ALBANY—John Sampson and Dean Skelos, the leaders of their party's respective conferences in the State Senate, met this morning to discuss the prospect of Republicans taking over the chairmanship of several committees, a Democratic spokesman said.
"Because the discussions are still ongoing, I cannot confirm the members of the committees," said Austin Shafran, the spokesman, Read More
ALBANY—State Senator Ron Stafford has been dead for over four years, but that hasn't stopped his political activities.
Since July 2005, the Committee to Re-Elect Senator Stafford has contributed nearly $60,000 to charities and fellow Republicans including Betty Little, his successor in the North Country-based Senate seat. The committee still has over $50,000 in Read More
ALBANY—Let the mental chess game regarding who might run to replace Representative John McHugh, and how the process may go, begin. I just spoke with John Conklin, a spokesman for the State Board of Elections, who hashed out a few scenarios for the actual vote--depending on what McHugh and David Paterson do next: (1) Paterson Read More
ALBANY—Let the mental chess game regarding who might run to replace Representative John McHugh, and how the process may go, begin.
I just spoke with John Conklin, a spokesman for the State Board of Elections, who hashed out a few scenarios for the actual vote--depending on what McHugh and David Paterson do next: Read More
ALBANY—Tuesday's debate over same-sex marriage legislation in the State Assembly was supposed, according to the measure's advocates, to demonstrate to some fence-sitting state senators that there is safety in numbers for supporters of the measure. But is that true? There were five Assembly members who changed their votes from 2007, when an almost-identical measure passed Read More
ALBANY—Tuesday's debate over same-sex marriage legislation in the State Assembly was supposed, according to the measure's advocates, to demonstrate to some fence-sitting state senators that there is safety in numbers for supporters of the measure. But is that true?
There were five Assembly members who changed their votes from 2007, when an almost-identical measure Read More
ALBANY—Since he is no longer the minority leader, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco must be present in his seat for his vote to be counted. And there he sat yesterday afternoon, taking the occasional call on his cell phone, chatting with a few colleagues, and glancing down to review the housing legislation currently before his chamber. As Read More
ALBANY—The State Senate's second publicly presented plan to provide revenue to the M.T.A. is getting a better reception, at least, than the dead-on-arrival program they introduced last month. If Majority Leader Malcolm Smith is to be believed, it might actually pass the chamber. Smith told reporters, at a press conference about rules reform, "We will Read More
ALBANY—Since he is no longer the minority leader, Assemblyman Jim Tedisco must be present in his seat for his vote to be counted. And there he sat yesterday afternoon, taking the occasional call on his cell phone, chatting with a few colleagues, and glancing down to review the housing legislation currently before his chamber.
As Read More
ALBANY—The State Senate's
Austin Shafran, a spokesman for Smith, said that a bill will be introduced Wednesday, and a vote will take place next week.
Counting Padavan as a "yes" and Foley and Johnson as "no," and assuming all the other Democrats will vote yes (everyone I've seen has said they will, but I Read More
ALBANY—A handful of State Senate Republicans may be preparing to budge on plans to bail out the M.T.A., which are currently stalled in the Democratic-controlled body. State Senator Betty Little, whose district includes the northern counties of the Adirondacks, said she could go along with something if money is also provided for surface transportation. "It Read More
ALBANY—A handful of State Senate Republicans may be preparing to budge on plans to bail out the M.T.A., which are currently stalled in the Democratic-controlled body.
State Senator Betty Little, whose district includes the northern counties of the Adirondacks, said she could go along with something if money is also provided for surface Read More
ALBANY—Sheldon Silver has a new idea about finding Republican allies as lawmakers seek consensus around a package to fund the M.T.A. - look upstate.
"They should be on line first to make sure there's a well-funded M.T.A. capital plan," Silver said to reporters after giving a speech to T.W.U. Local 100, whose members are Read More
ALBANY—A campaign worker for Assembly Minority Leader and congressional candidate Jim Tedisco just sent along this photo from an event this morning in Glens Falls, where he was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Businesses.
The picture is of Tedisco with State Senator Betty Little, who he beat for the Republican nomination for Kirsten Read More
QUEENSBURY—Jim Tedisco cut the ribbon at his new campaign headquarters with a little help from Assemblywoman Teresa Sayward, who represents this suburban Glens Falls town in the state's lower legislative chamber.
She introduced Tedisco, noting that "we could not have a better leader" in the Assembly Republican conference or, her opinion, anyone better running for Read More
