Homeless construction worker calls for Stephens to debate Ball
BREWSTER — Amid the cheering and flag-waving at the Brewster Fire Department parade, one bedraggled man wielding a sign did his best to shift gears and politicize the festive atmosphere.
“I’m homeless!! Thanks to Willis!!! Willis debate Ball,” read the sign carried Thursday night by Francis Flandreau, referring […]

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City fumbled ferry oversight, leaving taxpayers awash in debt
Assemblymen Brian Kolb and Joseph Errigo
(July 30, 2006) — In 2004, New York state government made a multi-million-dollar investment in a project that was supposed to revolutionize our region.
Unfortunately, the high-speed ferry project never lived up to its promise and spiraled into financial disaster.
As the ferry project […]

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Hillary can’t hide
BILL CLINTON searches for redemption. Hillary Clinton searches for cover.
Is this any way to run a presidential campaign?
The senator from New York, who is an expected presidential candidate in 2008, treated the Democratic Leadership Council in Denver this week to a recycled campaign slogan: ”It’s the American dream, stupid,” Hillary Clinton told the […]

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SPITZER & SUOZZI: ABOVE THE LAW? - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion
The Democratic gubernatorial debate Tuesday between Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi was a business-as-usual affair: Puffed-up reporters asking shallow questions, eliciting meaningless answers from the candidates.
How Spitzer managed to keep a straight face through it all - he’s […]

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SUFFOLK EYE ON ILLEGALS AP - New York Post Online Edition
Any businesses or groups doing business with Suffolk County would be required to submit an annual affidavit affirming that none of their employees are in the United States illegally under a proposal by the county executive.
The rule, suggested by County Executive Steve Levy, would be […]

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