 undisclosed dollars that are funneled to not for profits who can be counted on the vouch for the mayor and his policies-or keep their mouths shut during a contentious election?
Here's a thought. The Manhattan DA should subpoena records for all of the mayor's personal-and charitable-contributions in order to determine whether he has unduly, and illegally, been influencing the political process. His efforts may lay the ground for some pathbreaking legislation that would insure that polls of great wealth wouldn't be so grossly advantaged by lavish outlays to allies as well as to potential opponents.
And such an investigation would serve an immense public purpose-demonstrating to New Yorkers the extent to which they have had their electoral process corrupted and their allegiances bought under and over the counter by our very own malefactor of great wealth.
And such an investigation might at the same time expose the craven obsequiousness of a newspaper publisher who believes that he just might make a good senator for New York. It would underscore how cash and carry Bloomberg walked off with political power, while the Daily News obsessed on all of the foibles of lesser classes of hired help-providing cover to the greater thief.
And while Lisberg toils valiantly to expose the Bloomberg excesses, Morticia continues on his crusade of misdirection-focusing once again, with typical high dudgeon, on city council slush in an editorial in yesterday's paper: "Public Advocate Bill de Blasio has broached a halfway measure for shaming the City Council into disinfecting its slush fund accounts with a bit of sunlight. Rather weenily, he says he will ask his former Council colleagues to disclose voluntarily the names of organizations they hope to shower with money after they submit their wish lists to Speaker Christine Quinn. De Blasio then plans to post the information on a Web site. Forget voluntary. A public advocate worth his salt would demand the data from Quinn so the public could review every pitch for money and track those that Quinn grants and those that she rejects."
But we need to give the CFB its props for at least trying-trying while the legislative oversight is in a moribund state of terminal lockjaw. As Lisberg points out: "There's a gap in disclosure of political activity at the city level," CFB spokesman Eric Friedman said of the board's proposal, which it hopes to enact this year. "When outside parties go out and spend money on behalf of a candidate," he said, "they're going to disclose which candidate they're supporting, and they're going to disclose where the money comes from." For New Yorkers who want to know that, it would have been a helpful law during last year's campaign - and during the push to extend term limits a year earlier. As the law stands now, though, a smart candidate can buy influence - and silence."
Here's hoping the Cy's scythe cuts as deeply as possible. If it does, Mike Bloomberg will stand exposed for conducting the worst kind of monetary manipulation in the city's political history-all in the service of a single special interest, expressed eloquently in the phrase, "l'etat, c'est moi."For the last 10 years, Chris Paul has been one of the best point guards in the NBA. His play has made the Los Angeles Clippers one of the most successful franchises in all of basketball, finishing within the top-4 of the Western Conference for the last 10 seasons. Unfortunately, the Clippers are in a brutal slump, losing games by the scores of 20, 17, 13, and 11 points.
The Houston Rockets have been one of the best teams in the NBA this season. They are a handful of wins away from a 50 win season, and also have an extremely talented roster. To make it all the way to the NBA Finals, they have had to beat the best team in the Western Conference in a playoff series more than once. Now, they are about to face a tough opponent in the Golden State Warriors, who have made it to the NBA Finals the past three years.
Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul almost lived in a dream world on his way to the 2021 NBA Finals. Now this dream is slowly turning into a nightmare.
Paul was excellent in the first two games of the series. He scored 32 points and handed out nine assists in Game 1, before scoring 23 points in Game 2 to help the Suns to a 2-0 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks.
However, in the last two games against the Suns, Paul hasn’t looked as good as he once did. Throughout his playoff career, injuries have been a recurring theme.
The scoring god is one of the most notable players in NBA history. Chris Paul has made 11 All-Star teams in his career, as well as 10 NBA All-Star teams and nine All-Defender teams. However, his record in the playoffs is littered with physical setbacks.
