N.Y. Auto Leasing Still Stalled
New York Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is still dug in to protect the state’s ultra-harsh law holding auto lessors liable for accidents involving the cars they lease, although it’s had a devastating effect on car leasing in the Empire State (Jun. 9, 2003 and links from there).
Here’s the New York Daily […]

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FEDS TARGET LEGAL EAGLES (kickback scheme to file suit)
May 6, 2006 — The class action law firm of Milberg, Weiss, Bershad & Schulman is bracing for the ultimate nuisance suit: The federal criminal indictment of two of its name partners, according to published reports.
Steven Schulman and David Bershad are likely to be indicted “In the […]

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State government reformers target voting district reapportionment
ALBANY — Advocates of reforming state government who plan to rally Tuesday at the Capitol think they have hit on the key to changing the status quo: End the gerrymandering of legislative districts that all but guarantee most incumbents easy re-election.
They also think they have hit on a long-range […]

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Pataki not “Mr. Popularity” on the homefront — Newsday.com
A statewide poll released Thursday by Siena College’s Research Institute found Pataki’s 53 percent favorable rating from March had fallen back to mid-2005 levels, at 38 percent. His unfavorable rating had climbed to 55 percent, an all-time high in the Siena poll, and up from a 40 […]

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Long Island’s two powerful GOP county organizations endorse Spencer for Senate
MINEOLA, NY: The Nassau County Republican Committee and Suffolk County Republican Committee unanimously endorsed John Spencer’s campaign for U.S. Senate in a joint announcement.
“John Spencer is the type of Reagan Republican who can win in New York State by appealing to middle class voters […]

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GOP attorney eyes run for state Senate
Lobbyist for NASCAR says his decision is not related to the racetrack
The campaign for state Sen. John Marchi’s soon-to-be-vacated seat got a bit more muddled yesterday, with GOP attorney and NASCAR lobbyist John D’Amato announcing that he’d formed an exploratory committee of high-powered advisers to help him […]

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State senator backs key aide as successor
Marchi says Helbock ‘is the best person to continue my work’
ALBANY — State Sen. John Marchi wants his longtime aide and the borough’s GOP chairman, Robert Helbock, to fill the seat the veteran legislator has held for nearly 50 years.
The opening gambit in the race to succeed […]

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May 5, 2006
In what has been a Republican seat in the family of Willis Stephens going back to at least World War Two, the seven term incumbent Assemblyman is facing an aggressive challenge from Greg Ball in the 99th Assembly District.
Ball is a former Air Force officer who is questioning the incumbent’s conservative credentials. […]

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Hoyt seeks to save E.C. money via Albany
A state lawmaker is aiming to reduce the cost of delivering Erie County services by $13.3 million per year.
Assemblyman Sam Hoyt said Friday he will introduce three bills to his fellow Albany legislators.
All three measures came from recommendations made last summer by an extensive review from the […]

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Senate to pass bill cutting gas tax
Senate leaders are trying once again to ease the pain at the pump.
Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno said the Senate will make a fourth attempt at passing a plan that caps the state and local sales tax on gas up to $2 a gallon.
The bill is similar to one […]

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