Speculation in Albany
has grown that Rep. John McHugh (R-Watertown) will leave his congressional seat
this year and instead challenge State Sen. Darrel Aubertine (D-Watertown).
Bipartisan sources have confirmed that the eight term congressman’s
name is rising to the top of the list to challenge Aubertine, who won the
Senate seat in a special election last month. ...
Read more »A three-hour meeting the day before Easter set into motion a dramatic change in Western New York politics which took a popular state senator out of a congressional race and establishes the new Erie County Executive as the region’s leading Republican powerbroker.Sources have confirmed that Rick Lewis, a Buffalo businessman who runs the Talking Phone Book, will be entering ...
Read more »Sen. Charles Schumer has tried to change
how auxiliary officers are viewed under federal law. Now he is looking
to push the Legislature in New York to make a change as well.On
the same day that NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly testified to a closed
hearing in support of federal death benefits being awarded to the
families of two auxiliary police officers killed last year in ...
Read more »Rep. Tom Reynolds’ retirement
announcement seems likely to set the stage for another competitive State Senate
race this fall.
Officially, State Sen. George Maziarz (R-Niagara)—long thought to covet
Reynolds’ seat—has told Republican leaders that he will confer with his wife,
Beverly, and close advisors over the weekend. But several sources said ...
Read more »Gov. David
Paterson (D) may not have mentioned Eliot Spitzer’s name once during his
address to the Legislature immediately after being sworn in, but he will be
implementing most of Spitzer’s budget in the negotiations over the weeks
ahead—unless, as some suggest is a possibility, he elects to pass a basic budget
by the March 31 deadline and consider the rest ...
Read more »Almost as if Eliot Spitzer and
the prostitute ring scandal which felled him had never existed, David Paterson
(D) was sworn in as governor in an Assembly chamber packed to capacity with
cheering supporters, guests and legislators. Many
seemed as if they could not have been happier to see Spitzer go.
In contrast to the antagonistic
approach Spitzer had often taken to the ...
Read more »Some people have theorized that Eliot Spitzer’s career-ending
interest in prostitutes was about the thrill.
But according to several prominent psychologists,
neuroscientists and political science professors, the soon to be ex-governor’s
transgressions may have been simply about sex.
Howard Lavine, a professor of political science at
SUNY-Stony Brook and trained ...
Read more »
Thanks to the affidavit filed in federal court, the world
now knows that Client 9 of the Emperors Club VIP—identified as Gov. Eliot Spitzer
(D)—has a taste for sexual activities that an Emperors Club employee referred
to as “things that like, you might not think were safe.”
Whether she meant an interest in asphyxiation or some other
violent activity, or whether simply that ...
Read more »David Paterson was often mentioned as the man likely to
replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate should she be elected president. But now,
if Clinton beats both Barack Obama
and John McCain on her way to the White House, that seems likely to only happen
if he appoints himself.
Paterson is
poised to take over as governor if and when Eliot Spitzer resigns in the wake
of ...
Read more »While one time presidential frontrunner Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani attempts to salvage his campaign in Florida,
his Republican rivals are looking to deliver the killer blow by winning New
York in an upset. The latest Zogby poll shows Arizona
Sen. John McCain ahead of Giuliani among New York Republicans, Quinnipiac has
the two GOP candidates dead-even in Giuliani’s home ...
Read more »
McHugh Courted for Senate Race Against Aubertine
Republicans and Democrats Fields to Succeed Reynolds Both Face Potential Upheavals
As Maziarz Congressional Announcement Looms, Candidates Emerge for Senate Seat
Albany Leaders Float Bare Bones Budget Proposal
In Paterson Reactions, Democrats Take Parting Shots at Spitzer's Style
The View from Inside Eliot Spitzer’s Brain
Parsing the Affidavit: Late Payments and Haggling Appear to Have Done Spitzer In
Day 434, the Governor Changes?
