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... »
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... »
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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,... »
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... »
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... »
The state Conservative Party knocked Gov. Andrew Cuomo over his plans to adopt an executive order to create a health-care exchange in New York. Cuomo indicated yesterday he will seek an executive order this week after he and lawmakers were deadlocked o... »
