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Politics & Elections
Cuomo picks 2 to lead party (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Democrats expected to endorse Amodeo (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Cuomo reorganizes New York Racing Association; new state panel named amid payout scandal (NYJournalNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Andy chooses Dem honchos (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Key backer for Rangel (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
It’s Spitzer vs. Schneiderman (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Kruger bag man gets big fat break (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Dems- No go on biz-tax cut (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Even When His Latino Roots Might Help Politically, Rangel Keeps Them Buried (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Cuomo Picks 2 to Lead New York Democratic Party (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
New York Seizes Control of Horse-Racing Board (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner nominated to co-chair state Democratic Party (SyracusePostStandard)(5.23.12:0851)
State Comptroller DiNapoli- Change is good at NYRA (TroyRecord)(5.23.12:0851)
Cuomo takes hold of state's racing reins (TroyRecord)(5.23.12:0851)
St. Lawrence County legislators approve redistricting plan (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Commisso's exit could cause Democratic Assembly scrum (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Commisso drops out of Assembly race (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Silver- Tinkers ahead for bill (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Cuomo- Raising minimum wage impossible politically (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Cuomo says new NY ethics board needs fine tuning (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Gay slurs rise in race (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Cuomo- JCOPE needs to be free of politics (BinghamtonPress)(5.22.12:0821)
Lamb kicks off congressional campaign (BinghamtonPress)(5.22.12:0821)
Business tax cut bill pushed in Albany amid minimum wage debate (BuffaloNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Catholics sue Obama over birth control mandate (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Senate Minority Leader John Sampson's reign likely coming to end (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
State  primaries move to Sept. 13 (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
GOP freshmen tops in mailings- Nan Hayworth 2nd among N.Y. newcomers (NYJournalNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Rangel’s Bx. diss (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Mitt’s small-gov’t push $cores big in NY (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Dolan’s suit rips O’Care (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Gov wagers against min-rate hike (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Espaillat- Congress run my American dream (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Silver Questions Cuomo Tack for Protecting Disabled People (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
New York Delays Primary by 2 Days (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
Wager announces bid for Assembly seat (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.22.12:0821)
Will Republicans use Troopergate playbook to pursue Libous leak? (RochesterD&C)(5.22.12:0821)
Catholic dioceses, colleges sue over birth control insurance coverage (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Congressional candidate takes aim at Hanna’s voting record (UticaObserver)(5.22.12:0821)
Business
Belleayre ski center's superintendent ousted (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Hong Kong touts strong connections with state (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Bloomberg says tap world for talent (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Greatbatch headquarters to move (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
2 gun makers who oppose bullet microstamping bill got $6M in state grants (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Congressman, state senator express doubts about South Bronx development (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Rudy Giuliani in bid to rework broke Yankee Stadium parking system company (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Transcat Inc. completes best fiscal year with 21% gain in revenue (RochesterD&C)(5.23.12:0851)
Utica glove company gets $3.5M Army contract (UticaObserver)(5.23.12:0851)
Schumer- Army contract brings 100 jobs to Utica manufacturer (UticaObserver)(5.23.12:0851)
Bethlehem steel plant building prepared for razing (BuffaloNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Sheldon Silver says Senate might consider minimum wage increase (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Dueling Portrayals of Former Goldman Director at Insider Trading Trial (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
New York Investigates Insurer Payments to Banks (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
Talks resume this morning between TRW in Auburn and union (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Carrier's Dewitt campus has been transformed to development hub (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Technology, Biotech & Communications
Albany Medical College awarded nearly $6M in research grants (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Hi-tech manufacturing plant coming to Queens (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Google boosts ‘Genius U’ by donating $10M in office space to give students (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Cornell Googles it (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Cyber-bullying crackdown one of top priorities for Gov. Cuomo (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Cuomo announces $15M to help companies innovate (RochesterD&C)(5.22.12:0821)
Judge issues split ruling in crucial Kodak patent case (RochesterD&C)(5.22.12:0821)
Economy, Gambling, Demographics & Economic Dev.
