PLEASE JOIN WNY LABOR LEADERS FOR A BREAKFAST FUNDRAISER WITH ANTOINE M. THOMPSON NEW YORK STATE SENATOR 60TH DISTRICT WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 4, 2010 8:30AM – 10:00AM ADAMS MARK HOTEL 120 Church Street Buffalo, NY 14202 $50 Per Person $2,500 Silver Sponsor $3,000 Gold Sponsor $5,600 Platinum Sponsor Other Please mail contributions to: Supporters of Antoine [...]

GOVERNOR SIGNS LANDMARK THOMPSON BILL INTO LAW Landmark legislation sponsored by NYS Senator Antoine Thompson ( D-parts of Erie & Niagara Counties) became the law of the land on Friday. The bill (S3296) bans the use of the controversial, carcinogenic chemical Bishpenol-A in products for children age three and under. NY Governor David Paterson signed [...]

ACTION, NOT RHETORIC: AN OPEN LETTER FROM FRANCINE DELMONTE  I’ve been a tireless advocate for Niagara County families by voting to increase transparency, reform state government, reduce state spending and offer real tax relief to working families. It’s been alleged that my priorities aren’t in line with Niagara’s needs, and that I’m perfectly satisfied with [...]

COFFEE ATTACKS SCHNEIDERMAN FOR HAVING PASSED: “VERY FEW” BILLS IN SENATE Democratic Attorney General candidate Sean Coffey attacked his opponent, State Senator Erie Schneiderman on Tuesday for the latter’s lack of willingness to support a property tax cap and for his admission that he has passed “very few” bills during his Albany career, quoting the [...]

THOMPSON INITIATIVES ABOUND FROM THE GREEN INITIATIVE INSTITUTE TO THE NIAGARA ARTS AND CULTURAL CENTER TO THE NIAGARA FALLS TRAIN STATION Imagine the establishment of a Green Initiative Institute in Western New York that would offer grants to green entrepreneurs while serving as an all-purpose business incubator for up and coming green enterprises? Fortunately, before [...]

 ACCARDO CHALLENGES MEDICAID STANCE Assembly candidate John Accardo has called for more aggressive control of New York’s Medicaid programs. “The taxpayers of New York State cannot continue to subsidize the most lavish Medicaid program in the United States,” begins Accardo. “Do the math,” Accardo says, ” you don’t have to be a genius to figure [...]

SENATOR THOMPSON ON SCHNEIDERMAN: “THE PROGRESSIVE LEADER WE NEED” NYS Senator Antoine Thompson endorsed State Senator Eric Schneiderman for the Democratic nomnation for Attorney General of the State of New York on Monday. The Senator praised his colleague for his courage as an advocate for progressive causes. “I don’t think I’ve ever told Eric this, [...]

THOMPSON TURNS IN 9,600 State Senator Antoine Thompson is reporting overwhelming re-election support as reflected in the number of petition signatures his backers have submitted in his race to maintain his seat as 60th NYS Senateor. During his recent petition drive Senator Thompson secured 9,600 signatures, nearly ten times the required amount to get his [...]

WILL LAZIO’S MONEY WOES LEAD TO A PALADINO WIN? What’s new in gubernatorial politics?…Well, this week endorsed Republican candidate for governor Rick Lazio reported in official filings that his campaign has only $688,000 in the bank. That means Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the endorsed Democratic nominee for governor, has a roughly 34-to-1 cash advantage over [...]

Siena College Poll: Cuomo, Schumer, Gillibrand, Maintain Leads Over Republicans There has been little change in the general election match-ups for Governor, both United States Senate seats and State Comptroller, according to the Siena College Insititute Poll. The Democratic candidates for each of those positions maintain comfortable leads over their potential Republican opponents with less [...]