After a long battle followed by days of protracted deal-making, the New York State Senate voted Friday night to legalize same-sex marriage in the Empire State. The historic yet divisive measure passed by a narrow margin of 33 votes to 29. The vote will make New York the sixth state – and the largest one [...]
State Senator Carl Kruger is expected to turn himself into authorities Thursday on unspecified charges brought forth by the U.S. attorney’s office, sources tell NY1. The veteran Brooklyn lawmaker and the former finance chairman of the state Senate has been implicated in an FBI influence peddling probe since 2008. Kruger’s surrender comes a week after [...]
Governor Cuomo plans to meet with prominent gay activists in order to push for a bill that legalizes same-sex marriage in New York, sources tell NY1. They say the governor will attend a brain storming session on Wednesday in order to put together a solid measure and introduce it by June. Source: NY1 Continue reading [...]
The Bloomberg administration may need to close 105 senior centers — 40 percent of the entire system — if Albany makes good on a budget cut of approximately $25 million, city officials said on Thursday. The proposed closing would affect 8,000 of the 28,000 people who visit the centers for meals, friendship and activities. And [...]
More than 100 protesters from New York City community organizations made their way up to Albany Wednesday to send Governor Andrew Cuomo a message: “tax the rich, not the poor.” As part of their demonstration, participants blocked all exits to the State Street entrance of the Capitol in an effort to get arrested for their [...]
Legislative leaders, citing lame- duck Gov. Paterson’s huge legal troubles and the late release of a massive, $6 billion borrowing scheme, privately concede there’s no chance to get a new state budget adopted by the April 1 start of the new fiscal year. In fact, many predict there won’t be a budget until late June, [...]
A poll shows that a New York state senator trying to reclaim the seat he was expelled from last month is trailing by a large margin ahead of Tuesday’s special election in Queens. The Siena College poll finds that only 15 percent of likely voters support former Sen. Hiram Monserrate. He originally won the seat [...]
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped aside in the ethics investigations of Governor David Paterson. Cuomo has named former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye to look into the two scandals plaguing the governor. Reports say that Paterson allegedly helped cover up a domestic violence investigation involving his top aide and allegedly lied under oath about [...]
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio received a boost of political support Wednesday from former governor George Pataki. Pataki, a three-term governor, said Lazio is the right choice to clean up the dysfunctional government in Albany. “I believe the right person, the best person for the party, and more importantly for the state, is Rick Lazio,” [...]
The state’s top cop is out after just seven days on the job – the fourth victim of the scandals swirling around Gov. Paterson. State Police First Deputy Superintendent and interim boss Pedro Perez abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after former chief Harry Corbitt quit March 3 to flee the firestorm. “My retirement [...]
