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Andrew Cuomo just announced his new senior legal staff at an event at the Sheraton.

The list includes:

Robin Baker, executive director attorney general for criminal justice;

Eric Corngold, executive deputy attorney general for economic justice;

Mylan Denerstein, deputy attorney general for social justice;

Jenny Rivera, special deputy attorney general for civil rights.

-- Azi Paybarah

On the night of Sept.  read more »

Incoming AG Andrew Cuomo is having a transition meeting this morning in the Sheraton, where in another room, Rep. Charlie Rangel is speaking at a Crain's breakfast. -- Azi Paybarah

Apparently there were some announcements, but I was outside smoking and I met a guy named Tyler up from Florida. West Palm, he said. "I'm a senator now!" he said, and asked for a cigarette. "I guess I have to quit my job." He was wearing an Adidas track shirt. Where did he work? "Adidas."

"I'm a freakin' Senator!" he said. He said the Clinton people campaigned for him, had flown him up, put him up at the W, and he had to be on a flight back to Florida at 7:30 a.m. "Man I'm hammered," he said. He said he'd won as an Independent by 18 votes. He was a just slightly-overweight, kinda buff white guy, definitely over 30, probably not 40, and maybe 5' 11". He had a little hipster beanie-hat on.

So, okay, he was a Senator. So then what was he going to do now? "Bend over a page, I guess," he said.

He looked around at all the suits outside the Sheraton. "These guys don't even know I'm one of them," he said. "I'm not going to be like them, am I?" --Choire Sicha

Outside the Sheraton, three Republicans in town on business pulled up.

Where was the Republican victory party, they wanted to know. Albany?

Where's that?

The Republican trio--they worked for Proctor and Gamble and hailed from Orange County and Cincinnatti--were most concerned about the Missouri and Virginia races.

They considered only very briefly sticking around to see Hillary Clinton and the like arrive. "Ew, she's a nasty woman," said one of the two blonde women, who described herself as a financial conservative. She planned to return to New York at Christmas with her two kids, and had reservations at the Ritz.

-- Choire Sicha

I escaped the velvet cage holding reporters at the Democratic Party here in the Sheraton long enough to run into one Democrat who said Hevesi has a "zero chance" of serving a full-term.

"The question is, does he make it to the New Year."

According to this source, the leading replacement would be Bill Mulrow -- not NYC comptroller Bill Thompson.

And it should be noted this Democrat, unlike some revelers here, wasn't drinking.

-- Azi Paybarah

Chuck Schumer speaks at a breakfast co-hosted by the Association for a Better New York and One Hundred Black Men at the Sheraton Hotel.

NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and Transportation Alternatives release the annual Pokey Awards for NYC's slowest bus routes in Union Square.

Adolfo Carrion visits middle school tech leaders at the Bronx Writing Academy before joining Verizon's HopeLine to hand out cell phones to battered women.

Christine Quinn promotes the City Council's Food Today Health Tomorrow campaign at the St. Margaret Mary Church Food Pantry in Astoria.

Hillary Clinton speaks at the Count Me In Make Mine a Million Dollar Business event at the Hammerstein Ballroom; attends the dedication of the Lieutenant Michael Murphy Post Office in Patchogue; and then receives the endorsement of the Nassau and Suffolk County PBAs and the Nassau County Detectives Association at Suffolk County PBA headquarters.

Assemblyman Tom DiNapoli and Nassau County Vietnam Veterans of America hold a press conference to increase awareness of Agent Orange health concerns in the Mineola Press Room.

—Nicole Brydson

Eliot Spitzer speaks at the Civil Service Employees Association Convention at the Sheraton Hotel.

Coalition for the Homeless holds a briefing on an increase in family homelessness in New York City at their Fulton Street headquarters.

A demonstration and rally against waterfront development will be held at 2201 Avenue U in Brooklyn.

Transportation Alternatives releases "Above the Law: A Study of Government Parking Permit Abuse in New York City" on the steps of City Hall.

The New York Immigration Coalition announces findings that show violations of the Schools Chancellor's translation and interpretation regulation in front of the Brooklyn High School of the Arts.

Public housing residents call on the state to restore operating funds for public housing in front of "The Charging Bull" at Bowling Green.

A memorial service will be held for former Giuliani aide Martin Barreto at St. Paul's Chapel at Columbia University.

NYC Voter Assistance Commission hosts a women's career forum in politics and civic engagement at Barnard College.

Keith Wright hosts a Town Hall meeting on voting rights at the Harlem State Office Building.

