Buffalo Assemblyman Michael Kearns on Monday said he has left the Assembly Democratic conference and is looking to start his own independent caucus. Kearns, serving his first full term in the Legislature’s lower chamber, said he would not return to the Democratic conference until Speaker Sheldon Silver resigns as their… Read More →
Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hold a cabinet meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the Capitol to discuss education issues, including teacher retention. In Cuomo’s State of the State address, he laid out his plan for education reform in the state, which includes implementing a bar exam for prospective teachers and rewarding… Read More →
A Buffalo assemblyman has split from the Democratic conference after a state ethics report showed Assembly leaders shielded sexual harassment allegations from public view. Assemblyman Michael Kearns, D-Buffalo, will call on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down from his post at a news conference Monday afternoon, according to Kearns’... Read More →
YONKERS — Three City Council Democrats are crying foul over hastily-called plans for a vote today on new political boundaries that they oppose. The Yonkers council is scheduled to decide at a 3 p.m. meeting whether to adopt a redistricting plan put forth by Mayor Mike Spano last Friday as a… Read More →
Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, said today he will not run for Congress next year. Ball had briefly ran for the seat in 2010, but decided to run for the state Senate. With the congressional seat now held by Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, a former aide to Eliot Spitzer,... Read More →
Former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, A Brooklyn Democrat who resigned today, quickly lost his desk on the chamber floor and office in a state building. The placards that once showed Lopez’ name in front of his desk and on his office door have been removed. Lopez resigned after twin reports last… Read More →
State lawmakers from Westchester County and Long Island today will continue to push for tougher boating laws after a number of deaths in recent years. The lawmakers will be joined by the family of Bryan Johnson, an Ossining man who died in a boating accident last year. Johnson’s family and… Read More →
Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez resigned at 9 a.m., but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver remains under fire for not doing more to curb Lopez’s years of alleged sexual harassment of aides. Some Republicans and many newspapers’ editorial boards across New York have called for Silver’s ouster as speaker after two reports… Read More →
New Yorkers are bracing for more corruption arrests in Albany and believe state government is getting more dysfunctional, a Siena College poll released today found. With a series of scandals rocking the state Capitol since early April, 67 percent of voters said state government is getting worse—and 88 percent said… Read More →
YONKERS—The city has set new standards to keeps its buildings green. The Yonkers City Council this week unanimously approved a bill requiring all municipal properties to be constructed or renovated according to new Green Building Standards designed to help conserve natural resources, boost energy efficiency and cut operating costs. Under… Read More →
