| ‘Old’ money |
| ALBANY — Luxury-apartment mogul Leonard Litwin gave nearly $700,000 to state candidates in the last year, making the media-shy, 97-year-old real-estate baron the biggest individual donor in the state. Litwin managed to dig deep into his pockets, despite a $150,000 limit on contributions, according to a study of campaign... |
| 01/31/2012 |
| DiNapoli: Cuomo budget a power grab |
| ALBANY — State Controller Thomas DiNapoli in a new report Tuesday accused Gov. Cuomo of using his budget proposal to make a transparency-killing power grab. |
| 02/07/2012 |
| NY comptroller: Praise, warning on budget |
| New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli praised Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposal as a continued plan for fiscal restraint, but warned that the governor also wants to use the budget to grab power and reduce public oversight and accountability in the spending of billions of taxpayer dollars. |
| 02/07/2012 |
| Gov flew far to raise funds |
| ALBANY - Gov. Cuomo was a high-flying fund-raiser in the last six months — thanks to campaign donors who lent him their private jets, the Daily News has learned. |
| 02/05/2012 |
| Fracking foes plan Albany blitz |
| COOPERSTOWN -- Activists out to stop hydrofracking in New York are gearing up for a major Albany lobbying blitz next Monday -- one that will include a push to enact home-rule legislation authored by Sen. James Seward, R-Milford. |
| 01/20/2012 |
| Lawyer admits to hate crimes |
| Lawyer admits to hate crimes Times Union Copyright 2012 Times Union. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed. Updated 07:25 p.m., Wednesday, February 1, 2012 ALBANY — A state Department of Civil Service lawyer pleaded guilty Wednesday to two felony-level counts of hate crimes for making menacing phone calls filled with racial epithets and ... |
| 02/01/2012 |
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