May 14, 2012 | CapitolConfidential This morning’s poll from the Siena Research Institute contains a bit of a shocker: a plurality of voters surveyed, 46 percent, view the state Senate favorably. “One year ago, both the Assembly and the Senate had favorability ratings that were negative by more than 20 points. While the Legislature’s [...]
NYPost | May 14, 2012 WASHINGTON — President Obama again has mobilized college-age voters in record numbers — but this time, it’s for the Republican Party. Membership in College Republicans has spiked to 250,000 students nationwide. That’s the campus organization’s largest ranks in its 121-year history, records show. “We see it as a response to [...]
May. 14, 2012 | Poughkeepsie Journal Bill passes Senate, would go into effect in July 2013 Lawmakers are considering a law that would require public schools to include a child sex abuse curriculum. Erin Merryn’s Law would mandate schools throughout the state to provide students with child sex-abuse education in kindergarten through eighth grade. Named [...]
May 9, 2012 | CapitalTonight The Senate Republican Campaign Committee sent out an appeal to supporters today blasting Senate Democrats’ support for pushing for a public financing system of political campaigns. From the letter: They’ve even hatched a new plan to use tax dollars to pay for their political campaigns. Why now? [...]
May 07, 2012 | The Post-Standard The Post-StandardA Mercy Flight helicopter takes off from the Canandaigua Airport in this Oct. 8, 2011 file photo. Syracuse, N.Y. — Mercy Flight Central would be allowed to borrow money at low interest rates through New York’s Dormitory Authority under legislation the state Senate approved this afternoon. The air [...]
Politicker | May 8, 2012 One of the biggest question marks hanging over an insanely close March 20th special election to the State Senate in southeastern Brooklyn was 100+ absentee ballots the Democratic candidate, Lew Fidler, alleged to have been collected fraudulently. Today, however, the judge overseeing the case ruled in favor of the Republican [...]
May 8, 2012 | Capitol Confidential Much of today’s media attention may be focusing on President Barack Obama’s visit to Albany, but Senate Republicans, who will be in session later in the day, took some time out to renew their longstanding call for tougher penalties and new laws against auto insurance fraud. That fraud can [...]
capitaltonight.com | May 3, 2012 Another day, another victory for the Senate GOP. This time in the realm of redistricting. The Court of Appeals has upheld a lower court ruling that the Republicans’ creation of a 63rd seat – a move the Democrats insist was motivated solely by the GOP’s desire to maintain the majority [...]
May 2, 2012 | Queens Gazette In a race that promises to be a furious battle between two incumbents, Councilmember Eric Ulrich last week announced he will challenge state Senator Joseph Addabbo Jr. in the election to win the 15th District seat next November. Besides many other interesting aspects of this contest, it will also [...]
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May 1, 2012 | timesunion.com We have reported in this blog about the three people who have been interviewing for the Democratic endorsement for the new 46th Senate seat, which reportedly was drawn by state Republicans specifically for state Assemblyman George Amedore to occupy. The possible Amedore challengers are Duanesburg school board president Cecilia Tkaczyk, [...]
Bill would make having synthetic weed a crime in New York state timesunion.com | Tuesday, May 1, 2012 ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo earlier this year banned retail sales of synthetic marijuana, but the Senate on Monday took the first step toward what could become criminalization of the substances, which had been sold in convenience [...]
Tonawanda News | April 30, 2012 The majority of school districts in New York state will present budgets within the new property tax levy cap, with a statewide average increase of 3 percent, according to a report by the state comptroller. Thomas P. DiNapoli said New York state school districts for the most part are [...]
By WKBW | April 30, 2012 BUFFALO, N.Y. (WKBW) — Amanda Lynn’s Law is clearing another political hurdle in Albany, where the senate has passed the legislation making it a felony to tamper with… or dispose of… human remains. On January 9, 2009, Amanda Wienckowski’s nude body was found in a garbage tote along [...]
capitaltonight.com | April 27, 2012 The Department of Justice today gave what is known as “preclearance” under the Voting Rights Act to New York’s reapportionment plan, with U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder’s office writing that it had “no objection” to the Republican-drawn Senate plan. The news is sure to hearten Senate Republicans, who feel the [...]