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Obama's Gay Marriage Support Elicits Strong Response From NY Leaders

Posted 05.09.2012

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As news of President Obama's support for gay marriage broke on Wednesday, New York's top politicians reacted to the historical civil rights milestone....

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Senator Compares Abortion To The Holocaust

Posted 05.02.2012

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Bronx Pentecostal minister and New York State Senator Ruben Diaz (D-Bronx) compared abortion to the Holocaust Tuesday during a rant against a piece of...

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

Dan Collins | Posted 02.20.2012

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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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New Lawsuit Claims Gay Marriage Unconstiutional

AP | By CAROLYN THOMPSON | Posted 09.24.2011

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NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. -- Opponents of New York's gay marriage law filed the first lawsuit challenging the measure, an anticipated salvo that came Monday...

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LOOK: Anti-Gay Marriage Protesters March Through NYC

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 09.23.2011

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New York State Senator Ruben Diaz, Sr., along with National Organization For Marriage Chair Maggie Gallagher, spent a sizable portion of their anti-ga...

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Marriage Equality In New York: A Moral Triumph

Michele Somerville | Posted 08.29.2011

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On any given day, I am a proud New Yorker, but having long harbored equal marriage envy, I am pleased to be enjoying a novel sensation of "Empire State" pride in being a same-sex marriage state.

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Gay Marriage Push Will Test Cuomo's Political Skills

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 08.23.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Dozens of gay couples are planning to converge on Albany Thursday to witness what would be a historic vote to legalize gay marria...

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New York State Assembly Approves Same-Sex Marriage Bill

Reuters | Dan Wiessner | Posted 08.15.2011

By Dan Wiessner ALBANY, June 15 (Reuters) - The New York state Assembly approved same-sex marriage on Wednesday and the bill is likely to face ...

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Diaz Throws Anti-Gay Rally While Lesbian Granddaughter Counter-Protests

Posted 07.16.2011

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The 26th annual AIDS walk was on Sunday in New York. Over 40,000 marched in the walk, which raised $6 million to fight the disease. Meanwhile, in ...

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Bronx and Brooklyn Are Overweight And Manhattan's Depressed, Study Finds

Posted 05.31.2011

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Looks like New York City might need a gym membership. The Bronx and Brooklyn ranked, respectively, 62nd and 58th out New York's 62 counties in a r...

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Continuing Our Fight Against Illegal Guns

Ruben Diaz Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

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One recent weekend, the Bronx was besieged by an evening of carnage. Between late Friday night and early Saturday morning, August 6 to 7, my borough saw nine shooting incidents.

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Ruben Diaz Sr. Blames Paterson's Thin Crowds On Support For Gay Marriage

The New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 05.25.2011

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Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., who has made a career of giving his Democratic colleagues more than a little agita, put out a statement that seems to blame Gover...

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Paterson Wants Emergency

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011

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ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson wants the Legislature to grant him emergency, one-time power to close a $3.2 billion deficit in the ...

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New Jersey, Just Say No

Sara Haile-Mariam | Posted 05.25.2011

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We must ask why the same freedom that enables a State Senator to say "no" in Albany prohibits a same-sex couple from saying "I do" in Brooklyn.

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Kingsbridge Armory To Be Turned Into Bronx Mall

nytimes.com | Sam Dolnick | Posted 05.25.2011

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The City Planning Commission approved a controversial plan Monday to turn the Kingsbridge Armory, a soaring red-brick castle in the northwestern Bronx...

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Human Rights Humiliation

Robin Canter | Posted 05.25.2011

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How did something so very basic become so lurid and convoluted? Marriage equality is about love, commitment, responsibility and legitimacy.

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NYC's Economic Development Strategy: Keeping People in Poverty

John Petro | Posted 05.25.2011

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When city tax dollars are used to subsidize a private developer, community residents should benefit from the deal.

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