Suozzi: Albany mess not funny
In an op-ed published today, Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi said late-night comics might be having a field day with the state Senate standoff, but the mess is actually no laughing matter. Suozzi,...
View ArticlePaterson: Don’t pay the bums
An irate Gov. David Paterson told state Senators to show up for work and hold a session or he would withold their pay. That threat was quickly – and professionally – dismissed by Sen. Kevin Parker, who...
View ArticleSenate Dems honor Jackson, Fawcett
Senate Democrats held their session Friday before calling it a week by holding a moment of silence in honor of Farrah Fawcett and Michael Jackson. Then they called it a day. The coalition of 30...
View ArticleFoley sets July fundraiser
Sen. Brian Foley, the former Brookhaven supervisor in his first year in the state Senate, is holding a fundraiser on July 13 at The Lands End in Sayville. Tickets are $200 per person, though Democratic...
View ArticleThe bright side in Albany
The bickering in the state Senate ticked off nearly everyone in New York. But the stalemate could have gone on through the summer, as far as restaurant and bar owners in Albany are concerned. According...
View ArticleVoters still mad at Senate
The wound is still fresh so it’s hard to tell what will actually happen in late 2010, but 62 percent of voters said they will remember the Senate fight when they go to the voting booth next year,...
View ArticlePutting on the brakes
The state Senate stalemate has been settled, the fall campaigns have yet to hit full swing and the health care debate won’t resume in earnest, in all likelihood, until September. So this sounds like a...
View ArticleSenate Dems sink LI
The Democratic shift in power in the state Senate cost Long Island dearly in 2009. A Times Union examination of discretionary legislative grants – or pork-barrel spending – showed that money coming to...
View ArticleIn Senate, sharing costs a fortune
The Democratic power-sharing structure in the state Senate has cost taxpayers $568,957 so far, according to this post in the Albany Times Union. From the Albany publication: This doesn’t even count...
View ArticleShock poll: NYers hate state government
As if though they even had to conduct a poll. Quinnipiac University released a survey this morning that showed 77 percent of New York residents think state government is dysfunctional, with 58 percent...
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