ALBANY—A reader points out a fun (if coincidental) bit of circularity having to do with those blistering anti-Paterson health care ads. They were produced by Knickerbocker SKD. Knickerbocker, the Josh Isay-led firm that advised Caroline Kennedy in her unsuccessful attempt to become a U.S. senator. Caroline Kennedy, who eventually pulled out for "personal reasons" only to get ...

David Yassky’s comptroller campaign has hired Josh Isay, the Democratic consultant who is also working on Michael Bloomberg’s re-election campaign and who, until recently, was running Caroline Kennedy's effort to win appointment to the Senate. Yassky announced the hire, along with others, in an email to supporters. Isay will be the media consultant; managing the campaign will ...

A reader in the comments section tried connecting a few dots between Michael Bloomberg’s former consultants at Knickerbocker SKD and the role some key players in the term-limits debate are playing, including Christine Quinn and the powerful union 1199 SEIU. It's speculative stuff, but here's what we know: Bloomberg, as the Times noted today, hired Josh Isay ...

In the face of a weirdly mixed (but definitely not positive) reaction to the Post's revelation yesterday that the Council has been stashing away money through appropriations to phony organizations, Christine Quinn’s people have pushed the notion that she actually deserves credit for trying to stop a long-standing practice in the City Council and say that it actually ...