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New York Senate votes down gay marriage bill

December 2nd, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 18154, 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
The vote comes after months of delays and arm twisting of lawmakers sympathetic to the bill but representing conservative districts.

More New York Senate staffers get raises

August 31st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
ALBANY, N.Y. -- Another bill is coming due from this summer's crippling coup in New York's Senate: $13 million more in raises and hiring, mostly for the Republican minority. The latest state payroll records show new hires and raises...

More New York Senate staffers get raises

August 24th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
ALBANY, N.Y. -- The state Senate gave more than 50 staff members raises, totaling nearly $500,000 in additional annual spending, according to data released Monday. All but 10 of those employees work for Republicans. In some cases, staffers got...

Democrats: Espada’s son will resign new post

August 12th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, Politics, Top News
Albany, NY -- The son of New York Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. is expected to resign from his new $120,000-a-year Senate job after prosecutors said they were investigating the hiring. Senate Democrats' spokeswoman Selvena Brooks said that former...

New York Sen. Pedro Espada’s son gets state job during hiring freeze

August 11th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
Senate Majority Leader says son's new $120,000 job was not part of a deal.

Proposal would overhaul New York’s government, without influence of politicians and lobbyists

August 7th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
Kolb ALBANY, N.Y. -- Think New York state government is broken? Want to fix it? A lawmaker is calling for a constitutional convention to let New Yorkers overhaul a system of government they love to hate -- and in a...

Court: New York’s lieutenant governor can perform limited duties

July 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 14366, 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
NEW YORK (AP) -- Richard Ravitch can continue serving as New York's lieutenant governor during a legal dispute over his appointment, but he cannot preside over the state Senate, an appeals court ruled Thursday. The Appellate Division ruling keeps...

County lawmaker Thomas Buckel considers Senate run against DeFrancisco

July 30th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, City News, Government, North Suburbs, Politics, State News, Top News, West Suburbs
Buckel Syracuse, NY -- An Onondaga County legislator is pondering a run at longtime state Sen. John DeFrancisco next year. Thomas Buckel, a Syracuse lawyer and Democratic county legislator, wrote a letter to Onondaga County Democratic Party leaders Tuesday saying...

State Sen. John DeFrancisco defends attempted state Senate coup, stalemate that followed

July 28th, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 234340, 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
Mike Greenlar / The Post StandardNYS State Sen. John DeFranciso brought a chart listing the 2009 rules reform Initiatives for state government to his town hall meeting at West Genesee High School Tuesday night. State Sen. John DeFrancisco put himself...

Sen. John DeFrancisco to hold town hall meeting to answer questions about Senate coup

July 21st, 2009 | Comments Off | Posted in 466848, Breaking News, Government, Politics, State News, Top News
Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracuse, will host a town hall meeting next Tuesday to answer the public's questions about last month's state Senate coup. DeFrancisco will also share his thoughts about how the state can move forward. The meeting starts 7...
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