ALBANY—A plan to double the number of charter schools is not getting a warm reception from two education groups that just sued David Paterson.
"There are ways of doing it, of raising the cap and also of raising some of the problems they're having with charter schools. Any thing is discussable. We haven't said, Read More
ALBANY—As threatened, a coalition of education groups announced on the (cold!) Capitol steps they have sued David Paterson, saying his decision to stall education payments (which were to be sent Tuesday) is unconstitutional.
The suit says that Educational Law requires the governor to make payments on a fixed schedule, that he is Read More
ALBANY—We'll see you in court, governor, if you do delay the payments.
State Senator Eric Schneiderman held a conference call with reporters Thursday afternoon to say that David Paterson stands on legally dubious ground when he says he will unilaterally delay payments to localities and schools. The governor has threatened to do so, saying Read More
ALBANY—Will it come down to money versus bodies in NY-23?
Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava just secured the endorsement of another big union--New York State United Teachers--which has committed to activating its 33,000 members in the district to Scozzafava's campaign. Scozzafava has also secured the endorsement of the Jefferson-Lewis-St. Lawrence Central Labor Council. Read More
ALBANY—A top official at NYSUT is very upset with "a growing pattern of problems" from David Paterson, and said openly that he doesn't see how the union could support him for election.
"If the election were today, absolutely not," said Alan Lubin, NYSUT's executive vice president. "By 2010, it depends. What we've yet to Read More
ALBANY—After a gripe session at the end of last month in Kingston, David Paterson has been working to shore up ties with labor groups. But it's a tough sell at a tough time.
"I don't have any trouble getting through, I have trouble convincing them," said Alan Lubin, executive vice president for the New Read More
ALBANY—It's not quite a
"We're going to go way past the voting record. We're going to see what a legislator's position on other issues beyond labor," said Alan Lubin, the executive vice president of New York State United Teachers, a powerful lobbying group.
NYSUT has not endorsed any legislators as yet, but Lubin Read More
ALBANY—Here's the problem. Any workable resolution to the leadership fight in the State Senate—one that isn't immediately challenged in court by one side or the other, or both—will have to be brought about by the senators. And the senators, it should be said, don't look capable of much at all.
"Ultimately it has to Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson—affable colleague, funny orator, passive and heretofore ineffective governor—is trying to show that he can be a fighter, after all. In recent days, as polls continue to show him getting destroyed in a hypothetical primary next year against Andrew Cuomo, he has attemped to warn off would-be challengers from his base in Harlem, staked Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson—affable colleague, funny orator, passive and heretofore ineffective governor—is trying to show that he can be a fighter, after all.
In recent days, as polls continue to show him getting destroyed in a hypothetical primary next year against Andrew Cuomo, he has attemped to warn off would-be challengers from his base in Read More
ALBANY—After yet another failure to hash out an agreement on how to bail out the M.T.A. this week, State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith declared that it was no longer about the merits, but purely about "what gets us there with the votes we need to get it passed." It was probably his most explicit Read More
ALBANY—After yet another failure to hash out an agreement on how to bail out the M.T.A. this week, State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith declared that it was no longer about the merits, but purely about "what gets us there with the votes we need to get it passed."
It was probably his Read More
ALBANY—It's been a week since Larry Schwartz took over the second floor, and already, some people in and out of the governor's office say that he has taken steps to bring order from chaos. Whether any of that will matter is another story. "There has been more of a recognition and more of a reach-out Read More
ALBANY—It's been a week since Larry Schwartz took over the second floor, and already, some people in and out of the governor's office say that he has taken steps to bring order from chaos. Whether any of that will matter is another story.
"There has been more of a recognition and more of Read More
