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Gov Dave’s scandal involves another MAN The WBP has held off on this one until we could speak with one of our Albany sources but we cannot stay out of the rumor mill any longer. Much of the speculation over NYS Governor David Paterson’s possible resignation has involved sex. Not neccesarily a huge deal since Gov. Dave [...] ...
Water Buffalo Press - 7:23 a.m.
Town To Propose A Smaller Lighthouse Whether the Long Island Lighthouse Project will be reduced to little more than a 2 watt nightlight remains to be seen. What is clear, however, is that the Town of Hempstead -- in whose hands lies all zoning decisions for the Nassau Hub -- is taking the reins, for better or worse, of the region's most ambitious attempt at redevelopment since Robert Mo...
The Community Alliance - 6:50 a.m. - 2 clicks 
We here in the greater Utica region have been waiting patiently for our "economic silver bullet", while having a front row seat to watch the economic resurgence that is currently taking place in the Albany area. Countless times we have heard the State say that they are planning to locate a new facility here or promising to send the next major private sector project our way; and all have fell th...
The Herkimer County Progressive - 5:48 a.m.
Kristin Davis (pic via the NY Daily News) The New York Governor’s race just got crowded. Paterson, probably Cuomo, Lazio, Paladino, now enter Kristin Davis. The Manhattan madam who had Eliot Spitzer as a client is running for Governor with a little help from political hack Roger Stone. Remember Roger Stone? No? Follow that link for a [...] Related posts: Monroe County Conservati...
Rochester Turning - 5:20 a.m.
Read original... The Rev. Floyd Flake defended the state's pick of Aqueduct Entertainment Group to run Aqueduct's racino, saying it was a fair decision. Egan-Chin/News The Rev. Floyd Flake took to his Queens pulpit Sunday to defend the state's controversial pick to run the Aqueduct racino slots - a company in which he has a stake. "I know you must have read a lot about this in th...
Lost in the Ozone... - Mon 8:47 p.m.
This Thursday, February 11th, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation will be having a meeting on the futures of the Hammond Hill and Yellow Barn State Forests in the Forum room at Tompkins-Cortland Community College. The room will open at 6:30pm and DEC staff will give a brief presentation about the unit management planning process at 7:00pm. The easiest place to see the ...
Living in Dryden - Mon 2:26 p.m. - 3 clicks
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #433: "Immigrant Rights - A Hopeful New Bill" Jenn Dean and Gonzalo Martinez de Vedia tell Wayles Browne about the situations of immigrants in the US. They frequently face injustices and indeed a broken system, but HR 4321 could make things better. Recorded February 7, 2010. Tuesday, February 9 7:00-7:30 pm on Channel 13 Wednesday, Fe...
Ithaca Action Network - Mon 2:26 p.m. - 2 clicks
I’m pleased the Saints won yesterday’s game and am more pleased that the game was entertaining. There is a lot of buzz about how the New Orleans Saints players help the City of New Orleans in the long wake of Katrina. Well, remember Anthony Hargrove? See Anthony Hargrove was a Buffalo Bill before be was traded to [...] Related posts: Community Service: a Learning Experience for No...
Rochester Turning - Mon 10:43 a.m. - 4 clicks
Long Island Breakfast Club Eases The Process Of Looking For Work With Laughter Our good friends at the Long Island Breakfast Club are at it again. Offering support, guidance, comraderie, and hope to the many Long Islanders -- particularly the 50 and over set -- who are out of work but not out of that true sense of purpose. Join LIBC for a breakfast on Saturday, March 6th at 9 AM at the ...
The Community Alliance - Mon 6:04 a.m. - 3 clicks
Not Much, Unfortunately When Inaction Supplants Dysfunction No, this isn't a visage of an impending Senate coup, the second coming of Pedro Espada, so to speak. Just a reminder that, this November, every member of the NYS Senate, indeed, every member of the entire State Legislature, must stand for re-election. "Stand" is, perhaps, too lofty a word for those who, too often, sit on their po...
The Community Alliance - Mon 5:43 a.m. - 6 clicks
Well, this can’t be good. A charity was set up, people paid in in belief that monies were going to assist the victims of Hurricane Katrina and it appears monies never got paid. Oh, two NY politicians are involved - State Senator Malcolm Smith and Rep. Gregory Meeks (NY-6) although I doubt they were in [...] Related posts: Katrina documentary tonight on HBO The Hurricane Katrina of ...
