Eye on Albany Archive Twitter AG Says Charity Law Reform Will Help Curb Abuses Of Nonprofits 05.14.13 Read more... In Albany, Campaign Finance Reform Becomes Just Another Political Game 05.12.13 Read more... When A Paycheck Is Worth Nothing 05.05.13 Read more... Hurricane Sandy Buyouts Cause Storm Of Confusion, Worry From Politicians 05.01.13 Read more... Can Anything Be Done About Corruption In Albany? 04.07.13 Read more... Op-Ed: A Democracy We Can Believe In 04.05.13 Read more... Party Politics At Nexus Of Bribery Plot In Mayoral Race 04.03.13 Read more... Hispanic, Black Lawmakers Say Their Issues Were Sidelined In Budget Talks 04.01.13 Read more... State Moves Forward With Plan To Let Polluters Audit Themselves 03.24.13 Read more... New York City Left Behind In Quest For On-Time Budget 03.24.13 Read more... New Paths Of Opportunity For Immigrants In New York 03.17.13 Read more... Transparency in Albany? No Joke: Technology Helping To Pry Open Govt 03.10.13 Read more... Advocates Demand State Restore Funds to Spinal Cord Research 02.19.13 Read more... A Harlem Voice For Tenants In Albany? 02.13.13 Read more... The Promised Land: A Small Town's Struggle With Hydrofracking 02.10.13 Read more... State Lawmakers Weigh Options For Hurricane Sandy Relief 02.04.13 Read more... Cuomo's Sweeping Vision For New York 01.10.13 Read more... Gun Control Debate Intensifies Following Conn. School Massacre 12.16.12 Read more... How Hurricane Sandy May Have Finally Killed Albany's Convention Center Boondoggle 12.11.12 Read more... Advocates Send Thanksgiving Message Calling For Hike In Minimum Wage 11.20.12 Read more... How Hurricane Sandy Upended Politics As Usual in Albany 11.14.12 Read more... State Senate Democrats Grasp For Control Of Chamber 11.07.12 Read more... New Yorkers Line Polls To Vote Despite Storm Troubles 11.07.12 Read more... Ballots or Bedlam 11.04.12 Read more... Democrats Hope for State Senate Win In Conservative Brooklyn 10.21.12 Read more... Showdown at Howard Beach 10.19.12 Read more... Rival Candidates in State Senate Race Say They Won't Toe Party Lines 10.01.12 Read more... Scandals Don't Drive Turnout for Primary Election 09.14.12 Read more... Primary 2012 Unofficial Results: Little Surprise as Status Quo Survives 09.14.12 Read more... How Will a New State Law to Protect LGBT Students be Enforced? 09.13.12 Read more... Guide for the Last Minute Voter 09.11.12 Read more... Assembly's Boyland Faces Tough Primary Challenge 09.10.12 Read more... Family Values at Play in State Senate Race in the Bronx 09.09.12 Read more... Second-Longest Running Show Now on Broadway is Uptown 09.05.12 Read more... 5 Primary Races Worth Caring About 09.04.12 Read more... How the State’s Political Scandals are Reshaping the Primaries 09.02.12 Read more... Campaign Committees Operate With Little Oversight, Groups Say 08.27.12 Read more... Brooklyn Boss Lopez Censured, Accused of Sexual Harassment 08.24.12 Read more... The Political Reality of Gun Control 08.19.12 Read more... How the State's Elected Elite Stays in Power 08.06.12 Read more... Groups Seek to Pressure Cuomo on Campaign Finance Reform 07.30.12 Read more... State Senator Calls for Gov to Meet with Fracking Critics 07.20.12 Read more... Guide for the last minute (primary) voter 06.25.12 Read more... Analysis: Lawmakers await picture-perfect end to session 06.20.12 Read more... As legislative session nears end, many city issues unresolved 06.18.12 Read more... Ballot redesign, voter registration overhaul sought by lawmakers 06.13.12 Read more... NY ethics commission to hold hearing on rules for lobbyists 06.06.12 Read more... Exclusive: Proposed policy would allow industries to self-audit pollution-generating activities 05.24.12 Read more... Senate Dems Look to Nat'l Issues for Help 05.15.12 Read more... Critics Attack Influence of the Committee to Save New York 05.03.12 Read more... Federal Reports Warn of Staff Shortages at DEC 04.27.12 Read more... Students Push For DREAM Act 04.16.12 Read more... What Do Budget Cuts Mean for the DEC? 03.26.12 Read more... Redistricting Battle Comes to a Head 03.14.12 Read more... Redistricting Hearings Draw Stream of Objections 02.13.12 Read more... Is the DEC Prepared For Hydraulic Fracturing? 