Albany, NY
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: Gay rights supporters Brian Sprague (L) and Charlie Ferrusi, from Albany, New York, hold a Human Rights flag outside U.S. Supreme Court building on June 26, 2013 in Washington, DC. The high court is expected to rule on the DOMA and Prop 8 gay marriage cases.
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The FBI in Albany and the Syracuse Joint Terrorism Task Force disseminated information to... [22] campus police officials... A representative of the State University of New York at Oswego contacted the FBI for information on the OWS protests and reported to the FBI on the SUNY-Oswego Occupy encampment made up of students and professors.
Cuomo highlighted his work with Republicans in Albany, pointedly calling it a stark contrast with gridlocked Washington, D.C. 'He said he turned New York state into a place for all New Yorkers,' the source said.
For those not reading carefully, Sunday’s New York Post carried a photograph of Mr. Bharara dressed as a Wild West sheriff, with an accompanying article entitled, ‘Meet Preet Bharara, The Man Behind Wall Street, Albany Takedowns,’More quotes »
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Stringer on Spitzer challenge: 'Bring it on'
City comptroller candidate Scott Stringer said Friday that he won't seek to keep his opponent Eliot Spitzer off the ballot by challenging his nominating petitions -- and repudiated anyone else who would try.Speaking in downtown Brooklyn during lunchtime, Read more »
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Opinion: Strong Board of Elections is needed to make public financing work
Last week, in response to Albany legislators ending their 2013 session without reforming campaign laws, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo impaneled a Moreland Act Commission. It will conduct an intensive inquiry and suggest meaningful reforms, long sought by good gov Read more »
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New exhibit details NY state's role in Civil War
(AP) -- In 1863, the first items from Civil War battlefields where New Yorkers were fighting and dying started to arrive at the newly created Bureau of Military Statistics in Albany. Among them were a uniform button and the bullet that struck it at the B Read more »
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NYS takeover of Roosevelt schools failed, some say
New York State's historic takeover of Roosevelt schools has fallen short of its purpose in boosting student academic performance, raising questions over how Albany might better deal with struggling districts in the future, policymakers say.The state is h Read more »
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O'Reilly: Does Andrew Cuomo need a priest or a psychiatrist?
There's no middle ground for Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo. Not on abortion anyway. That was the clearest take-away from this year's legislative session in Albany. You're either pro-choice or pro-life in the eyes of our ostensibly Catholic governor; there's no in Read more »
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TD Bank names Robert Davey to lead Albany, NY region
as senior vice president for Commercial Banking for Eastern New York and Vermont. The Halfmoon, NY resident also served for many years as board member and chairman of the Town of East Greenbush Planning Board. If you are commenting using a Facebook account, 12:05 PM from Albany Business Journal Read more »
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Capital Bank parent added to Russell 3000
Ronald Bentley is the CEO of Elmira, NY-based Chemung Financial Corp. Chemung Financial Corp., parent of Capital Bank in Albany, NY, has had its common stock (Nasdaq:CHMG) added to the Russell 3000 Index. The Russell 3000 measures the performance of the largest 11:56 AM from Albany Business Journal Read more »
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Woman walks from Albany to Binghamton for mosque pair
— A woman has begun a 133-mile walk from Albany to Binghamton to deliver a petition on behalf of two former upstate New York mosque leaders who were convicted in 2006 on money laundering charges in a sting involving a fake missile plot. Lynne Jackson plans 7:36 AM from The Star-Gazette Read more »
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Making big guns: NY's Watervliet Arsenal turns 200
supplied American troops fighting British forces along the Canadian border. Later in the century, the factory just north of Albany began making cannons for the U.S. military. Today, the arsenal is the Army's manufacturer of large-caliber cannons and mortars. 7:25 AM from Miami Herald Read more »
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Gov. Cuomo's Argument To Clean Up NY Politics Hurt By Anthony Weiner And Eliot Spitzer: Sources
poll rise of Eliot Spitzer and Anthony Weiner is a blow to Cuomo’s arguments for cleaning up Albany, some close to him say. “It’s embarrassing,” said one Cuomo source. “His message is that New York can’t be the most dysfunctional state. We have to fix New 7:05 AM from New York Daily News Read more »
