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• Vito Lopez to resign, seek Council seat

  let alone a whole month," Cuomo said Friday. "He should resign effective immediately and if he does not, he must be expelled.""Anyone who read the report . . . should recognize that immediate action is required, not a prolonged exit from the halls of the Legislature,"   Read more »

• Letter: Election rules need overhaul

  do we keep discussing reforming the state election system when it's high time we replace it ["Recall elections won't fix Albany ," Editorial, May 6]?Most states enable candidates to run for public office by paying a small fee, as opposed to New York 's highly   Read more »

• Cuomo to address LIPA's relationship with PSEG

  system. LIPA, under the proposal, would be reduced to a holding company of about 30 employees. It currently has nearly 100.The Albany briefing is scheduled for 3 p.m.The plan is expected to include a three-year rate freeze, Public Service Commission oversight   Read more »

• Republican support meager for independent Dems' campaign finance reform bid

  group met in Manhattan a week earlier and plans to another hold public hearing in Buffalo on Monday, with another in Albany the following week. The reform package was spurred by a sweeping federal corruption arrests of six politicians -- including former IDC   Read more »

• $30M ad plan to promote Sandy-hit region

  at an event in the state Capitol. Much of the $30 million earmarked to increase visits to storm-damaged areas will go to "I Love NY" television commercials, according to a spokesman for Empire State Development Corp.Tourism generates $5 billion in economic   Read more »

Around the web

• UAlbany Graduate commencement photos

  gets a hug from his mother Yohanka Hernandez before the start of UAlbany Graduate college commencement ceremonies in Albany, NY Saturday May 18, 2013. (John Carl D'Annibale / Times Union) Masters degree grad Yasmani Isaac, at right, gets a hug from his... 5/18/13 from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• NY pol accused of serial sex harassment to resign

  digital subscription please log in with your existing account. If you are not a current subscriber, please log in or sign up for unlimited access to the number one source for local news and information, Albany Democrat Herald. Remember me on this computer 5/18/13 from Albany Democrat-Herald Read more »

• Police call fatal NYC shooting a hate crime

  digital subscription please log in with your existing account. If you are not a current subscriber, please log in or sign up for unlimited access to the number one source for local news and information, Albany Democrat Herald. Remember me on this computer 5/18/13 from Albany Democrat-Herald Read more »

• Cops investigating after NY college student killed

  — The award-winning film “Roadmap to Apartheid” will be shown at 7 p.m. Saturday, May 18, by Albany/Corvallis Friends of Middle East… A car wash to benefit the family of baby Keyton Nelson, who died at 16 days old May 11 of left hypoplastic heart syndrome, 5/18/13 from Albany Democrat-Herald Read more »

• Unforgivable Conduct in Albany

  longer fit to hold. It should not be beyond their capacities to find an honorable leader who cares more about the public than about Albany’s seedy status quo. We know that Democratic Assembly members are scared witless by the thought of challenging Mr. Silver.   from The New York Times Read more »