James Tedisco
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NYC: Three Strikes Bill Would Terminate Licenses of Serial Dangerous Drivers
Peter and Lillian Sabados of Staten Island were killed in 2009 by a driver who had a history of reckless driving and dozens of license suspensions. A bi-partisan group of state legislators is pushing to terminate — permanently — the licenses of New York from Streetsblog Read more »
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Assembly Republicans have simple request: A vote on their legislation
ALBANY -- A group of Assembly Republicans introduced a bill on Wednesday that would give each member of the Legislature the ability to bring one piece of legislation to the floor for a vote during their two-year term. It sounds like a simple request, the from The Star-Gazette Read more »
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Power politics move issues
Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to the gathering of state and local officials before he signed the pension reform bill into law in the Red Room of the State Capitol in Albany, N.Y. March 16, 2012. (Skip Dickstein/Times Union) Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks to the gat from Albany Times-Union Read more »
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Cloud over Sunshine Week in Albany
ALBANY — Saturday marks the end of Sunshine Week, an annual weeklong initiative to promote openness, transparency and accountability in government. But the sun had long since set Wednesday when lawmakers began passing a flurry of bills to make major stat from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle Read more »
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Tier VI pension plan passes Legislature
State Senator Tom Libous, Deputy Majority Leader, left, speaks on the floor of the Senate chamber to say that the senate was in for a long night considering bills, on Wednesday night March 14, 2012 in Albany, N.Y. State Senator Neil D. Breslin, Deputy Mi from Albany Times-Union Read more »