Poll: Bloomberg rides high
Quinnipiac University is out with a new poll this morning on NY Mayor Michael Bloomberg. Take your pick of what’s the most intriguing finding: a) at 74 percent approval, the mayor is near an all-time...
View ArticleMalcolm in the middle
This is from Dan Wiessner of Gannett News Service in Albany: Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith spoke on an Albany radio show this morning and played up his role as “Malcolm in the middle”...
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There was hope yesterday that Gov. Eliot Spitzer, legislative leaders and New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg would reach a deal about permitting the city to charge extra for vehicles traveling into...
View ArticleA deal has been reached
 From Dan Wiessner at Gannett’s Albany Bureau (see below for update):   Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, Rensselaer County, just announced that a deal has been reached on...
View ArticleDetails on the recent agreement
From Dan Wiessner at Gannett’s Albany Bureau:Here are the details of the just-announced major agreement between Gov. Eliot Spitzer and legislative leaders: Congestion Pricing – The Legislature will...
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Two days until the Senate Investigation Committee convenes to discuss what action it might take regarding the “Troopergate” scandal. Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, the target of an attempted...
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Environmentalists said yesterday that New York’s program to cleanup contaminated sites is lax and polluted land is still a health danger even after it has been “cleaned.” New York students’ scores...
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Companies that produce electricity in New York are fearful of re-regulation by the state. State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo and about 20 of his lawyers were in Rochester yesterday to learn about the...
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A state Supreme Court judge has ruled that a lawsuit filed by judges who want raises can proceed. Judges haven’t had a pay hike since 1999. Patients’ rights should not be neglected as the state...
View ArticleBruno delivers moving tribute to late wife
  Besides all statewide elected officials, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, New York Archdiocese Cardinal Edward Egan and more than 1,000 other people crammed an Albany-area church...
View ArticleBloomberg: It’s a “sad day” for NY
New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s traffic-reduction plan failed to win approval today from the state Legislature, the last day possible to obtain state permission and still access $354 million in...
View ArticlePaterson: no feud with Bloomberg
 Gov. Paterson denied today that he said this weekend that he couldn’t trust New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, and that the mayor’s temper reminded him of Eliot Spitzer. “No, I didn’t,” he told...
View ArticleAssembly may have going-away gift for NYC mayor
 While some New York City business leaders are already moaning about the impending end (Dec. 31, 2009) of Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s eight-year reign at City Hall, he won’t be missed by many Assembly...
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