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Suozzi lobbies lawmakers to OK property tax cap
william.murphy@newsday.comNassau County Executive Thomas Suozzi, who chairs a state committee on property tax relief, kicked off a campaign Thursday to get state lawmakers to approve a cap on property taxes. However, he said this effort would be somewhat kinder and gentler than...Tags: Laws, State Budgets, Property Tax, Elections, Nassau County
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Report: Paterson offered Bruno a job!! (Updated)
Spin CycleMr. Dicker of the NYPost reports that Paterson offered departing Senate Majority leader Bruno as job as a special advisor in his administration, but Bruno turned him down. This is one of two stories over the weekend indicating that......Tags: Government, Parliament, National Government, Upper House
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Handful of regional names drives GOP-governor buzz
Spin CycleFor the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate???s GOP majority leader. Fast-forward to the 2010 governor???s race, and at least five regional...Tags: George Bush, Republican Party, Government, Steve Levy, Parliament
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School tax cap is Dean Skelos' suburban GOP hope
James Klurfeld is a professor of journalism at Stony Brook University. His e-mail address is james.klurfeld@stonybrook.edu.Remember that old Memorex commercial that asked whether what you were hearing was live or a taped recording? Well, I've had a similar response to news that the spanking-new leader of the State Senate, Rockville Centre's Dean Skelos, will call his...Tags: Republican Party, State Budgets, Government, Property Tax, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania)
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Albany: Leaders meeting
Spin CycleThe first leaders??? meeting was held yesterday among Albany???s new "three-men-in-a-room" lineup. Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) made his debut and was warmly welcomed by Gov. David A. Paterson, particularly after saying the...Tags: Government, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Parliament, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Executive Branch
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Silver: "Outrageous and disgraceful"
Spin CycleIn a lawsuit stemming from two sexual incidents involving Assembly counsel Michael Boxley, a judge calls Speaker Sheldon Silver's behavior "outrageous and disgraceful." Supreme Court Justice Emily Jane Goodman dismissed a lawsuit trying to make Silver...Tags: New York
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Siena: Paterson tops Cuomo, circuit breaker favored
Spin CycleSiena has a new poll out finding that voters favor Paterson over Cuomo, and favor a circuit breaker funded by a tax on millionaires over a property tax cap. Paterson beats Cuomo in a Democratic primary 51-21, and in......Tags: State Budgets, Property Tax, Elections, Political Candidates, Primaries
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Nassau fundraiser-lawyer tapped as health adviser
Spin CycleA controversy that swirled around the SentosaCare company???s hiring of staff for its nursing homes appears to have left unscathed the political standing of Howard Fensterman, the firm???s lead counsel and a major Long Island campaign fundraiser. On...Tags: Medical Services, Legal Services, Executive Branch, Medicaid, Values
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Local Republicans seen as possible governor candidates
dan.janison@newsday.comFor the moment, the biggest Long Island names in statewide politics belong to Thomas DiNapoli, the Democratic state comptroller, and Dean Skelos, the Senate's GOP majority leader. Fast forward to the 2010 governor's race, and at least five regional...Tags: Republican Party, Steve Levy, Michael Bloomberg, Executive Branch, Stratford
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Paterson, top state lawmakers discuss economic downturn
james.madore@newsday.comALBANY - Predicting gasoline will hit $5 a gallon by September and less state revenue from Wall Street, Gov. David A. Paterson met top lawmakers yesterday to begin grappling with the effects of an economic downturn. Afterward, Paterson said it was too...Tags: Stock Activities, State Budgets, Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Conservation
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