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Staten Island Democrat calls for FEC investigation of allegations vs. Grimm

Staten Island Advance First Glance

   Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-HammelRep. Michael Grimm has been incommunicado since the weekend. WASHINGTON -- Staten Island Democrats aren't wasting any time in trying to take take advantage of GOP Rep. Michael Grimm's fundraising troubles. A De... »

Coffey Steamed Over Redistricting

Capital Tonight

AG-candidate-turned-goo-goo Sean Coffey today blasted the legislative drawn lines for falling “shockingly short of what the people of New York deserve.” In testimony to LATFOR’s public hearing in the Bronx this afternoon, Coffey says that he hopes the ... »

Senate Democrats To File Lawsuit Against 63rd Senate District

Politics on the Hudson

Sen. Martin Malave Dilan, D-Brooklyn, is among plaintiffs this morning who are filing a lawsuit against Senate Republicans for creating a 63rd Senate seat during the redistricting process this year. The lawsuit is to be filed today in state Supreme Cou... »

The not-so-big, not-so-bad GOP

Queens Crap

From the NY Post:So now the entire Republican caucus in New York City government could stand in the same bathtub. Their leader, Jimmy Oddo of Staten Island, sounds like one of those admirable folks you read about who are fighting a very forthright, opt... »

Shooting The Messenger

Capital Tonight

ICYMI: Sen. Mike Gianaris is pushing back very strongly against the growing belief that a deal is in the works for a constitutional amendment that would reform redistricting in time for the 2022 election cycle, but leave the current partisan process in... »

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Dems Want Bob Turner’s District To Stick Around

Capitol Confidential

Republican Rep. Bob Turner has an unlikely ally in his fight to keep his congressional district intact — the state Legislature’s most powerful Democrat. Our Ken Lovett reports: With two of New York’s 29 congressional seats slated to be axed in th... »

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CapNY: Will Cuomo veto, eventually?

Capitol Confidential

In an article for Capital New York, I look at what might be ahead for redistricting. Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo leveled a threat to veto new legislative district lines that legislators have drawn for themselves, he left himself open to a negotiated solu... »

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Staten Island Democrat calls for FEC investigation of allegations vs. Grimm

Staten Island Advance First Glance

   Staten Island Advance/Jan Somma-HammelRep. Michael Grimm has been incommunicado since the weekend. WASHINGTON -- Staten Island Democrats aren't wasting any time in trying to take take advantage of GOP Rep. Michael Grimm's fundraising troubles. A De... »

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