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... »
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver may back a measure that would publicly finance only the state comptroller’s race as a test case for a broader statewide system. WPFP(document).ready(function() { //load player $f("saiweb_c0a37931bb389b022952c0ec39c070b3"... »
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... »
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... »
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... »
The British political establishment has been rocked by a Sunday Times sting that implicated Conservative Party co-treasurer Peter Cruddas in a cash-for-access scandal. Reporters posing as would-be donors got Cruddas, considered one of the Tory's top fu... »
