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Coup Crisis Redux: State Government Shutdown?
Instead of apologizing to taxpayers for shutting down the NY State Senate with the Coup last year, Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr and Minority Leader Dean Skelos are wrecking havoc again by making it impossible for the NYS Senate to pass a budget. The Senate has been passing emergency budget bills on a weekly basis for a while now. If a deal isn’t reached by Monday, government services will literally cease to be funded. State officials are preparing for the first-ever government shut down. Paterson has proposed a budget with deep cuts to health care as a way to force the lawmakers to accept his proposals. Dems oppose the cuts, while Republicans are in unified opposition because the cuts don’t … More >>
Tagged Albany, coup, espada, skelos
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One to Watch: Justin Brannan
We’re focusing a lot on the 2010 Senate race here at MYD. You can catch Emmy doing the “State of the State” presentation over at TV-myd and we’ll be hosting a number of events / canvasses / phone banks etc as we get closer to election time (want to help plan these? Apply for Field Director, applications due TODAY) Hopefully, by 2012 we’ll have elected such stand-up State Senators that we’ll be in a different place than we are now! Nevertheless I’m keeping an eye out for the former hard-core band guitarist turned community activist, Justin Brannan who announced this week that he’s considering a 2012 Senate run. It’ll be interesting to see how his campaign rolls out in the … More >>
Tagged Albany, nys senate
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MTA: Show Me Your Books ! (Its The Law)
A new era of transparency began this Monday for hundreds of our state public authorities – whether they like it or not. For decades these agencies were able to keep multiple sets of books that advocates dubbed a “shadow government” – books that they were not obliged to share with anyone. This practice is now history with the passing of the Public Authorities Reform Act. It requires many of these quasi-governmental corporations to be more transparent and required even to subject themselves to independent audits. “We certainly have the authority now to recommend that board members be censured, that they be warned and in the most extreme cases, we can recommend to the governor or to the local appointing authority that board members … More >>
NYT Paterson Article #2 Arrives
So the big New York Times expose that was rumored to outline resign-able offenses has never materialized, and probably won’t. Instead there have now been two anything but flattering articles, the second of which was published last night. First, on Tuesday there was a profile of Paterson’s senior adviser David W. Johnson which goes into his troubled past and sudden rise to be one of the most important players in Paterson’s administration. That being said, it’s not entirely convincing in the sense of actually showing Paterson to be a bad governor. Anonymous staffers indicate Johnson is not a good adviser, and the article sort of wonders aloud if a criminal background, especially (unproven) allegations of domestic abuse, should preclude someone … More >>
Tagged Albany, david paterson, governor race
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Schumer To Giants: If You Are A NY Team, You Should Practice In NY
The NY Giants organization had planned to discontinue their regular summer training at the University of Albany as soon as the practice facility adjacent to the new Meadowland Stadium was ready to go. The potential lose of this seasonal tourist staple has worried local business leaders and university officials who have been petitioning the team’s front office to reconsider. Senator Schumer, a self described Giants loyalist, went so far as to call John Mara, the team owner, to discuss the merits of the Giant’s remaining at the SUNY campus. His office released this statement: Holding the training camp in Albany is good for both the Giants’ morale and cohesion and the local economy. What’s more, the training camp has become … More >>
Senator Quits In Face of Congressional Paralysis
U.S. Senator Evan Bayh of Indiana, a centrist Dem, announced he will not seek a third term yesterday. On the heels of the loss of the Kennedy seat in Massachusetts, the news sent Dems “reeling” — but the real story is why he’s quitting when he could pretty easily win re-election. His announcement offers a depressing insider’s perspective on just how dysfunctional Congress has become: “For some time, I have had a growing conviction that Congress is not operating as it should,” Mr. Bayh said. “There is too much partisanship and not enough progress — too much narrow ideology and not enough practical problem-solving. Even at a time of enormous challenge, the people’s business is not being done.” “This is … More >>
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