A who's who of women pols launched an effort to keep pervy ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez out of the City Council Thursday, backing his Democratic primary opponent, Antonio Reynoso, for the Brooklyn seat.    

A who's who of women pols launched an effort to keep pervy ex-Assemblyman Vito Lopez out of the City Council Thursday, backing his Democratic primary opponent, Antonio Reynoso, for the Brooklyn seat.    

Major Ruth became a civic leader because he made a promise to his neighbor, Brian Wingate. Both had moved to the Beaver Hills section of New Haven, Connecticut, in 2003. A neighborhood of aging single--family homes that had seen better days, Beaver Hills had been targeted by the city for a housing--rehabilitation program, and, with the zeal of new arrivals, ...

Another public poll, this one from Public Policy Polling, shows a tight race for Senate in Massachusetts. But more interesting is what the Democratic firm does not discuss in its very brief memo about the June 25 special election. The survey showed Rep. Edward J. Markey, D-Mass., leading Republican Gabriel Gomez by 7 points, 48 percent to 41 percent. That ...

Rep. Sander M. Levin endorsed state House Democratic Floor Leader Rudy Hobbs on Wednesday in the Democratic primary for Michigan's 14th District.