Thursday, April 19, 2012  Gottlieb gone  From the NY Times:  The
field in the crowded race for the Democratic nomination in the
newly created Sixth Congressional District in Queens just became
a little narrower.  Jeffrey Gottlieb, a clerk for the city’s
Board of Elections and a longtime, if understated, behind-the-
scenes fixture in Queens Democratic political circles, has
withdrawn from the race, according to a person involved in the
campaign who had not been authorized to speak about it publicly.
The move came days after Mr. Gottlieb filed the signatures he
had collected with the city to get on the ballot (a minimum of
938 valid signatures were required).  The reason, the person
said, was the personal strain caused by the public disclosure
that Mr. Gottlieb, 70, had been charged decades ago with second-
degree arson, a felony; he was accused of drenching his Queens
apartment in gasoline and setting it on fire.  A replacement for
Mr. Gottlieb in the race will be chosen by a three-member panel
he selects. Mr. G