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Deal seals new state Senate Democratic leadership
james.madore@newsday.comRepublicans' bid to keep control of the State Senate failed Thursday when rebellious Democrats finally struck a deal with their leader. Democratic Sens. Ruben Diaz Sr. and Pedro Espada Jr., both of the Bronx, and Carl Kruger, of Brooklyn, have agreed...Tags: Carl Kruger, Government, National or Ethnic Minorities, Same-Sex Marriage, Queens (New York City)
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Taxes and education
The Commission on Property Tax Relief took a surprising direction in the report it released Monday. Not only did it lay out a blueprint for cutting school costs - the underlying driver of high property taxes - it dug deep to root out problems that have...Tags: Property Tax, State Budgets, New York, Tom Suozzi
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'Sen.' Suozzi gets some love on the blogo-buzz circuit
Spin CycleFor the past couple of days in the blogosphere, for whatever reason, the potential for Gov. David Paterson to pick Nassau Executive Tom Suozzi for the Clinton Senate seat was brought up anew and largely talked up. This Washington......Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Regional Authority, Primaries, Eliot Spitzer
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Gov. Paterson stays mum on Sen. Clinton successor
The Associated PressGov. David Paterson still hasn't picked a successor for U.S. Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton. President-elect Barack Obama tapped Clinton Monday as his nominee for secretary of state. She was expected to accept the job later in the day. Paterson has so...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton
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December 2: LIRR troubles, shared budget sacrifice?
LIRR derailed In five years of commuting on the Long Island Rail Road, I've been annoyed at delays, schedule changes and fare increases. But recent events put all prior issues into perspective ["Rush hour woe," News, Nov. 24]. The new, harsher reality...Tags: Metropolitan Transportation Authority, State Budgets, Medical Services, Manhattan (New York City), Melville
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Commission lists nominees for NY chief judge
Associated Press WriterFour appeals judges and three prominent attorneys have made the short list of nominees to preside over New York's influential top court and administer the state's sprawling court system. The Commission on Judicial Nomination announced Monday, without...Tags: Executive Branch, Court Administration, Government, Prosecution, Justice System
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NY commission calls for property tax cap
Associated Press WriterA special commission recommended Monday that New York state cap the growth of property taxes at 4 percent a year, among other fiscal reforms. The commission was established by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer to address the difficult political issue of...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Property Tax, State Budgets, Public Finance
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NYPD: Angry passenger stabs bus driver to death
Associated Press WriterA New York City bus rider turned on a driver who denied him a free transfer Monday, stabbing him to death as passengers looked on in the first killing of an on-duty city bus driver in more than a quarter-century. Edwin Thomas, 46, was driving the B-46...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, New York City Transit, Michael Bloomberg
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Tax-relief commission calls for school consolidation, other measures
john.hildebrand@newsday.comDeclaring that the state's fiscal crisis demands tough decisions, a state tax-relief commission called Monday for a battery of educational cost-cutting measures -- among them, a recommendation that all school districts with fewer than 1,000 students,...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Property Tax, State Budgets, New York
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Clinton will stay in Senate seat until confirmed
Associated Press WritersGov. David Paterson will have more than a month to choose a successor to Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, after her office said Monday she will not resign her Senate seat until she is confirmed as secretary of state. One prominent potential replacement,...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, Texas, Regional Authority, Upper House
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Why The Next Senator Clinton From N.Y. Should Be Bill
Amid the blizzard of resumes blanketing Washington as the Obama era dawns, there is a superbly qualified candidate for full employment whose name has been overlooked. We refer, of course, to William Jefferson Clinton, America's 42nd chief executive and...Tags: Executive Branch, Government, John Quincy Adams, Regional Authority, Washington Post Company
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Comptroller: Crisis may cost NY 225,000 jobs
Newsday Staff WriterNew York Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli says the financial crisis gripping Wall Street and the world economy could cost the state and New York City 225,000 jobs over the next two years. DiNapoli says instability in the securities industry could also cost...Tags: Michael Bloomberg, Thomas P. DiNapoli, New York, Financial Markets
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