Democrats in the state Senate are overturning COVID emergency directives by Cuomo that restricted bars, restaurants, and vaccine suppliers.
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Senate Dems push for fracking moratorium
Democrats in the New York State Senate are pushing for legislation to enact a moratorium on shale gas drilling in the state. The Assembly has already passed moratorium legislation, which would ban drilling through May 2015. Yesterday, Senate Dems called on the chamber’s ruling coalition to allow a vote on legislation. A press release sent […]
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Poll: Public backs increase in the minimum wage
The public is behind Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to raise the state minimum wage from $7.25 to $8.75 per hour, according to one statewide poll. Cuomo proposed the increase during his State of the State address last week. A Siena College Research Institute poll, conducted on January 10 and January 13 to 15, says that […]
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Last Senate race decided, for now
It appears that the State Senate will, once again, operate with perilously thin margins. A state judge has decided on the last unresolved Senate contest from the November elections. The judge ruled that Republican George Amedore beat Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk in a district stretching from Montgomery County to Ultser County, with final counts placing him […]
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O’Brien to join Dems
Incoming State Senator Ted O’Brien says he’ll conference with Democrats, not the Independent Democratic Conference, when he heads to Albany in January. | “I feel an obligation to conference with the Democrats when I’m elected as a Democrat,” O’Brien said during a phone interview last week. | He said he’s had collegial conversations with IDC […]
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Post-election analysis
Analysis and insight from the City news staff on Tuesday’s elections results.
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It’s Barack Obama, for the win
Good night for Dems overall, with Slaughter and O’Brien both winning hotly-contested races.
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Women’s rights advocates vouch for O’Brien
Linda Stephens, president of the Rochester chapter of the National Association of Women, says she’s disgusted by a set of ads that attack Democrat state Senate candidate Ted O’Brien. Stephens, along with City Council President Lovely Warren and County Legislator Carrie Andrews, pushed back against the ads during a press conference this afternoon. The ads […]
