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  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Anonymous Online Speech: Soon To Be Banned by Albany?

    The Voice's Steven Thrasher just brought this to our attention. Legislation is pending in Albany that would make illegal anonymous online commenting, City & State tweeted this morning. Looks like Wired was among the first to report on the measure. The bill's backers, according to the mag, want ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 26, 2012

    State Senator Michael Gianaris on Redistricting: 'We're Not Going To Stand for It'

    After a lot of back-and-forth and a fair amount of confusion about when the state's redrawn district maps might actually be released, the new state Senate lines came out today. This is it! After months of talk and hearings, these are the new political lines that the state task force charged with r ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2011

    Is the 32nd Senator Ready to Come Out of the Closet For Marriage Equality?

    ​It's been nearly a week since same-sex marriage supporters announced they have 31 out of 32 pledged votes toward passing the Marriage Equality Bill. However, Capital Tonight just tweeted that a 32nd, unidentified Senator has been confirmed. Others, like the NYCLU, are claiming there is a 32nd ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    U.N. Narrowly Passes Historic Gay-Rights Resolution

    While lawmakers debate gay marriage up in Albany, down here in the city the United Nations took a historic step on gay rights, narrowly passing a gay-rights resolution today. CNN reports that the resolution was introduced by South Africa, and passed with "23 votes in favor, 19 opposed and three abs ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2011

    New York Doctors Could Be Banned From Wearing Ties

    ​A male doctor, in our minds, always wears a white coat over a starched dress shirt and unoffensive tie. Not for long, maybe! The state legislator, led by half of Albany power couple "Klavino," Sen. Diane Savino, is plotting to ban all hospital workers from wearing neckties because they spread ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 24, 2011

    Condoms Can Still Be Evidence of Prostitution in NYC

    Carrying a condom in New York City can be proof you're a prostitute. Yes, now, in 2011. Gothamist reports that along with the City Council push to rename the Queensboro Bridge after Ed Koch, a resolution was also on the agenda yesterday meant to pressure the governor and state legislator to pass a d ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 5, 2011

    Democratic Rebels Stage New State Senate Breakaway

    ​ The new Albany legislative session opens this morning with yet another rebellion in the ranks. This one comes from a quartet of Democratic state senators who announced this morning, with plenty of tough words, that they're moving away from their party's minority to form an "independent caucu ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 4, 2011

    Mochi Kills Japanese Revelers; Food Safety Bill to Be Signed Today

    ​Mochi, or sticky rice cakes, popular on New Year's Eve in Japan, send hundreds of people -- mostly aged 60 and over -- to the hospital each year, making it the most suffocating food in the country. [Wall Street Journal] Bison ranchers are having a hard time keeping up with the growing demand ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2010

    Carl Paladino, Angry Man, Beats His Own Party

    ​No matter what your politics you have to admit Republicans yesterday went for the guy with a lot more pop in his bat -- literally. Just three months ago, all Carl Paladino, the wealthy gun-slinging landlord from Buffalo who will now carry the GOP banner for governor, could muster at the Repub ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 9, 2010

    Four Brands of Milk Recalled in NYC Area

    ​Four brands of milk are being recalled in the New York area, reports news cable channel NY1. The sell date on all the cartons is September 24, and the brands include Midland Farms, Corrado's Market, Jersey Farms, and Trade Fair Premium, and the plant code is 36-1661. The milk was processed i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 28, 2010

    Froot Loops Recalled; Kids Say Food in Shrek Packaging Tastes Better

    ​Kellogg's has voluntarily recalled millions of boxes of Apple Jacks, Corn Pops, Froot Loops, and Honey Smacks breakfast cereals following reports of "an uncharacteristic off-flavor and smell" from the box liners. [Reuters] A number of New Yorkers have started ordering their bagels with the i ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2010

    Pumped-up Steve Levy Fires Downtown Volleys

    ​Steve Levy, newly hatched Republican candidate for governor, was working the Wall Street precincts today in search of campaign cash and took the opportunity to blast away at almost everyone else. Using a conference room at a friendly downtown law firm (Lewis Johs Avallone Aviles), the Suffolk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2010

    Steve Levy and the Ford Taurus: The True Story

    ​Stop the tabloid presses: Steve Levy did not -- repeat, did not -- drive that beat-up old Ford Taurus up to Albany last week when he launched his new career as a Republican running for governor. Yes, you might well have thought he did because you too saw the marvelous photo of the Suffolk Cou ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 15, 2010

    Racetracks One More Thing Suffering from Incompetent Albany Rule

    Those of us who selfishly thought of the Aqueduct racino mess merely as a political scandal should be ashamed. The death of the AEG bid for the video slots franchise now leaves a gaping hole, not only in the state's coffers, but in those of the New York Racing Association, which runs Aqueduct and ot ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 14, 2010

