LORIGO MAKES CONSERVATIVE PRIMARY BALLOT TO RUN AGAINST LAZIO Ralph Lorigo For Governor? Supporters of Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino and Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy have united to get the name of the Erie County Conservative Chairman placed on the Conservative Party’s Sept. 14 primary ballot. Admittedly, the WNY political leader is not a serious [...]

RICE LEADS DEMS’ AG VOTING IN FIRST ROUND, SCHNEIDERMAN, BRODSKY NOT FAR BEHIND…GOV. MYERS MERMEL?…CONSERVATIVE BUSINESSMAN MERMEL LATEST ENTRANT INTO GOP GUBERNATORIAL RACE, ALREADY PICKING UP QUEENS, THREE OTHER COUNTIES The first round voting for this year’s Democratic attorney general nomination went as follows: Brodsky, 26.99%. Coffey, 1.737%; Dinallo, 7.704%; Rice, 36.102%, Schneiderman, 27.454%. Once [...]

CUOMO ACCEPTS DEMOCRATIC NOMINATION FOR GOVERNOR, PROMISING “A CITIZEN’S COALITION TO BREAK THE GRIDLOCK IN ALBANY” The New York State Democratic Party’s new leader, Andrew Cuomo, accepted his party’s gubernatorial nomination on Thursday, with a speech that promised “to restore public trust in government.” “I am proud to be a Democrat. I’m proud of what [...]

NIAGARA COUNTY DEM CHAIRMAN RIVERA HAPPY ABOUT OPEN PRIMARY FOR AG CANDIDATES…LABOR SUPPORT, GET OUT VOTE CAMPAIGNS COULD BE KEY Like most other Democrats, Niagara County Democratic Chairman Dan Rivera is deighted that all five Dem attorney general candidates will have the opportunity to freely compete on the Sept. 14 primary ballot. What will determine [...]

CUOMO PICKS DUFFY AS LT. GOV CANDIDATE…”AN AMBITIOUS AGENDA TO REVITALIZE ROCHESTER” Presumptive Democratic gubernatorial nominee Andrew Cuomo will announce his choice of Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy for Lt. Governor at an 11am Manhattan news conference today. A political biography of the Rochester chief executive follows thanks to a little help from the New York [...]

CHAIRMAN LENIHAN ON NYS DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION’S MOOD: “SERENE AND OPTIMISTIC” Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan reported to NiagaraFallsPolitics on Tuesday evening that an agreement’s been reached at the state Democratic convention to allow all five Democratic candidates for Attorney General to get on the Sept. 14 primary ballot. “All five of them will be [...]

“A REASONABLE SEARCH” THAT EXPOSED A MURDERER…PAUL WOJTASZEK’S MOST MEMORABLE CASE…”THE BEST POSSIBLE PREPARATION TO BE A SUPREME COURT JUSTICE” How many candidates for NYS Supreme Court Justice have already written a legal opinion which has become settled law state-wide related to one of our most basic legal principles? While we don’t know of too [...]

GILLIBRAND ANNOUNCES NEW PUSH TO EXTEND TAX CUTS TO HELP NY MIDDLE CLASS SAVE ON PROPERTY TAXES, SALES TAXES, COLLEGE TUITION New Legislation Expected To Pass This Week, Gillibrand Tells NiagaraFallsPoliticsOn the heels of her instrumental role in passing landmark Wall Street reform legislation last week that established new rules of the road to protect [...]

EGRIU FOR CONGRESS EVENT, STATEN ISLAND, THIS SUNDAY The Egriu for Congress campaign will hold its first fundraiser this coming Sunday, May 30 from 1-5pm at the Bella Vista II, 2795 Richmond Ave., on Staten Island. The cost is $100 per person. Checks can be sent to: Egriu for Change; 16 Linwood Terrace; Buffalo, NY [...]

The Race for Junior United States Senator – Gillibrand Sees Support Increase “Enjoying her highest favorable rating ever – 42 percent favorable to 24 percent unfavorable – Gillibrand is now over 50 percent against all three potential Republican opponents,” Greenberg said. “The three Republicans remain unknown to more than 80 percent of New York voters, [...]