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By Azi Paybarah 3/04/11 7:57pm

Alec Baldwin as Senator Dean Skelos

Emily Atkin finds famous people who look like New York politicians. If there’s any good (awful?) celebrity-politician lookalike combos, stick it in the comments section.

By Azi Paybarah 3/01/11 4:45pm

Redistricting

Koch Says GOP Leader ‘Not Going to Honor His Commitment’

The reform movement paints a target on Dean Skelos’ back, with Ed Koch firing the opening salvo.

“The constitutional objections that he is making today were not made when he made the commitment and we believe it is simply an effort to derail the whole operation,” Koch said after meeting with Skelos.

By Amanda Sterling 2/17/11 6:08pm

Backtalk

Cuomo’s Independent Redistricting Plan Gets Mixed Response From Lawmakers

State legislators from across the aisle and both ends of the statehouse are responding to Andrew Cuomo’s proposed plans for independent redistricting legislation and their reactions should surprise no one: enthusiastic cheers from those in the minority, and wait-and-see from those who have the power to redraw the lines.

Democratic Leader John L. Sampson has released Read More

By Reid Pillifant 2/09/11 1:18am

Politics

The New Dean of the Republican Senate Tries to Keep His Majority Safe, and Maybe Even Make It Grow

On Monday afternoon, inside his office on the third floor of the State Capitol, the Republican Senate Majority Leader, Dean Skelos, sat in a high-backed red leather chair and talked about the strangeness of being allied, at least in theory, with the Democratic Governor, Andrew Cuomo.

“We do have a unique situation, with a Democrat Read More

By Eliot Brown 6/09/10 4:32pm

The Ungovernable State

Paterson Invites Skelos Over for Some Wine

Governor Paterson had a long back and forth with Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos this morning at the legislative leaders meeting in the Capitol, as the two fought over the recent and future emergency budget extenders, which Skelos and his conference have repeatedly voted against.

The spat between the two—which mostly involved repeated pleas by Read More

By Azi Paybarah 4/28/10 5:09pm

Attack Albany

Parker Attacked for ‘White Supremacist’ Remark

State Senate Minority Leader, Dean Skelos, is criticizing the latest comments by Democratic State Senator Kevin Parker, who called another Republican state senator a “white supremacist” on a radio show this morning.

Fun stuff, even by Albany standards.

Where it gets more interesting, I think, is Parker’s impact on another colleague: Eric Schneiderman. Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 1/06/10 10:07pm

Republicans Claim Paterson, Kind Of

ALBANY—David Paterson–Republican hero?

“It seems to me that there’s a question of conscience that’s bothering him, and that’s whether all of the taxes and fees that he’s supported not just in last year’s budget, but also when he was a senator in the minority,” Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said in a press conference after Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 1/06/10 8:07pm

The Republican Response

ALBANY—Here’s the Republican response to David Paterson’s State of the State address, as delivered by Senator Dean Skelos.

Skelos lauded Paterson’s focus on fiscal issues, but blamed him and Democrats for “an opportunity that was squandered” to use stimulus funds for investment.

Here’s the text, and YouTube clip, of the response.

In his Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 1/05/10 4:02pm

Skelos on Monserrate: ‘The Vote Will Be Expulsion’

ALBANY—Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos said that he expects any vote in the chamber regarding Hiram Monserrate, the Queens Democrat who was convicted last year of recklessly injuring his girlfriend, to be for expulsion.

“I think if it came to the floor for a vote, the vote will be expulsion,” Skelos told Fred Read More

By Jimmy Vielkind 12/23/09 7:46pm

Skelos: Sue the Health Care Bill

ALBANY—Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos is calling on New York to join a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the health care bill under consideration by the U.S. Senate.

“If such an action is pursued, New York should join with these states to protect the best interests of our taxpayers who stand to lose Read More

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Alec Baldwin as Senator Dean Skelos

Koch Says GOP Leader ‘Not Going to Honor His Commitment’

Cuomo’s Independent Redistricting Plan Gets Mixed Response From Lawmakers

The New Dean of the Republican Senate Tries to Keep His Majority Safe, and Maybe Even Make It Grow

Paterson Invites Skelos Over for Some Wine

Parker Attacked for ‘White Supremacist’ Remark

Republicans Claim Paterson, Kind Of

The Republican Response

Skelos on Monserrate: ‘The Vote Will Be Expulsion’

Skelos: Sue the Health Care Bill

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