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Another day of dodging in Senate
Times Union Albany, NY ALBANY -- The battle for the state Senate remained in stalemate Thursday despite numerous political and legal developments, as breakaway Democrat Hiram Monserrate continued to keep both sides wondering where his shifting
Read More »Senate Stand Off Continues, as Coalition Falters
WXXI Public Radio Albany, NY LBANY, NEW YORK (WXXI) - The Senate coalition of thirty Republicans and two Democrats forced their way through an angry mob into the Senate chamber Thursday, and held a brief meeting.
Read More »Pictures of the Day
New York Times There are terrible perils abroad. But a photographer who also found himself in harm’s way on Thursday was Nathaniel Brooks — at the New York State Capitol in Albany. As the wild political
Read More »Capitol chaos: Senate session short lived
WTEN, News 10 ABC Albany, NY The 30 Republicans and two rogue Democrats who formed a new State Senate coalition on Monday, finally got into the chamber Thursday morning. Not surprisingly, they were not joined by
Read More »Coalition enters NY Senate, but stymied
Newsday/AP Albany, NY ALBANY, N.Y. - Amid protests, courtroom tussling and confusion in the Capitol, Republicans and two dissident Democrats briefly reopened New York's Senate chamber Thursday only to be stymied when their Democratic opponents locked
Read More »Leadership Chaos at Capitol Leaves Key Issues In Jeopardy
Public News Service Albany, NY Albany, NY — With control of the state Senate in question, action on key issues such as worker rights, tenant rights, and control of city schools hangs in the balance. Passage
Read More »Video: Protesting the Power Grabbers in Albany
RochesterTurning.com I like the slogan “Voters not Donors!” That’s exactly what I’m talking about by REAL real reform
Read More »"Voters Not Donors!" Scenes from the protest in the Capitol today
The Albany Project Here's some powerful video from inside the Capitol as the so called "reform coalition" made their way to the senate chamber to hold their fake session
Read More »Alesi Lives to Tell the Tale
PolitickerNY.com ALBANY—Vote counts, court orders and locked doors aside, demonstrators from Citizen Action made it even more difficult for a Republican-led coalition to consummate the coup it initiated Monday by trying to get into the
Read More »Storming the Floor, The Coalition Gavels In
PolitickerNY.com Jimmy Vielkind ALBANY—They came, they gaveled, they left. Despite pending litigation, the Republican-led coalition claiming to control the State Senate after a coup Monday entered the chamber and conducted some brief business, but left without passing
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