ALBANY—The union representing firefighters is pushing to override David Paterson's veto of a bill that allows newly hired police officers and firefighters to receive a more lucrative pension package.
"We're hopeful that the legislature will address it when they reconvene. We've gotten a lot of favorable feedback from the members on this," said John Read More
Diane Savino, a Democratic state senator with close ties to labor unions, said she wants Michael Bloomberg and his campaign to take back what they said about DC 37, which endorsed Bill Thompson today.
“The mayor and his campaign should apologize for the comments that they made about dDC 37,” said Savino, who was a Read More
ALBANY—Now that the Assembly has acted on school governance legislation, the tension over the issue within the Senate Democratic conference seems more muted.
"I think that Senator John Sampson has made it clear he's going to be talking to his members and looking for that common ground," said Billy Easton, an advocate Read More
ALBANY—Democrats in the still-hobbled State Senate are claiming not only that the legislation they passed earlier today is valid, but that they deserve credit for doing it.
"The rubber met the road today," said Senator John Sampson, whose title is "conference leader."
"We have a coalition. Thirty-one Democrats and one Republican: Read More
ALBANY—Having gone through the active list of "vanilla" bills this morning, Democrats in the State Senate—claiming they have a 32-vote quorum—are going further.
Senator Malcolm Smith, a Democratic leader, called a meeting of the Rules Committee in the back of the chamber, where senators voted 80 more bills onto the active list. They're about Read More
ALBANY—Sunday's extraordinary session of the still-chaotic State Senate was really extraordinary for one reason only: The Democrats set a new speed record of one minute, 55 seconds between gaveling in and gaveling out. They then returned to closed-door negotiations that, according to those involved, did not produce any agreement.
David Paterson called the Read More
ALBANY—Once again, we’re on Monserrate time.
Hiram Monserrate staffers had told reporters to expect an announcement from Monserrate at 11:30, in a conference on the third floor of the Capitol, that he had decided to rejoin the Democrats.
So far, nothing.
Democratic Senators Shirley Huntley and Diane Savino walked Read More
ALBANY—They really don’t want Darrel to go.
While he has been mentioned as a very strong candidate for the congressional seat John McHugh is set to vacate, State Senator Darrel Aubertine’s colleagues in the State Senate do not want to defend their majority without an incumbent in his district, which is one of the Read More
ALBANY—They really don't want Darrel to go.
While he has been mentioned as a very strong candidate for the congressional seat John McHugh is set to vacate, State Senator Darrel Aubertine's colleagues in the State Senate do not want to defend their majority without an incumbent in his district, which is one of Read More
Add another obstacle to the Bloomberg administration’s plans to remake Coney Island: a parking lot.
Despite many an overture to election officials in southern Brooklyn, the administration has been unable to get anyone in Albany to carry a bill “alienating,” or declassifying, as parkland a large parking lot for the KeySpan Park baseball stadium, Read More
