PUBLISHER TO LAUNCH FREE PAPER FOR
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES

Just four weeks after the launch of Our Town Downtown, a free weekly aimed at families living below 28th street, local publishing conglomerate Manhattan Media will introduce a free monthly paper Monday for New York's government employees.Manhattan Media president and chief executive officer, Tom Allon, says he hopes the paper's in-depth coverage of insider New York politics will appeal to local elected leaders, their staff, lobbyists, good government groups, and agency heads. Mr. Allon said City Hall is modeled after Washington D.C. papers like Roll Call and the Hill, which target employees of the federal government. "I think a publication like that will probably do pretty well," the political editor at Roll Call, Josh Kurtz, said.

- Special to the Sun

City Hall News
Manhattan Media, LLC, publisher of several community newspapers, recently began printing City Hall, a monthly paper covering the "politicians, staffers, and issues that shape New York." Its Web site is probably the only place on the Web with a poll allowing you to vote on who the funniest council member is.