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Michael Benjamin calls for an end to member items to clean up Albany | City & State
Florence + the Machine’s hit song “Dog Days Are Over” seems an apt soundtrack for the hidden and unspoken abuses afflicting Albany. The dog days are over/The dog days are done The horses are coming/So you better run. The … Continue reading
Lipsky’s Cooperation With Authorities Prompts Unease – NYTimes.com
Now that word has leaked that convicted former lobbyist Richard Lipsky is cooperating with federal authorities in hopes of reducing his jail sentence, “no-good” elected officials wringing their hands, looking over their shoulders, and treating their cellphones like “live” grenades. … Continue reading
Feds Seek Bail Revocation For Espada — Updated 3X
The sorry saga of disgraced former state senator Pedro Espada continues with the latest episode posted on the State of Politics blog today. Unfortunately, the good work of Dr. Neil Calman and the Institute for Urban Family Health was caught … Continue reading
NY Post: State ethics panel now investigating Bronx Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera
From today’s NY Post: Soon, the only agency that won’t be investigating Naomi Rivera will be Interpol. The powerful State Joint Commission on Public Ethics yesterday joined the growing list of probers looking into claims that the Bronx assemblywoman put … Continue reading
Naomi Rivera target of FBI investigation
According to the NY Post, Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera now has the feds after her. “The FBI is investigating claims that the scandal-scarred Bronx assemblywoman hired her unqualified then-lover to run her taxpayer-funded nonprofit, and used the charity as her personal … Continue reading
AG Schneiderman tells 10 NY counties to help bilingual voters – Could tip state senate
This evening, I came across this Associated Press report on Liz Benjamin’s State of Politics blog about New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman sending letters to 10 upstate counties advising them to accommodate Spanish-speaking voters from Puerto Rico as required … Continue reading
Councilman Seabrook of N.Y.C. Convicted in Corruption Case – NYTimes.com
The NY Times and other news outlets are reporting that Bronx City Councilman Larry Seabrook was convicted by a federal jury on 9 of 12 charges corruption charges. The first trial ended in a hung jury. City Councilman Larry B. … Continue reading
Pedro Espada got blind justice – NYPOST.com
The conviction of disgraced former state Sen. Pedro Espada reminded me of the closing scene of “White Heat” — when James Cagney, standing atop a fiery tower, shouts, “Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” In a warped sense, Espada … Continue reading
Blind justice for Pedro Espada – m.NYPOST.com
The conviction of disgraced former state Sen. Pedro Espada reminded me of the closing scene of “White Heat” —when James Cagney, standing atop a fiery tower, shouts,“Made it, Ma! Top of the world!” In a warped sense, Espada had made … Continue reading
2011 Post-Mortem Winners & Losers
The Year That Was – Winners & Losers Winners Governor Andrew Cuomo – Nearly snatched defeat from the jaws of victory by publishing his Year 1 list of accomplishments. Surprisingly, he didn’t take credit for the $785 million regional economic … Continue reading
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