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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...

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A November Election For Lieutenant Governor?

Bill Cunningham | Posted 08.09.2009 | New York

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Bill Cunningham

A 1943 N.Y. court ruling ordered the state to hold an election to fill a vacancy in the office of lieutenant governor. Yes, we could have an election this November to decide who will fill the current vacancy.

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Why I'm Running For City Comptroller

David Yassky | Posted 08.08.2009 | New York

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David Yassky

In the right hands, the City Comptroller's office will be a powerful force for increasing productivity and generating innovation.

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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...

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Albany Fallout: Non-Profits

Fran Barrett | Posted 08.07.2009 | New York

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Fran Barrett

So those of you who work in, or are on the board of, or even have friends who are connected to a nonprofit, let me offer you a few tips to nonprofits seeking member item funding.

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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 - ...

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Gov. Paterson Suggests Dems Should Accept Leadership Role For Sen. Pedro Espada

New York Daily News | By Glenn Blain and Kenneth Lovett | Posted 08.06.2009 | New York

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ALBANY - Gov. Paterson said it may be time for his fellow Democrats to accept turncoat Bronx Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. in a major leadership role as warri...

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Senate Rascals Need Turning Out, But it Won't Be Easy

Gabe Pressman | Posted 08.02.2009 | New York

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Gabe Pressman

There's a time-honored battle cry in politics: turn the rascals out! In history, these words usually applied to the politicians the reformers wanted to oust. But that isn't always the easiest thing to do.

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State Senate Stalemate: GOP Negotiating Session Flops

New York Observer | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

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Reporters were seated in a gigantic auditorium, with movie-theater-style seating and oak-paneled walls, a room normally used for legislative hearings....

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Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

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Dan Collins

There is nothing more depressing than realizing you weren't being cynical enough about politicians.

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Mayor Bloomberg Retains Control Of NYC's Public Schools

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 08.01.2009 | New York

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New York City's hastily appointed seven-member Board of Education has voted to reappoint Schools Chancellor Joel Klein with full authority to run the...

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NY Marriage Equality Progress Halted

Advocate | Posted 07.30.2009 | New York

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Because the New York senate's leadership remained in a cloud of procedural obscurity, the state's LGBT activists marched more than 40 blocks...

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Albany Nightmare

Barbara Bartoletti | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

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Barbara Bartoletti

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.

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The Albany Saga: Too Much For Hollywood

Liz Krueger | Posted 07.27.2009 | New York

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Liz Krueger

If someone actually wrote the screenplay of the Albany debacle, no one would believe that such events could actually take place in an advanced democracy in 2009.

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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...

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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...

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Farce Turns To Tragedy

Bill Cunningham | Posted 07.24.2009 | New York

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Bill Cunningham

What father would ask his children if they ever thought of growing up to be a state senator like Pedro Espada?

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Take The Albany Quiz

Dan Collins | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York

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Dan Collins

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!

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Send in the Clowns

Bill Cunningham | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York

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Bill Cunningham

The coup and near counter-coup of a few renegade members have exposed the most "dysfunctional" state legislative body to editorial scorn and cartoon ridicule.

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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 ...

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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...

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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...

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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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Rogue Democrat Hiram Monserrate, a key figure in the fight for the state Senate, has likened himself to Jesus Christ....

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Albany Still Stuck In Neutral

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM and JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 07.13.2009 | Local

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ALBANY -- A justice in State Supreme Court told Democrats and Republicans on Friday morning to talk throughout the weekend to try to resolve the dispu...

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Spitzer Sees Silver Lining In Albany's Political Train Wreck

New York Daily News | Elizabeth Benjamin | Posted 07.12.2009 | Local

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Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer - erstwhile steamroller of reform who railed against Albany and adopted the campaign slogan "Day One, Everything Changes" - ...

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