Rochester Turning - Mon 5:27 a.m. - 4 clicks
n 2008 New York became the first U.S. city to pass a law requiring manufacturers to dispose of old computers and other electronics. So why is the toxic trash continuing to pile up?...
Gotham Gazette - Sun 9:16 p.m. - 3 clicks
Well - what’s up with this? I suppose we have to wait until tomorrow. Via Huffpo UPDATE: Business Insider now reports that a Paterson official denies that the governor will resign. The same source also says that while a “New York Times story is in the works,” it will not run Monday. Just days after rumors of [...] Related posts: Thank you Governor Paterson! Governor Pat...
Rochester Turning - Sun 5:59 p.m. - 6 clicks
Welcome to another week that was on Rochesterturning. It was groundhog week and it seems we’ve been here before as, lots of money spent on overtime, Local Dems get a black eye as Carmen Gumina switches parties, Empire Zones are actually held accountable after they milk the taxpayers. There was the DNC and OFA pushing [...] Related posts: Kicking off the day In Case You Missed It...
Rochester Turning - Sun 12:07 p.m. - 5 clicks
In case you are interested I received statements via email from both Chairman Morelle and Minority leader Bronson’s office. One can surmise form both statements that they didn’t see this coming. The statements follow. Here is Monroe County Democratic Chairman Morelle statement (Rochester, NY - February 6, 2010) - A statement from Chairman Joseph D. Morelle in [...] Related posts: ...
Rochester Turning - Sat 10:09 p.m. - 2 clicks
Related posts:Randy Kuhl’s Energy Mailer - taking nonsense to the next levelD&C endorses Carmen and TedBoots on the ground for Edwards Related posts: Randy Kuhl’s Energy Mailer - taking nonsense to the next level D&C endorses Carmen and Ted Boots on the ground for Edwards ...
Rochester Turning - Sat 10:09 p.m. - 3 clicks
FireDogLake is having a vote to determine which of their nominated representatives should get a spot on the FDL fundraising page to the tune of $10,000. One of those nominees is our own Eric Massa--the sole Democrat from a Republican district who pledged to only support a healthcare reform bill with a public option. In support of one of our hardest fighting upstate Dems, I'm asking you to help m...
The Albany Project - Sat 4:41 p.m. - 3 clicks
Read original... What a dopey criminal...You can't make this stuff up...lol A South Ozone Park man was busted on suspicion of vandalism after head-butting another man’s cement angel sculpture, the Queens district attorney’s office said. Around 2 a.m. Jan. 24, the resident of a home on 97th Avenue spotted Mark Jarvis, 21, shaking and then head-butting the yard ornament, causing it to fa...
Lost in the Ozone... - Sat 1:19 a.m.
Here's a must read about Harold Ford, Jr. from Memphis columnist, Wendi C. Thomas...h/t: Albany Times-Union Capitol Confidential - A.M. Roundup... Read original... Dear New Yorkers: Perhaps you don't read the Memphis newspaper, but thanks to the miracle of the Interwebs, I'm hoping this important message will find its way to Northern climes. Former congressman Harold Ford...
Lost in the Ozone... - Fri 11:55 p.m. - 2 clicks
New York City Public Advocate Bill de Blasio formally endorsed Kirsten Gillibrand for U.S. Senate today, touting her tireless commitment to delivering relief to struggling New Yorkers, creating new jobs and rebuilding our economy, and giving New York City children every opportunity to achieve their full potential. “Kirsten is a strong voice and a true champion for New York families,” Public Adv...
Lost in the Ozone... - Fri 10:35 p.m. - 2 clicks
Former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has lately emerged from his time-with-the-family decent interval with online and cable TV commentary about the need for better regulation of Wall Street. And Spitzer is also dropping hints that he may join Harold Ford of Tennessee, Merrill Lynch, the DLC, NBC and the Park Avenue Regency in challenging the excellent Senator Kirsten Gillibrand this year. According to L...
