ALBANY—All voters are created equal, but some voters are more equal than others.
So says State Senator Pedro Espada Jr., who after a restraining order was dropped against him yesterday has been claiming he has the power to cast an extra, tie-breaking vote in the 31-31 State Senate because the president pro Read More
ALBANY—It’s been just a little over 24 hours since Representative John McHugh accepted Barack Obama’s call to become secretary of the Army. Already, Representative Steve Israel has been in touch with Democratic leaders plotting about how best to win the seat.
“This is all very much pre-game,” Israel, the national recruitment chair for the Read More
ALBANY—It's been just a little over 24 hours since Representative John McHugh accepted Barack Obama's call to become secretary of the Army. Already, Representative Steve Israel has been in touch with Democratic leaders plotting about how best to win the seat.
"This is all very much pre-game," Israel, the national recruitment chair for the Read More
ALBANY—Change your calendars: the Senate Temporary Committee on Rules and Administration Reform won’t be releasing its report until April 24.
State Senators John Bonacic and David Valesky, the bipartisan co-chairs of the committee, wrote a letter to the leaders of their respective conferences asking for an 11-day delay, citing the fact that the legislature Read More
ALBANY—Change your calendars: the Senate Temporary Committee on Rules and Administration Reform won't be releasing its report until April 24.
State Senators John Bonacic and David Valesky, the bipartisan co-chairs of the committee, wrote a letter to the leaders of their respective conferences asking for an 11-day delay, citing the fact that the legislature Read More
ALBANY—State Senator David Valesky is being singled out once again.
Union 32BJ is on the air with various versions of a radio ad targeting individual senators—including Valesky—for not signing on to a bill to tighten up restrictions on industrial development authorities, a union official confirmed. The version below, which relates a fictional conversation Read More
ALBANY—State Senator Liz Krueger will head the interim committee on reforming the Senate rules, a source close to the process said.
The State Senate is scheduled to convene this afternoon with the intention to enact new rules that might fix some of the most egregious problems in how the chamber operates.
"The first step Read More
State Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith is putting some upstate members of his conference in high positions in the State Senate leadership.
He will name State Senator David Valesky of Syracuse as vice president pro tempore (the post comes with a $34,000 stipend) on a visit to the district today, a high ranking Senate source Read More
Liberal billionaire George Soros and members of his family have contributed a little more than $1 million into state campaign coffers since 2000, with nearly all of it going to help Democrats in the State Senate.
Already this year, George, his son Robert, Robert’s wife, Melissa, and another son, Jonathan, contributed $199,500. George, Robert Read More
