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State Legislature Mulling NYC Hurricane Sandy Assessment Relief Act

Photo by Erica ShermanState Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver introduced the New York City Hurricane Sandy Assessment Relief Act, legislation intended to provide tax relief to New York City homeowners and businesses severely impacted by Superstorm Sandy. The legislation would allow property owners who suffered damages from Sandy to apply for

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Op-Ed: State’s Part-Time Pols Don’t Deserve A Raise

Members of the New York State Legislature doing what they do best. Get it? Source: WikipediaBETWEEN THE LINES: A show of hands, how many of you think our state legislators deserve a pay raise? Not too many hands. Now, if they were to get a raise, how many think that

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For Former Senator Carl Kruger, Does Validation Come Too Little Too Late?

Former State Senator Carl Kruger. Image source: Reason.tv. Illustration composite by Erica ShermanWith seemingly little fanfare, a seven-sentence story by Agence France Presse, with the headline “Death toll among pedestrians wearing headphones triples,” popped up on Yahoo News a while back. It is all but forgotten about now, having

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Senator Kruger Seeks Redemption… Sort Of

The current political boundaries of Kruger's and Golden's districts. Kruger was key in implementing them. Now he supports legislation to make sure pols like him can't do this anymore.It seems that State Senator Carl Kruger, who faces a long, hard legal slog as he battles corruption charges, has found