02.07.12 Read more... Glass Ceiling Persists in New York Government 02.02.12 Read more... Queens Groups Are Divided Over District Lines 01.20.12 Read more... Cuomo Tries Out a New Role -- the Education Governor 01.17.12 Read more... How Will Cuomo's 2012 Plans Impact the City? 01.05.12 Read more... Common Cause Helps the Public Get Involved in Redistricting 12.21.11 Read more... Will Community Bans on Hydrofracking Hold Up? 12.18.11 Read more... When Will New York Have A Functioning Ethics Agency? 12.12.11 Read more... Who Judges the Judges? 11.15.11 Read more... Immigrants Want Redistricting to Reflect the Changing City 11.09.11 Read more... Is the Long Wait for a New Watchdog Nearing Its End? 10.27.11 Read more... Doctor Sued for Mixing Sex and Psychology 10.18.11 Read more... Groups Split, Rumors Fly as Redistricting Reform Remains Elusive 09.28.11 Read more... Connecting Cuomo to the People 09.22.11 Read more... Constitution Lets Public Health Trump Religion, Judge Rules 08.16.11 Read more... Under a New Name, Census Data Stands Ready for Perusal 08.11.11 Read more... As Redistricting Hearings Begin, Many Think They Shouldn't 08.10.11 Read more... What's My District? 08.03.11 Read more... Links in the News 08.03.11 Read more... With Money Tight, Will State Finally Overhaul Its Public Defender System? 08.02.11 Read more... Judge Rejects 'Genius' Testimony 07.27.11 Read more... As Cuomo's Prison Closings become Reality, Some Question the Specifics 07.11.11 Read more... Summer in the City: Beaches, Barbecues -- and Ballots? 06.28.11 Read more... Is Cuomo Losing Democratic Legislators? 06.23.11 Read more... 'Who's Your Daddy' and the Laws of Marriage 06.21.11 Read more... Pension Proposal: An Attack on Working People 06.17.11 Read more... Ethics Deal Breaks Logjam But Leaves Key Issues Behind 06.06.11 Read more... Secure Communities Program: Should New York Stay or Go? 05.23.11 Read more... Bloomberg Pushes For Control Of Juvenile Justice System 05.16.11 Read more... Cuomo Takes His Issues to the People 05.05.11 Read more... Republicans Look to Trade Payroll Tax for Bridge Tolls 04.28.11 Read more... Fracking Fight Sparks Intense Lobbying 04.21.11 Read more... Bloomberg Loses Budget Battle 03.31.11 Read more... They Have a Budget Deal but Who Will Vote for It? 03.28.11 Read more... State Recognizes Same-Sex Marriages But Not Weddings 03.21.11 Read more... As Advocates Push for Redistricting Reform, GOP Offers A Slower Way 03.15.11 Read more... In an Anti-Incumbent Year, City Legislators Kept Their Seats 03.09.11 Read more... Cuomo Cultivates His Media Messenger 03.08.11 Read more... Ms. Black Goes to Albany 02.16.11 Read more... Quinn Takes on Spending, Pensions in State of the City 02.16.11 Read more... Seniority Fight Highlights Rift Between City, Teachers 02.11.11 Read more... Promoting Pain as a Cure, Cuomo Presents His Budget 02.02.11 Read more... Bloomberg Pension Plans Could Face a Big Obstacle: Albany 01.21.11 Read more... Cuomo Unveils Ambitious Agenda 01.06.11 Read more... Cuomo Takes Charge 01.03.11 Read more... With State Parks at Risk, Advocates Seek New Funding Sources 12.20.10 Read more... Same-Sex Marriage, Abortion on Crowded Civil Rights Agenda 12.16.10 Read more... Senate Gamble Could Send Horseracing into its Final Lap 12.15.10 Read more... Will Cuomo Draw the Line on Gerrymandering? 