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• Jay Jacobs quits state party post, not politics

  Rep. Charles Rangel (D-Manhattan). In the next few weeks, Jacobs will be involved in a similar event for Suffolk Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), whose newly drawn district for the first time runs all across northern Nassau and into Queens. Jacobs even talks   Read more »

• Lawmakers press for funds to protect Sound

  the Long Island Sound boosts the local economy and creates jobs, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Rep. Steve Israel on Friday asked local environmental leaders to support continued federal funding for the estuary.In a discussion at the Sagamore Yacht Club in Oyster   Read more »

• Rep. Israel backs fire sprinkler bill

  Steve Israel (D- Dix Hills ) said Monday that he was becoming co-sponsor of federal legislation that would provide tax incentives for installing fire sprinklers in buildings where they are not currently required."Making it easier for property owners to install   Read more »

• Map plan 'flips' King, Israel districts

  Suffolk Democratic chairman, said he hopes state lawmakers can still reach a compromise. "It just makes more sense to have Steve Israel be a Suffolk congressman with a majority of his district in this county," Schaffer said. "I just think a special master   Read more »

• Judge proposes NY congressional districts

  some districts on Long Island. That would appear to pit veterans Rep. Peter King, a Republican, against Democratic Rep. Steve Israel and Democratic Rep. Gary Ackerman, both Democrats .U.S. Magistrate Roanne Mann's proposal would take care of the requirement   Read more »

Around the web

• Joe Walsh: Democrats Want Hispanics, African Americans 'Dependent On Government'

  WASHINGTON -- Rep. Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) made another controversial remark last week, telling constituents that Democrats want Hispanics to be dependent on government -- and claiming that African Americans already are. "The Democratic Party promises groups   from The Huffington Post Read more »

• Steve Israel: Fracking's a political hot potato for Cuomo

  Democrats' energy policy a factor Buy This Photo Actor and Sullivan resident Mark Ruffalo says he's been speaking out about fracking during his world travels. Ruffalo, center, joins other protesters at an anti-fracking rally Tuesday in Albany. CHET GORDO   from Times Herald-Record Read more »

• House bellwethers to watch

  NRCC Chair Pete Sessions and DCCC Chair Steve Israel outlined their views of the House landscape today and hewed to their familiar positions. Sessions continues to offer his highly optimistic view that Republicans will add to their majority while Israel   from The Politico Read more »

• Balance: Lib Chris Matthews to Another Lib: How Do 'Tea Party Crackpots Keep Winning?'

  Diversity of thought on MSNBC: Liberal Chris Matthews on Wednesday talked to liberal journalist David Corn and liberal Congressman Steve Israel about the "Tea Party crackpots" and whether the GOP is trying to "sabotage" the economy in order to defeat Bar   from Newsbusters Read more »

• No One Wants To Admit There Are Bad Democrats... Democrats JUST AS BAD As Republicans

  "Lesser of two evils" doesn't always apply. Sometimes the evils are so bad there is no "lesser." Washington has come to that. The system is so rotten now that both party establishments are thoroughly detestable. The Democrats, as a party-- largely becaus   from Down With Tyranny! Read more »