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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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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