12.13.10 Read more... Once Again, a New Governor Vows to Clean Up Albany 12.08.10 Read more... Cuomo No-Tax Pledge Could Bring More Transit Cuts 12.07.10 Read more... Cuomo Could Shrink the Prison System His Father Built 11.22.10 Read more... After Cuts and Firing, Can Agency Still Protect New York's Environment? 11.10.10 Read more... As Country Goes Red, New York Stays Blue 11.03.10 Read more... Albany Watches, Waits and Worries 11.03.10 Read more... Queens Race Features Two Familiar Names 10.28.10 Read more... Cuomo Puts Labor in a Headlock 10.27.10 Read more... Silver's Shadow Looms Over Race in Northeast Queens 10.22.10 Read more... College Student Seeks to Unseat Albany Insider 10.22.10 Read more... Small Staff, Lack of Funds Hamper Donovan Campaign 10.21.10 Read more... Two Years After Narrow Win, Padavan Faces Another Tough Contest 10.20.10 Read more... Can a Comptroller -- Any Comptroller -- Fix New York State's Budget? 10.13.10 Read more... Tackling Fracking 10.01.10 Read more... Republicans See Opportunity to Retake the State Senate 09.23.10 Read more... The Man Who Beat Espada 09.15.10 Read more... Paladino, Schneiderman Win, Espada Doesn't 09.15.10 Read more... Voting Results -- 2010 Primary 09.15.10 Read more... Charter School Debate Brings Money, Attention to Harlem Race 09.11.10 Read more... Republicans Battle to Take on Heavily Favored Cuomo 09.10.10 Read more... Governor Signs Bill to Combat Bullying 09.10.10 Read more... And Now: The Bubble Election 09.08.10 Read more... Down the Ballot: The Party Posts 09.08.10 Read more... Two Longtime Congressmembers Face Stiff Challenges 09.08.10 Read more... Filling Albany's Big Three 09.08.10 Read more... Guide for the Last Minute Voter: Primary 2010 09.08.10 Read more... East Side Incumbent Faces Challenge from Unions and the GOP 09.07.10 Read more... Attorney General Candidates Struggle to Break Away From the Pack 09.02.10 Read more... Ethics, Economy Dominate Upper Manhattan Race 08.31.10 Read more... Republicans Look to Pick Up a Seat in Queens 08.24.10 Read more... New York's Savior 08.19.10 Read more... Scandal Trumps Issues in Eastern Queens 08.18.10 Read more... Anger and Issues in the Bronx's 76th Assembly District 08.16.10 Read more... Fox and Hevesi Face Off in Queens 08.10.10 Read more... Diaz Faces Rare Challenge in the Bronx 08.09.10 Read more... In Astoria, the Field Narrows 08.05.10 Read more... Challengers Emerge to Take On Espada 07.27.10 Read more... The District is Brooklyn Heights, But Albany is the Issue 07.14.10 Read more... Will Angry Voters Throw Albany's Rascals Out? 07.12.10 Read more... State Budget Remains in Limbo 07.01.10 Read more... New York Looks to Board High Speed Rail 06.17.10 Read more... Pitting Parks Against Open Space 06.16.10 Read more... State Seeks to Expand DNA Database 06.11.10 Read more... Paterson Ups the Pressure for a Budget Deal 06.03.10 Read more... Cabbies Urge State to Make Their Drives Safer 05.27.10 Read more... Court Sets High Bar for 'Egregious 05.25.10 Read more... No-Fault Divorce Creates Strange Bedfellows 05.20.10 Read more... Campaign Finance Decision Could Hamper Efforts to Tighten New York's Laws 05.17.10 Read more... Bill Would Change How the State Draws Districts 05.13.10 Read more... A Month After the Deadline, State Budget Nowhere in Sight 05.06.10 Read more... Cleaning New York's Soot-Spewing Buildings 05.03.10 Read more... Can the Next Attorney General Fix Albany? 