Court records show Kerry Kennedy, daughter of the late Sen Robert F. Kennedy and the ex-wife of NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo, stands to make as much as $40 million in a secret deal to publicly rail against oil drilling in Ecuador, according to an eye-popping report published Sunday in the New York Post. (more)
Former President Bill Clinton and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo are throwing their weight behind Democrat David Weprin in New York’s 9th Congressional district, recording robo-calls that will run Monday and Tuesday. (more)
In 1984, the Ministry of Plenty handled rationing. The Ministry of Love was in charge of torture. And in the summer of 2011, life imitated art when the National Education Association announced it supports the use of student performance in teacher evaluations. So says the group’s latest position paper on the subject. Sometimes, you see, organizations say the opposite of what they mean. (more)
ALTAMONT, N.Y. — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has ordered the inspection of a hydro-power dam west of Albany after a mild earthquake. (more)
President Reagan once said, “I’m not worried about the [budget] deficit. It is big enough to take care of itself.” While this was obviously a joke, Reagan did have a good common-sense understanding of the economy. To him, the real world and the real people who populate it were what mattered. He understood that economic growth and full employment would elevate the economy out of the shadow of government debt. (more)
Vice President Joe Biden is on the 2012 re-election ticket, President Obama’s aides said Tuesday after a report that the campaign was looking to replace him with New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. (more)
The special election to replace former Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., will be held on September 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D-N.Y., announced Friday. (more)
Eliot Spitzer is the gift that keeps on giving — when it comes to crime. (more)
New York became the largest-population state in the country to legalize gay marriage on June 24 when its Republican-controlled Senate passed the Marriage Equality Act, a move that surprised many. (more)
Friday’s decision by the New York State Legislature to redefine marriage shows not only the weakness of New York’s legislators, but also the enormous spending power wielded by the small but vocal minority seeking to redefine marriage and the family. (more)
Now that New York is set to become the sixth and largest state to legalize gay marriage, it’s time to give the credit where credit’s due — and that starts with me. (more)
As the battle for marriage heats up again in New York, so does the tired rhetoric. Gov. Andrew Cuomo has stated that marriage redefinition is one of his top two priorities, and for Mayor Michael Bloomberg, it’s priority number one. (more)
ALBANY, N.Y. — More than 100 protesters chanting opposition to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to cut program funding for the poor coupled with tax breaks for the rich have vowed to return to Albany after their demonstration blocked central stairs and hallways in the Capitol for an hour. (more)
A group of local Democratic lawmakers in New York have published an open letter to Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo that criticizes his proposed budget cuts and refusal to raise taxes. (more)
New York’s budget-cutting Gov. Andrew Cuomo may have found himself in hot water with the Catholic Church. (more)
The seven Republican county chairmen in New York’s 26th District are set to vote tonight on the GOP nominee to replace Chris Lee, but a Tea Party group is trying to throw a wrench in that schedule. TEA New York wrote a letter requesting that the GOP hold off on making an endorsement, saying that their members have not had enough time to vet the potential candidates. The group threatened that if the committee goes ahead and endorses tonight as planned, they might face a challenge from a third-party candidate. (more)
A radical New York City councilman and other protesters disrupted a Sunday night speech by Andrew Cuomo, the state’s budget-cutting Democratic governor, reports local news channel YNN. (more)
As both parties gear up for the 2012 election cycle, the 26th District of New York could become a preliminary battleground, as the parties vie to replace former Rep. Chris Lee, who resigned last week after an extramarital online flirtation was exposed. (more)
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie, a Republican, wants New York’s Democratic Governor Andrew Cuomo to take back two cast members of MTV’s “Jersey Shore.” (more)
States across the country are facing massive budget deficits brought on by years of the same kind of rampant spending we’ve seen from Washington. Unlike the federal government, state governments can no longer avoid solving the problem. Balanced budget requirements and an inability to take on debt year after year are forcing immediate action as bankruptcy, debt defaults and bond downgrades loom. (more)
