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Sandy victim, Senate battling over desk
Paige Tooker from the New York Art Foundry. Photo by Georgia Kral The still-unresolved race between Republican Assemblyman George Amedore and Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk for the newly created 46th Senate...
View ArticleBreak up the Senate: GOP, Dems ink deal
The question of which party will control the New York state Senate has finally been answered. Sort of. Senate Republicans will share the reins with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference,...
View ArticleSenate urged not to penalize Sandy victim
After The Insider wrote about the plight of Paige Tooker, owner of the flooded New York Art Foundry in Brooklyn who was hired to craft the brass fittings on the new 63rd desk in the state Senate, one...
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Staffers befuddled by Albany power shift
New York Capitol. Via Newscom After the leadership agreement between state Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference was announced on Tuesday, a plugged-in Senate staffer wrote to...
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MSNBC’s Hayes isn’t through with Cuomo
Chris Hayes. Photo courtesy of MSNBC For the past two weeks, MSNBC host Chris Hayes has made his disdain of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s decision to abandon the state Senate Democrats a prominent feature of his...
View ArticleSenate split creates conundrum for consultant
The unprecedented power-sharing agreement in the New York state Senate threatens to make things awkward for one prominent political consultant. Scott Levenson, president of the Advance Group,...
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Legislature aims to decide in January on primary
Photo by Buck Ennis Will it be in September or June? Or will lawmakers split the difference and have it in July? The date of New York City’s 2013 primary remains uncertain, but the state Legislature is...
View ArticleSkleinos to face the public Feb. 6
State Senate co-leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein apparently did not mind (too much) the composite photo featuring half of each of their faces that ran in the Jan. 7 issue of Crain’s New York...
View ArticleSenate sends signals on minimum wage, energy tax
A day after suggesting an increase of the state’s minimum wage could be a “hidden tax” on businesses, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos signaled a way forward on the issue Wednesday morning. He and...
View ArticleIn this week’s Crain’s
Monday’s issue of Crain’s is chock-full of interesting political news. Cracks are forming in the labor coalition pushing for passage of the paid sick leave bill in the City Council, with supporters of...
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