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Tax day sparks protest
CBS - News Channel 6 Albany In Albany and Saratoga Springs, demonstrators took part in a nationwide campaign called "Make Them Pay." The two local events were among hundreds of similar protests designed to draw the
Read More »MoveOn to stage demonstration on Monday
Post Star Saratoga Springs MoveOn.org, a liberal political advocacy organization, announced is will cosponsor a demonstration at noon Monday outside the Bank of America branch at 28 Division St. in Saratoga Springs to protest a dozen
Read More »Don’t Miss the Progressive Event of the Year!
Justice Works: A Conference for Progressive New York is an intense 2-day conference connecting progressive activists who are committed to a fair and just New York. We’ll coordinate campaigns, share strategies and train each
Read More »Defending Schneiderman’s Right To Defend
Capitol Tonight Albany Civil rights groups and Assembly Democrats are rushing to defend AG Eric Schneiderman’s right to fight for the prisoner counting law he championed while serving in the Senate that is now the subject
Read More »Speaker Silver and Civil Rights Groups Defend Schneiderman’s Prerogative
PolitickerNY Albany While Andrew Cuomo left open the possibility this afternoon that someone besides the Attorney General might defend last year's law to count prisoners in their home districts against a Republican legal challenge, Assembly Speaker
Read More »In prison suit, should Schneiderman recuse himself? (updated)
Times Union Albany Should Attorney General Eric Schneiderman recuse himself from defending the state Department of Corrections and the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment in a lawsuit brought by a nine GOP state
Read More »Skelos Defends Prison Count Lawsuit; Schneiderman To Defend The State (Updated)
Politics on the Hudson Albany Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, predicted that his Senate Republican colleagues would be successful in their lawsuit to block a state law that would count prisoners in legislative redistricting
Read More »A cry of resistance against Cuomo’s cuts
The Socialist Worker Albany NEW YORK'S Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo pushed through a state budget that slashes spending on desperately needed social programs and targets public-sector unions for layoffs and big concessions. But this assault on New
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