Noon update: The Bridgeport Port Authority and its Executive Director Joe Riccio have agreed to part ways effective Tuesday. OIB friend Denis O’Malley, chairman of the port authority board, disclosed today that Riccio has agreed to a six-month severance of approximately $58,000. Under the terms of Riccio’s employment contract he was scheduled to be paid until October [...]
Entries Tagged as 'Jay Malcynsky'
Council Shoots Horse, Places Saddle On Finch, Plus: Shooting Update, And Himes’ Homeland
June 23rd, 2009 · 52 Comments · City Council, Cops, Development and Zoning, State Politics
1:30 p.m. update: The Bridgeport City Council voted 13-6 Monday night to abolish the Bridgeport Port Authority. Now what? Mayor Bill Finch gave the council a lot of rope to dictate action in dissolving the PBA. He can always blame the council if scuttling the port authority becomes more trouble than it’s worth. But then [...]
Tags: Andy Nunn·Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Jay Malcynsky·Jim Himes·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Mike Freimuth
Port In A Storm
June 22nd, 2009 · 14 Comments · City Council, City Politics, State Politics
Should they or shouldn’t they? Big decision tonight before the full City Council following a vote by the Ordinance Committee last week to abolish the Bridgeport Port Authority. Public hearing at 7 followed by council meeting at 7:30. Recap: Jay Malcynsky, an attorney and high-powered Hartford lobbyist for the port authority, managed to splice onto a [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Dodd·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Merrick Alpert·Nancy Hadley
Walk This Way, Talk This Way
June 17th, 2009 · 32 Comments · City Council, Education
As OIB friend Tom Kelly says the city’s legislative lobbyist in Hartford represents the ultimate in jaywalking. One day after it was disclosed that the city’s lobbyist Jay F. Malcynsky had acquired a convenient case of amnesia while pocketing a $55K consulting fee to work on the city’s behalf, City Councilman Bob Troll Walsh wants his contract revoked. [...]
Tags: Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·John Ramos·John Rowland·Tom Kelly
Committee Votes To Sink Port Authority; Lobbyist Screws City
June 16th, 2009 · 46 Comments · City Council, Library, State Politics
The City Council’s Ordinance Committee voted Monday night to torpedo the Bridgeport Port Authority, the quasi-city agency that receives more than $1 million a year in docking fees, scheduling a public hearing on the matter for next Monday at 7 p.m. Too soon to say when the full City Council will take up the measure because [...]
Tags: Andre Baker·Auden Grogins·Beardsley Zoo·Bill Finch·Bob "Troll" Walsh·Bob Curwen·Bridgeport Port Authority·Chris Donovan·Danny Martinez·Denis O'Malley·Discovery Museum·Ed Gomes·Jay Malcynsky·Jodi Rell·Joe Riccio·Mark Anastasi·Rich Paoletto·Sue Brannelly·Tom McCarthy
Port Authority Tsunami Continues, Full City Council Vote Set For Monday
June 18th, 2009 · 40 Comments · Analysis and Comment, City Council, Education, State Politics
Get the lifejackets ready! A special meeting of the City Council has been set for Monday night at 7:30 to act on the Ordinance Committee’s vote to dissolve the Bridgeport Port Authority. A public hearing will take place, before the council meeting, at 7 p.m. A lot is swirling–and will continue to swirl–in the days [...]
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Tags: Bridgeport Port Authority·CT Post·Jay Malcynsky·Jim Himes·Joe Carbone·Joe Riccio