For everyone, it was a challenge. For many people, it was a hardship. They couldn't get to a doctor's appointment, they couldn't get to the office.

They know where the people are. But what are they doing for the people they're handing the literature to?

He clearly still harbors a very personal grudge from the December negotiations. And that doesn't augur well for the near future.

The only pledge I'd believe is, if either one or both of them said, 'I'm going to be mayor in 2007 and, if the MTA has a deficit, I'll fill it with city money,'

Ferrer can't even get heard competing against this grotesque spending.

A rash of broken machines is not expected. The board is doing a better job of training poll watchers and they're maintaining the machines better.