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Andrew Cuomo leads his two likely Republican opponents, Rick Lazio and Steve Levy, according to a new Siena poll. On the Republican side, Lazio leads Levy 45 to 16 percent. Lazio's lead grew to 60 to 19 percent when people were told Levy, a Democrat-turned-Republican County Executive, was a former GOP congressman.... READ MORE»
Republican Rick Lazio got the backing on Saturday of the Conservative Party, whose chairman said Lazio vowed to run on their line until November. Lazio repeated the pledge to reporters, but wouldn't say if he'll support whomever wins the Republican gubernatorial nomination, which two other people are vying for: Steve Levy and Carl Paladino. Endorsing a candidate who later drops out of the race is how the Liberal Party got destroyed in... READ MORE»
Health care passed over Republican opposition. McMahon was the only no-vote in NYC. Murphy's vote for the bill will shape his re-election bid.... READ MORE»
Scott Murphy says he'll vote for the health care bill. Tim Bishop says he'll vote for it... READ MORE»
Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy made his second campaign kick-off announcement today in Lower Manahattan, with the Statue of Liberty behind him, surrounded by local Republican and Conservative leaders who are supporting him. Levy dismissed a recent 10-point critique of his record, fired off by former Republican Rep. Rick Lazio, who maintains Levy is still a "liberal Democrat."... READ MORE»
City Comptroller John Liu would like the Charter Revision Commission to give his office the power to set revenue projects, which, as it stands, is a major advantage the mayor has in the budget process. Here's Liu's letter to the... READ MORE»
The Partnership for New York City, a business group co-chaired by Rupert Murdoch, just came out with a statement endorsing Lt. Governor Dick Ravitch's financial plan for the state, which includes, among other things, massive borrowing.... READ MORE»
Buffalo real estate developer Carl Paladino is making it clear that this is going to be a three-way Republican gubernatorial primary, with Paladino going up against Republican Rick Lazio and Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy.... READ MORE»
The Republican gubernatorial race is getting crowded. You can now add Buffalo Developer Carl Paladino to the list of potential candidates--he's raising his head, touting his socially conservative credentials. Also, he says he'll spend $10 million on his bid--so there's that,... READ MORE»
I asked Rick Lazio yesterday if there's any downside to having a Republican primary fight between him and Steve Levy. He didn't really give me an answer, and then he walked... READ MORE»
Rick Lazio continues his effort to convince people that Steve Levy is a liberal Democrat, putting out this bulletin of 10 facts about Levy's record as further evidence. The facts include years-old votes and examples of Levy backing well-known Democratic... READ MORE»
Here's Rick Lazio yesterday, calling Steve Levy a liberal Democrat and questioning Levy's record as a fiscal hawk, saying he voted to raise... READ MORE»
"That is just insane," Michael Bloomberg said on his radio show, describing some fiscal options facing the state. [no link] Bloomberg may not be donating as much money to charitable and arts groups as he has. It's front-page news in The Times.... READ MORE»
The Times corrects Paterson. Lazio is the "original Kanye." Gerstein says Lazio is "especially ill-suited for this anti-insider mood." Mike Long doesn't like how long it took Levy to flip.... READ MORE»
Steve Levy goes after Rick Lazio. From an advance transcript of his interview on Capitol... READ MORE»
