ALBANY—A Republican attorney said he was "cautiously optimistic" about the continued counting in the race for Nassau County executive while the Democrat acknowledged he's "going into the fourth quarter down by two touchdowns."
Incumbent Tom Suozzi, a Democrat, trails Republican Ed Mangano by 497 after a re-canvass of mechanical voting machines finished yesterday. On Read More
ALBANY—They're back in court to determine the constitutionality of Richard Ravitch's appointment as lieutenant governor.
Lawyers for State Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos and David Paterson faced off in Brooklyn's appellate division, again, to make arguments in front of a four-judge panel. Since their last appearance in Brooklyn, Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Read More
CHESTERTOWN—David Paterson may face legal action either way he goes on a special election for the Queens Assembly seat vacated by Tony Seminerio.
If he does, then party elders—including Seminerio himself, regardless of the corruption charge to which he pleaded guilty in June—choose the candidates. If he doesn't, then the seat will be filled by Read More
This morning, lawyers argued in a court in Brooklyn over whether Richard Ravitch should be allowed to serve as lieutenant governor.
A four-justice panel in the appellate division of the state Supreme Court peppered both sides with questions as to what the harm would be—for the governor, the State Senate, and the public—if Ravitch acted Read More
ALBANY—Lawyers argued for over two hours in Mineola over the legality of David Paterson's appointment of Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, with the judge saying things would be decided "expeditiously," a lawyer involved in the case said.
"It took a good two and a half hours plus," said John Ciampoli, an attorney representing Senate Read More
ALBANY—Lawyers argued for over two hours in Mineola over the legality of David Paterson's appointment of Richard Ravitch as lieutenant governor, with the judge saying things would be decided "expeditiously," a lawyer involved in the case said. "It took a good two and a half hours plus," said John Ciampoli, an attorney representing Senate Republican Read More
ALBANY—Justice Thomas McNamara has punted again.
He huddled behind closed doors with lawyers representing both sides in the State Senate leadership dispute, before announcing in court that he was, for the fourth time, giving both sides more time to negotiate.
"During the course of that conference several issues were discussed, and based upon Read More
ALBANY—Justice Thomas McNamara has punted again. He huddled behind closed doors with lawyers representing both sides in the State Senate leadership dispute, before announcing in court that he was, for the fourth time, giving both sides more time to negotiate. "During the course of that conference several issues were discussed, and based upon the discussions Read More
ALBANY—Justice Thomas McNamara, anticlimactically, ordered the warring parties in a leadership struggle for the State Senate to continue negotiating.
"As a matter of public policy, you guys should work this out so I'm directing you to go across the street and do that and report back to me at 1 o'clock," he said. "There are Read More
ALBANY—Judge Thomas McNamara says he'd rather not get involved in a leadership dispute embroiling the New York State Senate, but will decide officially whether to hear the case on Monday.
"There are three co-equal branches of government," he just said in Supreme Court after conferencing with attorneys for Republicans and Democrats over a Read More
ALBANY—Judge Thomas McNamara says he'd rather not get involved in a leadership dispute embroiling the New York State Senate, but will decide officially whether to hear the case on Monday. "There are three co-equal branches of government," he just said in Supreme Court after conferencing with attorneys for Republicans and Democrats over a suit filed Read More
TROY—A judge has refused to sign a temporary restraining order preventing State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., who claimed to have been elected president pro tempore of the State Senate in a coup Monday that has paralyzed state government, from discharging that office.
However, the judge did reschedule a hearing on the merits of Read More
TROY—A judge has refused to sign a temporary restraining order preventing State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., who claimed to have been elected president pro tempore of the State Senate in a coup Monday that has paralyzed state government, from discharging that office. However, the judge did reschedule a hearing on the merits of Monday's coup Read More
TROY—A judge has refused to sign a temporary restraining order preventing State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., who claimed to have been elected president pro tempore of the State Senate in a coup Monday that has paralyzed state government, from discharging that office. However, the judge did reschedule a hearing on the merits of Monday's coup Read More
ALBANY—It's rapidly becoming statistically impossible for Assemblyman Jim Tedisco to win a seat in Congress. My figures are inexact—the calculations here are based on both official Board of Elections numbers, and on conversations with election officials and both campaigns—but the math looks pretty conclusive. Here's what I've come up with: On Election Night, Democrat Scott Read More
