Here’s an invitation to a November 27 fund-raiser in Manhattan for Albany County District Attorney David Soares.
So far, Soares–who is still investigating the Spitzer administration–is the only person with a registered committee running for the position, and he has $35,343.05 in his campaign account.
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All the Assembly Democrats will be together in Brooklyn next Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday when Sheldon Silver holds his conference meet at the Brooklyn Marriott. (Book your rooms now!)
As one person who’s planning to attend explained to me, it’ll be the strategy session where the Assembly Democrats actually start crafting their legislative priorities Read More
Democratic state Senator Eric Schneiderman put a hand on the shoulder of the 14-year-old boy dating his daughter, and, in the mocking tone
of a concerned father with plenty of connections, told law enforcement officials at his fund-raiser to "take notice."
Among the people in the audience to witness the Read More
Henry Stern is in with another column about Albany politics, in which he finds fault with Albany District Attorney David Soares for saying that the governor did nothing criminal.
From Stern’s column:
We do not know which is worse: the inquisitor before whom everyone is guilty, like Savonarola Read More
Here’s the latest from Michael Caputo: a flier which delves into an old court case that is intended to expose a connection between Eliot Spitzer and David Soares, the Albany District Attorney who just cleared the governor of criminal wrongdoing.
It’s a reflection of the broader Republican strategy of Read More
So it seems to me that the explanation of findings in the report from Albany District Attorney David Soares' on the Spitzer-Bruno stuff should at least temper, however slightly, the political value of what is a clear legal victory for the governor.
From the report:
"To be guilty of official misconduct, one must Read More
Eliot Spitzer confirmed to reporters in Colonie that he answered questions from the Albany County District Attorney regarding the plan to use state police to create records of Joe Bruno’s use of official state aircraft.
I emailed Spitzer spokeswoman Christine Anderson and asked if the governor spoke under oath. She Read More
The Albany County District Attorney, David Soares, slammed this morning’s Times Union story about his investigation into Eliot Spitzer’s office, saying:
A recent press story that my office planned to negatively critique the Attorney General's report is wholly untrue and we will continue our good, ongoing relationship with the Attorney General.
The spokeswoman for Albany DA David Soares is leaving to work for Congresswoman-elect Kirsten Gillibrand.
Serph Maltese may have been approached to join Eliot Spitzer’s administration.
Cablevision is looking to hire a lobbyist who knows how to make political contributions.
State Senator Jose Serrano says it’s an “irony” that while some Read More
Azi, though on vacation, went to Albany this morning to get in on the fun with Mr. Hevesi. After the jump, I’ll be posting his updates as they happen. More or less. Some photos too!
UPDATE: The picture above is of Hevesi arriving at the courthouse this morning. More below, obviously.
– Andrew Rice
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