The Albany Project - Fri 8:07 p.m. - 8 clicks
Read original... 31-year Veteran Lawmaker Told to Repay $1 Million Former Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio received six years in prison and was ordered to repay $1 million Thursday for abusing his office to pocket hundreds of thousands of dollars. U.S. District Court Judge Naomi Reice Buchwald handed down the sentence to the Queens Democrat after he entered a guilty plea in July...
Lost in the Ozone... - Fri 4:00 p.m. - 3 clicks
I've been holding off on writing about this, because it seems to come drip by drip. There are more of them appearing lately, though - Liz Benjamin , NGD , and now Capitol Confidential . The New York Times seems to be the journalistic epicenter of the story - we'll see what happens, I guess. Destiny may not always be what it seems. If this turns out to be real, I fear for New York Sta...
The Albany Project - Fri 2:22 p.m. - 3 clicks
The Glens Falls Post-Star has a story about state parks facing cut-backs. Gov. David Paterson's proposed state budget calls for $29 million in spending cuts at New York's 35 historic sites and 135 state parks, including Moreau Lake State Park and Saratoga Spa State Park in Saratoga Springs. This is just the latest in a series of cuts. Over the past 18 months, the parks budget ha...
The Albany Project - Fri 11:01 a.m. - 3 clicks
Just received an email from my Senator Steve Saland titled: "Senator Saland's plan to create jobs in New York State." The rest of the email is full of Republican talking points and lies. (See below) Looks like Republicans are working on keeping Republican state legislators in office. One more thing we need to counter. Steve Saland's email: "Putting New York State on the path to ec...
The Albany Project - Fri 11:01 a.m. - 3 clicks
In a ridiculous puff-piece for something called the “CEO Buffalo: the Center for Employment Opportunities in Buffalo,” Buffalo News reporter Lou Michel breathlessly informs us : “‘They love the routine. They like getting up in the morning and working, cashing the check at the end of the day and going home,” [Jeff Conrad, director of CEO Buffalo] said.” Oh…did we mention who “they” are, as in “th...
Niagara Times - Fri 5:43 a.m. - 4 clicks
Despite some strong programs, arts education in New York City schools must still struggle against the focus on testing and a shortage of funds, ...
Gotham Gazette - Thu 9:02 p.m. - 15 clicks
Lag causes state to trail in funds for rail work : City & Region : The Buffalo News "Slaughter put together an upstate congressional caucus to fight for the high-speed funding. Sources said that effort — and especially Slaughter’s argument that the upstate route could succeed and provide a big economic boost — paid off in the money the state g...
GLOW Democrats - Thu 1:09 p.m. - 2 clicks
During Rose Walkers run for County Legislator she said "I know the residents and they know me. All of the residents that I speak with talk about the high taxes. We have to take Nassau in a different direction." Exactly what direction that is is clear when Walker voted to increase her new bosses salry by 47%. Walker dutifully voted in favor of the raise, falling lock-step with her new assoc...
Nassau GOP Watch - Thu 12:52 p.m. - 2 clicks
NYS Legislators Step Out Of Capitol, See Shadows, And Run Away Could this mean six more years of deficits, budget gaps, and spending like there's no tomorrow? Just like the Bill Murray movie of the same name, here in New York, we relive Ground Hog Day -- and every other day, for that matter -- over, and over, and over again, much like the last. History repeats, and we, of bad habits an...
The Community Alliance - Thu 12:33 p.m. - 8 clicks
That's 8.2 Billion! Where's the guy from the MegaMillions commercials when you need him? Thank God for Powerball. Folks, New York is running out of money faster than Sarah Palin can say "I quit!" We've gone from $7.4 billion what seems like yesterday (gee, it was yesterday) to a projected $8.2B deficit for 2010-11 . And that doesn't account for any additional shortfalls the MTA may ...
The Community Alliance - Thu 12:11 p.m. - 3 clicks
Read original... A veteran New York assemblyman accused of pocketing $1 million from people who did business with the state has been sentenced to six years in prison. Anthony Seminerio had pleaded guilty last year to defrauding his Queens constituents of honest services. In court papers, his lawyers had argued for home detention. But a federal judge in Manhattan said on Thursday he des...