    Hiram Monserrate, the AP, and Burying the Lede

    ​I don't know about you, but when the rest of the country discovers one of our colorful local politicians it makes me want to take them off my iPod. Still, they just don't know Hiram Monserrate like we do. ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) Expelled from the state Senate, shunned by his party and denounced as ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    ​Like to gamble online? Political odd couples like Barney Frank and Al D'Amato are fighting for your right to do so. Meanwhile James Giordano made millions via internet gambling, and wound up in prison. So... do you feel lucky? Graham Rayman has the story. Tom Robbins has previously covered t ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Paterson Rejects Albany Half-Loaf Budget Cuts, Says "The State is Going Bankrupt"

    Governor Paterson wanted the endless Albany special sessions to produce $5 billion in budget cuts over the next year and a half. The legislators said: How about $2.9 billion? After some ominous rumblings ("Governor Paterson had enough and will not wait any longer"), it now appears there is no deal. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 1, 2009

    Gay Marriage Bill Wins in D.C. Council; New York Still Lags

    ​By a vote of 11-2 (with former Mayor Marion Barry among the minority), the Washington, D.C. city council has agreed to recognize gay marriages in the District. This isn't the end of it: procedure requires a second reading within two weeks, and then the Mayor's signature, a Congressional resol ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 20, 2009

    Cheek, In Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    ​ Kristen Stewart, New Moon premiere. Twitpic via KriisStewart_. Our Man of the Week is Rudolph Giuliani. He started off with confused but belligerent comments about the KSM trial, making him look like a candidate for something. Then word leaked that he would not run for Governor, then that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 10, 2009

    Albany Gay Marriage Vote Delayed

    Gay marriage is on the special session agenda in Albany today. Earlier the Lower Hudson Journal found state senate Democratic leader John Sampson "noncommittal" on its chances in the chamber, slimly controlled by the Democrats, and now the senate has delayed the vote. Reports indicate a lack of sure ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 9, 2009

    Tax Amnesty Idea Looking Better: 1 Guy Owes $19 Million

    ​When Governor Paterson included a tax amnesty program in his proposal to cut the state's $3-billion-plus budget deficit, claiming it would bring in $350 million, we thought it was rather wishful thinking. But the Albany Times-Union finds some big numbers among the top 200 state tax scofflaws ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2009

    Gov Adds Gay Marriage to Special Session Agenda

    As Maine doesn't go, so goes New York, maybe: Governor Paterson says that along with the pressing budget issues for which he called the special session of the legislature for Tuesday, he's also going to push the gay marriage bill, which he proposed in April but which got set aside as Albany pursued ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 13, 2009

    Rick Lazio Calls for Constitutional Convention, One House to Rule Them All

    Remember the flurry of interest this summer in a New York state constitutional convention from politicians and voters? The voters may be climbing down from the threat, but Rick Lazio is still ready to capitalize on it in his race for governor. The man best known for losing to Hillary Clinton in h ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 24, 2009

    Mayoral School Control Deal Allegedly Happening; NYU Center Bloomberg Hates Gets Bumped

    We suppose we should mention it since some people find it exciting, but the news that a "deal" is "in the works" for the state senate to renew mayoral control of the city's schools seems pretty weak tea. The parent training institute, arts advisory council, and safety committees sound more like gest ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 21, 2009

    IG: State Employees Slept, Did/Sold Drugs in Break Room/"Man Cave"

    Two state government workers, Office of General Services supervisor Louis Marciano and OGS janitor Gary Pivoda, have made an assload of overtime in recent years. Making that easier for them, the Inspector General's office alleges, was a space they'd commandeered in an Albany parking garage they nomi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 22, 2009

    Quinnipiac Poll Makes Siena Poll Look Optimistic

    Depressed by the new Siena Poll, which shows that New York hates its elected officials and itself? Try the new Quinnipiac Poll (thanks, Liz). It's even worse! 71 percent of respondents are dissatisfied with the way things are going in the state now, and 78 percent call our government "dysfunctional. ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 14, 2009

    Staten Islanders to Tie Up Verrazano Bridge with Pennies on Monday

    Hey, you can have your Tea Parties -- Staten Island's having a Penny Protest! As few outside the forgotten borough noticed, the recent Albany MTA bill added a dollar to the Verrazano Bridge's $9 toll. So local "self taught artist" Scott LoBaido proposes that at noon on Monday, drivers protest the hi ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 11, 2009

    "Spitzer" Joins "Paterson" on SNL

    Are we awful for enjoying the Saturday Night Live Paterson gags? They're certainly dopey, focusing as they do on Paterson's blindness, drug and sex history, and epochal unpopularity. And New Jersey! But we like dopey sketches, and are pleased that Fred Armisen has found a political character that ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 7, 2009

    Albany Approves MTA Bill; Governor's Signature Expected; Fare to $2.25

    The state senate has cleared the MTA budget plan, and Governor Paterson says he will quickly sign it. The bill is lengthy, and full of legislative nuggets that will take time for the rest of us to parse. We do notice that it says the 50-cent taxi surcharge "must" be passed on to the rider -- the c ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 6, 2009

    Verrazano Bridge Toll Going Up?

