Gov. Andrew Cuomo is in Albany with no public schedule as of yet. The Legislature is back, too, after its two-week spring break. Both houses will be in session this afternoon. Expect a lot of activity at the Capitol – including a big press conference h... »
The Civil Service Employees Association’s “Dark Deal” commercial blasts a 401k-style “perk” for high paid non-union workers — an option the labor organization vehemently opposed during the Tier Six debate. “The average pension for a CSEA-represented em... »
Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says his office is still reviewing the Tier Six bill that passed early this morning (it did get released at 3 a.m. afterall!), but he said it’s clear there’s no immediate savings for local governments in the bill. DiNapoli adde... »
The court-appointed special master, US Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann, released her final proposal for new congressional lines just before midnight last night, and there are very few changes from the first draft she put out last week that generated consi... »
If anyone doubted that Comptroller Tom DiNapoli isn’t close to the state’s labor unions, this afternoon’s statements from CSEA and the AFL/CIO would certaintly dispell that idea. The Civil Service Employees Association and the AFL rode to the comptroll... »
The Regional Economic Development Councils have been working on their respective pitches for part of $1 billion in state funding. And the ESDC just announced that they will make those presentations at the end of this month to a five person review commi... »
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is voting at 7:30 this morning (presumably Democratic?) at the Mt. Kisco Presbyterian Church, 605 Millwood Road, Mt. Kisco. We have no idea where he’s going or what he’s doing after that, because his press office hasn’t seen fit to te... »