Lost in the Ozone... - Thu 10:42 a.m. - 3 clicks
The principle of 'one person, one vote,' is a sacred component of our democracy in the United States. But, here in New York, when it comes to counting people in prison, representation is anything but equal. Last Thursday (January 28th), we kicked-off a new campaign to end prison-based gerrymandering, the undemocratic system for using people in prison to inflate population counts. At the campai...
The Albany Project - Wed 9:56 p.m. - 3 clicks
Several politicians want to rein in New York's authority to seize a person's property to make way for private development. Can they succeed in a state where real estate rules?...
Gotham Gazette - Wed 9:00 p.m. - 3 clicks
Read original... The principal of a rough-and-tumble Queens middle school that has made headlines for its violence in recent years was knocked down and out by a student's flying fist, witnesses told The Post. Longtime JHS 226 principal Sonia Nieves had to be taken to a hospital for a head injury Thursday morning after she intervened in a cafeteria squabble between two teens -- one of who...
Lost in the Ozone... - Wed 6:44 p.m. - 7 clicks
Read original... Near Kings Highway in the Madison section of Brooklyn, the Wyckoff-Bennett Homestead, a colonial-era Dutch farmhouse, is one of only a few such buildings remaining in the city. Built by Hendrick H. Wyckoff in 1766, it has been owned by only three families. Mr. Wyckoff sold the home to Cornelius W. Bennett in 1835 and it remained in the Bennett family until 1983. Photo: Ch...
Lost in the Ozone... - Wed 6:19 p.m. - 3 clicks
Breaking News! Political Scandal! Or just a mundane party change over that will have absolutely no affect on the overall demographics of the Herkimer County Legislature since there is currently a 14-3 Republican majority. The OD is reporting that Bernard Peplinski will switch his party affiliation from the Democratic to the Republican party, giving them a 15-2 majority in the body. N...
The Herkimer County Progressive - Wed 1:33 p.m. - 6 clicks
From Governor Paterson: oops! You can tell we did not elect a bunch of mathematicians or economists to Albany. NYS Governor David Paterson announced today that the state budget deficit is $750 million larger than previously thought bringing the grand total over $8 billion. From the Gov: This shortfall is driven primarily by the continued effects of the current State-level [...] ...
Water Buffalo Press - Wed 12:06 p.m. - 3 clicks
Sometimes, an article like one in today’s Niagara Gazette just makes us repeatedly smack our forehead, roll our eyes, and debate whether to laugh or cry. It seems that, and here, we’re going to just quote the Gazette verbatim, “According to a representative from the state Education Department, Mia Bianco, daughter of district Superintendent Cynthia Bianco, has been employed since August 2002 wi...
Niagara Times - Wed 5:46 a.m. - 3 clicks
Read original... This wasn't WrestleMania 25, but a Queens teacher and aide are in hot water for orchestrating wrestling contest between students. Olive/Getty It was the fourth-grade version of a steel-cage match - with teachers playing referee and children seeing their classmates bloodied. A Queens teacher and an aide orchestrated a sick wrestling contest between students in a l...
Lost in the Ozone... - Wed 1:03 a.m. - 3 clicks
Read original... Turning a toxic landfill into a family friendly park is significantly more complicated than it sounds. That was the message Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Director of Ecological Services John McLaughlin delivered at a comprehensive and technical lecture on restoring Brooklyn’s Pennsylvania Avenue and Fountain Avenue landfills. Held at the Metropolitan Exchange ...
Lost in the Ozone... - Wed 1:03 a.m. - 3 clicks
What parts of the city have the filthiest sidewalks and dirtiest streets? To find out, we asked readers to pick New York's nastiest neighborhoods and analyzed the city's cleanliness scorecards....
Gotham Gazette - Tue 9:24 p.m. - 3 clicks
That factually-inaccurate article on Senator Gillibrand that the Buffalo News published last Friday? I emailed the author (the Washington bureau chief for the News) with the information on both the News' own coverage of the meeting between Gillibrand and Chris Collins, and the video of Collins talking about Gillibrand. I got an email back from the author of the story yesterday informing me that...
GLOW Democrats - Tue 1:47 p.m. - 3 clicks
President Obama's proposed budget, unveiled yesterday, projects that the deficit will peak at nearly $1.6 trillion this year and eventually decline but remain at "troublesome levels over the remainder of the decade." The deficit is expected to grow due to fast-rising costs of health care and retirement programs. As reported by New York Times: Unless miraculous growth... creates some unforeseen ch...
