The more money donors gave to President Obama, the more likely they have been to land an invite – sometimes multiple invites – to the White House. Eleven Secret Service agents have been placed on leave due to what one expert called the biggest scandal ... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in “the New York City area” with no public schedule. Eight career fairs are being held across the state today in Albany, Binghamton, Buffalo, Hauppauge, New York City, Poughkeepsie, Syracuse and Utica. The governor and the Legislat... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s office announced this morning that the state will pick up the local share of storm-damage costs from last year’s duel storms that tore through parts of the upstate region. The move will provide $61 million to 25 counties in order to... »
Reid Pillifant writes: “The suspension of Rick Santorum’s presidential campaign this afternoon means the state’s April 24 primary is back to its customary level of importance, which is to say, almost none.” With Santorum out, state GOP Chairman Ed Cox ... »
Rep. Richard Hanna thinks the state pension crisis will be the tipping point that gets national debt under control. Rep. Ed Towns re-election campaign has a very low profile. Sen. Roy McDonald has the support of Columbia County Conservative Party – mig... »
Sen. Adriano Espaillat, on a downstate TV tour to tour his congressional campaign, obliquely tied his primary target, Rep. Charlie Rangel, to Congress’ failure to pass the DREAM Act. Espaillat also suggested, without specifically naming his opponent, t... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is embarking on a budget victory tour. He’ll be at the Burchfield-Penny Arts Center at Buffalo State College at 11 a.m. and the New York State Fairgrounds’ Martha Eddy Room at 1:30 p.m. Local elected officials will be joining him at b... »
Voters go to the polls today in Wisconsin, Maryland and the District of Columbia (Washington, D.C.) to choose a favorite in the GOP presidential primary. Party leaders are increasingly accepting Mitt Romney as the frontrunner and eventual nominee, but ... »
After a mothership meeting last night where Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos announced they had reached a tentative budget deal. The two leaders predicted bills would start passing Wednesday. The agreement includes... »
Mayors Against Illegal Guns, the gun-control group co-chaired by Mayor Bloomberg, is looking for out-of-work lawyers to research doctrine related to the Trayvon Martin case. Geraldo Rivera caught wearing a hoodie with none other than Bill O’Reilly. “If... »
In case anyone was unsure if Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos would back embattled incumbent Sen. Roy McDonald, the GOP leader will headline a “Day of Golf” fundraiser on May 8 at the McGregor Links Country Club in Saratoga Springs. Also in attendanc... »
Albany’s notorious three-men-in-a-room style of government has actually become two-men-in-a-room as Cuomo prefers to deal separately with Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. Actually, according to Sen. Diane Savino, ... »
Voters go to the polls in 10 states on this Super Tuesday to cast ballots in the GOP presidential primary; 437 delegates are up for grabs. The most closely watched contest will be in Ohio – a key swing state – where polls have shown Mitt Romney and Ric... »
Rush Limbaugh apologized, saying his “choice of words was not the best” when he called Sandra Fluke a slut. His semi-apology, which appeared via a statement on his website, came after advertisers pulled their support for his radio show. The shock jock ... »
