by will brinson filed under bills nfl coaching nfl real talk the buffalo bills in case you didnt catch monday nights game against the cleveland browns are in the middle of a meltdown. they started the season 50 were staring down a very easy schedule and had blossoming young offensive talents in trent edwards and marshawn lynch . lynch showed up monday for sure......
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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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senate minority leader malcolm smith dqueens called from washington d.c. this afternoon as he governor paterson and assembly speaker sheldon silver dmanhattan were between meetings with new yorks congressional delegation. he too said he was embarrassed by the lack of action tuesday by the state legislature. but he said they will work better when democrats take over the senate in ......
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state conservative party chairman michael long had strong criticism of the state legislature today saying they better not be coming to him soon for his partys endorsement and that they should give back the reimbursements they receive for traveling to albany. lawmakers collectively will be paid about 70000 for allowances for themselves and staff. the only thing theyr......
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former gov. eliot spitzers call girl ashley dupre is opening up to the press this week in an interview friday on 2020 with diane sawyer and in people magazine. the new york post had some excerpts today. asked what she might tell spitzers wife silda dupre said im sorry for your pain. i try not to revisit that place too often but when......
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rochesters democrat chronicle featured a readersubmitted story yesterday about the le roybased mighty st. joes alumni drum bugle corps which is readying its members for the upcoming season. the crew met for their first practice a little over a week ago. heres what bob wielgosz had to say about that first session there were over 80 current former and new......
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ag seal if you get a chance to see or hear new york state attorny general andrew cuomo chances are you will come away impressed.a i was last night.aa andrew cuomo and his staff was in town last night for a public forum at irondequoit high school. the entire event was well organized i got the impression it was a like a mobile road show there were about thirty staff members lawyer ......
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senate majority leader dean skelos was reelected by his conference today to remain its leader82 12whether that its in the majority or more likely in the minority in january. i am very pleased and gratified that my colleagues in the senate republican conference have again selected me to serve as their leader skelos said in a statement. while there is diffic......
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more than 1000 people rallied outside the capitol today to ask the legislature to execute fiscal fairness when developing next years executive budget. gns intern heather senison was there and offers this report the rally composed of one new york fighting for fairness coalition and the better choice budget campaign a coalition of more than 200 organizations througho......
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gov. david paterson and legislative leaders failed to reach any agreement this afternoon on cutting 2 billion from the current state budget after an hourlong often heated meeting at the state capitol. barbs flew accusations were logged and there was some yelling but the states top leaders were unable to reach any compromise to deal with new yorks growing fiscal problems. ......
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gov. david paterson was asked this morning whether albanys inability to cut the current state budget by 2 billion today is a sign of its dysfunction. his response well if it looks like a dysfunctional government and it acts like a dysfunctional government it may actually be one paterson said. paterson has grown increasingly frustrated with senate republicans o......
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rochesterarea billionaire tom golisano was in the capitol this morning to promote his responsible new york reform group saying he was not deterred by the groups election day losses. in fact golisano said he may put more money into the group to fight specialinterest groups who are trying to thwart gov. david patersons plan to cut state spending. he said there needs to be a......
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rochesterarea billionaire tom golisano was in the capitol this morning to promote his responsible new york reform group saying he was not deterred by the groups election day losses. in fact golisano said he may put more money into the group to fight specialinterest groups who are trying to thwart gov. david patersons plan to cut state spending. he said there needs to be a......
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rep. randy kuhl is under scrutiny by the federal election commission for allegations that he used his state senate campaign account to help pay for his first run for congress. kuhls lawyer denies the charge and argues that the commission does not have enough proof according to an fec report on the subject released last week. the commission discussed the report during a meeting on thurs......
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gov. david paterson and legislative leaders are headed for a showdown today over whether to cut 2 billion from the current state budget to close a looming deficit. paterson has called a public leaders meeting at 1230 p.m. today in order to try to reach compromise with legislative leaders after senate majority leader dean skelos rnassau county vowed to bring patersons budget ......
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due to enormous budget problems the m.t.a. is killing the w and z lines halving stops on the g and m laying off 1500 workers and reducing the number of trains. without a government bailout it will get worse. with action not expected on special session day in albany why make the trip suffolk county executive steve levy is making two major speeches about race in the wake of his in......
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2 things hopefully we will know the official election results today as other counties recanvass their vote totals. but in other news as exile posted last week randy kuhls campaign finances were audited with randy potentially on the receiving end of a 118k bill.a the essence of the issue is that randy kuhl used his state senate campaign funds to fund his congressional run in 2004......
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yesterday we mentioned a very important warning to each and every one of you out there that just so happens to live anywhere your dog might be a little chilly.a today were issuing yet another warning to those very same people.a man not to be a total downer but when we read articles about accidents like the one we had yesterday and the one i just read about today i cant help b......
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ever since thomson took over the lawyers cooperative publishing company in rochester and acquired west publishing in eagan and st. paul theres been apprehension about what the new owners might do to highpaying editorial jobs in both towns. if indian outsourcing is affecting legal information could it also affect the production and processing of legal information at the same t......
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assembly republican leader james tedisco rschenectady is none too pleased that governor paterson didnt invite him to yesterdays secret session between paterson assembly speaker sheldon silver and senate majority leader dean skelos. tedisco is especially peeved because hes the only legislative leader albeit in the minority who is from upstate new york. this......
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heres some of governor patersons comments during an interview friday with gannett news service. hes holding a conference call later this morning to further discuss the special session. on senate republicans request that he release his 200910 budget proposal in advance of tuesdays session ive never heard of a governor who is trying to close......
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new yorkers want state lawmakers to close the budget gap by reducing state spending instead of raising taxes according to results from a siena poll released today . when given a choice of five areas for the state to cut 23 percent chose aid to local government 18 percent transporta tioninfra structure seven percent education six percent health care and the winner was 44 percent for so......
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from new york city an analysis of the does progress reports finds they mask important information. times mayor bloomberg is busily promoting mayoral control but its appeal is not assured. gotham gazette a coalition of community groups lines up to oppose mayoral control. daily news catholic school enrollment is down and church officials say charter s......
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say what you want about rensquare but our state budget crisis is real and who says this project has to start as scheduled consider this latest editorial from the illustrious dc editorial board . renaissance square as envisioned over the past several years a tripartite complex with its centerpiece a 2800seat theater was a 230 million challenge before the financial crisis descende......
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according to bill clinton hillary clinton would be a great secretary of state. arnold schwarzenegge r and henry kissinger also think its a great idea. would her appointment give barack obama the leeway to appoint larry summers to the treasury ben points out that the last presidential candidate to be secretary of state was ed muskie who incidentally was also the last pres......
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