Dear Free New Yorker:
We’re having one of our periodic fiscal crises, mainly due to the disappointing fundraiser in June. Frankly, and I’ve always tried to be honest about our situation, we’re in danger of losing our office without a quick infusion of funds.
We greatly appreciate your support and we know that funds are often […]

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wcbstv.com - Spitzer, Suozzi Go Round And Round At Testy Debate
Only Scheduled Meeting Touches Many Nerves
(AP) NEW YORK Eliot Spitzer, the runaway front-runner for the Democratic nomination for governor engaged in a feisty debate Tuesday with Tom Suozzi, his longshot opponent in the only scheduled debate before the September primary.
Spitzer took the unexpected offensive by […]

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Niagara Gazette - GUESTVIEW: The problem with public pensions
By Bob Confer
Niagara Gazette
I know very few people who have or will have pensions and post-retirement benefits. It seems that most people must rely instead on investment accounts, 401(k) plans, insurance plans, and Social Security for their well-beings in their post-career lives.
Likewise, many who were at the […]

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INSIGHT
“The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.” —A.A. Milne

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Legislature called on to provide funding for stem cell research after Bush veto - The Business Review (Albany):
A group representing colleges and medical institutions on Monday called on New York state leaders to appropriate funding for embryonic stem cell research.
The group, New Yorkers for the Advancement of Medical Research (NYAMR), said now that President Bush […]

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Cuomo’s AG-ony of defeat
Eliot leans to Green?
A close ally of Eliot Spitzer is raising questions about the front-runner in the race to succeed the attorney general - Andrew Cuomo - and says staff lawyers in Spitzer’s office share his reservations.
“Does [Cuomo] want to be attorney general, or is this simply the consolation prize […]

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Faso says Spitzer feels entitled to governor post
To many New Yorkers, Eliot Spitzer is known as a crusading attorney general who won a series of legal victories against Wall Street’s investment houses.
John Faso, the Republican candidate for governor, has a different impression of his Democratic opponent that he’s trying to share with state voters.
“There is […]

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Suozzi, Faltering in Polls, Has Chance To Gain Ground in Debate With Spitzer
It’s the moment Thomas Suozzi has been craving for months: the chance to stand on the same stage as Eliot Spitzer and force the attorney general to acknowledge the Nassau County executive’s existence.
The two gubernatorial candidates are set to face off tomorrow […]

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