Morning briefing
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Drug policy and treatment groups and other advocates are putting pressure on a state commission to recommend less stringent drug laws in the state. District attorneys say further weakening of the so-called Rockefeller-era drug laws would be a mistake.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released an audit yesterday that found the state paid about $10 million to Medicaid providers for services that patients never received.
Gov. Eliot Spitzer, still very much on the hot seat over the Troopergate scandal, raised the specter of capping property tax increases to ensure that school-tax rebates from the state translate into lower total tax bills.
The state Dormitory Authority, which is responsible for about $1 billion annually for projects at libraries, schools and other public buildings, will require construction to meet energy-efficiency standards of the U.S. Green Buildings Council.
New census data shows wide income disparities across the state.
Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who has spoken at each annual 9/11 memorial service at Ground Zero, is drawing criticism this year from victims’ families who say the site is no place for presidential politics. Giuliani is a GOP presidential candidate.
Current and former members of the Seneca County Sheriff’s Office, including Sheriff Leo Connelly are facing charges that include “selective enforcement” against people critical of the department, falsifying records to get travel reimbursement for vacations and possessing stolen goods.
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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. 
