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New law protecting credit card users goes into effect
New York Daily News
New York, NY
http://www.nydailynews.com/money/2010/02/23/2010-02-23_new_law_protecting_credit_card_users_goes_into_effect.html
BY LORE CROGHAN
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Banks can no longer jack up interest rates on most customers’ credit card balances, as a federal law protecting millions of consumers took effect Monday.
“Today is a great day for anyone who has a credit card in their wallet,” Rep. Carolyn Maloney (D-Manhattan), an author [...]
Need money? Tax the rich
Capitol Confidential, Times Union
Albany, NY
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/22815/need-money-tax-the-rich/
By Rick Karlin
That’s one of the not-unexpected suggestions out today from a consortium of groups including the labor-backed Fiscal Policy Institute, the state teachers union, non-profits, health care organizations and school funding groups, known as the Better Choice Budget Campaign, that have put out a list of potential revenue raisers for [...]
Latest potential domino: Cuomo, Schneiderman, Espaillat
Capitol Confidential, Times Union
Albany, NY
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/22794/latest-potential-domino-cuomo-scheiderman-espaillat/
By Rick Karlin
Maybe dominoes isn’t the best metaphor, it’s more like churn, or the ongoing movement of ambitious politicians seeking ever-higher office which in turn creates openings for others along the political food chain.
With Andrew Cuomo expected to run for governor, there’s a growing list of those who would in turn run [...]
Prisoners of the Census
Metroland
Albany, NY
http://metroland.net/newsfront.html#5
State Sen. Neil Breslin supports the downstate effort to change the state’s system of counting the incarcerated
In anticipation of this year’s census, advocates in New York state are adamant in their efforts to mend what they call the state’s flawed system of counting prisoners where they are jailed, instead of where they resided prior [...]
Citizen Action targeting Murphy on health care, still
Capitol Confidential, Times Union
Albany, NY
http://blog.timesunion.com/capitol/archives/21394/citizen-action-targeting-murphy-on-health-care-still/
By Jimmy Vielkind
The left-leaning activist group Citizen Action has launched an online petition urging Congressman Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, to vote in favor of a bill to restructure health care.
“In February, during the election, Scott Murphy stood with health activists and declared he would stand for the fundamentals of health care reform,” [...]
What We Missed — The Top TPMCafe Posts Of 2009
Talking Points Memo
Washington, DC
http://tpmcafe.talkingpointsmemo.com/2010/01/08/what_we_missed_–_the_top_tpmcafe_posts_of_2009/
2009 was an exciting, thought-provoking year here at the Cafe. We’re hoping to bring in a new slate of bloggers to ensure that 2010 is just a strong. But before we look at the top posts of the year, let’s have a quick look at the week that flew by.
After a holiday [...]
Central New Yorkers react to Gov. David Paterson’s speech: ‘Optimistic tone’ but ‘follow through needed’ (Updated)
Syracuse Post-Standard
Syracuse, NY
http://www.syracuse.com/news/index.ssf/2010/01/central_new_yorkers_react_to_g.html
By Delen Goldberg
Gov. David Paterson just finished delivering his “State of the State” address, and people already are reacting.
Here’s what they are saying:Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb
Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb, R-Canandaigua
“Gov. Paterson’s address sounded an optimistic tone, but what New Yorkers will be looking for, what my Assembly Republican colleagues and I [...]
Practitioners urge Murphy to back reform
The Saratogian
Saratoga Springs, NY
http://www.saratogian.com/articles/2009/12/24/news/doc4b32de7f9ea4e948566002.txt
By Paul Post
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A handful of local medical practitioners on Wednesday urged U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy to approve health care reform when it comes to a final vote.
Murphy, D-Glens Falls, whose district includes Saratoga County, surprised many when he voted against a bill the House approved in early November.
He said [...]
Murphy taken to task on health care
Troy Record
Troy, NY
http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/12/24/news/doc4b32dd35c9a51391111250.txt
By Paul Post
SARATOGA SPRINGS — A handful of local medical practitioners on Wednesday urged U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy to approve health care reform when it comes to a final vote.
Murphy, D-Glens Falls, surprised many when he voted against a bill the House approved in early November.
He said the bill, in its then-current form, [...]
Doctors urge Murphy to support health care bill
Post Star
Glens Falls, NY
http://www.poststar.com/news/local/article_3c022d40-f01a-11de-acb9-001cc4c03286.html?mode=story
Local health care practitioners held a press conference in Saratoga Springs on Wednesday to urge U.S. Rep. Scott Murphy, D-Glens Falls, to support health care reform legislation.
Selma Nemer, owner of One Roof Health Center, Dr. Russell Denea, a local psychiatrist, and Caroline Russell, a social worker, were among the speakers, according to [...]
