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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

• Your business: Some good news from the job front

  County had the area's lowest rate at 6.1 percent. This was down from 6.9 percent in March and 6.6 percent in April 2012. Albany County's unemployment rate was 6.2 percent in April, down from 6.8 percent one month earlier and 7 percent one year earlier. Schenectady 9:04 PM from The Schenectady Daily Gazette Read more »

• Cuomo, St. Regis Mohawk leaders sign casino pact

  Cuomo (left) and Chief Ron LaFrance of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribal Council shake hands after signing an agreement Tuesday in Albany. The pact ensure the Mohawks keep their exclusive casino territory while paying the state $30 million in gambling proceeds that 7:55 PM from Plattsburgh Press-Republican Read more »

• SEN. BALL PASSES BILL TO PROTECT ACTIVE DUTY SERVICE MEMBERS FROM LOSING CHILD CUSTODY

  N.Y. – (5/21/2013) – Senator Greg Ball (R,C,I-Patterson) Chairman of the Senate Veterans, Homeland Security and Military Affairs Committee announced today that S3507A, legislation to protect active duty military service members from losing permanent child 7:35 PM from New York Senate Read more »

• Bronx Sen. Ruben Diaz Blasts "Ambulatory Casino" Of Albany Corruption

  after his secret handling of sexual abuse cases in the Assembly,” Diaz wrote in the email. “ It’s hard to walk in any room in Albany without hearing someone discussing the odds of how much time Assemblyman Silver has left. “Friends and foes are going all around 7:28 PM from New York Daily News Read more »

• NY judge refuses to dismiss Kerry Kennedy case

  too numerous to mention have faced a wide variety of criminal charges and have gone on to do their jobs or serve the public in many important ways," Lazansky wrote. Prosecutors fought the dismissal motion, arguing that dropping the charge would feed the perception 6:39 PM from FOX News Read more »