Protesters Gather Around Golden’s Office Over Speed Enforcement Cameras
State Senator Marty Golden continues to take heat over his opposition to speed enforcement cameras as a group of protesters descended upon his Bay Ridge office at 7408 Fifth Avenue demanding he change...
View ArticleGolden Asks Feds To Release Whistleblower’s Name In Corruption Case, Spurring...
State Senator Marty Golden has requested the name of the confidential informant that led to the indictment of State Senator Malcolm Smith and Councilman Daniel Halloran. Golden has sent a letter to...
View ArticleSavino Thinks Medical Marijuana Has Enough Votes To Pass, But Cuomo Has His...
Support for the legalization of marijuana is at an all-time high (no pun intended). According to a report in the Huffington Post, for the first time ever a majority of Americans, 52 percent, support...
View ArticleDonors Don’t Want Their Campaign Dollars To Pay For Legal Fees
When you give a politician your money, how they spend it is out of your hands. Most of the time the money goes towards the extremely expensive cycle of campaigning. But, sometimes, when politicians...
View ArticleSavino Pushing Cuomo Hard On Medical Marijuana Bill
State Senator Diane Savino, who recently put forward a bill to legalize medical marijuana, is placing heavy pressure on the reluctant Governor Andrew Cuomo to support the bill, according to a report by...
View ArticleAssembly Approves Bill That Curbs Abusive Debt Collection Practices
The New York State Assembly passed the Consumer Credit Fairness Act, a bill designed to protect low-income and elderly New Yorkers from aggressive debt collection practitioners. According to a report...
View ArticleState Senator John Sampson Charged In Corruption Scandal
It looks like the federal net for nabbing corrupt New York politicians is getting wider. According to a New York Times report, State Senator John Sampson, whose recently redrawn 19th District...
View ArticleState Senate Approves Bill That Allows For Old Voting Machines
Marty Golden is following through on his promise to bring back the old voting machines by leading the New York State Senate in approving legislation that would allow the machines to be used in upcoming...
View ArticleJohn Sampson Threatened To Silence Witnesses In Corruption Scandal
State Senator John Sampson, who is the latest local politician to be embroiled in a serious corruption scandal, is now accused of threatening the witnesses lined up against him, according to a New York...
View ArticleBloomberg Wants Board Of Elections To Bring Back Old Voting Machines
Mayor Michael Bloomberg is joining the effort to junk the new digitized voting machines in favor of bringing back the older and supposedly more reliable lever machines. NY1 reports that Bloomberg said...
View ArticleCorrupt Politicians Ring Up More Than $49 Million For Taxpayers
While it seems that every major American city has its own brand of political corruption, New York’s scandal plagued politicians are marked by the high cost their misdeeds inflict on taxpayers. The New...
View ArticleThose Seeking Sampson’s Help Were Charged Retainer Fees
The dirt keeps piling up on the doorstep of embattled State Senator John Sampson. The latest accusation, revealed in a New York Daily News report, details how Sampson charged a $10,000 retainer fee to...
View ArticleLegislators Continue Push For Casinos, But With Plan For Locations
A state legislator from the Catskills is leapfrogging Governor Andrew Cuomo when it comes to pushing forward the plan to bring casinos to New York State. Times Union is reporting that State Senator...
View ArticleBloomberg Calls Medical Marijuana A Hoax
Mayor Michael Bloomberg blasted medical marijuana advocates like local State Senator Diane Savino, declaring that the whole issue is a manufactured pretense for legalizing the drug. The Huffington Post...
View ArticleComplications Holding Up The Return Of Lever Voting Machines
The fight to bring back the old lever voting machines has picked up significant momentum since Mayor Michael Bloomberg backed the measure in May. Politicians like Bloomberg and State Senator Marty...
View ArticleCampaign Donations Missing From Sampson’s Records
The investigation into the affairs of State Senator John Sampson continues to broaden as new reports of shady behavior keeps bubbling to the surface. According to a report by the New York Post, the...
View ArticleCity Council To Investigate Social Day Care Centers Suspected Of Abusing...
The New York City Council is pulling out all the stops to halt the spread of social day care centers that rip off Medicaid. The New York Times is reporting that the Council is looking to implement...
View ArticleSpeed Enforcement Camera “Lite” May Pass Muster
The proposed installation of speed enforcement cameras across the city has been touted by some legislators and opposed by others, but now there is a chance that a slimmed down version of the plan has a...
View ArticleLever Voting Machines Will Return For Primary Election
A deal has finally been struck between the New York State Senate and Assembly in the effort to bring back lever voting machines. The New York Daily News is reporting that the old machines will be...
View ArticleCuomo Announces Plan To Take On Corruption, Lawmakers Shrug In Reaction
Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to clean up the almost cartoonish level of corruption in Albany by setting up an independent special investigative committee. The New York Daily News is reporting that...
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