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By Julia Reischel on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015 - 1:04 pm
Above: A promotional video for the Catskill Park, produced by Catskill Mountainkeeper.
The squeaky wheel gets the grease, at least in Albany. And until recently, the Catskills were pretty quiet when it came to asking New York’s legislature and governor... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, May. 6, 2010 - 8:17 pm
From the New York Times this afternoon:
Joseph L. Bruno, the former Republican Senate majority leader who reigned for more than a decade as one of the most powerful politicians in New York State, was sentenced to two years on Thursday for concealing... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 - 8:41 pm
The Senate joined the Assembly in passing a broad ethics reform bill this afternoon, calling it "the strongest ethics reform in a generation."
But Gov. Paterson has already vowed to veto it, saying it doesn't go far enough.
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2010 - 3:44 pm
Live cam from the Senate henhouse, where foxes are debating a sweeping ethics bill even as I type.
NY Senate's chief policy adviser Michael Kink is liveblogging the session on Twitter. Also livetweeting: @albanycitizen1.
