Local unions and some community activists are calling for the resignation of State Sen. Kemp Hannon (R-Garden City) amid reports that Hannon, who heads the Senate Health Committee, has been profiting …
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By Steve Smirti
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12/10/15
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Poll mania has rendered me unable to make an independent decision.
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11/5/15
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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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Sen. Dean Skelos resigned Monday as the majority leader of the State Senate. He stands accused by U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara of official corruption.
Republican senators met Monday, before Skelos’s resignation . . .
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5/14/15
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It has been a momentous month in Albany. The recent arrest of Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker . . .
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2/26/15
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"People all across the state, when you mention state government, [are] literally shaking their heads . . ."
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2/19/15
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Our state and local leaders deserve our praise for keeping us safe during the blizzard a week and a half ago.
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2/5/15
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One thing that can be said about Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State speech on Jan. 21 was that he didn’t shy away from most of the hard issues.
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1/29/15
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Sheldon Silver, the longtime leader of the Democratically-controlled state Assembly was arrested on several federal corruption charges on Jan. 22,according to the FBI.
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By Jeff Bessen
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1/22/15
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New York state has been presented with a unique opportunity. For once, rather than being faced with a multi-billion-dollar deficit . . .
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12/11/14
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