Quick Hits from the Trail: Skelos's Conflict of Interest, Klein's Legislation, Stewart-Cousins Responds
By Mike Connery on 04/27/2010 @ 11:01 AM
The latest news from the Democratic conference, candidates and campaigns:
- Andrea Stewart-Cousins responds to an attack by Yonkers Mayor Phil Amicone.
- Senator Auburtine wants to make the Power for Jobs program permanent.
- 10 new Sunshine laws sponsored by Democrats were signed into law yesterday.
- Republican Leader Dean Skelos' Long Island law firm has a lobbying arm that raked in $284k last year, making it the third fasted growing lobby in the state. Conflict of interest anyone?
- Some of the grassroots are lining up behind Senator Breslin. Here's a positive post on the Senator by a blogger at The Albany Project.
- Senator Jeff Klein passed a bill to protect homeowners from loan modification scams. Watch him talk about the need for the bill in this video:
Quick Hits from the Trail: Valesky Gets Endorsed, Three-Way in SD-40
By Mike Connery on 04/22/2010 @ 04:08 PM
A few quick hits from the campaign trail today:
- Yet another Republican - Jim Borkowski - is throwing his hat into the ring to replace Senator Vincent Leibell. That makes this a three-way primary.
- Madison County Democrats met and endorsed the reelection of Senator Dave Valesky.
- The Oswego Tea Party does not like Pattie Ritchie.
- Mike DiSanto announced that he is running to take out Brooklyn's last Republican, Martin Golden.
- More press coverage of Breslin's reelection campaign launch.
