New York Democrats

It's Time to Question Labor's Ties to Democrats

Gregory Floyd | Posted 09.29.2011

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Around the country and in our nation's capital, we are seeing more Democrats willing to place the burden of fixing the country on the backs of public workers and the middle class in general.

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'Ground Zero Mosque' Debate Divides New York Democrats

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — As vulnerable congressional Democrats weigh how to respond to President Barack Obama's statements on Muslims' right to build a mosque...

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Democratic Party Convention Tries New Messages

Crain's New York Business | Posted 05.25.2011

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State Democrats at their convention in suburban Westchester County are trying to recast themselves not as the party in power--in Washington and in Alb...

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Cuomo Picks Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy for Lt. Governor

David A. Singer | Posted 05.25.2011

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The presumptive gubernatorial candidate, Andrew Cuomo, has tapped Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy as his choice for Lt. Goverrnor.

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Steve Levy For Gov? NY Republicans Consider Moderate Democrat For Governor Run

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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The Republican nomination for governor, which had for months seemed all but locked up by former United States Representative Rick A. Lazio, became a m...

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Is New York In A State Of Disrepair?

AP | BETH FOUHY | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — The Empire State has a lot to recommend it – Broadway shows, Niagara Falls, and baseball's World Series champions, the New York...

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Eric Massa Sexual Harassment Allegations: Congressman Denies Rumors Despite Facing Allegations Of Misconduct

AP | ANDREW MIGA and CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — A freshman congressman from New York who cited health reasons in announcing his retirement Wednesday is facing allegations of misco...

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Paterson: 'I'm The Teflon Governor'

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 05.25.2011

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Paterson Meets With Democrats Amid Scandal Rumors

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson met privately with key Democratic leaders about his re-election plans as questions swirl around the state cap...

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Gay Advocates Expect 'Bloodbath' For Anti-Gay Marriage Dems

nydailynews.com | Elizabeth Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Gay advocates are on the warpath after the state Senate killed same-sex marriage last week, and few Democratic senators who voted against the bill are...

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Hiram Monserrate To Be Censured Or Expelled From New York Senate: Report

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. (Associated Press) - Legislative officials says a special New York Senate committee is recommending either censuring or expelling a senat...

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Thompson To Challenge Gillibrand For Senate Seat?

nydailynews.com | Elizabeth Benjamin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Thompson is a man in demand. After his closer-than-expected loss to Mayor Bloomberg, Thompson's name is being floated as a potential candidate...

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Will Monserrate Keep His Seat? Committee To Decide

AP | CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — A New York Senate committee met Tuesday to decide whether a state senator convicted of assaulting his girlfriend should remain in off...

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Kirsten Gillibrand Weighed Down By Paterson Anchor

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public's opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has t...

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David Paterson On Meet The Press: "I'm Blind, I'm Not Oblivious."

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — David Paterson thrived politically as a state senator, working his way up in a nearly all-white Albany political structure. Now,...

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Hassan Nemazee, Democratic Fundraiser, Indicted For $292 Million Ponzi Scheme

AP | LARRY NEUMEISTER | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Federal prosecutors have charged a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Rodham Clinton and other top Democrats in an alleged $292 million P...

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Harlem -- Night Before The Primary

Reverend Billy | Posted 05.25.2011

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Corruption has taken a sophisticated form. It has been enlarged from the usual millions under the table, unchanged since Tammany Hall and beyond, to the modern era of marketing.

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Pedro Espada Jr. Rises Up To Captain Senate

New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 05.25.2011

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Three months after a State Senate revolt catapulted him to infamy and power, Mr. Espada - audacious, unapologetic, a magnet for prosecutors - is seizi...

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Hassan Namezee, Democratic Fundraiser, Faces Fraud Allegations In NY

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 05.25.2011

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NEW YORK — Prosecutors have leveled new allegations against a wealthy fundraiser for Hillary Clinton and other top Democrats, claiming he paid b...

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Thompson Lets A Supporter's Criticism Of Paterson Speak For Itself

The Observer | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bill Thompson supporter and labor leader Stuart Appelbaum complained loudly that the governor and state Democratic Party weren't doing more to help ou...

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Tainted Obama Fundraiser Gave To Schumer, Gillibrand

AP | Valerie Bauman | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, freshman U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, and U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand are among t...

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Senate Democrats Authorized $350,000 For Espada New Hires And Pay Raises

Times Union | IRENE JAY LIU | Posted 05.25.2011

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As Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. fended off scrutiny over his son's short-lived Senate job, the chamber's Democrat leaders authorized $350,000 in pay raises a...

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Pedro Espada's Son To Quit New Job After Cuomo Launches Probe

New York Daily News | Glenn Blain and Kenneth Lovett | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY - The son of Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. will quit his new $120,000-a-year Senate job today after prosecutors said they were lookin...

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Khari Edwards, Formerly Fired Aide, Now Hired By Senate Democrats

Times Union | Irene Jay Liu | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY -- As part of a glut of hiring and salary raises enacted since the Senate coup, the chamber's Democrats hired a former Paterson aide who was fi...

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Governor Paterson Feared As Liability For State Democrats

New York Times | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ | Posted 05.25.2011

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As he prepares to run for re-election, Representative Michael E. McMahon, a Democrat from Staten Island, is burdened with having to campaign in a dist...

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