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April 30, 2012
New York Politicians Spent Nearly $50,000 On Cigars Since 2008
Bill Clinton's not the only politician who likes a good cigar...Since 2008, New York politicians have spent nearly $50,000 on cigars and other tobacco products, a new study from the New York Public Research Group.The study, first provided by the group to the New York Daily News, finds that state law ... More >>
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March 9, 2012
Staten Islanders Apparently Love Prescription Drugs
If there's one things Staten Islanders love, it's prescription drugs. If there's another thing Staten Islanders love, it's prescription drugs!That's according to New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, who says the prescription drug abuse problem -- particularly with pain killers like hydroc ... More >>
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June 24, 2011
Gay Marriage In Time For Pride? Not Yet, But Eat Your Veggies
As the Daily Show pointed out last night, the New York State Senate has indeed succeeded in taking on one of the toughest issues of the day: finally settling what the Empire State vegetable ought to be. (Corn.) But though Governor Cuomo just tweeted about some real progress -- the long-awaite ... More >>
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June 20, 2011
Greg Ball's All Atwitter at Gay-Marriage Bill: Upstate Senator Takes His Own Online Poll.
Here's what happened over the weekend with the gay-marriage bill, which the Assembly has already approved: Publicly, the bill has the support of 31 of the 32 senators it needs for passage. Though he was considered "leaning no," GOP senator Greg Ball (who represents all of Putnam County, northern ... More >>
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June 17, 2011
Is Gay Marriage Getting Blue Balled in Albany? Senate to Vote Monday at Earliest.
Now that Governor Cuomo has given his all toward passing gay marriage equality legislation, and the Assembly has passed the measure for a fourth time, the focus is exactly back where it's been for the past two years: the State Senate. Yet after significant momentum at the beginning of the we ... More >>
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June 15, 2011
Gay Marriage in New York: Over the Hump Today?
Today could be the day when gay marriage equality passes its biggest hurdle in New York State yet and actually achieves something it never has before: likely passage in the state senate. With 31 of the necessary 32 votes already publicly announced, the effort only needs one GOP senator for th ... More >>
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September 15, 2010
"Poor Man's Bermuda" in Staten Island? Not anymore
For a century, 41 families have had a sweet deal on public land in Staten Island. But summer is finally over.
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March 14, 2010
Eric Cantor, Dan Senor Host Fundraiser for Tea Party Candidate in NY-1
Via Elizabeth Benjamin in the Daily News, House Minority Whip (and Republican Rebranding specialist) Eric Cantor will be a special guest tonight at a fundraiser for self-funding millionaire Suffolk County House candidate Randy Altschuler. On the host committee: Bush loyalist, Iraq Coalition a ... More >>
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December 3, 2009
Advance Sees Gay Marriage Backlash; From Where? We Ask
We have to admit, we laughed when we read the Advance headline, "Staten Island senator faces backlash over same-sex marriage vote." Backlash? In Staten Island? Where "the first openly gay club in more than a decade" opened in August, and preachers inveigh against homosexuality on the Ferry? (Well, ... More >>
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December 2, 2009
This Is, Apparently, Who We Have To Blow
...or rather, blow away, in the next election. Ladies and gentlemen, the 'No' votes...
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November 13, 2009
NASCAR abandons Staten Island
International Speedway Corp. (ISC), whose plans to build a NASCAR track on Staten Island set off a "near riot" at a public hearing, announced the sale of the site to a Texas company at a $30 million loss yesterday.
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October 22, 2009
Liu, Gioia, Other Dems Call for Monserrate to Resign; Skelos Proposes Extra Republican for Panel
More Democratic public officials are calling for state senator Hiram Monserrate, convicted of lesser charges in an attack on his girlfriend and facing a special state senate committee, to remove himself from office. Earlier in the week New York Senators Kirsten Gillibrand and Chuck Schumer suggested ... More >>
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September 13, 2009
Vendor crisis averted at Richmond County Fair
The Staten Island Advance reported yesterday that health inspectors were shutting down food vendors at the Richmond County Fair (warning: blinking type), and that a local politician on the scene was not happy with the situationIn a telephone interview direct from the fair, State Senator Andrew Lanza ... More >>
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July 17, 2009
$85 Million in Albany Member Items Disbursed for Parrot Adoption, Self-Esteem, Etc.
The state senate laid out its new member items, and it's hilarious or grim reading depending on whether you read it as a student of human nature, or as a taxpayer. Jimmy Vielkind has the list. The $85 million feedbag of discretionary items for senators' constituents includes $2 million for Pedro Es ... More >>
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June 30, 2009
Coup in Review: Habemus Quorum! -- Briefly; All Senators Arrive, Fight, Then Recess Till Noon
The Post reported this morning that the Democrats had locked themselves into the state senate chambers, but it appears the Republicans eventually joined them for the full session court-ordered yesterday. Only Kevin Parker was absent. But after some haggling over who got to run the session, they adjo ... More >>
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May 1, 2009
Senator Lanza Keeps Staten Island Secession Alive
The dream of Staten Island secession would seem to have died with John Marchi, but the Times tells us today that state senator Andrew Lanza is working on a Staten-Island-Out-Of-New-York plan, which he has been proposing since last year. He decries the "legacy of neglect" under which the forgotten bo ... More >>
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April 20, 2009
Mike "Mad as Hell" Bloomberg Forgot to Phone Albany
Remember last month when Mayor Mike Bloomberg was really really angry over the state legislature's failure to deal with soaring MTA fare hikes? When he wanted us all to call up and, in our best Peter Finch "Network" imitation rant, tell those rascals in Albany that "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not goin ... More >>
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September 22, 2008
Fossella Cheered By 200 in Staten Island
Remember last month when Mayor Mike Bloomberg was really really angry over the state legislature's failure to deal with soaring MTA fare hikes? When he wanted us all to call up and, in our best Peter Finch "Network" imitation rant, tell those rascals in Albany that "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not goin ... More >>
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August 25, 2008
Golisano's Senate Picks: Mostly (and in NYC, Only) Same-Old
Remember last month when Mayor Mike Bloomberg was really really angry over the state legislature's failure to deal with soaring MTA fare hikes? When he wanted us all to call up and, in our best Peter Finch "Network" imitation rant, tell those rascals in Albany that "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not goin ... More >>
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January 12, 2007
Election Countdown: 40 Days to Go!
Remember last month when Mayor Mike Bloomberg was really really angry over the state legislature's failure to deal with soaring MTA fare hikes? When he wanted us all to call up and, in our best Peter Finch "Network" imitation rant, tell those rascals in Albany that "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not goin ... More >>
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November 3, 2006
Gay Democrat Goes for Broke in Staten Island
Remember last month when Mayor Mike Bloomberg was really really angry over the state legislature's failure to deal with soaring MTA fare hikes? When he wanted us all to call up and, in our best Peter Finch "Network" imitation rant, tell those rascals in Albany that "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not goin ... More >>
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January 17, 2006
Council Priorities
The new City Council Speaker doles out some surprising assignments
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October 4, 2005
The Wealth of Districts
The new City Council Speaker doles out some surprising assignments
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April 9, 2002
Getting the Lead Out
Will the City Council Finally Protect Kids From Toxic Paint?

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