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Plans for pay raises for judges and state legislators were crippled when Senate Democrats backed out and Gov. Eliot Spitzer said campaign-finance reform should be completed first. Coverage here,...
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Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County, is on a local Albany radio station this morning defending himself against an Albany Times Union story about using the state air...
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There’s plenty of talk about the Senate’s returning Monday for a session, largely to pass a bill that would permit New York City to charge drivers and extra fee to enter busy parts of Manhattan durign...
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Yesterday was a big day at the Capitol, with the Senate Investigations Committee holding a meeting about the “Spitzergate” scandal in the governor’s office and discussing legislation that could...
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Gov. Eliot Spitzer said yesterday that political contributions he received from bidders for New York’s racing franchise won’t affect his recommendation for the contract, which he plans to make on...
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The Senate Racing and Wagering Board is holding a meeting in Albany this morning to begin vetting Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s recommendation that the New York Racing Association continue to run the state’s...
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Companies that produce electricity in New York are fearful of re-regulation by the state. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and about 20 of his lawyers were in Rochester yesterday to learn about the...
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Criticism of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s policy change allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses has reached a fever pitch. U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles Schumer, both New York...
View ArticleState homeland security chief victim of hit-and-run driver
State Homeland Security Chief Michael Balboni, a former GOP senator from Nassau County, thanked Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings and city Police Chief James Tuffey for police’s quick response in an...
View ArticleSchumer again completes circuit of counties
 Say this for Sen. Chuck Schumer – he doesn’t stand still very often.   The state’s peripatetic senior senator announced today that he planned to visit Rensselaer County, near the state...
View ArticleSchumer Tour 2007
If you’ve been wondering what Sen. Charles Schumer has been doing this year, he’s willing to tell you. Today he completed his annual 62-county tour of every county in the state, something he’s done...
View ArticleSchumer, live from Baghdad
In a news conference via telephone from Iraq today, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., said he’d been making the rounds with troops, military and other leaders, and David Petraeus, commanding...
View ArticleHillary leads Dems on “Love Train”
  After getting a portion of the nominating votes from many states, Sen. Hillary Clinton put an end to a roll call several minutes ago by asking for the rules to be suspended and for Sen. Barack...
View ArticleSOS from Tri-State area to DC
U.S. senators who represent the tri-state area of New York, New Jersey and Connecticut are sending an SOS to the lame-duck Bush administration to help workers in the New York City metropolitan...
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