Court Offers Homeowners Help Avoiding Foreclosure
June 19, 2008
Homeowners in New York who face foreclosures would be offered help by the courts to save their homes or at least make the overall process easier under a new program announced on Wednesday by the state’s chief judge.
The program calls for the creation of a new section of the court charged with helping borrowers and [...]
Con Ed Workers Begin Contract Negotiations
June 18, 2008
As Con Edison works to keep up with the demand of the hot summer months, thousands of workers who keep the electricity flowing are threatening to walk off the job, if they don’t get a new contract.
The members of Local 1-2 voted to strike if a new contract is not reached by the end of [...]
Treadwell is wealthiest candidate in race for Gillibrand House seat
June 18, 2008
Congressional hopeful Sandy Treadwell made more than $5 million from investments held in a blind trust last year, according to House financial disclosure statements released this week.
The disclosure shows Treadwell, a former New York secretary of state from Lake Placid, to be the richest candidate by far in the three-way race for the GOP nomination [...]
NY Assembly to consider windfall tax on oil companies
June 18, 2008
State Democratic Assembly leaders plan to push for taxing windfall oil profits and using the receipts to expand help for low- and moderate-income New Yorkers to pay home heating bills next winter.
“Big oil is raking in record profits while New Yorkers are struggling,” said Assembly Energy Committee Chairman Kevin Cahill. “Today’s high prices at the [...]
Feds far-reaching in Sweeney probe
June 18, 2008
Subpoena shows Justice Department exploring links between former congressman Sweeney, lobbyists
Criminal investigators are casting a wide net as they gather information about the relationship between William Powers’ lobbying firm and former Rep. John Sweeney, a subpoena obtained by the Times Union shows.
The subpoena, requiring testimony and records for a federal grand jury appearance June 27 [...]
MTA backtracks on promised package of service improvements
June 18, 2008
The cash-strapped will not launch a $60 million service improvement package because it doesn’t have the money, the Daily News has learned.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority last year unveiled plans that included more frequent bus, subway and commuter trains to soften the blow of fare hikes. The program was to be launched in phases starting this [...]
Panel Pushes Spitzer Aides to Make Deal
June 18, 2008
A state ethics panel is seeking to settle cases against top aides to former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, a year after their alleged involvement in an effort to gather the travel records of Joseph L. Bruno, the Senate majority leader.
The panel, the Commission on Public Integrity, has been threatening to open a formal public inquiry against [...]
Jonathan Smith, Democratic Candidate For Assembly
June 17, 2008
Jonathan Smith will be challenging Assemblyman Joel Miller (R-Poughkeepsie) in the 102nd Assembly District. The 102nd District has 24,363 Democrats, 26,413 Republicans and 22,874 Blanks.
Smith is a lifelong Democrat who will give Miller a tough challenge. In the year where we are looking to take back the New York State Senate, these close Assembly races [...]
DiNapoli and Bruno push for open government
June 17, 2008
Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli just debuted a new website, www.openbooknewyork.com, intended to provide the public information about how taxpayer dollars are spent in 113 state agencies, as well as up-to-date information about more than 60,000 state contracts.
The site provides aggregated expenditure data for each of the agencies broken down into several categories and tracks spending on [...]
Haile Rivera Suspends Council Bid
June 17, 2008
Community activist and University Heights resident Haile Rivera has decided to press the pause button on his run for City Council.
“I’m suspending my campaign,” he said in an interview this afternoon.
Rivera, 30, had been after Maria Baez’s 14th District seat. He first announced his candidacy in September, two years before the term-limited Beaz would be [...]
