State
$200 million assurance keeps Delaware North in casino race
ALBANY — Delaware North met a Friday deadline by Gov. David A. Paterson to confirm that it can quickly pay a $200 million upfront franchise fee payment if it were selected among a half-dozen bidders to operate a big new casino at a Queens racetrack. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
State agency’s grants will help WNY groups rehabilitate 71 houses
A New York State agency has approved $754,000 in grants that will go toward rehabilitating 71 houses into homes for low-and moderate-income families in three Western New York counties. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:39 AM )
Senate’s Democratic leaders will attend Paterson speech
ALBANY—Bring out the chairs for the Senate Democrats. (Updated: 11/07/09 8:38 AM )
Paterson’s call for joint session is rebuffed by own party
ALBANY — In their latest snub to their party leader, Democratic leaders in the State Senate are turning down an invitation to a special joint session of the State Legislature that Gov. David A. Paterson called for Monday to address the state’s soaring deficit. (Updated: 11/06/09 7:22 AM )
Ship built with WTC steel comes to namesake city
The new Navy assault ship USS New York, built with World Trade Center steel, arrived in its namesake city Monday with a rifle volley salute near the site of the 2001 terrorist attack. (Updated: 11/02/09 11:52 PM )
Republican in NY House race suspends campaign
Fighting plunging support, Republican Dierdre Scozzafava has abruptly suspended her campaign in a special election for a U.S. House seat that has exposed a rift among national factions of the party. (Updated: 11/01/09 9:26 AM )
Land swap in Adirondacks tops ballots in Tuesday’s election
Plans to relocate a power line in St. Lawrence County may involve only six acres of remote Adirondack land. (Updated: 10/31/09 10:31 AM )
Senecas fight tax with cash in elections
ALBANY — Seen as cash cows for a cash-starved state government, the Seneca Nation is expanding its latest strategy to block tax collection efforts on its lucrative cigarette operations: The tribe will target, with campaign cash, state politicians who openly oppose the tax-free sales. (Updated: 10/31/09 8:22 AM )
As $10 billion state deficit looms, leaders confront ‘tough decisions’
ALBANY — New York State’s budget deficit, continuing its “bad news” ways, is projected as ballooning to $10 billion over the next 18 months. In addition, officials are warning that the state is likely to continue its traditional path of coming out of the recession later than the rest of the nation. (Updated: 10/30/09 6:59 AM )
Indian violence feared over cigarettes
NEW YORK — State police have speculated that any government effort to block the flow of tax-free cigarettes onto New York’s Indian reservations would lead to violence and could possibly escalate into a “military problem,” an adviser to Gov. David A. Paterson said Tuesday. (Updated: 10/28/09 7:29 AM )
Collins apologizes for calling Silver an Antichrist
County Executive Chris Collins has apologized to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver after
comparing him to Adolf Hitler and an "Antichrist" during remarks at Saturday evening's Erie
County Republican dinner at the Adam's Mark Hotel. (Updated: 10/26/09 11:32 PM )
Thorny issue of Indian tax shifts Albany gaze to D. C.
ALBANY — State officials, led by Gov. David A. Paterson, signaled a growing interest in letting Washington solve New York’s long-standing problem of what to do about tax-free cigarette sales on Indian reservations. (Updated: 10/22/09 7:15 AM )
Hoyt bill calls for dramatic overhaul of schools
Assemblyman Sam Hoyt is calling for a top-to-bottom overhaul of New York's public school
system. He acknowledges that the call is not only an effort to drive dramatic change, but also
a statement driven by frustration with the status quo. (Updated: 10/19/09 7:37 AM )
Collins is key issue in races
Though his name has not appeared on a ballot since 2007, County Executive Chris Collins is
emerging as the central issue in County Legislature races this year. (Updated: 10/21/09 4:06 PM )
Paterson slashes at state spending
ALBANY -- Gov. David A. Paterson called Thursday for erasing a ballooning $3 billion state
deficit by cutting funds for public schools, cities, grants for college students, local
crime-fighting efforts and health care providers. (Updated: 10/16/09 9:41 AM )
