Sounds like A Villager up above has what my friends call “Irish Alzheimers” - you forget everything but the grudges. Your central complaint is one vote from 1993? Did you notice the calendar? Maloney’s Credit Card Holders Bill of Rights is being taken up by the new Democratic Senate - the “tony residents” of the East Side - bankers - don’t like this so much - I watched her once on C-span just take apart that GOP moron Michelle Bachmann - better known as the Sarah Palin of the South. And about her ties to the Mayor - perhaps a person who calls themselves “A Villager” should read the current article in the Village Voice about all that. The behind the scenes stuff with Bloomberg and the Kennedy operatives - is pretty ugly.