Campaign Roundup: NYLCV Endorses Three Dem Candidates
By Mike Connery on 09/24/2010 @ 05:45 PM
DAILY CAMPAIGN ROUNDUP … Our daily roundup of campaign related news.- What Would YOU Ask Susan Savage? The Albany Project continues its series of interviews with Democratic Senate candidates. This week Susan Savage will be in the hot seat. Readers are urged to submit questions here.
- Yonkers Democratic City Committee Supports Andrea Stewart-Cousins for Re-Election: The Yonkers Democratic City Committee endorsed Andrea Stewart-Cousins today, stating “Andrea understands the real problems faced by our community and her constituents and will not stop until their issues are addressed. She is one of the most influential and respected voices of our Party and in our Legislature, and we will work tirelessly to ensure that she continues to serve as our State Senator.”
- Eye on Albany Interviews Senator Valesky: Eye on Albany releases part one of a three-part interview series with Senator David Valesky. Valesky discusses taxes and creating jobs in the 49th Senate District. Watch the Video.
- Carlucci Running on Tech Record: Politics and technology website Tech President notes that David Carlucci, the Democratic candidate to replace the late Sen. Morahan, has a track record of bringing local government into the 21st Century.
- Foley, Kaplowitz, Savage Make Conservation Voters Priority List: Three Democratic candidates for state senate made the priority list of the NY League of Conservation Voters. According to NYLCV spokesperson Dan Hendrick, “In all three [races], there are clear environmental heroes and foes. Foley’s been good on energy efficiency issues for years, and this year got the Senate to pass his updated energy code bill. Kaplowitz is a former Environment & Energy Committee Chairman of the Westchester Legislature and he helped draft and pass Westchester’s Open Space Policy; Savage has an impressive record championing green jobs/clean-tech in Schenectady.
- Pols Call For Ballot Fixes Before Elections: Joe Addabbo, Chair of the State Senate Elections Committee, will hold hearings this month to address problems encountered by voters at polling places during the recent primary elections.
- Ball v. Kaplowitz Debate Showdown: The Kaplowitz campaign has Greg Ball boxed in a corner over public debates.
- Savino Blasts Paladino For "Sly Italian References" City Hall News reports on State Senator Diane Savino's reproach of Carl Paladino for his use of offensive slurs against Italian Americans.
Daily Campaign Roundup: Tony Avella is Taking Questions
By Mike Connery on 07/29/2010 @ 04:13 PM
TODAY'S CAMPAIGN ROUND-UP.... Today's installment of campaign-related news. Tony Avella is taking questions at The Albany Project. Republican challenger Anthony Como forced to return misused campaign cash. Republican incumbent Martin Golden drops petty petition challenge of Democratic challenger Mike DiSanto.
- What would you ask Democratic Candidate Tony Avella? - In their second installment of interviews of Democratic State Senate challengers, The Albany Project will be interviewing Tony Avella, who is challenging 38-year Republican incumbent Frank Padavan. Padavan scraped by in 2008, defeating Councilman Jim Gennaro by only 480 votes after a lengthy recount. Everyone is encouraged to send in questions for Avella here.
- Martin Golden drops petition challenge - Incumbent Republican Martin Golden, facing his first election contest in years, has dropped his challenge of Democratic Candidate Mike DiSanto's petitions. DiSanto declared that he was not surprised by the Golden campaign’s challenge, adding that it is not unusual for “entrenched” incumbent politicians to challenge opponent petition signatures. “Everyone in the community knows my signatures are valid,” said DiSanto. “We live in a democracy and do not crown kings in America. I will not be intimidated by those who seek to undermine the political freedom that our country was founded upon,” With 2,100 signatures, he collected over twice the number required.
- Republican challenger forced to repay improperly used campaign funds - Former New York City Council Member Anthony Como, a Republican running for State Senate against Sen. Joe Addabbo, has been ordered to repay nearly $13,000 in unspent and misspent funds to the New York City Campaign Finance Board. The charges stem from his losing 2008 general election Council loss to Elizabeth Crowley. The repayment includes $6,800 that was spent impermissibly on phone and copy machine contracts for his campaign office that spanned well beyond Election Day, repayments of unspent campaign funds, and $100 spent on a newspaper ad for the Holy Child Jesus Team Drama Club that the CFB deemed not campaign related.
Joe Addabbo Holds Hearing on Campaign Finance Reform
By Mike Connery on 04/23/2010 @ 11:01 AM
Senator Joe Addabbo is hosting a hearing on campaign finance reform today from 10 - 1pm. Watch live:
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