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On last night’s “Inside City Hall”, the state’s chief judge, Jonathan Lippman, discussed his proposal to deal with the mortgage foreclosure problem.

Watch a clip of the interview above.

Tonight’s guests include: City Comptroller John Liu and federal Housing Secretary Shaun Donovan.

The New York Times

David Chen reports: “A federal grand jury on Wednesday indicted a top fund-raiser for the city comptroller, John C. Liu, on charges that he helped illegally direct thousands of dollars into Mr. Liu’s campaign account.”

A Times trio looks at the “checkered” business background of Rep. Michael Grimm.

Al Baker notes that the NYPD is worried that there could be a suicide attempt at the 9/11 Memorial.

Thomas Kaplan writes: “Much of the excitement over the approval of same-sex marriage in New York last year centered on New York City, home to a large gay community whose members flocked to city marriage bureaus starting last July. But statistics released by the state on Wednesday show that more than 2,300 same-sex couples have wed in other communities in the state since the Marriage Equality Act took effect.”

Anemona Hartocollis reports: “More than a year ago, the city’s public hospital system announced that it would create a management structure for its medical staff that would centralize a fragmented system and save millions of dollars. As part of that plan, the hospital system agreed to pay Navigant, a consulting company, nearly $2 million a year for the services of two consultants, one of them part time, according to a copy of a contract obtained this week by The New York Times.”

New York Post

Tara Palmeri writes: “Mayor Bloomberg’s longtime gal pal, Diana Taylor, is asking friends to dig deep for her pick for Manhattan borough president. Taylor, managing director of the investment group Wolfensohn, sent an e-mail blast to her well-connected contact list yesterday, asking those on it to donate to Community Board 1 leader Julie Menin’s 2013 campaign for Beep.”

Sally Goldenberg notes: “Ground Zero first responders have gotten cancer at a rate 14 percent higher than a similar population, a doctor studying 9/11 workers said in bombshell testimony yesterday.”

Dave Seifman writes: “The FDNY is expected to shell out a record $200 million in overtime this year to its uniformed personnel because a bruising federal court fight has blocked the hiring of new firefighters, The Post has learned. Records show that OT payments to firefighters and officers, which dropped to a four-year low of $128 million in fiscal 2009, spiked after Brooklyn federal Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled that the 2007 firefighter exam was biased against minorities and hiring came to an abrupt halt.”

Laura Italiano notes: “Former Gov. David Paterson yesterday called on Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. to dismiss the case against retired Marine Ryan Jerome, who is facing criminal charges after trying to check his Indiana-registered handgun at the Empire State Building.”

Jen Fermino writes: “Plenty of smokers blew off the smoking ban on outdoor commuter-rail platforms yesterday, the first day the MTA was supposed to enforce the new state law. The MTA confirmed it cited no smokers yesterday.”

Erik Kriss & Yoav Gonen reports: “Negotiators last night were trying to hammer out a deal on a new teacher-evaluation system as today’s deadline loomed, with even union households saying they trust Gov. Cuomo more than the teachers union to look out for students’ best interests. Sources said they were optimistic the New York State United Teachers union and state Education Department would reach a deal and settle their lawsuit over the issue today — the last day Cuomo can amend his budget proposal, as promised, to impose a new system in the absence of a pact.”

Keil & Earle note: “New York power brokers held a four-hour phone-athon for Mitt Romney yesterday, dialing for dollars to help his presidential campaign beat back the rise of surging rival Rick Santorum with a barrage of TV ads. Donald Trump, Jets owner Woody Johnson and other big shots in real estate, law and finance gathered at the law offices of Weil, Gotshal & Manges at the GE Building in Midtown. Also on hand were Yankee President Randy Levine, Trump special counsel Michael Cohen, Prudential Douglas Elliman Chairman Howard Lorber, attorneys Mark Kasowitz and Phil Rosen and hedge-funder Anthony Scaramucci.”

New York Daily News

Blau & Moore report: “Controller John Liu has been pushing his top supervisors to fill the seats at his state of the city speech with friends and family, an insider told the Daily News. ‘They expect them to deliver people,’ the source said, referring to Liu and his closest advisers. The scandal-scarred pol has also invited at least 50 of his staff members to attend Thursday’s address at City College, the source said.”

Tina Moore notes: “The names of about 34,000 NYPD cops who toiled at Ground Zero after 9/11 will be handed over to a hospital conducting cancer research, the city said Wednesday. Police union officials had asked the NYPD since November to give the data to Mount Sinai Medical Center to help prove that exposure to World Trade Center toxins leads to an increased risk of cancer.”

Glenn Blain writes: “The state is about to put health insurers and their hefty rate hikes under the microscope. The Department of Financial Services angered insurers Wednesday by announcing it would conduct in-depth audits to ensure they were not inflating costs and attempting to cheat consumers.”

Until tomorrow.

Bob Hardt