NYRA trustees cede control to governor (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Jobless rate rose to 7.2 percent in April (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Capital Region’s house prices reach a post-recession high (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Job growth reduces jobless rate in region (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Unemployment rates fell last month in most local counties (KingstonFreeman)(5.23.12:0851)
Unemployment in region increases over April 2011 (MiddletownRecord)(5.23.12:0851)
Unemployment- Surge in those seeking work outstrips job growth in Lower Hudson Valley (NYJournalNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Gov. Cuomo is taking the reins of the troubled New York Racing Association (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Jobless rates up again (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.23.12:0851)
Local college graduates facing mixed job prospects (RochesterD&C)(5.23.12:0851)
Region's unemployment rate was 7.7% in April, higher than a year ago (RochesterD&C)(5.23.12:0851)
Syracuse-area unemployment rate remains high despite increase in jobs (SyracusePostStandard)(5.23.12:0851)
New York expected to return to peak employment this summer (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Anti-gambling forces prep for casinos fight (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
State ahead in recovery (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Energy & Utilities
NYSERDA executive heads to private sector (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Inspector's impartiality questioned over drilling report (BinghamtonPress)(5.23.12:0851)
Upstate communities consider frack bans (BinghamtonPress)(5.23.12:0851)
DEP investigates gas migration in Bradford County (BinghamtonPress)(5.23.12:0851)
U.S. Agency Approves New Gas Line to Run Under Hudson (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Plans approved to run natural gas pipeline beneath Staten Island's waters (StatenIsAdvance)(5.23.12:0851)
Pa. health care company seeks gas drilling facts (BinghamtonPress)(5.22.12:0821)
Pa. company to expand Marcellus Shale pipelines, linking to N.Y. and N.J (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Budgets, Taxes & Municipal Affairs Around the State
NY audit finds competitive bidding lacking in town of Saugerties (KingstonFreeman)(5.23.12:0851)
Watershed projects- 10 towns can skip Westchester approvals; faster work expected (NYJournalNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Mike’s immigrant plan to save cities (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
U.S. Files Suit Against Jobs Agency Used by City (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Deal Allows Development in Brooklyn Bridge Park (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
New city manager comes from ‘nontraditional government experience’ (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
State appeals court rules in favor of St. Lawrence County (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Moody’s lowers Utica’s bond rating again (UticaObserver)(5.23.12:0851)
Nassau County, NY gives its exec more budget power (MiddletownRecord)(5.22.12:0821)
Brooklyn Bridge Park to expand under deal to settle Tobacco Warehouse lawsuit (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Boulders baseball team, town hope to draw new fans (NYJournalNews)(5.22.12:0821)
White Plains Common Council adopts $152.5 million budget; library hours increased (NYJournalNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Sports Centre at MCC says it's broke (RochesterD&C)(5.22.12:0821)
Sports Centre lawyer says payroll is current (RochesterD&C)(5.22.12:0821)
Madison County leaders speak out against rising cost of state mandates (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Onondaga County Executive Joanie Mahoney appoints 28 to agricultural panel (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Schumer, lawsuits challenge high flood insurance costs in Syracuse area (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Can psych center cuts be reversed? Officials, residents continue to fight decision (UticaObserver)(5.22.12:0821)
City bond rating downgraded again (UticaObserver)(5.22.12:0821)
Law, Public Safety & The Courts
8 people shot to death in 3 weeks, no arrests (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
State Senate passes bill to close loophole in Leandra's Law
Health care consultant gets 2 years in attempt to bribe disgraced state Sen. Carl Kruger (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Precinct commander at odds with cops over allegations of quota-based policing, gets transferred (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
More L.I.R.R. Retirees Charged in Disability Fraud (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
State official tells Stewart panel development coordination improving (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.23.12:0851)
Judge to Jews- Report child sex abuse!  (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
NYC murder rate down, but 5 tough police precincts in Brooklyn, Bronx and Queens tally 25% of the city's shootings  (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Couple seeks $12 million in suit filed against New Rochelle, police officers (NYJournalNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Laurie Fine files longer libel suit against ESPN (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Military Affairs, WTC, Homeland Security & Terrorism
NY Army National Guard aviation unit to deploy (RochesterD&C)(5.23.12:0851)
Education
Diversity for charter schools (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Tax cap overrides sought more by average wealth districts (BinghamtonPress)(5.23.12:0851)
Regents' vote reinstates Amani school's charter in Mount Vernon (NYJournalNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Sex scandal allegations involving Michael Mulgrew are ‘bull’ (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Kids' charter crush hits record high (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
