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Gang of Three Still Leaves Smith Short
ALBANY—Senators in the now "gang of three" remain uncommitted for a Senate leadership vote after a marathon meeting Tuesday afternoon. "What's coming out of the meeting is that they have not...
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The Bumpy Road Ahead for Paterson’s Proposal
ALBANY—The political reality of David Paterson implementing his proposed cuts may be difficult. Both of the key Democratic legislative leaders - Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Minority Leader...
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Lippman Hearing Gets a Little Noisy
ALBANY—Sitting next to a pile of this week's edition of the Village Voice - which featured a story about his elevation by David Paterson on its cover - Jonathan Lippman watched as some of the state's...
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Where Transportation Plans Go to Die
ALBANY—Unable thus far to agree on what steps to take in order to avert an impending public-transportation catastrophe, Albany’s leaders emerged from a closed-door meeting in the Capitol shortly before...
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Ruben Diaz, After the Landslide
Today, it should be noted, is the special election for Bronx borough president, and Assemblyman Ruben Diaz Jr. is expected to win by a landslide. Diaz will fill out the remainder of the term of his...
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‘This Mess Is Worse Than Ever’
ALBANY—Apparently, the court decision that both sides in the State Senate leadership struggle were waiting for has changed nothing. Both sides claimed victory when Justice Thomas McNamara dismissed a...
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Diaz Says Cuomo 'Would Do Anything to Be President' [Video]
Bronx State Senator Ruben Diaz took to the floor of the State Senate yesterday to decry in typical Diazian terms his colleagues' acquiescence on the budget. First he took his colleagues to task for...
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Rev. Diaz FOILS Cathie Black
She's gone, but she is not forgotten. Bronx Democratic State Senator Ruben Diaz released today the content of a Freedom of Information Law request for information regarding the salary, benefits and...
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Diaz Says Take Same Sex Marriage Vote to the People
Bronx Democratic Senator and leading same-sex marriage opponent Ruben Diaz, Sr is out with a release today urging the Gov. Andrew Cuomo to give up his legislative push for marriage equality and put the...
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What Does Seth Pinsky’s Wife Know About Real Estate? A Lot, It Turns Out.
Perhaps the best way to describe Angela Pinsky’s advocacy for the real estate industry is by saying that when she joined the Real Estate Board of New York almost two years ago, she didn’t see her job...
View ArticleBill Thompson Spends Full Day Courting Bronx Voters
For Bill Thompson, the Bronx is burning–for his attention. Just four days before the September primary, the Democratic mayoral candidate is in the midst of spending his full Friday–from dawn until...
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