New York Senate Dems In the News
Feb 8, 2012
Capital Tonight
At my request, NYPIRG spreadsheet whiz Bill Mahoney put together a list of 43 so-called “ghost committees” – still-active campaign committees belonging to former lawmakers, some of whom are no longer even alive.
Feb 7, 2012
USA Today
Democratic Sen. Michael Gianaris told a packed redistricting hearing Tuesday that the Senate's Republican majority has brought "shame" to New York by proposing blatant gerrymandering in a continuing plot to protect its power.
Feb 6, 2012
Politicker
The Democrats in the New York State are placing a special emphasis on issues pertaining to women as they attempt to retake the majority, insiders have suggested. “Women’s issues, from reproductive health and rights in the workplace, are something that we’ll be focusing on,” a source familiar with the Senate Democrats’ efforts said. “One thing that’s been made clear is that people who live in Democratic districts that vote for Republican Senators, don’t have a clue how conservative these guys are…on social issues.”
Feb 6, 2012
Legislative Gazette
Sen. Bill Perkins, D-Manhattan, has proposed a bill that would prohibit subway riders from eating on a train, platform or station as a means of dealing with New York City's rat problem.
Feb 6, 2012
NY Daily News
Howard Beach residents, plagued by the odor of stagnant water and dead fish during the summer, are finally free to inhale. The city Department of Environmental Protection has recently completed work on the $3.5 million Shellbank Basin Destratification Facility, a boxy structure that houses an air-compressor station.
Feb 5, 2012
NY Amsterdam News
The New York State GOP continues its attempt to dilute the voting power of the state's people of color.
Feb 2, 2012
NY1
Things got heated Thursday when members of the state's redistricting task force, known as LATFOR, clashed with good government groups and activists at a public hearing.
Feb 2, 2012
Capital New York
“It’s unacceptable,” Al Sharpton said, of the gerrymandered district lines released last Friday by the state legislature’s redistricting task force. "Why do we have to say we’ll lose a black seat in Buffalo to have an Asian seat downstate?"
Jan 27, 2012
NY Daily News
Senate Democrats are already moving to score political points off the GOP’s much-criticized redistricting plan.
Jan 26, 2012
Times Ledger
The federal Transportation Security Administration sent a letter to state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D-Astoria) earlier this month admitting its agents had acted improperly while screening two elderly women who came through John F. Kennedy International Airport to visit their families.
Jan 19, 2012
NY Daily News
Democrats are crying foul -- and censorship -- over what they charge is a GOP-led effort to keep abortion from being discussed on the state Senate floor.
Jan 12, 2012
NY1
As a public comment period comes to an end, opponents are calling on Governor Andrew Cuomo to enact a long-term ban on hydrofracking.
Dec 11, 2011
WKBK News
U.S. Senator Charles E. Schumer and New York State Senator Michael Gianaris, joined by Bruce Zimmerman and Ralph Sherman, sons of two of elderly women who were allegedly inappropriately searched, today called on the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) to designate a “passenger advocate” at every airport who can be summoned by passengers to hear their concerns if they feel they have been inappropriately treated by TSA screening agents.
Nov 3, 2011
Newsday
Democrats Thursday called for hearings on the Long Island Rail Road, saying it is now seen "in a light of mistrust and unreliability" after a wave of shutdowns, crime spikes and fraud scandals.
Nov 2, 2011
Fox News Latino
New York's Latino community will walk the walk next week to show its support for Occupy Wall Street – planning an 11-mile march from Washington Heights to lower Manhattan as a sign of solidarity.
Nov 1, 2011
Buffalo News
New attention is welcome help in fight against abuse of prescription painkillers.
Oct 26, 2011
NY Daily News
Nine Senate Democrats have written to the state's congressional delegation to urge them to protect funding for anti-hunger programs.
Oct 24, 2011
Eyewitness News
Prescription drugs getting into the wrong hands has become a major health problem. In 2009...prescription drug overdoses killed more people than heroin and cocaine overdoses. Two local legislators want the trend to end. The problem of prescription drug abuse has been mounting since the late 1990's.
Oct 16, 2011
Metro WNY
Senator Tim M. Kennedy, D-58th District, hosted a Senior Symposium recently at Lucarelli’s, helping to connect with local seniors and outline various services to them.
Oct 14, 2011
Capital Tonight