albanymda shlobbyin g queen patricia lynch announced in an embossed postcard that her firm has opened a new york city office. lynch a former top aide to assembly speaker sheldon silver was the secondhighest grossing lobbyist in 2007. there are already offices in albany white plains and buffalo. next stop panama city where according to the postcard an office will open in 2009.......
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continuing the incredibly confusing sequence of events in the hillaryass.os. story cnn is now reporting that shes just one of a couple of top candidates. at t.p.m. greg sargent reports that bill clintons done all the vetting hes going to do and theyre waiting for a formal offer . its a very popular idea with americans says a poll. maybe obama wants to k......
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friend of the blog the general robert lee is now blogging for timesunion.com. well follow his blog closely as hell be posting about all sports highschool sports and siena basketball with a look from what happens behind the microphone and behind the scenes.......
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this position does not require senate confirmation . william j. cunningham iii was appointed to the position of acting secretary to governor paterson on october 24 2008. prior to that he served as senior advisor to the governor. more continued here......
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tons of fun with the schedule for today work 730330 the real fun comes in when the district manager comes in to do an inspection most likely around three. im not worried save for the fact that i will be leaving at exactly 330. why cause i gotta wait for it travel to new jersey 330530 i know i figured id be banned from jersey by now too ......
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david paterson told a reporter he would not feel obligated to appoint a woman to hillary clintons senate seat should she leave it. if clinton becomes s.o.s. the people her campaign owes money will just have to wait. andrew cuomo drew 500 people to a forum to discuss how cuomos office can help citizens with a variety of issues. the city cut funding to 21 day care......
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7 steps to profit from blogging without spending money times union blogs with a budget of less than 20 what steps would you take to build a blog that would turn a profit in 90 days note the actual thirty day challenge will begin in december. twitter has changed my concept of blogging so i m trying to figure out what is the right blogging software for my needs new york times th......
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in albany tom golisano says he may put money towards a campaign in favor of david patersons spending cuts. malcolm smith announced his transition team which among other familiar people names hank sheinkopf the communications director. dean skelos was reelected state senate republican leader. transit blogger says that if the report about the m.t.a. is true we are in de......
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....it probably is dysfunctional government . governor david paterson . hey dont say tap didnt warn ya. new york state faces a budget crisis and our leaders meet... and blow off a lot of steam and agree about nothing whatsoever . agree with malcolm smiths sad assessment its disappointing that we were not able to move forward on anyt......
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i found an old ethernet card in one of my boxes of stuff and it reminded me of something i did with the case when i used a wallet without slots for credit cards a drivers license and business cards . heres the ethernet card in its read the original here stuff i like the ethernet credit card holder......
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albanythe possibility of action to bridge new yorks multibillion dollar deficit grows slimmer by the minute. unable to win passage of any package his own or a compromise david paterson late monday balked on plans to have lawmakers vote during a special session and called legislative leaders back to the negotiating table. his announcement came around 920 p.m. after an evening of......
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july 2006 times union blogs the capitol. the seat of state government. where influential politicians craft laws and crafty lobbyists peddle influence. where hopeful citizens try to get their voices heard. get a look behind the scenes at new york politics and statewide campaigns......
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daily aid 38 fastweb student loan survey financial aid crisis student financial aid news you might not know this but im also the editor of fafsaonline.com our free fafsa guide web site . were getting ready to update the site for the 20092010 fafsa and need your help. if youve used fafsaonline.com please leave feedback and suggestions on this blog post today so ......
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as a coach my primary goal is to keep my athletes safe and injury free. however sports injuries do occur and there is growing research and awareness on female athletes and knee injuries. some link the number of knee injuries in female athletes to genetics and the difference in bone structure to their counterparts. others indicate the pressure to start training at a younger age as the cause. eith.....
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telecommuters living out of state taxed twice new geography did bloomberg overact to ruling on hybrid cabs next american city ny observer revenues up 40 percent the guardian via nyconvergence natural hazard mitigation plan available for comment campaign for community based planning city embargoes construction for holidays lowermanha ttan......
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the city council approved both the plan for redeveloping willets point and the plan for redeveloping hunters point south eliot brown has details hiram monserrate exchanged words with unhappy businessmen from willets point. in state senate loss is there a gain for marty connor rudy giuliani gives some support to joe mondello buffalo projects sneak under thea bu......
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wrote an interesting post today on heres a quick excerpt now we know goose has a problem with those sweatpants that say juicy or cutie or hottie or some other eee ending word on the butt. but in general is it ok to wear sweats in public yesterday i had a doctors appointment back here in new york and it was cold. due to a golf cart um mishap wh......
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gm is urging its employees to call washington and ask for that sweet sweet bailout money. the retention of gates as secdef hints at a connection between obamas camp and brent scowcroft. lots of people cashing in on ralph bucky phillips reward money. greater ny hospitals association and seiu 1199 react to patersons deficitreduction plan. the state......
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albanya coalition of social service groups attacked david patersons latest round of proposed budget cuts and offered their own threepoint plan for closing the enormous deficit. the coalitionwhich claims to represent 200 nonprofit and faithbased serviceproviding groups around the statesaid just reducing spending will deva statequot new yorks future. the group39......
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governor paterson assisted by budget director laura aglin today gave broad outlines for the deficit reduction plan hell put before the november 18 special session of the legislature. they involve education health care suny and cuny tuition and civil service. if enacted the governor says they would save 2 billion this year 3.2 the next. this years rate of growth for sc......
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...d to hospitals and nursing homes a 2 percent reduction in home health care aid for final detail of the governors plan visit timesunion.com and the capitol confidential blog httpblo gs.timesun ion.comca pitol throughout the day. this is a very serious situation that involves the survival of the people of new york and the quality of their lives. gov. david paterson......
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of course not our veterans have not been well served. as a 22year air force veteran and a 24year postal service veteran i beg to differ with the caller who said that retired postal employees have better health insurance than the veterans go to source......
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albanydavid paterson who has been sounding a fiscal alarm and has trimmed billions of dollars to narrow a budget debt of still billions more presented details on more proposed cuts today. we thought we had created a cushion that would last us through the rest of the year paterson said at a town hall meeting in syracuse on tuesday. but were in extreme situations.qu......
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golf digest is offering its second annual u.s. open challenge and the winner get to test his skills at bethpage black site of the 2009 championship originally posted herea heres your chance to play bethpage before the u.s. open tags pets games happiness recreation......
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the new york state senate now has a democratic majority for the first time since the 1950s. the struggle of the two major parties for control of the senate in this election year was mirrored by a shadow struggle between the working families and independence parties of new york. both minor parties gave everything they had to help one of the major parties. in the case of the working famili......
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