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Schumer, Weiner and Adams Party with Brooklyn Democrats [Video]

Central Brooklyn Independent Democrats's annual fund-raising dinner drew Senator Schumer, Rep. Anthony Weiner, State Senator Eric Adams and others.

Some highlights:

An unintentionally funny moment, during Chuck Schumer's remarks. After acknowledging some guests in the audience, he said, "I think I'm the third longest member - third longest?" and then corrected himself. "Third-longest serving member."

He went Read More

Adams Tells Parents to ‘Inspect What You Expect’ [Video]

Brooklyn state Senator Eric Adams, of "Stop the Sag" fame, has released a new YouTube video that educates parents on how to go through their children's rooms for guns, drugs, and other contraband. The video is part of a campaign against gun violence, and features Sen. Adams (who served 22 years on NYPD) Read More

Former Parks Commish, State Senator Slam Brooklyn Geese Massacre

Criticism of the unexpected city and federal government destruction of hundreds of Prospect Park geese continues to mount. Newly piling on the anti-geese-gassing bandwagon: former Parks commish Henry Stern and state Senator Eric Adams, who yesterday both issued strongly worded statements questioning the wisdom of destroying the geese that have made the Prospect Park Read More

State Senator Fights Sagging

Brooklyn State Senator Eric Adams would like his constituents to wear their pants higher. (From New York 1, via Gawker.)

Mr. Adams has launched an anti-sagging campaign that features this video, and billboard ads that say: "Raise your pants, raise your image!"

"I say to our youth all over the city and state: You Read More

On Paterson, Eric Adams is Patient

Eric Adams, a state senator and former police officer, said it's possible that David Paterson can stay in office and negotiate a budget while there's an investigation into whether he inappropriately interfered with a woman trying to file a domestic violence complaint against one of Paterson's top aides.

But when I asked Adams if he Read More

With Sampson’s Support, Malcolm Smith Might Just Hang On

ALBANY—Malcolm Smith is supposed to leave the top post in the State Senate with the New Year. But nothing in the chamber is ever that easy.

Smith, a Queens Democrat who was

"He's like an ambassador for the State Senate," said his spokesman, Austin Shafran. He added that Smith and Sampson "have an outstanding Read More

Last Try for Same-Sex Marriage?

ALBANY—It's a Hail Mary pass for same-sex marriage.

State Senator Tom Duane, the measure's sponsor in that chamber, just walked across the back of the floor trailed by Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and Eric Adams, his top lieutenant. Along with Senators Malcolm Smith, Eric Schneiderman and Deputy Majority Leader Jeff Klein, they walked Read More

Diaz Doesn’t Want to Fight With Jeff Klein

ALBANY—State Senator Jeff Klein's quote this morning in The Capitol about his colleagues in the Democratic conference was pretty blistering: he said that "quite frankly, all of these people shouldn't be in the majority."

"I'd hate to have to be the judge, but they should really be in the minority. Because they're really not Read More

For Paterson, a Chorus of Qualified Support in the Senate

ALBANY—State Senator Craig Johnson was milling around his chamber Thursday when I approached him to ask about David Paterson.

His eyes widened. His head shook. He refused to go on record. I asked why.

"I'm here today to address certain Senate needs, and we are going to have a lengthy debate," Johnson, a Long Island Read More

Adams Not Taking Paterson at His Word About 2010

ALBANY—Yesterday, I asked State Senator Eric Adams if he would say he supports David Paterson for election as governor in 2010.

"What I could say is I don't support anyone else. Right now, the way I'm viewing it is that he's the governor, I'm 100 percent behind him right now because I believe Read More

Senate Narrowing Thursday’s Agenda

ALBANY—Democrats controlling the State Senate have pared down their agenda for tomorrow's session.

Four bills were removed from the rules calendar, according to spokesman Austin Shafran, after Republicans "expressed to us that they would not be supporting them" and Democrats, without Senator Brian Foley, won't have the 32 votes needed to pass them. Read More

Anatomy of a Bloomberg-Bashing Press Event

Here's my attempt to document the making of an anti-Bloomberg press conference.

There and Back Again

The amigos just walked into the Senate chamber gallery from Pedro Espada’s office to pose for this photo.

Steve Pigeon, the top operative for billionaire Tom Golisano, emerged to say that Golisano still supported Espada, who is now back with majority Senate Democrats.

Espada, along with Hiram Monserrate, began the whole Senate coup by defecting to Read More

There and Back Again

The amigos just walked into the Senate chamber gallery from Pedro Espada’s office to pose for this photo. Steve Pigeon, the top operative for billionaire Tom Golisano, emerged to say that Golisano still supported Espada, who is now back with majority Senate Democrats. Espada, along with Hiram Monserrate, began the whole Senate coup by defecting Read More

Democrats Amigos Walk Out of Democratic Session as Espada Hints at Another Dramatic ‘Solution’

ALBANY—Three Democratic state senators walked out of the still-divided chamber this afternoon before their Democratic colleagues convened into a regular session. While it didn't have any effect on the session's outcome--there was no quorum, and as such, no bills were acted on--it was a very public show of disunity in a conference that looks Read More