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Mar 10, 2009

MEMBER: STIPEND: COMMITTEE: NUMBER OF MEETINGS SINCE JAN. 06: Eric N. Gioia $10,000 Investigations*** 6 Albert Vann $4,000 Community Development* 7 Inez E. Dickens $10,000 Standards and Ethics*** 7 Maria Baez $10,000 State and Federal Leg.*** 16 Alan J. Gerson $10,000 Lower Manhattan Redevelopment 24 Michael C. Nelson

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Special Elections: Better than the Alternative?

Mar 06, 2009

Photo (cc) So gesehen How to fill an empty seat? New York City recently held a special election to fill three vacant City Council seats in Queens and Staten Island. In the

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 12:36 PM)

 

Rural Legislator, City Issue: How Upstaters Decide

Mar 02, 2009

Gotham Gazette image by Ya-Hsuan Huang This year, New York City residents will see legislators from all over the state vote on issues that directly affect their lives. From the transit

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A Call for Tighter Ethics Laws

Feb 11, 2009

Photo from joebruno.org Joe Bruno (left) in his pre-indictment days Spend time in New York's Capital Region and you will be hard pressed to go very far without seeing former Republican Senate

Last Updated (Wednesday, June 06, 2012 01:52 PM)

 

Making Voting Easier

Jan 29, 2009

Image (c) ShooterD With change in the air as Americans watched the inauguration of a new president and the start of a new year, New York's leaders are setting their agendas

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Will the State Senate Save Rent Control?

Jan 27, 2009

Photo (cc) bmercer Michael McKee, the treasurer of the Tenants Political Action Committee, worked hard to secure a Democratic majority in the State Senate. Besides making substantial donations to the campaigns

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The Senate Looks at How It Operates

Jan 20, 2009

With their majority finally solidified, the State Senate Democrats last week passed rules changes, which they say, are designed to create more legislative transparency and to balance the power rift

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The Democrats Take Albany

Jan 12, 2009

  Gotham Gazette Illustration by Ya-Hsuan Huang Gov. David Paterson started his first State of the State speech late. Another speech took precedence for a few minutes as new Senate Majority Leader

 

Stated Meeting: Council Approves Firearm Reporting

Jan 08, 2009

 If police officers pull their triggers the City Council will now be put on notice under legislation passed unanimously by the council on Wednesday. The New York City Police Department

 

Top New York Stories of 2008

Dec 22, 2008

  Consider how the world looked a year ago. Sen. Hillary Clinton was about to sail through the Democratic primaries on the way to her party's presidential nomination. Rudy Giuliani, though faltering,