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Senate 2010, in a strange and volatile moment
Spin CycleEarly scrambling in the 2010 race for the junior U.S. Senate seat - now occupied by Kirsten Gillibrand - offers the best glimpse of the clashing ambitions at work in the state Democratic Party's nervous ruling circles. For her......Tags: Jerrold Nadler, Politics, Government, Jon Cooper, Carolyn McCarthy
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Monday in Albany: Polish-American Congress Day
Spin CycleMonday will be Polish American Congress Day in Albany. The congress tries to be the voice of some 10 million Polish-Americans and has been conducting voter registration drives in New York State to increase its clout. The groups says......Tags: Imperial and Royal Matters, Frank Padavan, New York, Government, National Government
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The 109th annual LCA show: An intimate setting
Spin CycleAttendance at the traditional Legislative Correspondents Association charity show, with its $300 ticket price, shrunk to what its fans and organizers found alarming. The press presentation was "MacDave" in two acts -- Basically, Paterson as Shakespeare'...Tags: Eliot Spitzer, Republican Party, Politics, Sheldon Silver, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)
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Paterson on the edge: Competing with SNL?
Spin CycleIf comic edge ruled, Gov. David A. Paterson might be proclaimed king. Pushing his ironic gifts into the risky zone late Saturday night, he dropped jaws with his performance at an annual $300-per-seat Albany press charity dinner otherwise remarkable for......Tags: Dining and Drinking, Politics, Sheldon Silver, Government, Lifestyle and Leisure
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Gov to announce same-sex bill; backers skeptical
Spin CycleGov. David Paterson is preparing to introduce same-sex marriage legislation, as detailed here. After enactment of a hard-times budget amid poor polling numbers, Paterson is in a way pushing a second big source of political pressure on his old......Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Economic Policy, Republican Party, Gays and Lesbians, Government
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Paterson: All the reasons to go for same-sex bill
Spin CycleFor Gov. David A. Paterson, the question simply seems to have been: Why NOT move for a same-sex marriage bill? He'd promised to do it. He supported the concept as a Manhattan lawmaker. His poll numbers have little place......Tags: Marriage, Politics, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Government, Vermont
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Tuesday's political circus: Fares, flu and flim-flam
Spin CycleWhen your transit fares explode soon, you can directly blame Sen. Malcolm Smith and his not-ready-for-prime-time players in the Senate's wonderful new Democratic majority. With the possible extent of swine flu dangers still unclear, the Congress will be...Tags: Diseases and Illnesses, Values, Health, Ethics
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MTA $$ and the Senate: The Smith pitch for now
Spin CycleSenate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith, who agreed with Gov. David Paterson to reinject a payroll tax into the MTA bailout talks -- after allowing his suburban conference members to reject it -- said Monday night that there is a frame......Tags: Craig Johnson, David Paterson
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Lawmakers back district-merger bill; details sketchy
Spin CycleHere's a fuller account of that special-district agreement flagged earlier, from Newsday's Sandra Peddie: Efforts to consolidate local governments picked up momentum Tuesday as state legislative leaders announced they were introducing a bill to simplify...Tags: Manhattan (New York City), Republican Party, Politics, Sheldon Silver, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland)
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