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 ... »
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... »
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... »
Towns Is Said to Decline to Run Again for Congress(NYT)Brooklyn Rep. Ed Towns, who was facing a vigorous primary challenge from Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and Councilman Charles Barron, will not seek re-election. Two recent high-profile setbacks also... »
Rensselaer County Republican leaders will meet tonight at party headquarters in Troy to weigh an endorsement in the contest between Saratoga County Clerk Kathy Marchione and incumbent Sen. Roy McDonald. Marchione has been rounding up support for a prim... »
She was praised yesterday by the Saratoga County Conservative Party chairman, but what are the prospects of Kathy Marchione receiving the party’s ballot line in her bid to unseat incumbent Sen. Roy McDonald, a fellow Republican? Well, she hasn’t called... »
Senate Republicans aren’t complaining about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s creation of an health insurance exchange through an executive order, part of the federal mandate stipulated in the health care law that could ultimately be tossed out by the U.S. Supreme C... »
News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch defended his globe-spanning, half-a-century long media career Wednesday, telling an official inquiry into U.K. media ethics that he never gave his editors orders on who to back or used his political sway for financial... »