04.28.10 Read more... Spending Freeze Deals Another Blow to Ailing Roads and Bridges 04.19.10 Read more... Punching, Kicking and Wrestling for Revenue 04.07.10 Read more... GOP Faces Election with Big Hopes but Few Candidates 04.01.10 Read more... Brooklyn 03.30.10 Read more... Manhattan 03.30.10 Read more... Bronx 03.30.10 Read more... Queens 03.30.10 Read more... Staten Island 03.30.10 Read more... Dozens of Parks Would Close Under Paterson's Budget 03.30.10 Read more... Restoring Balance to New York's Finances 03.29.10 Read more... As Big Change in Voting Approaches, Election Board Lacks a Leader 03.24.10 Read more... Bill Aims for 'Pork Equality' 03.24.10 Read more... Suits Would Burden Foster Parents, Court Rules 03.23.10 Read more... Fewer Prisoners, Fewer Prisons? 03.17.10 Read more... Monserrate Fights for His Old Job -- and 'Traditional Values' 03.12.10 Read more... How to Fix New York's State Police 03.05.10 Read more... Now Out of Race, Can Paterson Hold On and Govern? 03.01.10 Read more... Census Could Set Off Major Redistricting in State 02.25.10 Read more... Richard Ravitch's Latest, Greatest Challenge 02.24.10 Read more... MTA Tries to Catch Up With Its Finances 02.22.10 Read more... After Heated Closed-Door Debate, Senate Expels Monserrate 02.10.10 Read more... Teaching and Electioneering Don't Mix, Court Finds 02.09.10 Read more... Eminent Domain Changes Seek to Limit State's Power to Seize Property 02.04.10 Read more... Paterson's Plan for CUNY and SUNY Draws Criticism 01.29.10 Read more... Albany's Ethics Bill: First Step or Missed Opportunity? 01.14.10 Read more... Culture of Violence Plagues New York's Juvenile Prisons 01.11.10 Read more... Senate Democrats Look to Repair the Damage -- Before It's Too Late 01.04.10 Read more... Turmoil and Term Limits: Top Stories of 2009 12.21.09 Read more... MTA Cuts Produce Deja Vu Along with Outrage 12.17.09 Read more... Campaign Finance Laws Fill Coffers for Cars, Coffee and Court 12.07.09 Read more... Courts Consider When a Rioter Stops Rioting 12.02.09 Read more... Death by Car 11.23.09 Read more... New Website Lets New Yorkers Talk Back to the Senate 11.19.09 Read more... Cutting the Deficit Gets Ugly 11.16.09 Read more... As Money Runs Out, Can Albany Avoid the 'Pain'? 11.02.09 Read more... Senate Ponders What to Do About Monserrate 10.23.09 Read more... Stated Meeting: Council Bans Flavored Tobacco 10.15.09 Read more... Is Anyone Willing to Cut the State Budget? 10.02.09 Read more... The 63rd Senator 08.24.09 Read more... Albany Aftershocks 08.03.09 Read more... Dividing Albany's Pork Pie 07.27.09 Read more... Bringing Home the Pork 07.27.09 Read more... The Race to Fill Morgenthau's Shoes 07.20.09 Read more... A Fractured Senate Takes on Mayoral Control of Schools 07.14.09 Read more... Amid Fireworks, the Senate Stalemate Continues 07.02.09 Read more... After the Deadline... 07.01.09 Read more... As Time Runs Out, Paterson Tries to End the Deadlock 06.22.09 Read more... Senate Turmoil Puts Everything in Doubt 06.15.09 Read more... State 06.06.09 Read more... Legal Ruling Puts a Cork on the Bottle Bill 06.04.09 Read more... Pedro Espada's New Clout 06.01.09 Read more... New York's Gun Battle 05.18.09 Read more... Where Is New York's Lieutenant Governor? 05.15.09 Read more... On the MTA, Leaders Will Take What They Can Get 04.29.09 Read more... The End of the Rockefeller Era 04.27.09 Read more... The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage 04.17.09 Read more... The Legislature Takes on Election Reform 04.14.09 Read more... Even in Hard Times, Albany Offers a Feast of Pork 04.13.09 Read more... What the State Budget Means for the City 04.01.09 Read more... State Senate 34 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 33 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 31 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 30 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 29 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 28 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 27 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 26 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 