May 23
2012
Candid interview on Cuomo
Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., the last of the Four Amigos, has choice words for the governor, including “very conniving,” in an animated interview with Tom Precious of The Buffalo News.
May 23
2012
Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr., the last of the Four Amigos, has choice words for the governor, including “very conniving,” in an animated interview with Tom Precious of The Buffalo News.
May 21
2012
“For the sake of accountability, the success of future legislation, and the respect of voters who backed the governor’s calls for reform, he must shed his penchant for backroom deal-making” the paper says in an editorial.
May 18
2012
Legislation proposed by Assemblyman Sean Ryan to rein in town industrial development agencies has failed to gain traction. A report from NPR’s Innovation Trail.
May 16
2012
Virtually all districts in New York are now tapping reserves to cover operating costs in the face of property tax cap.
May 16
2012
Mother Jones charts rising inequality in a series of eye-catching charts.
May 16
2012
Liz Benjamin has the Assembly’s roll call vote.
May 15
2012
Lease negotiations keyed to improvements to Ralph Wilson Stadium are yet to start, but there are signs the team intends on staying put in WNY. The Associated Press is reporting an extension of the Toronto series could be approved by the NFL by the end of this month.
May 15
2012
A Chamber of Commerce TV ad attacking U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, a Florida Democrat, for his support of Obamacare is similar to a Chamber ad aimed at U.S. Rep. Kathy Hochul that is running in WNY. PoliFact has scored the two key claims in the anti-Nelson ad as “mostly false” and “pants on fire.”