At CUNY, Stricter Admissions Bring Ethnic Shift (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Cheating Inquiry Under Way at 2 Top-Rated City School (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)s
In New York, politics controls which schools get extra tax dollars (SyracusePostStandard)(5.23.12:0851)
Mayor slams embattled UFT boss as king of flimsy filings (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Schools may sue over state tax cap (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.22.12:0821)
Transportation, Public Works & Construction
Stewart's on-time stats slip (MiddletownRecord)(5.23.12:0851)
Taxi ‘$oar’ point- Everything going up (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Mike catches heli over post-curfew landings (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
New York Taxi Drivers Unsure They Will See Benefits of a Fare Increase (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
LIRR's Grand Central access link's pricetag rises (NYJournalNews)(5.22.12:0821)
MTA- Thank$, thug-busters (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
‘20%’ taxi-fare hike eyed (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
PA is booting ID thief’s security firm (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Taxi Panel May Raise Fares Up to 20% (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
L.I.R.R. Plan for East Side Needs More Time and Money (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
Social-Community Services & Housing
Workforce, Unions & Labor Relations
Gillibrand pushing equal pay legislation (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Rep. Nita Lowey, veterans rally in Rockland for federal Job Corps bill (NYJournalNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Life, Society & Culture
Environment, Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Politicians, officials commemorate third year of Hudson River cleanup (TroyRecord)(5.23.12:0851)
Watervliet seeks greenhouse gas cuts (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
N.Y. approves herbicide to fight invasive water weed (BinghamtonPress)(5.22.12:0821)
Health & Health Care
We're bailing out a bailout (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Nursing home issue stalls upgrades plan (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
County OKs home's bids (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Catholics sue Obama over birth control mandate (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Judge tells Soundview to sue Espada for looted cash (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Blogs
Diaz, Sr.: “There is a rat among us” and it may be Cuomo (City&State)(5.23.12:0851)
Ominbus members question Cuomo’s tax plans (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Quinn Calls Ravi Ruling A ‘Slap In The Face’ (ThePoliticker)(5.22.12:0821)
Use of Rev. Wright Would Be a Disaster, but Not Necessarily for Obama (Room8)(5.22.12:0821)
Commentary & Columnists
Let smaller players redevelop Willets Point (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Protecting NY’s poor (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Tall Tales About Private Equity (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Danger of 'safe' districts (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
The NYPD vs. minorities- No way  (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Bring on brand-name parks and libraries (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Albany’s hard-of-hearing pols (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Stop & frisk facts (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Greedy union hits disabled (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Taylored for the unions (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Editorials
NYRA needs a new lineup (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.23.12:0851)
Legislation falls short (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Preservation effort flawed (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Aim for the best (BuffaloNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Monitoring needed outside women's health clinics (NYJournalNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Article of faith (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Max for the hacks (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
Walk on the wild side (NYDailyNews)(5.23.12:0851)
The Cuomo stakes (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Parents know best (NYPost)(5.23.12:0851)
Fairer Ways to Choose Judges (NYTimes)(5.23.12:0851)
Immigration policy would aid valley, too (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.23.12:0851)
Cuomo must push reforms to protect innocents from prison (RochesterD&C)(5.23.12:0851)
Despite spending, NY schools don't achieve (SyracusePostStandard)(5.23.12:0851)
When politics gets personal (SyracusePostStandard)(5.23.12:0851)
Kathy Jimino- We need mandate relief (TroyRecord)(5.23.12:0851)
Putting a real face on Utica shouldn't be one-dimensional (UticaObserver)(5.23.12:0851)
Nebraska Brace (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
The offense of being hungry (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.22.12:0821)
Aim for the best (BuffaloNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Persistence pays (BuffaloNews)(5.22.12:0821)
Reckless confrontation (BuffaloNews)(5.22.12:0821)
The Saugerties Town Hall naming mess (KingstonFreeman)(5.22.12:0821)
True crime-busting (NYDailyNews)(5.22.12:0821)
A caution for Cuomo (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
Fingering fraud (NYPost)(5.22.12:0821)
The Wal-Mart Corruption Case (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
To Tan or Not? (NYTimes)(5.22.12:0821)
Maggie Brooks should tackle tough issues in address (RochesterD&C)(5.22.12:0821)
The Case Won’t Die- Death of al-Megrahi leaves a void, not an end point (SyracusePostStandard)(5.22.12:0821)
Don't quit talks on jail sharing for 2 counties (UticaObserver)(5.22.12:0821)

 

 

 

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