From the office of the Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith comes this:
A plan to establish a "green" jobs development institute, put federal money to work creating
tens of thousands of new infrastructure jobs and getting more than 1,000 new cops on the street are
just some of the job creation efforts included in this year's budget passed today.
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Rus Thompson host's Buffalo's Tea Party to protest the way Albany handles it budget process,
succeeding from New York State, taxes and other things involving Albany's three men in a
room...
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In anticipation of the State's payment to counties for partial reimbursement of legal defense
services, the New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) reaffirms its support for Governor
David Paterson's proposal to provide more flexibility with the ILSF.
Governor Paterson has proposed as part of his 2009-10 Executive Budget a provision to provide
counties and the City of New York with greater flexibility related to the ILSF.
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Assemblywoman Jane Corwin (R,C,I-Clarence) today spoke out again in opposition to the Assembly
Democrat's IDA "Reform" legislation that would increase costs for upstate businesses already
suffering through the financial crisis. Yesterday, Corwin attended a hearing held by the Local
Governments Committee on the legislation that outlined the bill's negative impact on the upstate
economy.
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Attending the 30-minute meeting for the Nation were Council Chairman Richard Nephew, Councilors
J.C. Seneca, Michael John, Travis Jimerson, Al George, and Senior Policy Advisor Robert Odawi
Porter. Nation President Barry E. Snyder Sr. was out of town and unable to attend the meeting at
the Amherst Marriott.
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Newly elected State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm A. Smith and Senators William Stachowski and
Antoine Thompson met today with Mayor Byron Brown in Buffalo to discuss concerns facing Upstate, as
well as ways the new Senate Majority can work with local leaders to spur economic revitalization.
The visit comes less than 48 hours after Smith [.
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As the Senate shifts from republican control, this article in the New York Times begs the question,
Why did Dale Volker ever a staff of 16 and a budget of more than $700,000: "They're
petrified," said Senator Dale M. Volker, a Republican from Buffalo. "They know I'm going
to have to get rid of a lot [.
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Statements are starting to come in from Governor Paterson's State of the State speech yesterday:
State Senator Bill Stachowski: "While Governor Paterson's State of the State address was a bit
anticlimactic, considering his budget has already been released, it again confirms the very serious
challenge that is facing State leaders.
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Last year, when Spitzer gave a separate "state of upstate" address, it was watched by
residents statewide. This year, there will be no such address. Instead, Paterson will crisscross
upstate cities holding town hall meetings. The Buffalo one is supposed to happen on February 18th.
That's all swell.
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For several months now, I have regularly shared with you the steps that my administration has taken
to responsibly address New York's fiscal crisis. Today, I delivered my State of the State address,
giving a frank assessment of New York's challenges, and proposing a wide-ranging series of
initiatives to put our state back on the [.
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Common Cause/NY congratulates Governor Paterson on the delivery of his first State of the State
Address and the new Senate Majority leader, Malcolm Smith, on his election. "We look forward
to working with the Governor and Majority Leader Smith and the new Democratic majority to breaking
the decades-long deep freeze that has blocked reform and [.
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New York Gov. David Paterson is presenting his vision for the state's future in his state of the
state address. You can watch it here starting at 1pm. (link will be active soon)
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New York Gov. David Paterson is presenting his vision for the state's future in his state of the
state address. You can watch it here starting at 1pm. (link will be active soon)
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Four hospitals in New York state paid kickbacks to get more patients into their drug treatment
programs, which billed Medicaid for services that weren't standard or necessary and lacked state
certification, lawsuits allege. Another hospital paid people to search homeless shelters and other
places for patients to enter a three-day stay in detox in exchange for [.
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You might remember that is 2004, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School released a
landmark report which famously declared that "The New York State Legislature is the most
dysfunctional in the nation." After the report was summarily dismissed as nonsense by Shelly
Silver, Joe Bruno and other Albany leaders, the legislature passed a [.
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You might remember that is 2004, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School released a
landmark report which famously declared that "The New York State Legislature is the most
dysfunctional in the nation." After the report was summarily dismissed as nonsense by Shelly
Silver, Joe Bruno and other Albany leaders, the legislature passed a [.
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You might remember that is 2004, The Brennan Center for Justice at NYU Law School released a
landmark report which famously declared that "The New York State Legislature is the most
dysfunctional in the nation." After the report was summarily dismissed as nonsense by Shelly
Silver, Joe Bruno and other Albany leaders, the legislature passed a [.
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