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Albany coup! A 32-30 vote goes GOP's way
Spin CycleNearly a year after Sen. Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre took over the GOP majority -- only to lose it at the polls -- Republicans may have reversed their loss, at least for the moment, and re-taken the upper house,......Tags: Government, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), National Government, Republican Party, Hiram Monserrate
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Indicted Democrat Corbin gets some GOP love
Spin CycleNassau Democrat Roger Corbin got a show of moral support from a Republican legislator Monday, just hours before his fellow Democrats were to decide whether to nominate him for another term while he awaits trial on federal tax charges.......Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Republican Party, William Murphy, Democratic Party
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If you need a scorecard.....
Spin CycleIf you're still reeling from the barrage of changes in the State Senate, the AP offers this helpful guide to who's who -- at the moment, anyway -- and who'll be doing what:......Tags: Government, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), National Government, Career and Workplace, Employees
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What in the world is Al Sharpton doing?
Spin CycleWhat the heck was the Rev. Al Sharpton doing in Queens on Wednesday? He chose to take a stand on the mess in Albany by holding a press conference in the district of one of the renegade state Senators, Hiram......Tags: Government, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Long Island, National Government, Al Sharpton
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Capitol coup winners: LI's clout, NYC defectors, Indies
Spin CycleMany movers and shakers on Long Island will say that the restoration of GOP conference power in the state Senate, headed by Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), will bolster the clout of the counties and help LI's share of the......Tags: St. Albans, Government, Malcolm Smith, National Government, Republican Party
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The coup: Don't worry, be happy, for Pro Tem
Spin CycleStanding before news cameras in Albany the other night, Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. (D-Bronx) recalled that his 30 Republican colleagues had asked "many times" in recent months: "Are there some brave citizens and senators on the other side of......Tags: St. Albans, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Malcolm Smith, Health Insurance, Hiram Monserrate
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LI's state Senators: 2 of 9 backed 'initiative' bill
Spin CycleAfter two hours of debate, the State Senate adopted a local-government consolidation bill pushed by Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The vote was 46 to 16. Democrats shot down Republican attempts to exempt fire districts and library districts. Sources...Tags: Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Long Island, David A. Paterson, Craig Johnson, West Babylon
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Senate split: GOP wins ruling; Democrats appeal
Spin CycleJustice McNamara, after repeated delays to allow the pols to settle the war among themselves, has thrown out the Democrats' lawsuit. That is, he voided their court action seeking to overturn last week's power play installing Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville....Tags: Government, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), National Government, Republican Party, Upper House
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Senate split: Long Island lawmakers' clash
Spin CycleFrom opposite sides of the aisle, within the Long Island delegation: Sen. Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre), for now back in the saddle as majority leader, has on his to-do list for the Senate session a bill from Sen. Charles......Tags: Government, Dean G Skelos, National Government, Republican Party, Property Tax
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Senate split: Deadlock Dean did that district deed
Spin CycleCall him Deadlock Dean, since he helped to take us to this point. Long before the savvy and influential Rockville Centre senator and lawyer engineered last week's surprise parliamentary coup, he happened to make an unprecedented 31-31 standoff possible......Tags: Government, St. Albans, Jackson Heights, Malcolm Smith, National Government
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Senate coup: GOP boss out of the loop?
Spin CycleLast week???s stunning Republican move to take back control of the state Senate, engineered by Long Island???s own Sen. Dean Skelos, took place without the knowledge or participation of Joseph Mondello, the state and Nassau GOP chairman, according to........Tags: Dean G Skelos, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Long Island, Republican Party, Upper House
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Senate split: Will prosecutors create the majority?
Spin CycleWe elect district attorneys to enforce laws, not to decide who writes them. But prosecutions in Queens and the Bronx -- and perhaps Albany -- could end up shaping the outcome of the Great Senate War, if not the......Tags: Government, Jackson Heights, Office Equipment and Supplies, National Government, Republican Party
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