time to head to movie theaters in droves over Thanksgiving, as the top-ten films grossed a record-setting $278 million over the long weekend. Unsurprisingly, The Twilight Saga: New Moon paced the field, amassing a ridiculous $65.9 million over the [...]
The budget crisis isn't Paterson's fault, it's the Legislature's!
The MTA's underground lost and found.
More Atlantic Yards breakdown.
Norman Siegel on paparazzi.
Black Friday insanity, Upstate.
A changing skyline.
The Brooklyn GOP shifts.
Capturing the Queens coyote.
The 9/11 Wikileaks.
The First Family gets their Christmas tree...
[...]
Tired of clicking around YouTube and iTunes for online videos of substance? Search no more! The Observer has your weekly handy guide to what's worth watching on the Web.
A Thanksgiving survival guide on Hulu - Admit it: You'll probably be spending at least some of your' [...]
Because you really don't have to see New Moon for the fourth time in less than a week, Hollywood is pulling out all the trimmings this Thanksgiving. By which we mean yet another movie about the apocalypse (The Road) and one that could potentially cause it to happen' [...]
Rudy Giuliani, the big scoop went, had decided to challenge Kirsten Gillibrand for her U.S. Senate seat next year and would announce his candidacy "in the next 48 hours."
120 hours later (and counting), the world is still waiting to hear from Rudy. And as the minutes, hours and [...]
There's a question that's been coming up a good deal lately: Is Atlantic Yards ever going to happen?
Time will soon tell.
The planned $4.9 billion development--home to a new Nets basketball arena, 15 residential towers, and an office building--is now in a make-or-break few weeks, particularly after a big [...]
As the magazine industry dies a very slow death, its leaders continue to buy up lovely little Manhattan homes. Condé Nast heir Samuel I. Newhouse IV just bought a $2.5 million Tribeca loft (with "a sensual zen-like" master bedroom), while Vice magazine co-founder Suroosh Alvi paid a tad [...]
More than three years after a legal battle over property takings in Brooklyn began, it's now come to a close.
New York's highest court issued a ruling Tuesday morning that upholds the state's use of eminent domain in the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project, planned home of 15 [...]
On a cold, miserable afternoon in mid-November, Ben Bronfman stepped out of a cab in front of the United Nations and walked through the security checkpoint, past the clusters of tourists in the lobby, and up to the Delegates Dining Room on the third floor, where there was [...]
“A lot more attention is placed on me and not in a good way,” publicist Ali Wise told the Transom when we asked what it’s like to go out since her arrest back in July on charges of computer tampering and eavesdropping. “I still have all my close [...]
Some of the magazine industry’s biggest names are on the verge of forming a new company that would allow them to take the digital future into their own hands.
The company would make up one of the biggest alliances among rival publishers ever formed in print media, with Time [...]
Earlier this year, the conservation department at the Whitney Museum of American Art was given the task of preparing Claes Oldenburg’s Ice Bag-Scale C for exhibition in a retrospective. The work, a massive, fan-powered contraption 12 feet in diameter made of nylon cloth and polyester resin, was first [...]
ALBANY—After lunch with some lobbyists, the chairman of the New York State Democratic Committee, Jay Jacobs, visited the party’s offices on South Swan for a session with the leaders of several local county organizations.
It was two weeks after Election Day, and Mr. Jacobs was contending with something of [...]
The Road
Running time 119 minutes
Written by Joe Penhall
Directed by John Hillcoat
Starring Viggo Mortensen, Kodi Smit-McPhee, Charlize Theron, Robert Duvall, Guy Pearce
Welcome to the apocalypse. In The Road, the eagerly awaited movie version of Cormac McCarthy’s Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, the end of the world is [...]
On Nov. 5, Condé Nast mogul Si Newhouse auctioned his spectacular Giacometti sculpture, L’Homme Qui Chavire, for $17.2 million, though he reportedly paid around $20 million for it. Still, the piece—which translates to “the falling man” or “the man who capsizes”—sold for a lot more than its $8 [...]
Back in May, at a state Senate hearing on the $4.9 billion Atlantic Yards project planned for Brooklyn, State Senator Velmanette Montgomery started to launch into criticism of a fellow senator, Marty Golden.
Mr. Golden, a Republican and Atlantic Yards supporter (unlike Ms. Montgomery on both counts), had [...]
There’s a prevailing narrative in New York real estate, and it goes something like this: Lehman Brothers’ collapse sent the Manhattan office market into a horrifying and precipitous tailspin. Commercial tenants, fearing for their survival, fled in droves. Months of deathly inactivity followed. Then the fright [...] 
On Friday, Nov. 20, Councilman Robert Jackson was exasperated.
The Harlem Democrat had put in a call to the chair of the Council’s Small Business Committee, David Yassky, asking for a vote on the Small Business Survival Act, a bill of Mr. Jackson’s that would regulate commercial rents.
“I told [...]
