At session’s close, everyone a winner
Legislative leaders and governor all made gains and some concessions
By ELIZABETH BENJAMIN
ALBANY — At the close of the 2006 session, both state legislative leaders and Gov. George Pataki declared victory.
In true election-year style, everyone got something. But they also all had to give a little.
The budget was […]

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Spitzer and Corzine…
New Yorkers wondering what will happen if Eliot Spitzer is elected governor of New York need only look across the Hudson to New Jersey, where the new Democratic governor, Jon Corzine, is conducting a budget negotiation with the Democratic speaker of the Assembly over which taxes to increase and by how much. […]

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Tonawanda News - Giveaways show who the real boss is in Albany
Wow, you sure can tell it’s an election year. There goes that state Legislature, giving away the store to the shop help again.
Recent approval by the legislature has New York poised to grant unionized public workers a punitive 1 percent salary hike when the […]

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Legislators OK $1 billion in union benefits
ALBANY - Organized labor in New York will remember June 2006 as the month they ruled the State Capitol.
Unions long have enjoyed great friends in the State Legislature. But nothing can compare to the victories they won during the final weeks of this year’s session, according to government officials, […]

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Democrat & Chronicle: Local News
Despite a few gains on some issues, there were way too many clunkers and omissions, the gubernatorial frontrunner and state attorney general said at a chamber of commerce breakfast in an Albany suburb.
“I’m not a teacher handing out grades. But it’s hard to see how you can look at this session […]

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State should disclose how it spends taxes — Page 1 — TimesUnion.com
Congratulations to you for your lawsuit against Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. They should not conceal the names of state lawmakers who have spent millions of dollars in taxpayer money on pork barrel projects called member items. This is […]

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SiLive.com: NewsFlash - A Democratic Senate? Don’t bet the farm
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Big-name Democrats are way ahead in the polls for U.S. Senate and governor this year, and the party appears secure in its veto-proof majority in the Assembly.
Could this be the year for Democrats to control the Senate, too?
Things may be bad for […]

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N. Korea fired the total of 10 missiles (Scud, Nodong, Taepodong-2)
Between 3:30am and 7:30am(S. Korean time,) N. Korea fired 10 missile into the direction of East Sea(Sea of Japan,) according to a senior (S. Korean) government official.
He added, “N. Korea’s Taepodong-2 was fired at their third or fourth launch, but apparently failed.” Another government official […]

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