Morning briefing
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- October
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Criticism of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s policy change allowing illegal immigrants to obtain driver’s licenses has reached a fever pitch. U.S. Senators Hillary Rodham Clinton, Charles Schumer, both New York Democrats, have been silent on the issue.
Spitzer’s administration continues to be in “damage control” mode, adding the driver’s licenses controversy to the Troopergate scandal, which involved aides releasing information intended to discredit a GOP rival of the governor’s.
The water woes of a small hamlet in the Adirondacks will become the business of every New York voter because a change in the state constitution is required for the hamlet’s residents to use a new well.
The state awarded $362 million in grants to hospitals and nursing homes around the state to comply with mandates to restructure and boost efficiency at facilities around the state. In some circumstances, the institutions have to close or merge.
An elections expert from Florida speaking at Cornell University in Ithaca Saturday said voting-machine reform is critical to the democratic process. New York has lagged behind the country in modernizing its election system and making it accessible to people with disabilities.
The husband of Bronx Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo has pleaded guilty to a harassment violation for pulling a knife on his wife and threatening to kill her.
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is scrutinizing the finances of the Rev. Al Sharpton’s National Action Network for failing to file statements with the Charity Bureau of the Attorney General’s Office.
The attorney general has warned the social networking site Facebook that it may face a consumer fraud charge for failing to come through on its promises that it promotes safety for young teens from sexual predators and responds promptly to complaints.
Polls show that voters think of Hillary Clinton as the presidential candidate with the most experience, even though other candidates have years of public service under their belts.
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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. 
