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Bloomberg, Quinn crafted today's political landscape

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attends a

Photo credit: Getty Images | New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg attends a news conference where it was announced that free Wi-Fi will be provided by Google to the Manhattan neighborhood of Chelsea. (Jan. 8, 2013)

Dan Janison

Melville. N.Y. Tuesday January 26, 2010. Daniel Janison, Dan Janison

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For Mike the mayor and Chris the speaker, the fix is in, the die cast, the deal cemented. They are manacled together in municipal history without a key and, like Jackie Gleason and Art Carney, in a famous comic scene, they cannot "boomf" their way out of the handcuffs.

On New York City's political stage, nothing that might come between Mayor Michael Bloomberg and Council Speaker Christine...

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