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Election 2012: Winners and losers
President Barack Obama. Photo courtesy of White House President Barack Obama has been re-elected. Congress remains split, with Republicans in control of the House of Representatives and Democrats...
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New Albany presents new challenges for Cuomo
Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Photo by Newscom Gov. Andrew Cuomo woke up Wednesday with more on his mind than just hurricane recovery and storm preparation. State Senate Democrats, outspent and in debt, managed...
View ArticleFelder in line for catbird’s seat
One could forgive state Sen.-elect Simcha Felder if he’s rooting for fellow Democrat Cecilia Tkaczyk to lose her Senate race against Republican George Amedore, which was too close to call after...
View ArticleKlein in talks on Senate rule changes
As speculation mounts about who will control the New York state Senate, two sources told the The Insider that Bronx Sen. Jeff Klein has been in talks recently with both parties about changing the...
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Staten Island Dem chair backs Sen. Savino
The Capitol. Photo via Newscom On Tuesday evening, The New York Times reported that the four-member, breakaway Independent Democratic Conference was planning on forming a coalition government with...
View ArticleBreak up the Senate: GOP, Dems ink deal
The question of which party will control the New York state Senate has finally been answered. Sort of. Senate Republicans will share the reins with the breakaway Independent Democratic Conference,...
View ArticleSenate deal’s winners and losers
Winners and losers of the state Senate’s new power-sharing arrangement between Senate Republicans, led by Dean Skelos, and the Independent Democratic Conference, led by Jeff Klein: Winners: Senate...
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Staffers befuddled by Albany power shift
New York Capitol. Via Newscom After the leadership agreement between state Senate Republicans and the Independent Democratic Conference was announced on Tuesday, a plugged-in Senate staffer wrote to...
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Politics in this week’s Crain’s
Sens. Jeff Klein and Diane Savino are political and personal partners. Photo by Newscom Political stories of note in Monday’s issue of Crain’s: The Albany power couple of Sens. Jeff Klein and Diane...
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Dealing Dems add $349,000 in Senate salaries
The Capitol. Photo by Buck Ennis By striking a deal with Senate Republicans in December to form a governing coalition, a group of five Democratic state senators got more than the power to shape the...
View ArticleMinimum wage fight enters the home stretch
Despite failing to increase the minimum wage last year, advocates for the hike are optimistic about the proposal’s chances this year, and are doing everything in their power to see it through....
View ArticleSkleinos to face the public Feb. 6
State Senate co-leaders Dean Skelos and Jeff Klein apparently did not mind (too much) the composite photo featuring half of each of their faces that ran in the Jan. 7 issue of Crain’s New York...
View ArticleMinimum wage protest planned for ‘Skleinos’ forum
On Wednesday morning, state Senate co-leaders Jeff Klein and Dean Skelos will sit down for the first time to explain their unique new power-sharing arrangement at a Crain’s breakfast forum. The...
View ArticleSenate sends signals on minimum wage, energy tax
A day after suggesting an increase of the state’s minimum wage could be a “hidden tax” on businesses, Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos signaled a way forward on the issue Wednesday morning. He and...
View ArticleIn this week’s Crain’s
Monday’s issue of Crain’s is chock-full of interesting political news. Cracks are forming in the labor coalition pushing for passage of the paid sick leave bill in the City Council, with supporters of...
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