Black 47 headlines a fundraiser for gubernatorial candidate Malachy McCourt at Connolly's Pub on West 45th Street.

The London Review of Books hosts a panel discussion on "Does The Israel Lobby Have Too Much Influence on U.S. Foreign Policy?" at Cooper Union's Great Hall.

Marty Golden hosts a Town Hall meeting on education with the new Superintendent Jean-Claude Brizard at P.S. 222 in Brooklyn.

Law enforcement unions endorse Nick Spano in front of the Greenburgh Police Department in White Plains.

Jeffrey Klein calls on the legislature to reconvene a conference committee to work out differences on civil confinement legislation at the Tuckahoe Village Hall.

The Assembly holds a hearing on the Con Edison power outages at the Westchester County Center in White Plains.

—Nicole Brydson

Pretty dramatic stuff at the Jeanine Pirro press conference at the Sheraton in midtown.

With a story set to break on WNBC, Pirro confirmed to a group of reporters that she iswas under investigation by federal law enforcement officials. They are reportedly looking into an allegation that she had placed an illegal wire-tap on the phone of her husband Al.

About a year ago, Pirro said, she initiated a conversation with Bernie Kerik (of all people) about possibly investigating her husband, who she suspected of carrying on an extramarital affair.

Teary-eyed, and with her voice cracking, she went on to say that the investigation -- mounted by the same U.S. Attorney's office that prosecuted her husband seven years ago for tax fraud -- was a political smear campaign. She denied that any wire-tapping took place.

"In the midst of matrimonial discourse, I was angry and had him followed to see if what I suspected was true," she said.

"Many of you have asked me why I stay in my marriage....my husband is a great father..."

She said that she's not planning to drop out of the AG race.

-- Azi Paybarah

Bob Kerrey moderates a discussion of the Roberts Supreme Court at the New School.

Joe Bruno will address delegates at CSEA's Annual Delegates Meeting at the Sheraton Hotel.

David Weprin calls on Congress to raise the federal minimum wage and hosts Volunteer Emergency Services Day at City Hall.

Stonewall Dems hold their monthly meeting at the LGBT Center featuring Leecia Eve, Jonathan Bing, Peter Hatch of the Working Families Party and a representative from the campaign of Hillary Clinton.

New York Log Cabin Republicans host their fall Gala.

The NYC Voter Assistance Commission offers free naturalization assistance as part of Voter Awareness Month at the Salvation Army in Jackson Heights.

U.S. Secretary of Labor Elaine Chao speaks to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Alumni Foundation at the Sheraton Hotel.

Dave Mejias denounces Peter King's support for congressional pay raises at the Mineola Press Room.

—Nicole Brydson

John Faso's really working the phones now that he's up against Spitzer, not Weld. Money and name recognition are now top priority.

When we reached his press secretary on the phone, she had to keep her voice down because Faso was working the phones right next to her ("I really appreciate ... " and "I'm up in Albany next week ... " we heard him say in the background).

Del Percio said that Faso will attend a Conservative party dinner tonight at the Sheraton.

- Jason Horowitz

Sighted down the street from the Sheraton after Bill Weld’s appearance there this morning.

Ferrer finance chief Leo Hindery has a modest proposal for retiring Freddy's campaign debt:

"If [Bloomberg] would just write me a check for as much as he wrote the Sheraton on the night of his election, we'd have it pretty well taken care of," he said this morning.  read more »

Of course, Freddy has to raise the money within campaign finance limits, but you get the idea. Will Mike take pity?

(Cost of that election-night party: $249,765.)

It seems safe to say that Virginia Fields's $125-a-head On To Victory Breakfast at the Sheraton will be the only fundraiser held September 12, the day before the primary.  read more »

Spitzer's fundraiser at the Sheraton was so packed --1,100 people, $2 million -- that several tables had to be set up in a room across the hall, where the B-list watched on television monitors. Spitzer's journey toward economic populism continued, with him pledging reform and railing against the establishment.

He told a story about an anonymous Wall Street lawyer warning him, "We have powerful friends." Spitzer continued: "I would tell you what I said, but the FCC would fine me, but I'll give you a hint - you remember what Vice President Cheney said to Senator Leahy."  read more »

The only awkward part of this reform thread was that the unreformed political establishment -- county chairs, Al D'Amato's brother, Sheldon Silver -- knows how to pick a winner, and its members all bought tables at Spitzer's lunch.

Spitzer's allies, though, assure us that he's willing to bite the hand that feeds him.