ALBANY—David Paterson just apologized to Assemblyman Mark Schroeder for lumping him in with other legislators he attacked last week on a Buffalo radio station.
"I was complaining last week right here on WBEN on the Sunday morning show with Dave Debo about what I felt was the dishonesty of some of my legislative Read More
ALBANY—Since they were both in the same room yesterday, I took Assemblyman Mark Schroeder's suggestion and asked State Senators Antoine Thompson and Bill Stachowski—all three men are Democrats from Buffalo—whether they agreed with Schroeder that Senator Pedro Espada Jr. is a "thug" and should resign as his chamber's majority leader.
"No, I Read More
ALBANY—Democratic Assemblyman Mark Schroeder never planned to call State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. a thug, but now he's calling on him--and Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who "rushed to his defense"--to come to his Buffalo district and apologize.
On Friday, Schroeder called publicly for Espada to resign his leadership position.
"Usually, you Read More
State Senator John Sampson, the Democratic conference leader, said a Buffalo-area assemblyman "overstepped his bounds" when he called State Senator Pedro Espada Jr. a "thug" and said he should resign.
"I think Mark Schroeder overstepped his bounds. Irrespective of what you think, Senator Espada is a colleague and I do not support anybody Read More
CORNING—Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has a sense of humor described as dry, at best, but he apparently got the crowd roaring yesterday when his Democratic conference convened in Brooklyn.
Silver had a secret plan to bring in 30 Rock star and Palin-impersonator Tina Fey, but was coy all day about who exactly was Read More
