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• Letter: New York State’s Budget: The Republican View

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  To the Editor:.
  11 hours ago

• Letters: The Battle Over Gay Marriage

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  
  11 hours ago

• Guilty Plea in Fraud Case Tied to New York Pension

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  The former head of a California venture capital fund has pleaded guilty to a felony charge of bribing four senior officials who managed New York State’s pension fund.
  12 hours ago

• NYC: Debt Alarm Ringing? Hit Snooze Button

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  The comptroller’s office said that each New Yorker was on the hook for $7,760 of the city’s debt burden. And that’s not counting the national and state debts.
  14 hours ago

• Paterson Sidelined in Push for Same-Sex Marriage

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  Advocates and Senate Democrats leading the effort to build support for the legislation said they felt the governor had little political capital to leverage.
  14 hours ago

• Bleeding Cash and Deep in Debt, OTB Files for Bankruptcy Protection

  
  NYT > Theater — Authority: 901
  The gambling concern, already under state control, plans to shift its focus to telephone and online operations.
  15 hours ago

• New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Opposes Renewable Pistol Licenses

  
  AmmoLand.com — Authority: 600
  New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Opposes Renewable Pistol Licenses New York State Rifle and Pistol Association TROY, NY - -(AmmoLand.com)- From time to time the notion of a renewable pistol license (in contrast to the current lifetime license) surfaces in the State Legislature. Rumors are ...
  16 hours ago

• New York Says No, New Jersey Says Probably Not, and Rick Warren SHOULD Have Said No

  
  NO QUARTER — Authority: 559
  One more state has joined the growing list of states that will not permit same sex marriage: New York. Yes, New York which has the largest population of LGB people in the country in NY City. This headline says it all: New York State Senate Votes Down Gay Marriage Bill . I admit, this one really shocked me, even ...
  17 hours ago

• Squadron on Marriage Equality Bill

  
  Brooklyn Heights Blog — Authority: 552
  Yesterday, NYS Senator Daniel Squadron took to the floor in support of the state’s ultimately failed bill in support of marriage equality. “It’s such a small bill, just a couple of pages,” he said. “But it’s a very powerful bill.” Squadron goes on to describe his recent marriage , which he described ...
  17 hours ago

• Tax Credit For First Time Homebuyers

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  NEW YORK—Starting this month, New York homebuyers will be able to take advantage of a fiscally responsible tax credit, according to Congressman Scott Murphy.  Passed by Congress and signed by President Obama last month, the fully paid-for Worker, Homeownership and Business Assistance Act took effect Dec. 1.  The ...
  18 hours ago

• Convicted Supreme Court Judge Spargo Disbarred

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  ALBANY—Former state Supreme Court judge and election law attorney Thomas J. Spargo, convicted in federal court in August of attempted extortion and soliciting a bribe, has been disbarred.Spargo, 66, admitted to practice law in 1972 and who maintained a law office in East Berne, had tendered his resignation after the ...
  18 hours ago

• New York Times: NY Senate “took a stand against equality and fairness.”

  
  The New Civil Rights Movement — Authority: 132
  New York Times: NY Senate “took a stand against equality and fairness.” Today’s Times takes a strong swing against our leadership in Albany, writing, of the gay marriage vote, “…not a single Republican possessed the courage or sense of justice to depart from an obsolete and narrow-minded party line, ...
  20 hours ago

• The Sanctity of Marriage

  
  Very Important Stuff — Authority: 129
  New York state senator Diane Savino talks about gay marriage. In a concise, entertaining speech, she points out several of the fundamental absurdities associated with the conservative position. (There are others.)
  21 hours ago

• New York State Senate Decisively Rejects Homosexual ‘Marriage’

  
  Americans For Truth — Authority: 626
  The New York Times reports : ALBANY — The New York State Senate decisively rejected a bill on Wednesday that would have allowed gay couples to wed, providing a major victory for those who oppose same-sex marriage and underscoring the deep and passionate divisions surrounding the issue. The 38-to-24 vote ...
  21 hours ago

• New York State Senate - Cowardice In Action

  
  JoyZeeBoy — Authority: 100
  Heres how it went down in the New York State Senate yesterday (my apologies and thanks to my friend Rob Byrnes, from whose website this is directly lifted): Friends of the LGBT Community: Eric Adams (D)Neil Breslin (D)Martin Malave Dilan (DTom Duane (D)Pedro Espada (D)Brian Foley (D)Ruth Hassell-Thompson (D)Craig ...
  21 hours ago

• 21 Nabbed In Shutdown Of NY Cocaine Network

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  SYRACUSE—Narcotics trafficking and other charges have been filed against 21 individuals accused of taking part in a drug distribution network that was funneling cocaine from the Bronx to Rochester and was then re-sold in Cayuga, Ontario, Seneca, and Monroe Counties and elsewhere in New York.According to court ...
  21 hours ago

• Quote Of The Day - AllahPundit

  
  Joe. My. God. — Authority: 703
  "In New York, the only outlet for displeasure is to throw the bums out, which made the pressure on the senate more intense. As for why the final tally wasn’t close, I assume the same thing happened here as happened when the amnesty bill went down in flames two years ago: Once the voting started and it became clear ...
  21 hours ago

• Equity Firm Founder Guilty In Pay-To-Play Scheme

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  NEW YORK—A founder and chairman of Markstone Capital Group LLC has entered a felony guilty plea , for his involvement in a pay-to-play kickback scheme at the Office of the New York State Comptroller.Elliott Broidy acknowledged paying nearly $1 million in gifts for the benefit of OSC officials to obtain a $250 ...
  21 hours ago

• NY Marriage Rally TONIGHT in Manhattan

  
  OutGayLife.com — Authority: 159
  Tonight, HRC will participate in Marriage Equality New York’s (MENY) rally in Union Square to protest the vote on marriage equality in the New York State Senate yesterday. In a painful vote of 38-24 the New York State Senate decided against marriage equality, but tonight join MENY, HRC, elected officials, and ...
  22 hours ago

• Demolition Of Lake Champlain Bridge Imminent

  
  North Country Gazette — Authority: 493
  CROWN POINT—The state Department of Transportation is expecting approval from the Federal Highway Administration for demolition of the Lake Champlain bridge by Monday, Dec. 7.NYSDOT’s prime contractor will be receiving bids from subcontractors for the controlled demolition of most bridge sections on Monday and ...
  23 hours ago

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