Here are some of the highlights from the Somos conference in Albany this weekend.
Andrew Cuomo, 3:15:
“I never had any new immigrant come to me and say to me, you know what I want Andrew, I want help with Medicaid, I want help getting welfare. You know what they say they want Read More
ALBANY—At an anti-endorsement of Steve Levy, the Suffolk County executive who announced this weekend he is exploring a run for governor, several Hispanic elected officials threatened to boycott anyone who supports him.
“We will be monitoring those campaign contributions,” Assemblyman Peter Rivera, a Bronx Democrat said at the press conference. “We will be Read More
ALBANY—Steve Levy’s potential gubernatorial candidacy is a “wake up call” for members of the Latino community, who have sparred with him many times in his tenure as Suffolk County executive, some representatives said.
“I think that Democrats are well aware that our president, Obama, has set a new tone in this Read More
ALBANY—Andrew Cuomo just held a conference call to announce he's settled with four companies that fraudulently provided services to immigrants.
"This country has a maze of immigration laws and regulations. People are trying to find their way through that maze, do it legally and play by the rules, and are getting victimized by Read More
Here’s something that rarely happens in the New York State Assembly: a bill by a Democratic member was pulled off the floor late yesterday because it didn’t have enough votes to pass.
The bill was sponsored by Robert Sweeney of Suffolk County (kneeling) and would have allowed the county to raise its sales tax Read More