Paul, then a Los Angeles Clippers player, was limited in movement by a hamstring injury in the 2015 Western Conference semifinals against the Houston Rockets. Then he suffered a broken hand in Game 4 of the first-round series against the Portland Trail Blazers in 2016, and the Blazers eventually eliminated the Clippers in six games.
The most devastating blow came in 2018. St. Paul and the Houston Rockets were one game away from dethroning the Golden State Warriors as Western Conference champions after a 3-2 final stand in the conference finals. However, Paul suffered a hamstring injury, leaving him inactive in games 6 and 7. The Rockets then lost both games.
Paul was injured again in Phoenix’s first-round game against the Los Angeles Lakers, but he recovered and began a heroic playoff run that took the Suns to the finals. However, it seems that there is some doubt about Paul’s actual health.
It’s normal for most perimeter players who are in possession of the ball most of the game to gain momentum. Except for Chris Paul, this is not normal.
Paul was remarkably effective with the ball throughout most of the 2021 playoffs. In the NBA Finals, he was someone else.
The 36-year-old had just two penalties in the first game. Since then, Paul has averaged five turnovers per game. He was unusually clumsy with the ball, sometimes losing his grip or flying off without knowing where the next pass would go.
Paul may be handicapped by injuries to his arm. Former New York Times NBA columnist and current Substack writer Mark Stein reported that Paul’s performance has led many observers to wonder if the damaged ligaments in his right hand or his bandaged left wrist are more serious injuries than he has claimed.
Paul never revealed that he was physically ill. Throughout his career, he’s been a breaker. He’s hardly willing to give the Bucks a psychological advantage by admitting that his arm is in the way.
Nevertheless, it is worth asking whether this is really the case.
The Phoenix Suns need to find Chris Paul if they want to win the NBA title.
Phoenix desperately needs Paul’s return to win the series and the club’s first NBA championship.
Quid is starting to receive contributions from almost everyone. Chris Middleton became a shot-maker late in the game, while Jrue Holiday recovered from his slump. Pat Connaughton was a major shooter. Giannis Antetokounmpo claims both sides.
Milwaukee could be a tough opponent for the Suns if everyone plays hard, as they have more size and are more physical than Phoenix. The Bucks also took better care of the ball, with just five interceptions in Game 4, while the Suns had 17.
Devin Booker’s 42 points were not enough for Phoenix in Game 4. His continued heroics are unlikely to lead to victories unless Paul can become the main organizer of the offense and regain control of the pick-and-roll game.
The NBA Finals have become a three-game series. Time will tell if Paul can hold on and get his team two more wins.
A novel nonsense homozygous variant in the NLGN1 gene found in a pair of monozygotic twin brothers with intellectual disability and autism

To the Editor: Since neuroligines 3 (NLGN3) and 4 (NLGN4) were first identified as risk genes for autism spectrum disorder (ASD), some authors have studied its implication in this condition. Recently, Nakanishi et al demonstrated for the first time the functional significance of rare neuroligin 1 (NLGN1) variants in autism. To date (August 2018), only 11 variants have been identified in NLGN1, (https://portal.biobaseinternational.com/hgmd/pro/search_gene.php) none of them are nonsense and all were heterozygous variants. We present for the first time a novel nonsense homozygous variant in the NLGN1 gene (c.74T>A;p.Leu25*) found in two monozygotic twin brothers. The patients were the only children of phenotypically and psychologically normal first cousins parents, born with normal phenotype. Gestation and delivery was uneventful. Soon after birth, developmental delay was noted. At the age of 3, they showed behavioural problems related to ASD and had an irritative and aggressive behaviour. At 5 years they were at the normal centile for weight, height and head circumference and had no obvious dysmorphic features. They understood instructions and said short sentences with few words, although they pronounced them badly. At that age, the aggressive behaviour diminished in both. In the following years until we saw them at the genetics consultation at the age of 12, both patients were making progress but always slowly. They were described as having an interesting communication and interaction between them,