Dean Skelos

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• Cuomo has his Albany to-do list ready

  have generally conveyed that lawmakers shouldn't rush through laws just to answer the scandal headlines. Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R- Rockville Centre ) said he's reviewing election-law proposals but added that "there isn't a law that would have stopped   Read more »

• Public financing push heads to Albany

  the city's argue that offering public matching funds invites schemes to rip off taxpayers.On Friday, Senate GOP leader Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre cited the conviction of two campaign aides to City Comptroller John Liu in a case where prosecutors said   Read more »

• Letters: Opposed to NY DREAM Act

  personal story was very touching [" New York can help DREAMers like me," Opinion, April 29]. She wants State Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville Centre) to pass the New York DREAM Act -- short for Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors Act   Read more »

• Thompson: Give this DREAMer a chance to fully contribute to our society

  will happen to help me and other undocumented students get access to financial aid for college. The State Senate co-leader, Dean Skelos (R- Rockville Centre ), has visited my school, which is in his district. This shows he cares about education. So I don't   Read more »

• Skelos opposes Cuomo on abortion, campaign finance

  campaigns.One day before the Democratic governor is expected to meet with leading women's groups, Senate co-leader Dean Skelos (R- Rockville Centre ) said he isn't budging on abortion. Skelos also said that while he's reviewing election-law proposals in the   Read more »

Around the web

• Long Island OTBs Might Get VLT Betting

  talks to permit the off-track betting corporations on Long Island to offer video lottery terminal betting. Senate co-leader Dean Skelos, a Nassau County Republican, said "one of the suggestions that's out there'' is to permit the Nassau and Suffolk OTB corporations   from Blood Horse Read more »

• Skelos is wrong; public campaign funding will help N.Y.

  Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos' May 13 Perspective article, "A recipe for political corruption") brings together all opponents' attacks on public campaign financing, no matter how they stretch the truth. His claims are easily debunked. First, Skelos   from Albany Times-Union Read more »

• NY Assembly speaker to propose Lopez removal

  Gov. Andrew Cuomo, center, speaks during a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol as Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, left, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, listen on Monday, May 13, 2013, in Albany, N.Y. Cuomo   from The Saratogian Read more »

• Cuomo deals LI out

  Matthew Wing said the idea wasn’t being discussed as part of casino-gambling talks with legislative leaders. But GOP Sen. Dean Skelos of Nassau, the co-head of the state Senate, supports video slots at Belmont Park racetrack. A spokesman said Skelos has had   from New York Post Read more »

• New York Explained

  Let me clue you in on the reality. State legislators have no real power, but do not face real elections. Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos have real power over your lives, but you don't get to vote in their elections. Those who are under indictment do. If Silver   from Room Eight Read more »