    We're still waiting for the vote that is expected to pass the MTA budget compromise, which charges drivers and employers taxes and surcharges to keep the buses and trains running with just a slight increase in fares. And we hope the Dalai Lama's invocation in Albany this morning put them all in a mo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 24, 2009

    Cheek, in Review: 7 Days of Runnin' Scared

    President Obama came down on the credit card companies. They're still trying to hang the socialist and elitist raps on him, but they don't seem to be sticking. Mayor Bloomberg got mad as hell about the MTA fare hike -- but didn't bother to tell his friends in Albany. His "Puppets for Educational ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2009

    I, Locavore--Awesome Deal on Local Chardonnay

    The crisp chardonnay of Millbrook Vineyards and Winery (click to taste) As a wine enthusiast, you're no doubt familar with the reasonably priced and often good wines of the North Fork of Long Island, and the pricier product of New York's pristine Finger Lakes region. But a lesser known wine reg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 1, 2009

    This Week in the Voice

    Remember the epidemic years of AIDS, when infected New Yorkers fought to get into untested drug trials? People fought to get infected babies into those trials, too. Some of them, because of the nature of the trials, were given placebo drugs. Some made it, some didn't. Not much has been written abo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 25, 2009

    MTA Fare Hike All But Certain

    The MTA's Doomsday Budget, which raises all our fares and passed the finance committee Monday, is expected to be approved today. Transportation Alternatives is staging a "Call-a-Thon" this morning at Union Square to get citizens to ring the MTA and denounce the plan. Even Mayor Bloomberg had an awk ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 18, 2009

    Poll: Tax Half-Millionaires, Quarter-Millionaires, and Millionaires

    Ah, the wisdom of the people: a Quinnipiac poll shows 79 percent of New York state residents approve of increasing taxes on millionaires. In fact, they approve of tax hikes on people making half a mil, and even a quarter mil, though by slimmer margins. The Albany Times-Union headlines this news "vo ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 12, 2009

    Marriage Equality Backers Turned Away by City

    This morning outside the city's Manhattan Marriage Bureau -- which was recently refurbished to draw tourist trade -- more than a hundred protesters expressed their displeasure with the absence of a marriage equality law in New York. Same-sex marriage gets much lip service from Democrats in Albany, b ... More >>

  • Columns

    January 28, 2009

    David Paterson and Kirsten Gillibrand: New Senator, New Scandal

    The Governor's pick is genuine machine-made royalty

  • Blogs

    January 12, 2009

    Bed-Stuy Man Kidnapped, Put in Trunk; 2 Arrested

    The Governor's pick is genuine machine-made royalty

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2009

    Tenants Jeer for New Housing Chair Espada

    The first reviews are in for Pedro Espada, the Bronx Democratic renegade whose hardball negotiations with new majority leader Malcolm Smith won him the post of  state Senate housing committee chair. They're not good: It's "an unhappy development for tenants," said veteran housing advocate Michael ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2008

    Lousier Subways Predicted; Panic Ensues

    The first reviews are in for Pedro Espada, the Bronx Democratic renegade whose hardball negotiations with new majority leader Malcolm Smith won him the post of  state Senate housing committee chair. They're not good: It's "an unhappy development for tenants," said veteran housing advocate Michael ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 5, 2008

    Lynn Yaeger: About Last Night...

    The first reviews are in for Pedro Espada, the Bronx Democratic renegade whose hardball negotiations with new majority leader Malcolm Smith won him the post of  state Senate housing committee chair. They're not good: It's "an unhappy development for tenants," said veteran housing advocate Michael ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 3, 2008

    Congestion Pricing Faces Albany Gridlock

    The first reviews are in for Pedro Espada, the Bronx Democratic renegade whose hardball negotiations with new majority leader Malcolm Smith won him the post of  state Senate housing committee chair. They're not good: It's "an unhappy development for tenants," said veteran housing advocate Michael ... More >>

  • News

    February 28, 2006

    Naturopath vs. Naturopath

    Some New York alternative healers seek government stamp of approval

  • News

    January 31, 2006

    Outing Cardinal Egan

    A priest's lawsuit alleges the Catholic Church is hiding pedophile clergy—and offers a stunning reason why

  • Blogs

    June 29, 2005

    NYC to Washington: Drop Bucks!

    A priest's lawsuit alleges the Catholic Church is hiding pedophile clergy—and offers a stunning reason why

  • News

    April 22, 2003

    Bloomberg at the Crossroads

    With a Budget That Will Define Him, Mayor Mike Pushes Pataki, Unions

  • News

    June 25, 2002

    Bloomberg's Fragile Budget

    Re-Election Year Politics Dictate Choices

  • News

    May 14, 2002

    Lobbying for Leniency

    Scandal-Scarred Adult Homes Buy Pataki Protection

  • News

    February 12, 2002

    New York’s Anti-Terror Express

    State Pols Ride a Troubling Crime Agenda Toward Re-Election

  • News

    October 10, 2000

    Roy's Real Choice

    Senator Goodman Exercises His Right to Choose All-Male Clubs

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