Governor Cuomo On His Relationship With The Legislature: ‘It’s Not About...
Governor Andrew Cuomo (Photo: Getty) Governor Andrew Cuomo discussed his relationship with the leaders of the Legislature; Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, during...
View ArticleDominican Ambassador Calls On Cuomo To Support Latino Congressional District
Roberto Saladin (Photo: White House/Lawrence Jackson) Dominican Ambassador Roberto Saladin has thrown his support behind the push to create a new predominantly Latino Congressional district in Northern...
View ArticleAlbany’s Big Three Take Budget Victory Lap
Governor Andrew Cuomo Governor Andrew Cuomo, Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver held a press conference in the Red Room at the State Capitol to pat themselves on the...
View ArticleJames O’Keefe Takes on Shelly Silver, NY’s Unions And Lawmakers In...
James O'Keefe posing as a government contractor in his new video. (Photo: YouTube) The latest video from controversial conservative provocateur James O'Keefe's "Project Veritas" implies unions and...
View ArticleSilver Spokesman: James O’Keefe’s Latest Video ‘Doesn’t Even Rise to The...
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's office is not impressed with James O'Keefe's latest hidden camera video. Mr. O'Keefe, a controversial conservative activist, posed as...
View ArticleSheldon Silver ‘Wasn’t Expecting’ to Have His Remarks Cut Off at the DNC
Sheldon Silver (Photo: Getty) CHARLOTTE, NC -- Last night, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was cut off as he was giving a lengthy speech delivering the New York delegation's votes at the Democratic...
View ArticleDavid Paterson Discusses Cuomo’s ‘Brilliant Strategy,’ Shelly’s Scandal and...
David Paterson CHARLOTTE, NC -- Politicker ran into former Governor David Paterson while he was working the room inside the CNN Grill at the DNC Wednesday and we asked him about all of the drama that...
View ArticleGovernor Cuomo Denies Plot to Oust Shelly Silver
(Photo: Getty) Although the New York Post ran a front-page story today reporting that Governor Andrew Cuomo is seriously considering a coup d'etat against influential Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver,...
View ArticleShelly Silver Suggests Expelling Vito Lopez From Assembly
Speaker Sheldon Silver. (Photo: Getty) Assembly Speaker Shelly Silver's office released a statement late Thursday suggesting for the first time that disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez could be expelled...
View Article‘Thank God for Shelly Silver’: Speaker Receives a Little Love in Queens
Shelly Silver in Albany. (Photo: Getty) At a Democratic club meeting in Queens last night, Councilman Danny Dromm said progressives should "thank God" for embattled Assembly Speaker Sheldon Speaker,...
View ArticleMicah Kellner Campaigns After New Harassment Revelations
Assemblyman Kellner campaigns with his wife. The controversy never seems to end in New York City politics. Upper East Side Assemblyman Micah Kellner--one of the few Assembly Democrats to criticize...
View ArticleInez Barron Vies for Husband’s Council Seat With a Slightly Different Tune
Inez Barron. (Photo: NYS Assembly) Councilman Charles Barron can be described in many ways, but demure and dispassionate typically aren't on the list. The bombastic councilman, for instance, launched...
View ArticleBill de Blasio Confident About Pre-K Agenda After Meeting With Assembly...
Bill de Blasio and Shelly Silver at a de Blasio campaign event in October. If there were any lingering doubts that the Democratic-controlled State Assembly would get behind Bill de Blasio's legislative...
View ArticleMicah Kellner Punished After Assembly Investigates Harassment Allegations
Micah Kellner. (Photo: Facebook) Assemblyman Micah Kellner has been publicly admonished and stripped of his committee chairmanship following an Assembly Ethics and Guidance Committee investigation into...
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