Some activists arrive at meetings in a flurry of nervous energy, cell phones glued to their ears, with a gaggle of followers and a sense of such manic urgency that it is tempting to believe the fate of humanity depends on what happens in the next five minutes. No one can say that longtime community activist Tammie Williams lacks urgency or energy. But those qualities are tempered by a sense of depth, of human bedrock that transcends the news cycle
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By Timothy Denton
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12/29/17
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On Nov. 7, New York voters will decide whether a state constitutional convention should be held. By law, every 20 years . . .
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10/26/17
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New York’s Assembly members and senators have returned to Albany to begin the latest legislative session. In the coming months, they, along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will produce the state budget. Important decisions will be made on . . .
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1/14/16
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Shelly Silver convicted. Dean Skelos convicted. The whole thing is kind of sad. These men and their families are ruined. The haters will have their pound of flesh . . .
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12/17/15
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With the convictions of former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, pundits now claim that Albany’s pay-to-play system of dishonest dealing has finally been . . .
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12/17/15
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Dean Skelos is the fifth consecutive majority leader of the State Senate to be indicted. And Sheldon Silver isn’t the first speaker of the Assembly to be indicted. In the past decade, more than 30 sitting or former state officeholders . . .
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5/28/15
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In addition to selecting the candidates of your choice in congressional, State Senate and Assembly, judicial and statewide races for governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general and comptroller, voters on Election Day will . . .
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10/16/14
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An important item will be on the ballot in November, the passage of which would do more to benefit New York state government in the future than any individual we elect.
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7/16/14
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Redistricting is most likely something Nassau County residents don’t want to think about again for another decade, especially after last year’s long and contentious process to redraw the county’s 19 legislative districts.
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2/14/14
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A coalition of nonpartisan groups last week called on the Nassau County Legislature to overhaul its redistricting process, which occurs every decade following the release of census data to account for population shifts.
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By Andrew Hackmack
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2/4/14
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