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Silver Embraces Cuomo

For all the closed-door negotiating Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver conducts, he’s still able to face a scrum of reporters and avoid direct conflict with Andrew Cuomo.

Here’s Liz Benjamin’s footage of Silver in Albany today, pledging his support for Cuomo, who’s intent on “fixing” Albany and changing much of the culture there.

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Zeldin, a Republican, Opposes Furloughs

This isn’t what I expected: A Republican is defending union members.

Republican state Senate candidate, Lee Zeldin of Suffolk, is out with a statement opposing a furlough of state workers. The statement from Zeldin doesn’t lay out alternatives to the furlough–which Governor David Paterson has proposed in order to help close the state’s budget gap. Read More

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Espada Says He’s Just Like Cuomo

Pedro Espada responds to the charges levied against by him Andrew Cuomo, saying it’s “political payback.”

Best line: “I find it disingenuous to demonize my family simply for working for a business I founded.  It is no more inappropriate than working for your dad if he happens to be governor of this great state.” Read More