Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver said in an one-on-one interview that he did not expect the Republican-led Senate to immediately embrace his campaign-finance bill, but remained hopeful Gov. Andrew Cuomo would push for the measure. “We believe campaigns ... »
ICYMI: Last night on the show Liz spoke with Sen. Mark Grisanti, R-Buffalo, who said he would be open to a modest minimum wage increase, but not as high as the proposed $8.50. WPFP(document).ready(function() { //load player $f("saiweb_793c5d323c2d47ac9... »
The Conservative Party declined to endorse Rep. Richard Hanna. Due to the “ambiguous nature” of a talking pineapple passage, the state Education Department announced related questions won’t count against students in their final standardized reading tes... »
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos said in an interview this morning that he was “personally opposed” to the public financing of political campaigns. He also said the GOP conference would begin to unveil of a package of job tax cuts and credits aimed a... »
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The state Conservative Party reiterated its opposition to the public financing of political campaigns today, blasting out its legislative memorandum of opposition as Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he’s putting together a bill that could be voted on by June. In... »
Mitt Romney to President Obama (via “World News” anchor Diane Sawyer): “Start packing.” A penguin bit Newt Gingrich. Rick Lazio has a new job. Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks called the Ryan Plan a “conversation starter.” Rep. Louise Slaughter re... »
Though he would like to see the four Republicans who voted in favor of same-sex marriage lose their seats this year, Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long said this morning he wanted the GOP to keep control of the state Senate. “My hope is that the Sen... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is still in the New York City area with no public schedule. The Legislature doesn’t return from its two-week spring break until tomorrow, but things will be heating up at the Capitol in preparation for Part II of the 2012 session. Tom... »
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The DCCC this afternoon is lobbing the two-week-old story, first posted by the gossip website Gawker and later picked up by The New York Post, that Republican congressional hopeful Matt Doheny purportedly made out in public with a woman who is not his ... »
Former Independence Party member and Staten Island gadfly Frank Morano claims he has made some headway in his long-shot campaign to draft retired Paychex CEO and ex-New York resident Tom Golisano to run for president as a (small i) independent. Morano,... »
Tonawanda attorney Kevin Stocker created a campaign committee today for a run in the 60th Senatorial District, which is currently represented by Republican Sen. Mark Grisanti. According to the filing, Stocker, who ran a close race against Democratic As... »
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... »
Most of the New York Republican establishment has backed Mitt Romeny for president (albeit rather tepidly, in the case of some, like former Gov. George Pataki, who once harbored White House dreams himself), but there’s been one high-profile holdout: Fo... »
