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Albany Chaos
early and often
July 22, 2009
Judge Blocks Paterson’s Lt. Governor Appointee Dick Ravitch won’t be able to take office quite yet.
By Chris Rovzar
equal rites
July 10, 2009
Tom Duane Gives Up on Marriage Equality, for Now The vocal, openly gay advocate says passing Paterson’s marriage bill just isn’t in the cards this summer.
By Chris Rovzar
Espada’s Re-Defection: Not Good for Gay Marriage Pedro’s been posing for too many pictures with fellow “Amigo” Ruben Diaz Sr. for it to seem like it’s in the cards.
By Chris Rovzar
Espada: I’m Coming Home to Democrats Unwilling to let David Paterson appear to solve the State Senate stalemate, rebel Democrat Pedro Espada says he’s returning to the fold and solving the problem that he started.
By Chris Rovzar
Paterson Names Dick Ravitch Lieutenant Governor [Updated] According to the ‘Times,’ the former MTA chair is the man Paterson thinks will solve the State Senate’s problems.
By Chris Rovzar
Constitutional Experts, Democratic Assemblyman Warn Paterson Paterson’s potential appointment of a lieutenant governor is unconstitutional, they say.
By Dan Amira
State Senators Lose Money Temporarily, Taxpayers Permanently The state comptroller is withholding pay from state senators, though they’ll get it back eventually.
By Dan Amira
Has Paterson Had the Solution to the Senate Mess in His Hands All Along? According to some good-government advocates, yes. According to Andrew Cuomo, no.
By Chris Rovzar
the third terminator
July 2, 2009
Bloomberg Flouts State Senate’s Efforts to End Mayoral Control of Schools The Board of Education met briefly yesterday to give power back to Schools Chancellor Joel Klein.
By Chris Rovzar
albany chaos
July 1, 2009
Answering Your Questions About the Chaos in Albany Everything you need to know about why nothing is getting done in our State Senate.
By Jacob Gershman
Leave Governor Paterson Alone Paterson is doing what he can to end this mess. Why is that so funny?
By Dan Amira
Paterson Wins in Appeal to Make Senators Sit Down Together Of course, this doesn’t mean they’ll actually do anything.
By Chris Rovzar
Senate Somehow Manages to Top Previous Ridiculousness Democratic senators claim to have 32 votes after a Republican briefly walks through the chamber.
By Dan Amira
Paterson to Take Pork-Barrel Spending Away From Senators, Too Soon, all they will have is their late-seventies Formica office décor and a few suits that have been made too shiny by decades of Albany dry cleaning.
By Chris Rovzar
That Light Was a Train After All Talks of a deal in Albany were premature, after all.
By Dan Amira
Is the End of the Senate Impasse Almost Here? A deal is reportedly in the works, with Pedro Espada making a surprise concession.
By Dan Amira
early and often
June 25, 2009
By Dan Amira
Rudy Giuliani Will Save New York! He calls for a constitutional convention to enact some surprisingly reasonable reforms.
By Dan Amira