Gov. David Paterson will co-host the Mike Francesa Show on WFAN 660 AM Wednesday, taking a detour from budget deficits and Indian cigarette tax collections to talk (presumably) Terry Collins and Mark Sanchez. Paterson, a long-suffering New York Mets fan, will co-host the entire show with Francesa, whose show is… Read More →
Business groups are pushing back agains the state Legislature’s approval of a temporary suspension on hydraulic fracturing in New York and are urging Gov. David Paterson to veto the legislation. Paterson has not said if he would sign the bill. “This bill misses its intended mark by putting a stop… Read More →
Incoming state Sen. David Carlucci, D-Clarkstown, Rockland County, said this morning that he was unaware that Senate Democrats planned to vote late Monday on its leadership for next year. Instead, after spending the day at the Capitol, he left. Carlucci, who won the open seat vacated by the death earlier… Read More →
Add the League of Women Voters to the list of those pleased with the Assembly and Senate approving a commission that will study judicial pay raises. Judges in the state haven’t a had a raise in dozen years and advocates believe a pay increase would help retain good jurists. Historically,... Read More →
Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo blasted state lawmakers for failing to come to an agreement in order to close a $315 million deficit, saying they “failed” New Yorkers. “They failed, they failed the people of New York once again,” Cuomo said. Cuomo met privately this afternoon with Assembly Democrats for about 90… Read More →
The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee today released its 27-day post primary campaign finance filing today, showing $2.4 million in outstanding loans and liabilities. With the need to pay that money back, it will likely be more difficult for the party to pay its legal bills in the two remaining too-close-to-call… Read More →
And then there were two. Democratic Sen. Antoine Thompson, D-Buffalo, conceded this morning in his re-election bid, one of three previously undecided Senate races that will determine control of the chamber in January. “I thank the residents of the 60th Senatorial District for allowing me to serve them for four… Read More →
New York has spent billions on infrastructure, but its roads and bridges are crumbling, according to a new report issued today by state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli. He pointed to the recent closure and eventual demolition of the Lake Champlain Bridge in the North Country, which was suddenly closed late last… Read More →
The state’s top jurist is pleased with the passage of a measure that would create a commission to study raising judicial pay in New York. Court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, who took up the mantle of judicial pay raises from his predecessor Judith Kaye, said in a statement… Read More →
Victorious Democratic gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo outspent his self-funded Republican rival by a nearly 2-to-1 margin, an analysis by the good-government group NYPIRG shows. Buffalo businessman and millionaire Carl Paladino, who pledged to spend up to $10 million of his own money in his bid to become governor, spent $9.6… Read More →