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this legislative body pauses in its deliberations to congratulate the New York Football Giants…
An official New York State resolution that will be voted on tomorrow, which refers to the team as the “New York Football Giants,” twice. via Capital Tonight
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this legislative body pauses in its deliberations to congratulate the New York Football Giants…
An official New York State resolution that will be voted on tomorrow, which refers to the team as the “New York Football Giants,” twice. via Capital Tonight
my roundup this morning: The New York Times takes a look at the man leading the newly configured Department of Financial Services and notes that he’s doing the work traditionally done by the state’s attorney general. The lede: “Benjamin M. Lawsky is not the attorney general of New York State. But one could be forgiven for being confused.” The story casts the Department of Financial Services, created by Governor Andrew Cuomo last year, as an extension of Cuomo’s attorney general operation—where Lawsky served as one of his top deputies—and suggests the second floor might be encroaching on the territory of New York’s current attorney general, Eric Schneiderman. The story described them as “two boxers feeling each other out in an opening round.” Trying to imagine where Cuomo is in this boxing metaphor is not easy: in Lawsky’s corner, for sure, but wearing a coach’s whistle, or gloves?

my roundup this morning:

The New York Times takes a look at the man leading the newly configured Department of Financial Services and notes that he’s doing the work traditionally done by the state’s attorney general. The lede: “Benjamin M. Lawsky is not the attorney general of New York State. But one could be forgiven for being confused.”

The story casts the Department of Financial Services, created by Governor Andrew Cuomo last year, as an extension of Cuomo’s attorney general operation—where Lawsky served as one of his top deputies—and suggests the second floor might be encroaching on the territory of New York’s current attorney general, Eric Schneiderman.

The story described them as “two boxers feeling each other out in an opening round.”

Trying to imagine where Cuomo is in this boxing metaphor is not easy: in Lawsky’s corner, for sure, but wearing a coach’s whistle, or gloves?

David Seifman: “There’s only one story in 2012 — Cuomo and Bloomberg,” declared one seasoned lobbyist.[skip] “I haven’t seen anything where you could argue they’re past the point of no return,” said one official who has served in both city and state posts. He said the upcoming state budget will reveal whether the mayor and governor get along for the rest of the year. “Until then, the jury’s out,” he said. “Is the city going to get treated fairly? That will tell you where things are heading.” View high resolution

David Seifman:

“There’s only one story in 2012 — Cuomo and Bloomberg,” declared one seasoned lobbyist.

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“I haven’t seen anything where you could argue they’re past the point of no return,” said one official who has served in both city and state posts.

He said the upcoming state budget will reveal whether the mayor and governor get along for the rest of the year.

“Until then, the jury’s out,” he said. “Is the city going to get treated fairly? That will tell you where things are heading.”

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In a concession to Republican concerns that Democrats would use the commission for partisan purposes, the structure of the new commission gives de facto veto power to the appointees of the Assembly speaker and the Senate majority leader to block investigations of sitting lawmakers. And if the commission voted against pursuing a complaint, that decision would remain secret — as would any vote to block a public finding of wrongdoing after an investigation.
Nicholas Confessore and Thomas Kaplan, describing ethics reform in Albany.
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I want to know how that product, a Mike’s Hard Lemonade, is different than a Four Loko.
State Senator Jeff Klein, in Albany.

the dept. of rejected credentials

Thanks to half a million dollars in political contributions, and generous deals struck with state development agencies, The New York Times doesn’t think Carl Paladino is much of an political outsider:

After years of greasing Albany’s gears — and accepting its gifts — it is ludicrous for him to claim to be anything but an insider.