David Paterson’s Rochester friends are pretty similar to Andrew Cuomo’s Rochester friends.
I got a hold of this invitation for a fund-raiser on January 12, hosted by Mayor Robert Duffy and Assemblyman Joe Morelle, the Monroe County Democratic chairman. The event is being hosted at the home of Tom Wilmot, a Rochester-area developer Read More
ALBANY—He has a major event planned Thursday, but Andrew Cuomo will be in Rochester tonight where Mayor Robert Duffy and Assemblyman Joe Morelle, the Monroe County Democratic chairman, are holding a cocktail reception in his honor.
The invite I have (below) doesn’t have a dollar amount, but the event is something of a thank Read More
ALBANY—Assemblyman Joe Morelle, chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Committee, had his own take on how Andrew Cuomo sounded last week in a Buffalo speech many described as "gubernatorial."
"I think, obviously, it's too early to tell what he intends to do," Morelle, a longtime Cuomo ally, told me. "But Andrew–it Read More
ALBANY—Labor leaders told Democratic Party officials of concerns they are being overlooked during a meeting today in Kingston.
"It was more a general opportunity to put on the table people's frustrations and feelings that they're, in a sense, taken for granted. I have to say I was somewhat surprised by some of the Read More
ALBANY—Today's meeting of Democratic elders in Kingston is not about David Paterson or the 2010 ticket, two invitees insist.
"That's certainly not my expectation or my desire. That's not my agenda," said Assemblyman Joe Morelle, chairman of the Monroe County Democratic Committee in Rochester.
He said today's gathering, at a hotel in Kingston, Read More
ALBANY—Assemblyman Joe Morelle is trying to bring focus back to one of the issues David Paterson proposed during budget time, but which never made it into the final spending plan: allowing supermarkets to sell wine.
Morelle supports the measure, as do many wineries, on the grounds it will increase sales, but liquor stores Read More
It looks grim for Hillary Clinton and her supporters. But Joe Morelle, an upstate Assemblyman and Clinton supporter, says there’s plenty of reason to be upbeat.
“If I were a superdelegate right now,” Morelle told me, “and hadn’t committed, I’d be hard-pressed to come up with a rational for voting for Senator Read More
I just got off the phone with one of Hillary Clinton’s newly deputized "rapid responders," Assemblyman Joe Morelle. In the spirit of rapid responding, I named a few elected officials and asked him to say the first thing that popped into his head:
Hillary Clinton: “Extraordinary”
Bill Clinton: “Smartest man in any Read More
Even with former city and state comptrollers on a screening panel, some lawmakers still believe the next state comptroller will be one of the Assembly Democrats who are campaigning for the position. So far, the Assembly candidates include Joe Morelle, Richard Brodsky, Tom DiNapoli, Felix Ortiz, and Pete Grannis.
So how does an Assembly member Read More
Even with former city and state comptrollers on a screening panel, some lawmakers still believe the next state comptroller will be one of the Assembly Democrats who are campaigning for the position. So far, the Assembly candidates include Joe Morelle, Richard Brodsky, Tom DiNapoli, Felix Ortiz, and Pete Grannis.
So how does an Assembly member Read More
