Morning briefing
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- November
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Not only did Gov. Eliot Spitzer reverse course on drivers’ licenses for illegal immigrants, but he changed his mind on Internet sales taxes and other issues.
The governor decided not to make Amazon.com collect sales taxes on merchandise it sells online in New York.
Spitzer is planning a $1,000-a-head fundraiser in New York City Dec. 3.
Darren Dopp, former communications chief for the governor, might not be the only one facing a perjury charge in connection with the Troopergate scandal, in which he and another gubernatorial aide released information intended to damage Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County.
New York will be the first state in the nation to ban smoking at its addiction-treatment centers this summer.
With the holiday season approaching, the state Consumer Protection Board is warning that toy dangers go beyond just problems with lead and goods imported from China.
The state parks commissioner is asking the governor for a significant funding increase to fix urgent projects in recreation areas throughout New York.
The mother and stepfather of Tawana Brawley want the state to reopen Brawley’s case. Brawley went missing from her Dutchess County home for four days in 1987 and alleged she was raped by a group of white men. A grand jury at the time decided the story was a hoax.
Former Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, who lost her bid for state attorney general last year, and her power-broker husband, Al Pirro, are ending their marriage of more than 30 years. The two survived Al Pirro’s prison term for tax evasion, his affair that produced a child and other scandals.
Three unrelated violent incidents led to three deaths in Rochester over the weekend.
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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. 
