Ethics panel refuses document request in Lopez probe
Albany State ethics watchdogs won’t be releasing any more documents on their recently completed probe of Vito Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat who resigned from the Assembly amid a sexual harassment scandal....
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Deal would restore funding for disabled
Tweet Google Pin It Originally published: June 13, 2013 3:51 PM Updated: June 13, 2013 4:10 PM By YANCEY ROY yancey.roy@newsday.com Photo credit: James Escher | Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long...
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Mayor Bloomberg and Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott honored 11 teachers from around the city this week as winners of the first “Big Apple Awards” to recognize excellence in education, but none from...
View ArticleMixed Martial Arts still controversial
New York is the only state in which Mixed Martial Arts is banned, and the controversy surrounding the sport is ongoing in Albany. In response to a bill that would legalize MMA, 35 Assembly Democrats...
View ArticleAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver sued over $103K sexual harassment settlement
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, speaks during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y., on Monday, May 20, 2013. Silver was sued June 13, 2013 by a New York resident who...
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State deal would restore funding for disabled
Tweet Google Pin It Originally published: June 13, 2013 3:51 PM Updated: June 13, 2013 10:29 PM By YANCEY ROY yancey.roy@newsday.com Photo credit: James Escher | Assemb. Harvey Weisenberg (D-Long...
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Shaquille O’Neal pushes to legalize mixed martial arts in New York state
View full sizeShaquille O’Neal shares a few jokes off his Blackberry at Syracuse University. The NBA star took a two-day broadcast journalism course in 2009 at the SI Newhouse School of Public...
View ArticleSheldon Silver says Democrats back him as Assembly speaker, despite sexual …
ALBANY, N.Y. — Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said Monday his Democratic colleagues support him in the powerful post he’s held since 1994, even as the chamber faces a lawsuit from Silver’s handling of...
View ArticleNew York voters want Silver to step down: Poll
TweetPin It Email to a friend Print this story Permalink Half of New York voters want Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) to step down as state Assembly speaker because of the way he handled a sexual...
View ArticleTrojans settle for silver in D-3 Tennis Finals
WORCESTER – The Bromfield tennis team had a magical season, but as the old adage goes — all good things must come to an end. The Trojans met their match in the State Finals, at Clark University, as...
View ArticleAlbany leaders can do big things in the final week of legislative session
The New York State Legislature is in the home stretch with a long list of items on its agenda – and that’s just the stuff that we know about. Issues that aren’t on the radar have a way of popping up as...
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Change in construction law puts more burden on workers
For more than a century, as builders erected the Woolworth Building, the Empire State Building and now the new World Trade Center, an arcane 1885 state law has protected the construction workers who...
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Tarnished Silver’s future in question
Tweet Google Pin It June 16, 2013 6:31 PM By DAN JANISON dan.janison@newsday.com Photo credit: AP | Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, presides over session in the Assembly Chamber at the...
View ArticleUpstate Empire State pols work to repeal Cuomo’s gun law
Opposition to New York’s extreme gun control law the Secure Ammunition and Firearms Enforcement Act continues and elected officials are stepping forward to promote full repeal of the bill that was...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo’s Favorability Rating Falls to New Low – WGRZ
<!– –> Tweet - A A A + <!– –> By Joseph Spector Albany Bureau Chief ALBANY, NY – New York voters are fed up with corruption at the Capitol, and Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s popularity dropped to its...
View ArticleCuomo’s progressive agenda runs into legislative roadblocks
Nnnnn nnnnnnnnn nnnnnnnn nnnnnn nnnnnnnn nnnnnn nnnnnnn nnnnnn By Tom Precious NEWS ALBANY BUREAU chief ALBANY – This was to be, according to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, the Year of the Progressive Agenda....
View ArticleLegislative leaders, Cuomo aiming for deals tonight
With the legislative session slated to close Thursday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top lawmakers are gearing up for a late night Monday to try and hammer out deals on major legislation before the calendar...
View ArticleLearning from past secrets
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, introduced a bill late Monday night that would ban confidential settlements by the state. Assembly Bill 8065 appears to ban the type of settlement that was...
View ArticleLearning from past secrets
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, introduced a bill late Monday night that would ban confidential settlements by the state. Assembly Bill 8065 appears to ban the type of settlement that was...
View ArticleNY Republicans Work to Repeal State Gun Law
Even as Rep. Eliott Engel (D) is trying to push stronger gun control laws in the Empire State, GOP politicians from New York are attempting to appeal Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Secure Ammunition and Firearms...
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