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Guys. Hey, guys. Chill out. Light some incense, man. Maybe put on some Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young. Groove for a minute in that beanbag chair. Then pick up the phone and call your state lawmaker and tell them that their opposition to the Compassionate Care Act legalizing medical marijuana
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It’s not often you see a member of one of the nation’s most dysfunctional legislative bodies appropriately shaming members of another dysfunctional legislative body, but that’s what we wake up to this morning. Congresswoman Yvette Clarke is calling on Albany lawmakers to send resources to those Brooklyn
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State Senator Marty Golden (Source: Senator Golden’s offices)New York Times columnist Michael Powell took State Senator Marty Golden and Sheepshead Bay’s State Assemblyman Steven Cymbrowitz to task for sponsoring legislation that would have directed millions of dollars to the tobacco industry, and came, Powell writes, at the
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Governor Andrew Cuomo (Source: Philip Kamrass / Times Union)Governor Andrew Cuomo vowed to clean up the almost cartoonish level of corruption in Albany by setting up an independent special investigative committee. The New York Daily News is reporting [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/cuomo-vows-clean-ny-capital-post-scandals-article-1.1377646] that Cuomo’s plan
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"Tanorexic" New Jersey mom, Patricia Krentcil. Source: Julio Cortez / AP Photo BETWEEN THE LINES [/tag/between-the-lines/]: Some rules are made to be broken, particularly when they lack common sense. Such is the argument with rules that don’t allow students to use sunscreen when participating in outdoor school
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After much hand-wringing, vote-contesting and court-battling, the race to replace Carl Kruger [/tag/carl-kruger/] as the State Senator of the 27th District is finally over [/fidler-concedes-david-storobin-will-be-state-senator/]. Republican David Storobin [/tag/david-storobin/] traveled to Albany yesterday and was sworn in, followed by some welcoming comments from Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos.
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The following is a press release from the office of State Senator Marty Golden: Senator Golden today (Monday) welcomed students from Xaverian High School, along with teacher Marianne Teta, to Albany for a tour of the State Capitol. The trip provided the “Xaverian Clippers” with a chance to meet with
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(photo by Gene Cosgriff via silive.com)The above photo, taken by Staten Island Right to Life Coalition member Gene Cosgriff, was sent to the Staten Island Advance last week. Included in the e-mail was a statement from Cosgriff stating that State Senator Diane Savino “seems to have forgotten that