Fatal fungus found in N.J. kills off 93 percent of N.Y. bat population
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Bat populations in caves struck by deadly white-nose syndrome have plunged by up to 93 percent, according to a survey of Northeast...
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Joe Bruno Guilty, NY Senate Rules Should Be Named Co-Conspirator
Brian Keeler | Posted 12.08.2009 | New York
Because there has been no threat to the power structure in Albany for so long, players left and right have learned to play the system, and the lawmakers have done nothing to upset the cart.
N.Y. Senate votes on gay marriage
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 12.02.2009 | Home
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The state senate will take a long-awaited vote on a bill to legalize gay marriage. But the outcome of the vote today that could gi...
Rudy Giuliani considers N.Y. Senate bid, despite pressure for Gov run
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 11.20.2009 | Home
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who many Republicans have been pushing to run for governor in 2010, is instead leaning m...
N.Y. declares state of emergency due to rise in swine flu cases
NJ.com | NJ.com | Posted 10.29.2009 | Home
Matt Rainey/The Star-LedgerEmployees of Morristown Memorial Hospital receive flu vaccinations on Sept. 17 at the hospital in Morristown. ALBANY, N...
NY may try to collect taxes on Indian cigarettes
AP | Posted 10.26.2009 | Home
ALBANY, N.Y. — A deepening deficit has New York officials looking again at collecting taxes on cigarettes sold by Indian tribes to non-Indians.
The issue is also making unlikely allies of cigarette makers and anti-smoking interests who say taxation would limit illegal sales and keep cigarettes out of the hands of minors.
At stake is what the state, cigarette companies and a leading anti-smoking group say is $400 million or more in annual revenue. That almost equals a proposed midyear cut in school aid.
The Seneca Nation of Indians counters that its sales yield millions more in spinoff economic benefits to communities than the taxes would generate.
A budget hearing Tuesday will also address concerns the tax collections could lead to repeats of violence that marked past confrontations.
Does Bloomberg Really Want to Save Mass Transit?
John Petro | Posted 10.18.2009 | New York
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If Mayor Bloomberg is keen to improve mass transit in New York City, he should begin by making a larger commitment from the city's huge capital budget.
New York Lawmakers "Double Dipping": Take Pensions On Top Of Salary Pay
New York Times | DANNY HAKIM | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York
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ALBANY -- When Assemblyman Harvey Weisenberg retired last year, there were no sendoffs, no cakes and no serenades. In fact, no one even knew he had l...
NYC Left High and Dry
Ester Fuchs | Posted 08.18.2009 | Home
NYC is the poster child for America's dysfunctional federalism. It makes no difference the magnitude of the crisis. We can be in the deepest recession since the great Depression and the City is held hostage to the unaccountable politics of Albany.
The Albany Coup In Pictures (SLIDESHOW)
The Huffington Post | Dennis Tang | Posted 08.17.2009 | New York
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The New York State Senate adjourned today for the summer, after one of the more absurd periods in its history. Take a look back on a month of political bedlam in Albany with this handy slideshow summary.
Mayor Bloomberg's School Control Bill Stalled In Senate
New York Times | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 08.16.2009 | New York
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ALBANY -- Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg's efforts to renew his control of New York City's school system stalled on Wednesday as Senate Democrats insisted...
Episcopal bishops OK prayer for gay couples
AP | MICHELLE RINDELS | Posted 08.15.2009 | Home
Episcopal bishops authorized the church Wednesday to start drafting an official prayer for same-sex couples, another step toward acceptance of gay relationships that will deepen the rift between the denomination and its fellow Anglicans overseas.
The bishops voted 104-30 at the Episcopal General Convention to "collect and develop theological resources and liturgies" for blessing same-gender relationships, which would be considered at the next national meeting in 2012.
The resolution notes the growing number of states that allow gay marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships, and gave bishops in those regions discretion to provide a "generous pastoral response" to couples in local parishes.
Many Episcopal dioceses already allow clergy to bless same-sex couples but there is no official liturgy for the ceremonies in the denomination's Book of Prayer. The measure still needs the approval of the lay people and priest delegates at the assembly, which ends Friday.
"We certainly feel a deep need to be able to proclaim the love of God in the midst of a changing reality," said Suffragan Bishop James Curry of the Diocese of Connecticut, one of six states that are legalizing same-gender marriage.
Sen. Pedro Espada Returns To Democrats, Ending Senate Stalemate (VIDEO)
AP | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- New York's Senate standoff ended Thursday as it started 31 days ago, with a freshman Democrat shifting the balance of power in th...
State Senate Stalemate: No Paychecks For Senators
New York Daily News | Kenneth Lovett and Glenn Blain | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York
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Thirty-one days into their stalemate, do-nothing warring state senators are having their salaries withheld Wednesday - for the first time since the in...
Albany Chaos Could Lead To City Hiring Freeze
NBC New York | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York
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Don't hire anyone! That's the message from City Hall to New York City agencies. Sponsored Topics: New York City - United States - New York - ...
Today In HuffPost New York
Dan Collins | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York
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There is nothing more depressing than realizing you weren't being cynical enough about politicians.
Albany Nightmare
Barbara Bartoletti | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York
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In Albany, dysfunction is a way of life, journalists, lobbyists and political pundits who walk the marble halls of the Capitol have learned over the decades how to menuver around this dysfunction.
Rick Lazio Governor Run In New York Planned, AP Says
AP | RIK STEVENS | Posted 07.26.2009 | Politics
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ALBANY, N.Y. — Republican Rick Lazio, who ran unsuccessfully for the U.S. Senate against Hillary Rodham Clinton in 2000, is planning to run for ...
N.Y. Unemployed A Casualty Of Senate Chaos
New York Times | PATRICK McGEEHAN | Posted 07.26.2009 | New York
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A campaign to increase New York's unemployment benefits for the first time in a decade has been sidetracked by the political stalemate in Albany. Des...
State Senate Still Stuck In Neutral
AP | Posted 07.25.2009 | New York
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- As some state senators made plans to go home despite an unresolved power standoff, an angry Gov. David Paterson called them bac...
Take The Albany Quiz
Dan Collins | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York
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There's been a great deal of speculation about why the leaders of the coup in Albany would foist all this misery and disarray on their fellow New Yorkers. Pick the reasons you think are right!
Pols Pan Paterson's Plan To End Senate Logjam
New York Post | Fredric U. Dicker | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York
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Gov. Pateron's proposed his plan to "mediate" the Senate chaos without the approval of the parties involved, and they're dismissing it as little more ...
Mayor Bloomberg Declares War On Albany Over School Control Bill
New York Post | Carl Campanile | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York
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A furious Mayor Bloomberg has declared war on Albany -- warning the Senate clowns and their ringmaster that he's sick of watching them play power game...
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand Gears Up For Re-Election Campaign
AP | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- By any measure, New York's new Democratic U.S. senator, Kirsten Gillibrand, got off to a rocky start. She was neither a Kennedy n...
Sen. Hiram Monserrate Compares Himself To Jesus
New York Daily News | Glenn Blain in Albany and Celeste Katz in New York | Posted 07.22.2009 | New York
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