Caroline ends bid to replace Hillary
(Albany, New York) Caroline Kennedy has ended her quest for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, halting a campaign that began with popular support but withered quickly over criticism about her experience and her reluctance to answer questions about her finances.
Kennedy made the announcement in a terse …
Appeals court upholds NYS partner ruling
(Albany New York) A mid-level New York State appeals court has upheld a policy granting benefits to the same-sex married partners of state workers.
The Alliance Defense Fund, a conservative Christian legal practice, argued that then-Gov. Eliot Spitzer acted illegally when he directed the Department of Civil Service in 2007 to …
Caroline ends bid to replace Hillary
(Albany, New York) Caroline Kennedy has ended her quest for the U.S. Senate seat vacated by Hillary Rodham Clinton, halting a campaign that began with popular support but withered quickly over criticism about her experience and her reluctance to answer questions about her finances.
Kennedy made the announcement in a terse …
Gay ally new NY senate leader
(Albany, New York) Malcolm Smith has been elected New York State Senate Majority Leader, ending more than a month of intense negotiations with conservatives who threatened to scuttle Democratic control of the state upper house over Smith’s support for same-sex marriage and other gay issues.
In November, Democrats took control of …
Feuding Dems may blow bid for NYS Senate control
(Albany, New York) Weeks after winning a majority of seats in the New York State Senate, Democratic infighting is threatening to hand control back to Republicans.
Democrats won 32 of the 62 Senate seats in November to capture the majority for the first time since 1965. But three conservative Democrats have …
