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Espada: "Pull Up Your Pants!"
Staff reporterState Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. is joining forces with Sen. Eric Adams, and Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson to get get youngsters to raise their pants. They spoke outside the Bronx Police Athletic League, on Webster Ave., in the Bronx. Espanda unveiled a...Tags: Crown Heights, WPIX
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Senate split: Dueling gavels in a surreal script
Spin CycleAnd there were even dueling gavels in the room. Here's the latest dispatch from Mr. Madore: ALBANY ??? Chaos reigned in the State Senate today as rival leaders interrupted each other and recognized dueling presiding officers. Republican leader Dean...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Executive Branch, Parliament, Government, Politics
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Senate split: Democrats seen in chamber, UPDATED
Spin CycleDemocrats -- under pressure for boycotting the GOP Senate takeover for the past two weeks -- have returned to the Senate chamber within the last few minutes. About 18 members are present. It is seen as a maneuver to......Tags: David A. Paterson, Republican Party, National Government, Upper House, Democratic Party
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Working Families endorses Hooper's rival
Spin CycleAs partners in the Democrats??? drive to take the state Senate, the state Working Families Party has endorsed on Long Island Democrats Brian Foley, Kristen McElroy and Sen. Craig Johnson. In the Assembly, the party included five Republicans among its........Tags: Thomas K Duane, Politics, Malcolm Smith, Audrey I Pheffer, Long Island
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Half-dozen Senate Dems to blast Paterson tax cap
Spin CycleSix State Senate Democrats plan on Friday to blast Gov. David A. Paterson???s proposed 4 percent cap on yearly increases in school property taxes minutes before a special session in Albany to vote on the matter. The senators -......Tags: Bronx (New York City), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Executive Branch, Manhattan (New York City), Eliot Spitzer
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Golisano: No endorsements in Skelos, O. Johnson races
Spin CycleMissing from last week???s string of endorsements in State Senate races by Rochester billionaire Thomas Golisano were two prominent Long Islanders ??? Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) and Sen. Owen Johnson (R-West Babylon). James T....Tags: Martin Connor, West Babylon, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Kemp Hannon, Velmanette Montgomery
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Senate: Johnson gets Govt Ops, Foley gets Ethics
Spin CycleApparently, a deal is done with the Gang of Three, and Malcolm Smith issues a press release declaring himself Senate Majority Leader and Dems as the majority party for the first time in 43 years. The deal lets Carl Kruger......Tags: Values, Local Government, Ethics, Jeff Klein, Politics
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Albany: Smith team has no LIers
Spin CycleMalcolm Smith announces his leadership team, and their stipends (led by his own $44,000). Not a single person from Long Island, or the suburbs -- every single one is from NYC, or upstate cities. Full list after the jump.......Tags: Carl Kruger, Velmanette Montgomery, Toby Ann Stavisky, Parliament, Thomas K Duane
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Pushing public-defender bill: Gideon's muted trumpet?
Spin CycleOn Wednesday comes "Gideon Day" marking the US Supreme Court's 1963 decision in Gideon v. Wainwright, a landmark in the rights of the accused. Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson and Assemb. Darryl Towns are pushing to follow up on a past...... -
Update: A jamup in Senate as a member takes ill
Spin CycleThere's been a glitch at the Capitol tied to the health of a single individual. James T. Madore reports that the Assembly voted on the first of nine budget bills at 3 PM, after a debate of one hour......Tags: Republican Party, National Government, Democratic Party, Government
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