NIAGARA FALLS _ Attorney General Andrew Cuomo told the Democratic Rural Conference Friday that this fall’s election is the most important in his lifetime, but he wouldn’t say whether he would participate in it as the party’s gubernatorial candidate. Cuomo, the presumptive Democratic nominee for governor, was the… Read More →
Protesters against Gov. David Paterson’s proposed state-worker furlough and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s likely candidacy for governor gathered outside the Crowne Plaza in Niagara Falls this afternoon as they awaited the arrival of both men at the Democratic Rural Conference. Paterson and Cuomo are among the political heavyweights scheduled to speak… Read More →
Seeking to boost his upstate credentials for his run for attorney general, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, D-Greenburgh, Westchester County, announced today the endorsement of Rep. Maurice Hinchey, D-Hurley, Ulster County. Brodsky, along with the five other Democratic candidates for attorney general, are expected to attend this weekend’s Democratic Rural Conference in… Read More →
Hoping to end an impasse, County Executive Rob Astorino today proposed an alternative health contribution plan that exempts workers with 30 years on the job. In pitching his new model, the Republican wants to prevent a so-called “brain drain” from the District Attorney’s Office and end a standstill over dueling… Read More →
That’s the gist of a letter from state Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, to Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County. Citing an internal poll, Ball advises Skelos that he will be the GOP candidate in the race to replace state Sen. Vincent Leibell, R-Patterson. Therefore, he argues, he and the… Read More →
County Executive Rob Astorino today announced a plan to temporarily save the county’s BxM4C express bus to Manhattan that translates into higher fares, fewer buses and more than $1 million in savings. The compromise means that riders will pay $8.50 a trip, a $3 increase, and that the service will… Read More →
Gov. David Paterson took to his regular Thursday schedule of radio shows, talking about the budget and the need to get a budget agreement in advance of June 1—when billions of dollars in payments are due. Paterson also indicated that he will keep independent a bill to impose a one-day-a-week… Read More →
In case you missed it, attorney general Andrew Cuomo filed a second lawsuit against state Sen. Pedro Espada over fraud allegations concerning his for not-for-profit. There’s already been plenty of chatter about Espada allegedly spending $20,000 of the charity’s money on sushi or New Rochelle councilman Richard St. Paul working… Read More →
Republican comptroller candidate Harry Wilson is criticizing a fundraiser by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, for Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. Silver pushed for DiNapoli to succeed disgraced Comptroller Alan Hevesi in January 2007 after Hevesi resigned after he was charged with using aides to chauffeur his wife. And over then-Gov. Eliot… Read More →
Republican gubernatorial candidate Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy today said he won the endorsement of the Queens County Republican Party’s executive committee, a group that had supported Levy’s potential primary foe Rick Lazio. “With each passing day we continue to gain momentum and this is another step forward in my… Read More →
