Birthers: Pushback from Obama's half-sister. [Michael Sheridan]
Praising Cuomo: Legislative leaders pay lip service. [Thomas Kaplan]
Cuomo's Popularity: "Sky High." [Taegan Goddard]
Cuomo's Popularity: Even tops Chris Christie. [Matt Robinson]
Cuomo's Consolidation: "No Members, No Meetings for Cuomo's Consolidation Taskforce." "Ball and Corwin have heard nothing from the governor since their appointments in January, Read More
Controversial writer Nonie Darwish is speaking live before State Senator Greg Ball's controversial hearing. She is speaking about Sharia Law, even as some senators try to shut her down:
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The Council on American-Islamic Relations has announced that they are planning a protest tomorrow in advance of State Senator Greg Ball's hearing on "New York's Public Protection Ten Years After September 11."
The hearing has attracted some controversy due to the presence of Nonie Darwish, a human rights activist and writer who has said that Islam Read More
2012: Obama's remarks at National Action Network tonight will be carried live. [NY1]
2012: "[T]he president is sending a signal that the reverend has become a key ally." [Michael Saul]
2012: "Obama was very wary of the race issue and of being labeled as a 'black candidate'," said Larry Sabato. [Jonathan Lemire]
Long Island Congressman Peter King heaped high praise on Hudson Valley State Senator Greg Ball's plan to host a handful of controversial witnesses this week in Manhattan, calling the hearing on terrorism preparedness "absolutely essential."
"This is a first rate hearing," King said. "I hear some rumblings from people opposed to it. I just wish Read More
State Senate Democrats are out with a release today blasting Republican lawmaker Greg Ball for holding a hearing which they claim is designed to "isolate and villify Muslims."
The hearing, called "Reviewing our Preparedness: An Examination of New York's Public Protection Ten Years After September 11" will be held Friday at 250 Broadway in Manhattan and Read More
ALBANY—Add another group of lawmakers frustrated with the M.T.A.'s found-again deficit: Hudson Valley Republicans.
They've been decrying the bailout bill for the authority, which included the underperforming payroll tax, since it passed in May without their votes. One major complaint is that the legisation evenly distributes money across all counties in the M.T.A. Read More
ALBANY—Assembly Republicans are wishing Greg Ball the best in his bid for the State Senate.
"Is he? Oh, I thought he was running for Congress," Assemblyman Ron Canestrari, a Cohoes Democrat, said, referencing an already-begun race against Representative John Hall that included robocalls and town halls on health care. "As long as he's out Read More
ALBANY—Some Democratic lawyers are complaining that the already-out-of-the-box Congressional campaign of Assemblyman Greg Ball violated federal election law.
The Democratic Lawyers Council filed the above complaint before the Federal Election Commission on Friday, alleging that Ball unlawfully solicited money from corporations and did not claim that a robocall unleashed in the congressional district was Read More
ALBANY—Here's the invitation to Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell's engagement party, scheduled for tonight at the tony 74 State hotel, after the expected passage in his chamber, again, of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage. (Note that since the bill's passage in the Senate is uncertain, there's no date on the "marriage license.") "I've been waiting 28 years Read More
ALBANY—Here's the invitation to Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell's engagement party, scheduled for tonight at the tony 74 State hotel, after the expected passage in his chamber, again, of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage.
(Note that since the bill's passage in the Senate is uncertain, there's no date on the "marriage license.")
"I've been waiting 28 Read More
ALBANY—Before his chamber began debating this year's $131.8 billion budget, I asked Assemblyman Greg Ball how the investigation was proceeding into the dead goat found outside his house. "It's going well," he said. "Every day I come home and look at the end of my driveway. And I've got a shotgun under my bed now." Read More
ALBANY—Before his chamber began debating this year's $131.8 billion budget, I asked Assemblyman Greg Ball how the investigation was proceeding into the dead goat found outside his house.
"It's going well," he said. "Every day I come home and look at the end of my driveway. And I've got a shotgun under my bed Read More
ALBANY—Kyle Hughes at nysnys.com, which tracks this sort of thing, passed along a list of legislators cashing in on the feast of St. Patrick. Here it is:
Jim CONTE - Assemblyman Conte, reception, Albany Room, ESP noon
$250
Greg BALL - Assemblyman Ball, "New Yorkers on the Ball" reception, DeJohns, Lark Street, Albany 6:30 Read More
ALBANY—Kyle Hughes at nysnys.com, which tracks this sort of thing, passed along a list of legislators cashing in on the feast of St. Patrick. Here it is: Jim CONTE - Assemblyman Conte, reception, Albany Room, ESP noon $250 Greg BALL - Assemblyman Ball, "New Yorkers on the Ball" reception, DeJohns, Lark Street, Albany 6:30 p.m. Read More
