Spitzer pledges more economic help for Buffalo
Eliot Spitzer showed his populist side for an appreciative union crowd Thursday in West Seneca, alluding to his record of corporate crackdowns as attorney general and pledging more economic help for Buffalo if he wins the race for governor.
Of Buffalo’s fiscal problems, he said that “New York state […]

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Bruno criticizes Faso’s dismal view of upstate economy - Newsday.com
ALBANY, N.Y. — Republican Senate leader Joseph Bruno on Thursday criticized comments by his party’s candidate for governor, John Faso, who has joined his Democrat opponents in painting a dismal view of the upstate economy while blaming Albany.
In a televised forum Wednesday, Faso said upstate cities […]

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WNY residents fed up with state government
Poll finds area residents far more disgusted than other New Yorkers
When a Rochester think tank asked thousands of New Yorkers this spring how they viewed state government, it found an overwhelming number are plain mad at the ways of Albany.
But in Western New York, respondents to the poll are […]

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HOW LOW WILL DEL MONTE GO?
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones.
Last week, state Rep. Francine Del Monte chose to scrape the bottom of the political barrel, attacking her opponent Gary Parenti for accepting a campaign contribution from the founder of Niagara County’s most successful plumbing company, John Gross.
She characterized John as an […]

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Each claims to be a reformer
Spitzer, the unanimous choice of party leaders, says he’ll take on state government with the same zeal and fearlessness he displayed in prosecuting investment fraud.
But Suozzi, who forced the primary by collecting thousands of signatures from registered Democrats around the state, says he’s the only one with executive experience, turning […]

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LAWMAKERS FOR RENT - New York Post Online Edition: Postopinion
Such is the culture of corruption
Queens Democratic Assemblyman Brian McLaughlin has stepped aside as the salaried president of the Central Labor Council, the million-member umbrella group for organized labor in New York City, after being named as the target of a federal bid-rigging probe.
Officials said he’s […]

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Amherst Times - KRUEGER CONTINUES EFFORTS TO REFORM THE STATE LEGISLATURE
INTRODUCES BILLS TO IMPROVE BUDGET TRANSPARENCY AND PREVENT CONFLICTS OF INTEREST
Continuing efforts to reform what the Brennan Center for Justice calls the “most dysfunctional” legislature in the country, New York State Senator Liz Krueger has introduced two new reform bills for the state Senate to […]

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This is beyond insane, it’s beyond outrageous it must be criminal. Where oh where is Eliot Spitzer, the chief law enforcement officer of the state? While we suffer in this state the unions and the politicians runaway with the pocketbooks and wallets of the taxpayers. But who really cares? Every election year we re-elect the […]

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The Politicker has a good article and one that shows just how bad the influence of Sheldon Silver is on newly elected “Reformers” that are Democrats.. Sheldon Silver has to go..

Times Seeks Manhattan Reformer
One of the few competitive primaries in Manhattan was shaken up yesterday when the Times endorsed Assembly candidate Brian Kavanagh over incumbent […]

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