robert johnson
This NY Times story exposes the paper's liberal hypocrisy
Sunday’s New York Times contains a solicitous, attentive look at a backward, benighted place — North Carolina, where one political party has deviously “seized control” of the state legislature. The...
Police unions plan to mend relationship with Bronx DA
After years of bitter sparring with former Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, the city’s police unions are hoping to start off on a better foot with his replacement, Darcel Clark...
Unlike what Shelly Silver did, Bronx DA Robert Johnson's greedy cash-grab is legal
Think Shelly Silver’s conviction Monday on corruption charges will prompt New York’s political class to clean up its act? Think again. Start with the fact that on the same day...
Bronx DA thinks he deserves a $60K raise -- for doing his job
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson wants a huge raise — just for doing his job. After the city’s five DAs told a salary-review commission they each deserve raises of 31.5...
The corrupt gift that keeps on giving for political hacks
First, the Bronx Democratic machine engineered District Attorney Robert Johnson into a comfy judgeship — while avoiding any whiff of democracy in replacing him. Now comes word of his nice...
Outgoing Bronx DA to score $300K in judge salary, pension
ALBANY — The sleazy deal that allowed Robert Johnson to trade his Bronx district attorney’s job for a judge’s seat in state Supreme Court will come with a mega payday....
Macho talk is Obama's only weapon against Putin
Pope Francis gave him a boost, Republican Speaker John Boehner is sobbing off into the sunset, and China’s Xi Jinping gave him paper promises on the environment and cybertheft. No...
The machine & the DA: Keeping democracy out of The Bronx
Sleazy Bronx politics knows no bounds. The Post’s Richard Johnson reported weeks ago that the fix was in for Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson’s appointment to a state judgeship —...
Bronx DA with weakest conviction rate in 5 boroughs wants to be state judge
Long-serving Bronx DA Robert Johnson is seeking election next week as a New York State Supreme Court judge, he announced Friday in a move that was first reported by The...
A Bronx coup: end-running democracy to replace a DA
Good news: New York’s longest-serving — and least effective — district attorney may finally be leaving his job after more than a quarter-century. Bad news: He’s to be replaced in...
Bronx DA may lose power to prosecute Rikers crimes
Everyone’s heard of “judge shopping” — but the state Legislature has just authorized “DA shopping.” In an extraordinary development, lawmakers have quietly passed a bill that would transfer prosecution of...
Bronx DA spends bulk of overtime on translators
Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson, whose office has the city’s worst felony-conviction rate, spent the bulk of his overtime dollars last year on interpreters and clerical workers — while the...