Hiram Monserrate

Casino Brawl Business as Usual for New York State Legislature

Dan Collins | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: Buffalo, Sneca Nation, Sen. Carl Kruger, Hiram Monserrate, Upstate New York, Ny News, Grisanti Fight, Pedro Espada, Mark Grisant, Sen. Hiram Monserrate, Carl Kruger, New York State Legislature, Seneca Niagra Casino, Grisanti Casino Brawl, New York News

The bizarre late-night fight involving state Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, proves that the state legislature retains its amazing capacity to surprise, delight, amuse and nauseate.

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Carl Kruger's Fall Highlights Woeful State of Albany's Senate Democrats

Dan Collins | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Governor Cuomo State Senate, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, Andrew Cuomo, Ruben Diaz, Carl Kruger Bribery, Sen. Carl Kruger, Hiram Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate Assault, Four Amigos Albany, Pedro Espada, Carl Kruger, Senator Pedro Espada, New York News

Kruger's bribery conviction is part of the answer to an Albany mystery -- why Gov. Andrew Cuomo is so indifferent to the question of whether his Democratic Party can win back the state Senate in the next election.

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Disgraced Ex-Senator Now Working At Queens Pizzeria

nypost.com | SALLY GOLDENBERG, AMANDA MIKELBERG and JENNIFER FERMINO | Posted 06.11.2011

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Hiram Monserrate is serving the public again -- one slice at a time. The shamed former state senator is getting rid of his aggression these days by...

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Disgraced Pol Avoiding Child Support For Autistic Son?

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Janet Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate Scandal, Hiram Monserrate Child Support, Ny News, New York News

The Hiram Monserrate haters have another reason to grumble. The disgraced ex-State Senator's wife claims Monserrate is trying to cut the amount of ch...

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Giving Thanks in New York

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Joe Bruno, Andrew Cuomo, Governor David Paterson, Ground Zero Settlement, Hiram Monserrate, Hank Morris, Thanksgiving, Harlem Children's Zone, Pedro Espada, Geoffrey Canada, Alan Hevesi, Carl Paladino, Judge Jed Rakoff, Thanksgiving 2010, New York News

Let's face it, when you count your blessings this year the first thing that springs to mind is not going to be the New York state legislature. Still, there's lots in New York to give thanks for.

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Hiram and Julissa

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Christine Quinn, Hiram Monserrate, Pedro Espada, Julissa Ferreras, Vito Lopez, Larry Seabrook, Celeste Katz, Miguel Martinez, New York News

The other shoe dropped Tuesday for Hiram Monserrate. The first state Senator to be expelled from that body since 1781, Monserrate was indicted by a Federal grand jury.

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The People Speak

Henry J. Stern | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Ken Mangan, New York Uprising, John Sampson, Ed Koch, Gustavo Rivera, Bill Stachowski, Tim Kennedy, John Accardo, Hiram Monserrate, Pedro Espada, Sheldon Silver, Dean Skelos, Jerry Skurnik, Francine DelMonte, New York News

The Democratic and Republican party organizations continue to weaken. They are most influential in races where no one knows who the candidates are.

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Hiram Monserrate, Karla Giraldo Reunited: Assault Lawmaker Back With Girlfriend

nydailynews.com | Daniel Edward Rosen and Corky Siemaszko | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiram Monserrate, Nyc Politics, Hiram Monserrate Assault, Karla Giraldo Attack, Karla Giraldo, New York News

Ousted lawmaker Hiram Monserrate planted a kiss on his girlfriend Tuesday after a Queens judge gave the looney lovebirds the OK to see each other agai...

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The Continued Corruption of New York's Politics

Steven Cohen | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Corrpution, Polictics, New York, Rudy Giuliani, New York State Senate, David Paterson, Michael Bloomberg, Hiram Monserrate, Pedro Espada, Sheldon Silver, Eliot Spitzer, New York News

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo's recent filing of a civil suit against State Senator Pedro Espada is another episode in the disheartening saga of public "service" in New York.

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New York: Week In Review (PHOTOS)

Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Week in Pictures New York, St. Patrick's Day, New York Pictures, Slidepollajax, Hiram Monserrate, Bernard Madoff, Steve Levy, Photos, New York News, New York News

Spring has finally sprung in the Big Apple. Let's look back at the last (official) week of winter in 2010. ...

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Betsy McCaughey For Senate Or Governor? Candidacy Floated In Poll Calls

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Betsy Mccaughey, Betsy Mccaughey Governor, New York Senate, Video, New York Governor, New York State Senate, Betsy Mccaughey Health Care, Hiram Monserrate, Betsy Mccaughey Senate, Kirsten Gillibrand, Eat the Press, Politics News

Good news for people who like trial balloons for bad candidates! The New York Daily News' Elizabeth Benjamin heard from one Manhattanite who received ...

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Monserrate Casts Himself As Underdog In Election Bid

nydailynews.com | By Clare Trapasso | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monserrate Expelled, Queens, Hiram Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate Girlfriend Assault, Hiram Monserrate Election Bid, Hiram Monserrate Assault, New York City, New York, New York News

He's been called a lot of names recently - girlfriend slasher, Democratic Party traitor and public enemy No. 1 to the gay community. One thing former ...