25 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 24 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 23 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 22 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 21 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 20 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 19 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 18 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 17 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 16 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 32 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 36 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 15 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 14 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 11 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 13 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 12 03.28.09 Read more... State Senate 10 03.28.09 Read more... With Clock Ticking, Senate Plan Does Little to End MTA Impasse 03.19.09 Read more... In Albany, Budget Battles Behind Closed Doors 03.15.09 Read more... The Tough Battle to Repeal Tough Drug Laws 03.11.09 Read more... Stimulating a Cleaner Environment 03.09.09 Read more... Plan to Toll Bridges Encounters More Roadblocks 03.05.09 Read more... Budget Takes an Ax to Programs for Open Space 03.03.09 Read more... Rural Legislator, City Issue: How Upstaters Decide 03.02.09 Read more... New York and the Fight Over the 2010 Census 02.25.09 Read more... Taxing the Rich: An Idea Whose Time Has Come? 02.18.09 Read more... A Call for Tighter Ethics Laws 02.11.09 Read more... Trying -- Again -- to Change the Drug Laws 02.04.09 Read more... How to Balance the State Budget 02.02.09 Read more... Paterson's Bitter Pill 01.30.09 Read more... Making Voting Easier 01.29.09 Read more... The Senate Looks at How It Operates 01.20.09 Read more... The Democrats Take Albany 01.12.09 Read more... The Democrats Take Albany 01.12.09 Read more... A Shift in Albany Could Avert Higher Rents 10.27.08 Read more... Albany Puts the Brakes on Faster Buses 06.20.08 Read more... Advocates Find Hope in Albany, Fear in D.C. 03.27.08 Read more... And Now: The Paterson Administration 03.17.08 Read more... Latest Round in the Garbage Wars 06.18.07 Read more... Is Albany Odious? 02.20.07 Read more... The New Governor’s Mystery Agenda 01.30.07 Read more... A Greener Governor? 11.17.06 Read more... What Does It Mean for New York? 11.13.06 Read more... After The Election -- What Will Be Different Now? 11.13.06 Read more... Contested State Senate Seats 09.11.06 Read more... Bringing the Money Back from Albany 08.21.06 Read more... State Removes Statute Of Limitations For Rape Cases 06.05.06 Read more... Albany Matters 01.15.06 Read more... Eye On Albany: Campaign Trail 2006 01.09.06 Read more... Waiting For Albany 01.02.06 Read more... The Governor Delays and Denies 01.24.05 Read more... Testimony by New York City Council Speaker Gifford Miller On Governor George Pataki's Proposed Budget 01.24.05 Read more... State of the State, Governor George Pataki 01.06.05 Read more... Albany Reform: Start By Changing the Rules 01.03.05 Read more... Albany Reform: Make Elections More Competitive 01.03.05 Read more... Congress Acts to Protect New York's Water 10.11.04 Read more... NYC Primary Day 2004 - State Legislative Races 09.15.04 Read more... Eye on Albany Campaign 2004 07.26.04 Read more... Albany’s Dysfunction 07.20.04 Read more... Selling Hotdogs, Getting Ticketed 03.20.04 Read more... Urban Issues: Presidential Candidates in NYC 02.23.04 Read more... Arts Groups Look to Congress to Ease Cultural Exchanges 02.02.04 Read more... The Urban Agenda 01.26.04 Read more... 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