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Bill Thompson To Challenge Kirsten Gillibrand For Senate Seat?

nydailynews.com | Elizabeth Benjamin | Posted 11.09.2009 | New York

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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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Kirsten Gillibrand Weighed Down By Paterson Anchor

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 10.05.2009 | New York

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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" (VIDEO)

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.27.2009 | New York

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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 11.21.2009 | New York

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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 11.16.2009 | New York

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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. Seizes New Role In Senate

New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York

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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 Nemazee Faces New Fraud Allegations In NY

AP | TOM HAYS | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York

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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 10.17.2009 | New York

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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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Hassan Nemazee: Schumer, Gillibrand Among New York Democrats Who Received Money From Alleged Fraudster

AP | Valerie Bauman | Posted 09.28.2009 | New York

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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 09.19.2009 | New York

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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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Khari Edwards, Fired By Governor Paterson, Now Hired By Senate Democrats

Times Union | Irene Jay Liu | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York

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

New York Daily News | Glenn Blain and Kenneth Lovett | Posted 09.13.2009 | New York

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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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Governor David Paterson Feared As Liability For State Democrats

New York Times | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York

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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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Today In HuffPost New York

Dan Collins | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

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Sen. Hiram Monserrate - whose girlfriend was treated for injuries around her left eye that required 20-40 stitches - has been put back in charge of the Consumer Protection Committee, a job that carries a $12,500 stipend.

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Sen. Hiram Monserrate Has Stipend, Committee Chairmanship Reinstated By Democratic Leaders

New York Daily News | By Kenneth Lovett | Posted 08.15.2009 | New York

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ALBANY - Democratic leaders quietly reinstated a $12,500 stipend for indicted Sen. Hiram Monserrate - one of two lawmakers who briefly joined Republic...

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Same-Sex Marriage In New York: A Timeline

New York Magazine | Jacob Gershman | Posted 07.23.2009 | New York

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On June 19, 2007, the New York State Assembly passed a bill to legalize gay marriage after a three-hour floor debate that ranged from apocalyptic to h...

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Poll: New York Dems Say Obama More Electable Than Clinton

Rasmussen Reports | Posted 06.06.2008 | Politics

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Fifty percent (50%) of New York Democrats say it's time for Senator Hillary Clinton to drop out of the race for the White House. Just 43% believe she ...

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