DMIblog - Tue 12:46 p.m. - 4 clicks
Bruce Blakeman, the only announced Republican challenger to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand , joined other ambitious Republicans in speaking before the Conservative Party's annual conference Sunday and Monday in Albany. Evidently, only one newspaper covered his speech, and unfortunately it's stupid-paywall Newsday , who presumably only cared because Blakeman is from Long Island. The few sentences y...
The Albany Project - Tue 12:05 p.m. - 6 clicks
Read original... Who can forget that Charles G. Hogg (Chuck), the groundhog from the Staten island Zoo was smarter than New York City voters last year when he took a bite out of Mayor Bloomberg, let's see what happens this year... Groundhog Day ...
Lost in the Ozone... - Feb 2 - 4 clicks
Assemblywoman Audrey I. Pheffer (D-Queens) is proud to announce that the long awaited and much anticipated selection process for the Racino operator at Aqueduct is finally over. Aqueduct Entertainment Group (AEG) has been selected to operate the VLT’s at the local racetrack. Aqueduct Entertainment is a consortium of individuals and organizations that are highly respected in the i...
Lost in the Ozone... - Feb 1 - 2 clicks
Ithaca Democratic Socialists of America Presents #432: "Getting There and Back" Fernando de Aragon, Director of the Ithaca-Tompkins County Transportation Council, tells Theresa Alt about local innovations in transportation. Busses have new schedules. Car sharing is a growing success. Ride sharing and van pooling are being planned. Soon a single website will help us to find our way a...
Ithaca Action Network - Feb 1 - 2 clicks
By failing to find a sustainable, long-term source of funding for the MTA, elected officials in Albany and City Hall are putting the region's future economic growth in jeopardy. Instead of short-term fixes that will do nothing to address the root causes of the MTA's financial stability, leaders at the state and city level must implement the most responsible, equitable, and sustainable solution to ...
DMIblog - Feb 1 - 3 clicks
Latest Recovery.gov report shows little for Genesee Valley If nothing else the Obama administration has a masterful understanding of media cycles in America. The latest update at Recovery.gov detailing dollars spent on jobs under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act was released Saturday, January 30 hoping the public would forget about it by Monday. And most probably will since [...] ...
Water Buffalo Press - Feb 1
Whaaaat? That's The Way It Sounded To Us! Ohhhh. Black History Month . Now we get it. But speaking of blog history -- and face it, here in Nassau County, residents just love history (look how often we repeat it) -- here's a golden oldie from way back in 2005. Problems seem the same? Players? Proferred solutions? Yes, we should remember it well. Unfortunately, we do not. As with tho...
The Community Alliance - Feb 1 - 8 clicks
This is likely to shock a few people, but we'd like to commend Niagara Falls Mayor Paul Dyster for his "I don't quit"-themed speech last week. Dyster had better not quit, because the city is in rough shape. In his State of the City, Dyster acknowledged that the city “still has a way to go.” He also promised not to "neglect the many areas that still need to be addressed.” That's going to be a lo...
Niagara Times - Feb 1 - 9 clicks
New Yorkers are starting to get acquainted with their new neighbor, former Tennessee Congressman and bank executive Harold Ford, Jr. So who is the REAL Harold Ford, Jr.? Well, for starters, hes a staunch opponent of abortion rights. He also disapproves of marriage equality for gay couples, opposes public safety laws to keep guns off the streets, and blames immigrants for Americas prob...
Lost in the Ozone... - Jan 31 - 10 clicks
In the Friday's Buffalo News, they published an article talking in short about the relative lack of name recognition for Senator Gillibrand after her first year in office. "Relative" being the key word, since her approval rating is up in the 46% range, gradually improving over 2009's 20s and 30s, but the ~28% of New Yorkers who are undecided or have no opinion means that Gillibrand is still taki...
GLOW Democrats - Jan 31 - 10 clicks
Effort targets census counts of inmates | democratandchronicle.com | Democrat and Chronicle "The report's most blatant example was in Livingston County: The large prison population in Groveland gives town Supervisor James Merrick more than twice the voting power on the county Board of Supervisors than he would otherwise have." GLOW Livingston...
