ALBANY—The debate on the same-sex marriage bill in the State Assembly began at 4:52 p.m., with bill sponsor Assemblyman Danny O'Donnell calmly answering questions from Assemblyman Jack Quinn.
Their exchange was respectful, and at times funny. The first strong position was taken by Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick, a Long Island Read More
ALBANY—The debate on the same-sex marriage bill in the State Assembly began at 4:52 p.m., with bill sponsor Assemblyman Danny O’Donnell calmly answering questions from Assemblyman Jack Quinn.
Their exchange was respectful, and at times funny. The first strong position was taken by Assemblyman Mike Fitzpatrick, a Long Island Republican, who opposed the bill Read More
ALBANY—Attorney General Andrew Cuomo just completed a conference call announcing charges against Saul Meyer, a partner in Aldus Equity. Meyer is the latest person implicated in Cuomo’s ongoing probe of how the state's pension fund was used as a pay-to-play Read More
City Council candidate Michael Cohen, whose departure from the New York State Assembly came up in Andrew Cuomo's investigation into alleged abuses of the state pension fund by aides to the former state comptroller, released a statement over the weekend saying he did nothing wrong.
Cohen, who has not been accused of Read More
Former assemblyman Michael Cohen left his seat in 2005 and was replaced by the son of then-state comptroller Alan Hevesi, whose office’s alleged role in facilitating the job-swap now figures into an investigation into an alleged pay-to-play scheme.
Cohen was not a target in the indictment announced this morning by Read More
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In a conference call with reporters, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo said that aides to former state comptroller Alan Hevesi used the state pension fund to pay off a political leader who helped get Hevesi’s son into office.
“[New York Liberal Party leader] Ray Harding was dispatched to help clear a seat in Read More
For the first time in a while, amid continuing bad news, the Hevesi family has a reason to celebrate.
Tomorrow, former state comptroller Alan Hevesi’s son Andrew is getting married.
An Assemblyman in Queens, Alan is marrying a woman named Rachel Ross in Massachusetts.
Alan Hevesi Read More
