Supreme Court won’t review Senecas’ Grand Island land claim
Grand Island N.Y. The U-S Supreme Court today declined to review a lower court decision rejecting the Seneca Indian Nation’s claim that New York’s purchase of Grand Island in 1815 was illegal.
The nation’s highest court refused without comment to review the case. It began in 1993 with […]

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With all the New York politicians in a tizzy about the cuts in homeland security money NewsMax.com did some digging and discovered where just some of it went.
NY Squandered Billions in 9/11 Aid
New York politicians allowed up to one-third of the $20 billion in federal aid awarded to the city in the aftermath of the […]

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VIDEO: Flipped - The TRAILER
Written by Marc J. Odien
Sunday, 04 June 2006
The premiere screening of our short documentary “flipped”, a look on internet property flipping and Its effects on our city, is set for June 8th..
The issue of illegal property flipping is a very complex subject matter and although I would of preferred […]

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Minarik calls on Weld to drop out of race
The chairman of the state’s Republican Party has called on William Weld to drop out of the governor’s race.
Chairman Steve Minarik has been backing Weld in the battle for the GOP nomination. But rival John Faso got the majority of votes over Weld during last week’s Republican […]

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For Immediate Release
Contact: Laura Schreiner
June 5, 2006
718-921-2158
www.cpnys.org
Conservatives Call for Defeat of “Fair Share for Health Care Act”
Proposal is an Eight Billion Tax on New York Businesses
The New York State Conservative Party sent the following letter to every State Senator and each Member of the Assembly calling for the defeat of the proposed “Fair Share […]

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INSIGHT
“[Ronald Reagan] quoted Thomas Merton, ‘We must be content to live without watching ourselves live, work without expecting immediate reward, love without instantaneous satisfaction, exist without special recognition.’
The president then wrote, ‘In today’s modern world many would challenge Merton’s statement and ask why we must be content to live this way.’
He answered that […]

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Convicted former Assemblyman Clarence Norman’s political committees played fast and loose with their campaign accounting………..
If an illegally large $5,000 donation came in, campaign treasurer Carmen Martinez said she would count some of the cash as rent reimbursement and deposit a legal amount as a contribution.
Norman’s re-election committee also funneled thousands to ally Alan Hevesi’s mayoral […]

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Dear Free New Yorker:
We are pleased to release four 15th! policy study, “Who Runs Buffalo?”.
As with most of our reports, it’s the kind of report that can only come from an organization that is completely independent of the political power structure in Buffalo.
This fulfills our promise made on on December 4, 2004:
“The Greater Buffalo area […]

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