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NewsJune 10, 2010 10:17pm

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 >>

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NewsJune 16, 2009 11:26am

31-31

I should be posting more about the NYS Senate, but I keep reading the coverage of the Great Senate War of 2009 and can’t even find the energy to comment. It’s just that embarassing. So I’ll let the quotes speak for themselves. Espada, who clearly doesn’t believe in the separation of powers in gov’t: “We need judicial intervention. We need judicial clarity.” Supreme Court Judge McNamara, who is acting the role of kindergarten teacher over quibbling first graders who were never taught the concept of sharing in kindergarten (via @mkink): “several issues discussed in conference, negotiations underway, adjourned until 1 pm. i have an obligation to allow the process to continue if i think progress is being made.” Skelos, in … More >>

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