PALADINO NEVER SPENT THAT $10 MILLION ON HIS ILL-FATED CAMPAIGN…DINAPOLI WON DESPITE BEING OUTSPENT TWO TO ONE…SCHNEIDERMAN OUTSPENT DONOVAN…DID COLLINS DO A PALADINO…SLAUGHTER WILL BE TOP DEM ON HOUSE RULES COMMITTEE Buffalo developer Carl Paladino fell far short of his promise to spend up to $10 million of his own money on his losing Republican [...]

VIRTUOSO SAYS NO! TO ANY PROPERTY TAX INCREASE…”THE DEMOCRATIC CAUCUS IS COMMITTED” TO ELIMINATING ANY HIKE”…”THERE IS PLENTY OF FAT TO BE CUT” The more than 5 percent tax increase recommended in the tentative 2011 Niagara County budget is not acceptable to Legislature Democratic Leader Dennis Virtuoso, even if some Republicans seem willing to yet [...]

WILL CUOMO ADDRESS THE CAUCUSES?…PATAKI: MAKING A VIRTUE OF INSINCERE ENDORSEMENTS? Speculation is growing in Albany as to whether Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo will take the opportunity to speak to the Democratic and Republican Assemby and Senate caucuses during this week’s lame duck session…Meanwhile, on a recent episode of MSNBC’s former Governor and presidential wanna-be George [...]

CUOMO PLANNING TO BATTLE “SPECIAL INTERESTS” TO MAKE NEEDED CHANGES IN ALBANY…PLANNING TO USE $$ TO GO OVER HEADS OF LEG TO APPEAL TO VOTERS Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo has a message for Albany’s special interest – GET READY FOR A FIGHT! Cuomo said recently that he’s prepared to do battle with the state’s powerful public [...]

SIENA: MOST NYERS OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CUOMO…WANT ANDREW TO CONCENTRATE ON OUR HOUSE, NOT WHITE HOUSE “Creating jobs is the most important issue for voters, and it’s the issue on which voters are most optimistic that Cuomo will succeed according to our findings,” reports Stephen Greenberg of the Siena College Institute Poll . “Three-quarters of voters, [...]

Majority Believe Personal Finances to Improve in Coming Year 49% Expect General Economy to Rebound Gas, Food and Heating Costs Remain Immediate Worry 32% Get Second Job; Nearly One in Four Lost Job, Hours Cut, Have Seen Foreclosure Support Balanced Fed Budget & Ending Tax Cuts for Wealthy; Divided on Health Care Loudonville, NY – [...]

Slaughter Asks Obama to Continue Strong Pro-Labor Stance on Pending Trade Deals WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Louise Slaughter (NY-28) issued the following statement today, following a meeting at the White House to discuss trade issues. Slaughter was one of 12 lawmakers invited to meet with President Obama to review the Administration’s recent trade-oriented meetings in Asia [...]

SENATE RACES COULD BE DECIDED SOON AS LIPPMAN AGREES TO CUOMO REQUEST TO EXPEDITE DISPUTED ELECTION CASES The odds that Democrats could maintain control of the NYS Senate grew longer on Thursday as both incumbent Sen. Craig Johnson, a Nassau County Democrat and WNY’s own Senator Antoine Thompson feced recount setbacks. Meanwhile, NYS Court of [...]

DEMS’ SHAFRAN ASKING FOR TOTAL RECOUNT IN 60TH DISTRICT RACE…GOP DISAGREES NYS Senate Democratic Campaign Committee spokesman Austin Shafran is now saying that a computer failure during the recount process related to the hotly contested 60th Senate District race means that a manual recount is necessary, lengthening the process but also ensuring that an accurate [...]

DEMS HIRE ELECTION LAW GURU TO DEAL WITH 60TH, OTHER RECOUNTS…SCHUMER GETS A NEW ROLE…GIULIANI GOES TO WORK FOR CUOMO “We are adult people. We can get together, discuss how we can move forward, and it can be done,” said GOP NYS Senate Leader Dean Skelos just the other day about a possible Dem/Republican power [...]