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Sure, I’d wreck Albany again, says Billionaire Tom Golisano
The Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2009/07/11/2009-07-11_sure_id_wreck_albany_again_says_billionaire.html M. Benjamin for NewsBillionaire Tom Golisano helped engineer the defection of two Democrats that launched the 31-day state senate stalemate. Billionaire Tom Golisano – who engineered the GOP coup that paralyzed the Senate for a month – says he’d do it again. “You bet I would,” Golisano told the Daily News. [...]
Interest Groups Pressure Senators to End Stalemate
WNED Buffalo/Toronto http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1526634/WNED-AM.970.NEWS/Interest.Groups.Pressure.Senators.to.End.Stalemate WNED News (2009-07-07) BUFFALO (wned) – As the stalemate continues in the New York State Senate, pressure is building for Senators to find a way to get back to their legislative duties. Last week, the BOA Coalition, a wide-ranging collection of interest groups, drafted a letter which called upon the Senate to [...]
Coup in New York Senate
Music from a Keyless Piano http://keylesspiano.blogspot.com/2009/06/coup-in-new-york-senate.html The spectacular New York State Capitol building stands glorious and stately. It’s a building to be proud of but civic prides stops at the magnificent doors. Inside the halls feel slimy with the corruption of “pay to play”. As of January, Republicans had 40 consecutive years of majority in [...]
Senate "Gridlock"
The “Wonkster” Gotham Gazette http://www.gothamgazette.com/blogs/wonkster/2009/06/15/senate-gridlock/ Democrats and Republicans emerged separately from a meeting this evening and declared they have not been able to negotiate a power-sharing agreement. Supreme Court Justice Thomas McNamara delayed ruling on the matter this afternoon to allow more time for both sides to negotiate. “I urge you in the strongest way [...]
Both sides of Senate coup protest at Capitol
Fox 23 News Albany, NY http://www.fox23news.com/news/local/story/Both-sides-of-Senate-coup-protest-at-Capitol/-jKtcNgvzUKrA1GG80ig_w.cspx As the politicians were in court and meeting the media on Monday, civilians upset about what’s been happening, or rather not happening, at the Capitol were making their voices heard. In the midst of all the chaos over who will run the leadership of the Senate, protestors from both [...]
Espada Fights Fire With Fire
The Daily Politics The Daily News http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2009/06/espada-fights-fire-with-fire.html There is what amounts to a shout-off going down just outside the Senate chamber between supporters of Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. and anti-Espada protestors. The anti group appears to be the same people who were here the other day to protest the ceremonial Senate session at which Sen. [...]
Protesters say voters undermined by Senate coup
Legislative Gazette Albany, NY http://www.legislativegazette.com/day_item.php?item=997 Voters and their advocates held a press conference and protest just outside the Senate Chamber lobby to speak out against the recent turn of events in the state Senate — specifically billionaire businessman Thomas Golisano’s role. The protesters, from Citizen Action of New York, the Justice and Peace Resource Center [...]
Citizens Group Blasts Golisano
WNED Buffalo, NY http://www.publicbroadcasting.net/wned/news.newsmain/article/1/0/1517274/WNED-AM.970.NEWS/Citizens.Group.Blasts.Golisano BUFFALO (wned) – Citizen Action of New York has targeted its anger at two men who, they claim, orchestrated this week’s events in Albany: Tom Golisano, the Rochester billionaire; and adviser Steve Pigeon, a former head of Erie County’s Democratic Party. “Since when does one man have the right to buy [...]
Inside the Albany coup (part II)
Examiner.com – New York http://www.examiner.com/x-6452-NY-Progressive-Examiner~y2009m6d11-Inside-the-Albany-coup-part-II Earlier today State Republicans, along with rogue Democrats Pedro Espada Jr. and Sen. Hiram Monserrate attempted to hold the first state senate session since the coup this past Monday. The session was shortlived, however because Monserrate of Jackson Heights Queens left almost immediately, stating that he was looking to bring [...]
Political theatre plays out in Albany
WIVB Channel 4 Buffalo, NY http://www.wivb.com/dpp/news/political_theatre_plays_out_in_albany_090611 ALBANY, N.Y. (WIVB) – The Senate showdown got physical and very loud Thursday in the state capitol. Neither side is budging, no work is getting done and now a court may have to step in to clean up the mess of our elected leaders. So where do we go [...]