GLOW Democrats - Jan 31 - 13 clicks
Read original... As if the New York Racing Association didn’t have enough problems, now the group is facing fines of up to $37,500 a day for pollution violations, according to officials. The most egregious citation is for the dumping of horse manure, wastewater and other pollutants into Jamaica Bay. NYRA has been cited with a total of 14 violations by the State Department of Environmental Con...
Lost in the Ozone... - Jan 30 - 8 clicks
Read original... An Ozone Park resident allegedly tried to stroll past U.S. Customs and Border Protection Officers at Kennedy International Airport with over 12 pounds of heroin sewn into his pants. Heriberto Hidalgo Pulido was stopped by CBP officers on Jan. 11 for a routine baggage inspection after his arrival on a flight from Ecuador. Pulido’s checked bags contained five pairs of pants w...
Lost in the Ozone... - Jan 30 - 10 clicks
Read original... A wild melee near a Queens lounge early Friday left one man shot, two slashed and a fourth in custody, police said. Police said the shooting victim was a 38-year-old bouncer who tried to break up a fight outside Chemistry Lounge, a nightclub on Liberty Ave. in Ozone Park . Investigators said the gunman may have fired from a car and hit the bouncer by accident. Manager Mik...
Lost in the Ozone... - Jan 30 - 13 clicks
A little bird happened to hand me a copy of a letter sent by Buffalo area Assemblyman Mark Schroeder to one of his compatriots, Assemblyman Vito Lopez. It quite nicely lays out just a few of the reasons why the other half of New York State needs a little representation. January 19, 2010 Hon. Vito Lopez, Chairman Brooklyn Democratic Committee Brooklyn, New York Dear Vito: You are my dear frie...
GLOW Democrats - Jan 30 - 6 clicks
And we thought crime in New York City was low. According to the NYPD just 418 robberies were reported in New York last week, along with 695 incidents of grand larceny. Not bad for a city of more than 8 million people. But the rosy numbers overlook a devastating series of thefts that never make it into the police statistics: last week the city may have experienced just 375 burglaries but it also sa...
DMIblog - Jan 29 - 8 clicks
Today President Obama and Vice President Joe "Amtrak" Biden were in Tampa to announce how the $8 billion in stimulus funds for high speed rail projects would be allocated. Leading up to the event States were able to submit applications for the funds and the Department of Transportation would decide who to award them to based upon a number of criteria. Unfortunately, we here in Upstate New York g...
The Herkimer County Progressive - Jan 28 - 3 clicks
He has this gem on the Long Island Press website "I saw no moral indignation on their part when they voted to give a 60-percent raise to Suozzi and a 60-percent raise to [former Nassau Comptroller Howard] Weitzman, and a 60-percent raise to DA [Kathleen] Rice , all Democrats.” See, the problem with this is that the raise was also for Maureen O'Connell the County Clerk WHO IS A REPUBLI...
Nassau GOP Watch - Jan 28 - 8 clicks
In The Pockets Of Nassau County Legislators First it was top GOP aides in the Nassau County Legislature, getting raises even before the Republicans officially took over the hen house. Then it was Town of Hempstead officials, giving themselves yet another increase for a job they say was well done. And now enter Peter Schmitt and the Republican majority on the Nassau County Legislature, voting ...
The Community Alliance - Jan 28 - 5 clicks
1. The American people elect a president with a total of 142 days experience as a U.S. Senator from the most politically corrupt state (and city) in America. The President's first official act is to order the close of Gitmo and make sure terrorists’ civil rights are not violated. 2. The U.S. Congress rushes to confirm an Attorney General, Eric Holder, whose law firm we later find out represents ...
Niagara Times - Jan 27 - 3 clicks
Apparently, asking a wealthy and politically connected heiress for a lap dance , and comparing the (Jewish) leader of the Democratic majority in the state Assembly to Hitler and the Antichrist is not the best way to run for the highest office in New York State. Who would have guessed? The Buffalo News has confirmed it tonight: Collins is ending his exploratory run for Governor of New York. ...
GLOW Democrats - Jan 26 - 4 clicks
