Live From State Republican Party Headquarters

New York Republican State Committee Chairman Ed Cox kicked off the formal festivities at the GOP victory party in the Hilton ballroom tonight.

He addressed the crowd of about 150 people briefly, talking about a rising tide of Republican power that will change Albany and Washington D.C.

“My friends, there is one party control in Read More

Taking Comptroll

DiNapoli: Wilson Has “No Experience…In Delivering What Government Needs To Do” [VIDEO]

Democratic heavyweights came out for Tom DiNapoli this afternoon as he took his re-election campaign for state comptroller to Chinatown.

Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver, New York City comptroller John Liu, state senator Daniel Squadron, assembly member Grace Meng, council member Margaret Chin were among supporters at a press conference at the Chinese Consolidated Business Association. Read More

Ad Watch

DiNapoli Goes Negative In Comptroller’s Race [VIDEO]

Incumbent Democratic comptroller Tom DiNapoli is out with a tough new ad that plays up his Republican opponent’s Wall Street ties.

The ad, entitled “Signs,” knocks “Wall Street” Harry Wilson as a Wall Street executive who supports the Bush tax cuts for the wealthy and whose plan for the pension fund would increase property taxes. Read More

Liveblog

Comptroller Debate Liveblog!!!

We are off here at Pace University for the first debate between comptroller candidates Harry Wilson and Tom DiNapoli.

They begin with opening statements. Wilson goes first. “Our state is in the early stages of a massive fiscal crisis,” one brought on he says by “career politicians.” Touts his experience in turning around General Motors. Read More

DiNapoli Gets NARAL, Declines to Comment on Indy Party

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli received the endorsement of NARAL today, and took time to hit his GOP opponent, Harry Wilson, on his views on choice.

“It is dismaying and disturbing that Harry Wilson, who has been endorsed by the Conservative Party in New York, does not have a public position on this extremely important issue,” he Read More