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Metro Justice Heads to Albany
R News Rochester, NY Members of Rochester social activism group 'Metro Justice' boarded a bus to voice their displeasure about what's happening in Albany. The original mission of their trip to the State Capitol was to urge
Read More »Metro Justice goes to Albany with Citizen Action – No Mas, Senators Espada and Montserrate, No Mas
Rochester Turning Rochester, NY You may have seen coverage on Rnews earlier, but Metro Justice was one of many organizations to head to Albany and protest the coup d’etat. Originally, they were heading to Albany
Read More »How Tom Golisano flipped control of the New York State Senate
Syracuse Post-Standard Albany, NY Billionaire Tom Golisano created a political group to bring transparency to Albany. But for more than a month, he conducted closed-door meetings to plot a Republican takeover of the state Senate. He has
Read More »Senate stuck in gridlock after coup
Elmira Star-Gazette Albany, NY ALBANY - Business in the state Senate ground to a halt Tuesday after a leadership coup this week by Senate Republicans and dissident Democrats, putting political factions at a standoff and leaving
Read More »Golisano Denies Ties to Espada, Monserrate
Politics on the Hudson Rochester-area billionaire Tom Golisano is taking both heat and credit today for the Republican coup yesterday. Senate Democrats are saying he used money to influence Sens. Pedro Espada and Hiram Monserrate to
Read More »Billionaire businessman helped GOP take back Senate
Newsday Long Island, NY ALBANY - In the end, it was Malcolm Smith's BlackBerry that did him in. Businessman Thomas Golisano, upset over tax and spending increases in the state budget, had journeyed to the Capitol in
Read More »Albany Out of Order
Gotham Gazette New York, NY “Voters, not donors!” chanted a swarm of activists who gathered at the fourth-floor capitol office of Sen. Pedro Espada, Jr. The sound echoed throughout the grand capitol staircase as activists grew
Read More »Blocking Action
FOX23 News - WXXA Albany, NY Our vote, we're taking it back," chanted hundreds of protestors camped outside Senator Pedro Espada Jr.'s office today. Their chants said that yesterdays actions were a game to block any
Read More »Senate switch leaves business unfinished
WNYT NBC 13 Albany, NY So people who were counting on the Legislature to act may be disappointed. No one knows for sure how all of this will play out, but critics agree the Senate implosion will
Read More »Citizen Action protests Senate change
Legislative Gazette Albany, NY Approximately one hundred protesters affiliated with Citizens Action New York gathered outside the office of Democratic Sen. Pedro Espada Jr., who decided yesterday, along with Sen. Hiram Monserrate, to vote and caucus
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