Spitzer Announces Plan To Expand Food Stamp Program
February 5, 2008
Governor Eliot Spitzer [...]
Court Decides on New Voting Machines
February 5, 2008
A court order issued yesterday requires the state to allow the use of voting machines criticized by voting and disability advocates.
New York is years behind on multiple deadlines to meet federal voting laws designed to ensure accuracy.
The state Supreme Court ordered the state Board of Elections to add a machine to the short list of [...]
GOP Lawmakers Seek To Toughen State’s Stance on Paroling Inmates
February 4, 2008
Senate Republicans in Albany are backing a proposal that would make it more difficult for convicted murderers to be released on parole while making it easier for communities to track inmates freed before the completion of their sentences.
Majority Leader Joseph Bruno’s Republican conference is expected to support a bill that would require a unanimous votes [...]
GOP Bronx District Leader Fred Brown Investigating
February 3, 2008
Prosecutors are investigating a Bronx politician after The Post revealed he’s been living for years in lower Manhattan in apparent violation of state law.
The Post has also learned that election officials knew almost a decade ago that GOP district leader Fred Brown lived outside The Bronx, but ignored the information.
A November 1999 letter to the [...]
Court Rules State Must Recognize Same-Sex Marriage
February 2, 2008
A state appeals court ruled Friday that New York must recognize same-sex marriages legally performed outside the state.
The unanimous decision stems from a 2005 case in Rochester where a woman’s partner was denied health benefits.
A state Supreme Court justice dismissed the suit, saying New York does not recognize same-sex marriages. But an appellate panel ruled [...]
If Mayor Runs, ‘Empirically, He Can Win’
February 1, 2008
A venture capitalist who founded a company expressly to support a presidential run by Mayor Bloomberg, and who is conducting nationwide voter analysis for the mayor, says his data show that Mr. Bloomberg can win the White House.
James Robinson IV, the founder of the technology and data analysis company Symposia Group, told The New York [...]
Campaign Finance Board Chairman Steps Down
February 1, 2008
The Campaign Finance Board announced today that its chairman, Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr., has announced his intention to step down when his term ends on March 31.
In a letter informing Mayor Bloomberg of his decision, Schwarz said that with the end of his term approaching he “felt it was appropriate to give you ample [...]
Battle Of Independence (Party, That Is) In 48th
February 1, 2008
A fight over the Inependence Party line, which could be pivitol in the 48th SD special election, is brewing and likely to end up in court.
The Jefferson County Independence Party announced this morning that it met last night and voted 8-0 to endorse Democratic Assemblyman Darrel Aubertine, while the Oswego County Independence Party is meeting [...]
New York Candidates Awash in Real Estate Cash
February 1, 2008
The real estate industry, racing to beat strict new limits on campaign contributions, has been flooding New York City candidates with donations for the 2009 campaign at a rate three and four times that in previous election cycles.
The industry, which looks to City Hall for everything from zoning changes to tax breaks, is traditionally a [...]
