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• Cuomo urges: Apply for Sandy infrastructure aid

  York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo Wednesday urged Sandy-scarred communities to compete for $500 million in federal grants aimed at making buildings, roads, bridges and other infrastructure better able to withstand natural disasters.Local governments, Indian tribes 6/19/13 Read more »

• Editorial: Albany should approve Cuomo plan on gambling

  in New York has become, it's not surprising that the fix isn't neatly wrapped up in a bow.For almost two years Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has fought for a constitutional amendment to expand legal gambling. That this is necessary in a state that already has nine 6/19/13 Read more »

• Activists, union question LIPA reform bill

  -- Pockets of opposition to Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo's LIPA reform bill are persisting on Long Island as negotiations to pass the law enter their final stages.Huntington Town has begun robocalls alerting residents to its potential impact on their tax bills. Unionized 6/19/13 Read more »

• Cuomo Woman's Equality Act plan includes human trafficking agenda

  Andrew M. Cuomo's plan to crack down on human trafficking, passed last week by the state Legislature as part of his Women's Equality Act, comes as New York lags behind other states in attacking the problem.Experts say thousands of people are trafficked every   Read more »

• O'Reilly: New York Republicans need to go on offense

  state. Those bills are typically dead on arrival in the Senate . . . as long as Republicans are in charge. But Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is now warning Republicans and independent Democrats that they're being marked for defeat at the polls next year as punishment   Read more »

Around the web

• Cuomo, Legislative Leaders Announce New Jobs Program

  ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he and legislative leaders have agreed to a jobs program that would offer tax-free zones to new employers. But Cuomo says he isn't sure how many of his 10 women's rights measures will be passed in the Senate, or 3:28 AM from WETM 18 - NY Read more »

• Cuomo vows to clean up NY’s capital post-scandals

  — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday he would take on cleaning up Albany himself. After failing to reach a deal with legislative leaders on an anti-corruption package, Cuomo said he would follow through on a longstanding threat to empanel a special 1:33 AM from New York Daily News Read more »

• Compromise casino bill addresses many concerns

  compromise between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders produced a comprehensive casino siting bill late Tuesday that outlines the placement of four upstate casinos if a constitutional amendment allowing seven non-Indian, live-table casinos is passed 12:27 AM from The Schenectady Daily Gazette Read more »

• Whole lot of nothin’

  ideas went to hatch. But that hasn’t been true at least since Hugh Carey’s first term — and maybe the drought was weighing on Andrew Cuomo Monday evening, when he told a hastily convened, off-the-record dinner for reporters that he’s a man given to looking 6/19/13 from New York Post Read more »

• Upstate Casinos Will Generate Education Aid

  aid boost in the state's new casino plan sounds good but he's still a bit skeptical. Early Wednesday morning, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders reached a deal to authorize four upstate New York casinos that would drive jobs and tourism to the long 6/19/13 from WETM 18 - NY Read more »