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New York's State Senate: A Story of Fallen Leadership and Vision

Brian Keeler | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Nys-Senate, NYS Senate, New York, Pedro Espada, Joe Bruno, New York Senate, Hiram Monserrate, New York News

Our state government, which once had the vision to build the Erie Canal, has fallen into such a funk of dysfunctional paralysis that it can no long perform even the most basic tasks.

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Monserrate Supporters Launch Campaign Against Gay-Friendly Jose Peralta

The New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monserrate Expelled, Hiram Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate Senate Expulsion, Hiram Monserrate Assault, Jose Peralta, New York City, New York, New York News

Here's an anti-Jose Peralta flier making it's way around the district, noting that he is supportive of same-sex marriage....

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Hiram Monserratte's Constituents Attack Him -- On His Own Website

Miguel Guadalupe | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiram Monserrate, Albany, Politics, Democrats, Domestic Violence, New York, Republicans, New York News

New Yorkers within State Senator Monserrate's district, as well as others, are taking the chance to spread their "blessings" all over Monserrate's 2008 campaign page guestbook.

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Domestic Violence: A Pre-Existing Condition?

Amy Goodman | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiram Monserrate, International Womens Day, David Paterson, National Organizatino for Women, Barack Obama, Pre-Existing-Condition, Domestic Violence, Womens-History-Month, Politics News

March is Women's History Month, recognizing women's central role in society. Unfortunately, violence against women is epidemic in the United States and around the world.

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David Paterson Needs to Find a New Job

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Chuck Schumer, David Johnson, Wall Street, David Paterson, New York Politics, Richard Ravitch, Hiram Monserrate, New York Times, Hillary Clinton, Charlie Rangel, Eliot Spitzer, New York News

The strange craziness that began with the rumors that the New York Times was looking into his sex life has now reached a point that even most of David Paterson's harshest critics never expected.

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Pro-Gay Marriage Group, Fight Back New York, Targets Monserrate

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Monserrate Expelled, Gay Rights, Queens, Hiram Monserrate, Fight Back New York, Hiram Monserrate Assault, Gay Activism, New York City, Gay Marriage, New York, New York News

Angered by the defeat last year of a bill that would have allowed same-sex couples to marry, a group of well-financed gay rights advocates has started...

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Getting Back to Work

Dan Cantor | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiram Monserrate, Paid Sick Days, Working Families Party, Mta, New York Senate, State Island, Jose-Peralta, Debi Rose, New York News

The Working Families Party's opponents -- Republican operatives and lobbyists -- know they can't beat progressive ideas at the ballot box. So they dragged us into court.

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The Discreet Nonchalance of Public Servants Who Beat Their Women

Nina Burleigh | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Women, Illinois, Discrimination, New York, Domestic Violence, Violence Against Women, David Johnson, Rape, David Paterson, Hiram Monserrate, Sheldon Silver, Scott Lee Cohen, Sexual Assault, New York News

Paterson's intervention in the David Johnson case, Hiram Monserrate, Scott Lee Cohen's nomination in Illinois -- all are symptoms of a casual national attitude toward violence against women.

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Monserrate's Expulsion Upheld By Judge

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK � A federal judge has rejected an attempt to temporarily block the expulsion of a New York state lawmaker. Colleagues voted to remove Hi...

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New York Times Paterson Bombshell: Paterson Aide David W. Johnson Sold Cocaine, Has Been Violent

New York Times | Danny Hakim and William K. Rashbaum | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Harlem, Fight, David Johnson, David Paterson, Drugs, David A. Paterson, Bronx, Harassment, New York Governor, Domestic, Paterson Aide, Hiram Monserrate, Paterson Bombshell, David W. Johnson, Domestic Violence, New York News

David W. Johnson has worked for Gov. David A. Paterson for much of his adult life. He began as a young, ambitious intern from Harlem when Mr. Paterson...

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Albany for Dummies

Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Sen. Diane Savino, Aqueduct Video Slot Machines, Gov. David Paterson Sex Drugs, Karla Giraldo, Hiram Monserrate Expulsion, Hiram Monserrate, Hiram Monserrate Assault, Gov. David Paterson, Hiram Monserrate Senate Expulsion, Albany, New York News

The expulsion of Hiram Monserrate from the state Senate capped another hallucinogenic week in New York's capital. Here are three theories that might explain the madness we call Albany.

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Hiram Monserrate Files Suit To Block Expulsion

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — A New York lawmaker whose colleagues voted to expel him because of a misdemeanor assault conviction is filing suit in federal cou...

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Gail Collins: Illinois Edges New York For 'Most Awful Political Culture'

New York Times | GAIL COLLINS | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hiram Monserrate, Illinois, Illinois Politics, Scott Lee Cohen, Illinois Democrats, Illinois Corruption, Chicago, Chicago News

So, who's worse? Both states lost their governors to scandal. But Eliot Spitzer is not about to make his debut on "Celebrity Apprentice." Point Illino...

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