Ed Lurie was sipping wine at the end of a long bar off of Union Square on a recent Monday evening and contemplating the future of the Republican Party. "I guess if you have a father-in-law who was president of the United States," he said, "yeah, you could say you were involved in the state Read More
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In the wake of yesterday's on-time budget, Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox is out with a statement proclaiming that the G.O.P.'s victories at the ballot box over the last couple of years helped pave the way.
"The extraordinary Republican victories in the 2009 local elections sent a strong message that New Yorkers wanted fiscally responsible government," Read More
Now that Ed Cox has praised Steve Levy's governing of Suffolk County, State Democrats are hitting him for being Levy's "de facto Campaign Chairman" and questioning Cox's knowledge of Levy's alleged wrongdoing.
"What did Ed Cox know and when did he know it?" asked State Democratic Executive Director Charlie King in a public statement. It Read More
The New York State Republican chairman isn't apologizing for recruiting Steve Levy into the governor's race last year, despite Levy's announcement yesterday he's settling an investigation by handing over his entire campaign account to a local prosecutor and not seeking another term in office.
"I haven't had a chance to look at what's involved," said the Read More
The downfall of Steve Levy is an "embarrassment" to the Republican leaders who wanted him to be their party's gubernatorial nominee, said one Republican operative.
Yesterday, Levy settled a 16-month investigation into his fund-raising practices by handing over his entire $4 million campaign account to the Suffolk County District Attorney and pledged not to seek Read More
Republican Party Chairman Ed Cox released a statement today expressing confidence that the GOP will maintain control of the 26th Congressional district in the seat recently vacated by Chris Lee.
"This is a regrettable situation and it is sad that [Lee] had to resign,” Cox wrote in a press release. “We are fortunate to have Read More
New York Republican State Committee Chairman Ed Cox certainly has high hopes, some coming from the most unlikely places.
Cox said he got encouraging news from RNC Chairman Michael Steele after the two appeared at an event last week for Charlie Rangel's challenger, Michael Faulkner.
"Steele told us that Mr Faulkner--according to his polls, the Republican National Read More
New York Republican State Committee Chairman Ed Cox kicked off the formal festivities at the GOP victory party in the Hilton ballroom tonight.
He addressed the crowd of about 150 people briefly, talking about a rising tide of Republican power that will change Albany and Washington D.C.
"My friends, there is one party control in Albany for Read More
Republican National Committee chairman Michael Steele campaigned in Harlem today for congressional candidate Michel Faulkner, stressing the image of the new Republican Party as the people's party.
"A lot of times we talk of our party in terms of the Grand Old Party," Steele said at the event. "And there's a lot that's grand, there's Read More
The heads of the Republican and Conservative parties, which are at war with one another over nearly every statewide candidate, made an appearance together at the launch of comptroller candidate Harry Wilson's statewide tour today, which took place on the steps of City Hall.State Republican Chairman Ed Cox and State Conservative Party Chairman Read More
Republicans are ratcheting up their unhappines about state Republican Party chairman Ed Cox over his refusal to get squarely behind G.O.P. gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio in favor of flirting with Democratic candidate Steve Levy.
Maggie Haberman gets wind of R.N.C. displeasure, and Liz Benjamin got her hands on an angry letter from an unhappy Read More
Here's the 'Prince Andrew' ad hitting Cuomo for not investigating the Working Families Party. It's by New Yorkers for Growth, which was founded by Ed Cox, John Faso, and, while technically non-partisan, has lots of Republican ties.
The ad goes after Cuomo, but the group's main target is the W.F.P., who, in turn, released a statement Read More
Democratic Suffolk County Leader Steve Levy is heading back home from what he considered a rather receptive meeting with the Republican leaders in Albany about his possible run for governor.
"I was invited to come to this meeting. So, obviously there was an interest on their part," Levy told me in a telephone interview.
"Gauging from Read More
ALBANY—David Paterson--Republican hero?
"It seems to me that there's a question of conscience that's bothering him, and that's whether all of the taxes and fees that he's supported not just in last year's budget, but also when he was a senator in the minority," Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said in a press conference after Read More
