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New law bars convicted ex-pols from running — Cuomo besieged as crises grow — County parties hold off on mayoral endorsements Presented by Opportunities for NY Mayor Bill de Blasio signed legislation on Thursday designed to prevent individuals convicted of felony public corruption from holding city office again. If that sounds like the kind of implausible scenario that wouldn’t take a law to prevent, you haven’t met Hiram Monserrate. The former state senator from Queens was expelled from the Legislature after a domestic violence conviction where he was accused of slashing his girlfrie...

>> ceo jamie dimon spoke about the global economy and foreign relations today as part of their ceo speaker series. it is virtually assured that bond markets would project the rest out of congress could not reach a deal cutting the deficit. jpmorgan is being sued at the new york attorney general over allegations that subsidiary bear stearns deceived investors into buying mortgage-backed securities. this is an hour. [inaudible conversations] >> well, good afternoon. i am richard haass and i want to welcome all of you to the council on foreign relations into today's ceo speaker series m...