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Senate Dems look to nat'l issues
Redistricting, corruption trials and the rise of a breakaway faction of Democrats willing to put up candidates to challenge incumbents. Despite the bad news, Senate Democrats think they have a plan to win back the chamber. Read more»
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Senate Dems' nat'l plan
Redistricting, corruption trials and the rise of a breakaway faction of Democrats willing to put up candidates to challenge incumbents. Despite the bad news, Senate Democrats think they have a plan to win back the chamber. Read more»
Stop-and-frisk lawsuit
A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging the New York Police Department unlawfully targeted blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk crime reduction program. Read more»
Council passes bank bill
Following a nationwide trend, the New York City Council passed a bill requiring banks receiving municipal funds to detail their lending practices in struggling neighborhoods, including data on mortgages and foreclosures. Read more»
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration has proposed regulations prohibiting agencies from requiring fingerprints from food stamp recipients. The regulations will most significantly affect New York City, the only jurisdiction in the state that currently fingerprints people who want to receive the benefits. City Human Resources Administration Commissioner Robert Doar said in a statement that fingerprinting “identifies potential duplicate [...] - NYPD stop-and-frisk procedures modified
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said he has instituted a new procedure to regulate how street stop-and-frisk encounters by patrol officers are monitored and supervised. In a letter sent earlier today to Council Speaker Christine Quinn, Kelly said top-ranking officials in each police precinct will now be required to audit reports of street stops by [...] - Judge grants class-action status to stop-and-frisk lawsuit
A federal judge granted class-action status to a lawsuit alleging the New York Police Department has improperly targeted blacks and Hispanics with its stop-and-frisk crime reduction program. U.S. District Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, who issued the written decision today, wrote that it was “indisputable” that the NYPD has a vast stop-and-frisk program “designed, implemented and monitored [...] - Is NY ethics commission leaking?
State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos is questioning whether information about an ethics investigation into a top member of his party was leaked illegally. The Albany Times Union reported earlier today that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics is investigating accusations against Tom Libous, the second-highest ranking member of the state Senate. Skelos, a Republican, said the information was [...]

NYC Council passes banking bill
May 17, 2012 — The New York City Council passed a bill requiring banks receiving billions in municipal funds to detail their lending practices, including mortgages and foreclosures, in struggling neighborhoods.
May 07, 2012 — A new study says that politics play too large a role in how the City Council's discretionary funds are divided among its members.

Senate Dems Look to Nat'l Issues
May 15, 2012 — Redistricting, corruption trials and the rise of a breakaway faction of Democrats willing to put up candidates to challenge incumbents. In spite of the bad news, Senate Democrats hold out hope.
May 08, 2012 — Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed legislation on Monday that would create a new state agency to investigate and prosecute cases of abuse and neglect of disabled people.
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