Campaigning tonight at Congregation Anshe Sfard in Borough Park for David Greenfield in the 44th Council District special election to replace Simcha Felder, Mayor Bloomberg used Albany as an example of what not to do in government:

"It's time to stop all of the politics. You can see what's happened in Albany. You can see what happens when you promise things you can't deliver. You can see what happens when you spend money you don't have. It's good when you get it in the beginning but in the end it leaves you with a heck of a hangover and that's exactly what we have now."

Sure, no one can go wrong beating up on Albany these days. But DN City Hall bureau reporter Kathleen Lucadamo, who trailed Bloomberg in Brooklyn tonight, notes that Greenfield's main opponent is Joe Lazar -- who has the all-but-official endorsement of Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver.

The speaker has been Bloomberg's best friend in Albany lately, but their relationship has always been transactional. So if the quote above seemed like a swipe at Silver, well, perhaps it was.

Dan Senor, a former Bush II advisor who has been encouraged by GOP and Conservative leaders to challenge Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, is scheduled to speak at the March 22 Monday Meeting.

Senor is described in an email sent by Monday Meeting hosts Mallory Factor and James Higgins as "rumored to be considering a run for US Senate."

Officially speaking, Senor is to discuss his new book, "Start-Up Nation: The Story of Israel’s Economic Miracle."

GOP officials had been hoping Senor would announce his intentions soon, but he has remained mum while former Rep. Joe DioGuardi joined the fray against Gillibrand and David Malpass also signaled his intent to launch his campaign next month. Bruce Blakeman has been campaigning since January.

The fact that Senor hasn't made his intentions clear didn't stop Times columnist Jim Dwyer from taking a swipe at him this week. The fact that Senor is heading to the Monday Meeting could be a sign that he is still in the mix - or maybe he's just trying to sell some books.

The rest of the March 22 guest list appears after the jump.

Nick Confessore and Danny Hakim beg to differ with Gov. David Paterson.

Rep. Mike Acruri is definitely voting "no" on health care reform.

Rep. Scott Murphy says he's still thinking about it.

...But he was a "yes" on a procedural vote that allowed the bill to advance.

LG Richard Ravitch lamented the administration's loss of the "extraordinarily talented" Marissa Shorenstein.

Assemblyman Peter Rivera predicted a Latino backlash against Steve Levy.

State GOP Chairman Ed Cox will join Levy at his Manhattan announcement tomorrow.

Sen. Bill Perkins will be "following the money" in his charter school hearings.

Hassan Nemazee pleaded guilty.

Bill Thompson got nostalgic.

Will 2012 be the year of the third party?

The NRSC was subpoeaned.

Kristin Davis is pro-beastiality.

Ben Smith agrees with Maggie Haberman.

Tom DiNapoli, governor?

DiNapoli wants local governments to step up their ethics enforcement.

The Jewish Week has a new Website in the works.

Megan Carpenter questions the wisdom of AG Andrew Cuomo's election year crackdown on pension padding.

Democratic AG contender Eric Dinallo has landed the support of seven more upstate county chairs, bringing his list to a grand total of 17.

The seven: Anthony Fiala, Jr. (Broome), Dan Tagliente (Cortland), Joseph M. Pickreign, Jr. (Franklin), Lorie Longhany (Genesee), Linda Mitchell (Hamilton), Kathleen Pumilio (Herkimer) and Jeanne Crane (Orleans).

While 17 seems like a fairly sizable number - especially since there are 62 chairs and Dinallo is so far the only AG hopeful to announce any party endorsements - it only accounts for about 6.79 percent of the weighted vote at the state convention.

(The seven chairs are worth about 2.67 percent. The 10 chairs Dinallo rolled out last week, 4.12 percent.

It takes 25 percent to get onto the ballot and 50 percent to become the official nominee.

Gubernatorial hopeful Republican Rick Lazio took a few swipes today at his potential GOP primary opponent, Steve Levy, seeking to paint the party-jumping former assemblyman as an opportunist and Albany insider.

The former Long Island congressman called a press conference at his Manhattan campaign HQ to respond to the news about Levy's impending announcement.

He sought to punch holes in Levy's attempt to claim the "outsider" mantle and also challenged the county executive's claims that he will be the real fiscal conservative in the race.

"Really? Fiscally conservative? I seem to remember when he was a county legislator and I was a county legislator he voted for a 160 percent property tax hike," Lazio said.

"I think if you look at his record in the state Assembly - he’s had his time in Albany. He’s one of the reasons we are where we are. He was a go-along, get-along type of guy. Voted for tax increases. Last time I checked a $4 billion tax hike is not a fiscal conservative."

Lazio, who avoided mentioning Levy by name, instead referring to him as "this individual," said the county executive has "been a Democrat his whole life" and probably would have chosen to remain that way in this race "if he felt this was an easier path."