Kathleen Rice, the Nassau County district attorney who is running for State AG, announced she's hired a few key campaign aides (doesn't seem like they're putting much stock in the Cuomo campaign talk of a re-election campaign).New hires:Shams Tarek, spokesman. He most recently worked for the NYS Senate Democrats (and, full disclosure, is a Read More
ALBANY—The day after David Paterson gives his State of the State address, Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson will be in Manhattan for "cocktails and conversation" at a $5,000-a-head event.
That's a pretty high dollar figure; for context, David Paterson and Andrew Cuomo each asked for $1,000 a head at their December events and Read More
ALBANY—There are now more Democrats living in State Senator Brian Foley's district, according to an analysis by his party's campaign committee, which should be welcome news for the freshman legislator.
Shams Tarek at the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee wrote to say that, according to a mid-July update of the voter file maintained by the Read More
ALBANY—As they gear up for what will surely be a very competitive election cycle in 2010, the New York State Democratic State Senate Committee is filling out its staff.
As Liz Benjamin reported in the latter half of her column this morning, the NYS DSCC will retain Red Horse Strategies, the firm started Read More
ALBANY—It looks like David Paterson is determined to put same-sex marriage to a vote in the Senate, even if it means failure, because it will force lawmakers to go on the record. (This is not the tradition in Albany.)
The thing is, the failure of the legislation, if it comes to it, is Read More
Other fun facts: Tarek worked Read More
Specifically, Bloomberg was asked earlier today about one complaint: that the city charges rent for the use of pipes and land, but it's the Water Board that raises costs (and sets costs in general).
Bloomberg told Read More
Shams Tarek is leaving his job as spokesman for Democratic State Senator John Sabini and going to work for Democratic City Councilman Jim Gennaro--both politicians represent Queens.
The move is significant, since it looks like Tarek, a veteran of at least two of Sabini's re-election campaigns, will not be on hand for what may Read More
Senator John Sabini of Jackson Heights, who is in a hard-fought re-election campaign against Hiram Monserrate, has just had two computers stolen from his campaign office, according to a campaign spokesman. "We're going to have to be a lot more careful with how we store our data," Sabini's spokesman, Shams Tarek, told me. According to Read More
