Azi Paybarah
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Azi Paybarah is a New York-based journalist who focuses on local politics. He worked as a reporter for the New York Press, the Queens Tribune and the New York Sun. In February 2011, Paybarah returned to The New York Observer which he had left a few months earlier,{{cite news| url=http://www.mediabistro.com/fishbowlny/new-york-observer-politics-writer-leaves-for-wnyc_b15082| title=New York Observer Politics Writer Leaves for WNYC| first=Mike|last= Taylor| publisher=FishbowlNY|date=May 28, 2010| access-date=September 15, 2011}} where he wrote for the daily blog, The Politicker.{{cite news|url=http://www.observer.com/2011/media/local-politics-guru-azi-paybarah-returns-observer |title=Local Politics Guru Azi Paybarah Returns to The Observer |newspaper=The New York Observer |date=February 2011 |access-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110813235826/http://www.observer.com/2011/media/local-politics-guru-azi-paybarah-returns-observer |archive-date=August 13, 2011 }} In September 2011 he joined the online news publication Capital as senior writer.{{cite news|url=http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/08/3009465/azi-again |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120910185725/http://www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/08/3009465/azi-again |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 10, 2012 |title=Azi again |first=Josh |last=Benson |date=August 17, 2011 |access-date=September 15, 2011 }} Paybarah also hosts a political blog on the website of the local NPR station, WNYC.
Career
At times Paybarah will inform political colleagues or rivals of a controversial statement another politician has made to provoke a reaction. An example of this was when he informed others of congressional candidate David Weprin's statements in an interview for Vosizneias, one of the largest Orthodox Jewish websites in the United States, regarding the marriage equality law which allows gay and lesbian marriages in New York State.{{cite news|url=http://www.politickerny.com/2011/08/01/probe-state-senate-vote-on-same-sex-marriage-weprin/ |newspaper=PolitickerNY |title=Probe State Senate Vote on Same-Sex Marriage: Weprin (Video) |first=Azi |last=Paybarah |date=August 1, 2011 |access-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120112012347/http://www.politickerny.com/2011/08/01/probe-state-senate-vote-on-same-sex-marriage-weprin/ |archive-date=January 12, 2012 }}
{{cite news|url=http://www.politickerny.com/2011/08/02/after-weprin-questions-state-senate-vote-on-marriage-savino-tears-up-donation-check-to-his-campaign/ |title=After Weprin Questions State Senate Vote on Marriage, Savino Tears Up Donation Check to His Campaign |newspaper=PolitickerNY |first=Azi |last=Paybarah |date=August 2, 2011 |access-date=September 15, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110803201335/http://www.politickerny.com/2011/08/02/after-weprin-questions-state-senate-vote-on-marriage-savino-tears-up-donation-check-to-his-campaign/ |archive-date=August 3, 2011 }}
In May 2009, Paybarah made headlines for being called "a disgrace" by New York mayor Michael Bloomberg for asking about the mayor's rationale for running for a third term.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/29/nyregion/29mayor.html| title=Testy Bloomberg Calls Reporter a 'Disgrace'|first=Michael| last=Barbaro| date=May 28, 2009| newspaper=The New York Times}} Though later in his campaign, Bloomberg described Paybarah as "brilliant", according to The New York Times.{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/02/nyregion/02nicemike.html| title=With Some Coaching, Bloomberg Learns to Bite His Tongue| first=David W.| last=Chen| newspaper=The New York Times| date= November 1, 2009}}
In September 2010, he was named one of City Hall's "40 under 40" for being a young influential member of New York City politics.{{Cite web |url=http://www.cityandstateny.com/rising-stars-40-under-40-3/ |title=Rising Stars 40 Under 40: Azi Paybarah |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212145602/http://www.cityandstateny.com/rising-stars-40-under-40-3/ |archive-date=February 12, 2012 |work=City & State |date=September 28, 2010 |url-status=dead}}
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External links
- [http://beta.wnyc.org/blogs/azi-paybarah/ WNYC Blog]
- [http://www.nysun.com/authors/Azi+Paybarah The New York Sun] Author archive.
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20061115213546/http://nypress.com/18/39/news%26columns/azipaybarah.cfm New York's Boss Hog-Worthy Scam]
- [https://observer.com/2006/10/the-quietest-campaign-of-all/ The Quietest Campaign of All]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20050119032047/http://www.gothamgazette.com/community/26/news/925 New Rules For Smelly Pepsi Site]
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