How far would Spitzer go in challenging the status quo?
Eliot Spitzer is the candidate for governor who vows to turn Albany on its head. Yet he is also the candidate supported by virtually every elected Democratic official in the state who are by definition part of the status quo.
The contradiction was on stark display at […]

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Buffalo News - Large retailers pressured on health coverage
Erie County lawmakers this week might point an accusing finger at those big-box retailers, such as Wal-Mart, which they say provide workers with little or no health insurance, knowing their employees will turn to taxpayer-provided health care plans.
“They know exactly what they are doing,” said Legislator Timothy […]

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Meeting with Silver ends unions’ threat to picket convention
City unions decided not to picket this week’s Democratic State Convention after labor leaders were granted a meeting with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, to discuss concerns about a wage freeze imposed by Buffalo’s control board.
Michael H. Hoffert, president of the Buffalo Central Labor Council and vice […]

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Buffalo News - GOP backs Schratz, prosecutor
A popular Amherst Republican will try to unseat the longtime Democratic county clerk, and a county prosecutor will have the task of trying to take the congressional seat away from freshman Brian Higgins, the Erie County GOP leader said Saturday.
Republicans also are close to naming an opponent for Louise […]

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