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PAC Set To Fight Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage

The Times this morning reported a new political action committee, called Fight Back New York, which is planning to raise “high six figures” in multiple State Senate races this year to fight all those who opposed the same-sex marriage bill.

The campaigns first “target” is Hiram Monserrate, who is running in the special election for the seat he was thrown out of earlier this month.

They are playing for keeps:

The committee will start

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Sen Liz Krueger to Paterson: It’s About Strategy, Bring ME To A Vote First

Gov Paterson has suggested that 42 absolutely-vital-to-gov’t-operations-type bills be passed before another agenda with marriage equality can be hammered out. Liz Krueger disagrees, and I think she’s right:

“It’s about strategy,” she said. “If you do taxes for local governments and mayoral control, if those get done, the Republicans won’t stay for more. If you want leverage, you say, ‘No, you can’t just go home if you get the mayor off your back and the counties can do taxes.’

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Senate Special Session Likely–Make One More Call for Marriage Equality TODAY

Gov Paterson is trying to exert control over the Senate deadlock.  He has appointed two mediators to attempt a deal tomorrow (Republican State Senator John Dunne and former LG Stan Lundine). And:

Paterson said that if both sides can not reach a leadership agreement by Tuesday, Court of Appeals Chief Justice Jonathan Lippman would serve as the Senate’s presiding officer.

While Paterson said initial agenda would be limited to time-sensitive legislation, he said other issues,

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Photo of the Week: Come on, New York.

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Photo by Oliver


Cast members from the musical Hair demonstrate at Broadway Impact’s Equality rally last Sunday at 6th ave and 45th st.

On Tuesday, MYD and an alliance of progressive orgs launched newyorkequality.com, a web site dedicated to giving New Yorkers the tools they need to make their support of marriage equality heard. Through the site, New Yorkers

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