Morning briefing
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A meeting between legislative leaders and Gov. Eliot Spitzer on priorities for the rest of the session yesterday was a veritable free for all, with lots of sniping and little negotiation taking place.ÂÂ
Also in Albany, advocates urged Congress to increase food-stamp benefits, which have been frozen since 1996.
The state hit a new high for passage of school budget votes.
In Westchester County, Assemblyman Richard Brodsky, D-Greenburgh, is fueling speculation about his higher aspirations by treating colleagues to free dinners.ÂÂ
A group of Hispanic leaders is taking a wait-and-see approach to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, saying they are not happy with some of her votes on issues that affect latinos.
The marriages of 170 gay couples from New York who married in Massachusetts between May 2004 and July 2006 have been ruled valid by a Massachusetts judge.
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
