Withers: Fighting back against Monserrate

As many of you know, New York State Senator Hiram Monserrate is a worm. There is that misdemeanor assault conviction against his girlfriend, getting booted out of the state Senate, and his ability to compare himself to murdered civil rights workers.

And who can forget his efforts to make Albany more …

Withers: Diaz talks silly….again

Once again Ruben Diaz, Sr. spouts something senseless. The New York State senator has a history of typing out rambling releases, epsecailly when the topic is gay, and then trying extricate himself from some of his own daft mess.

Yesterday Diaz issued a release, wondering why gays and lesbians are not supporting Gov. David …

Gay Marriage In New York Now Seen As Unlikely in ’09 or ’10.

Daniel Squadron, the twenty-nine year old freshman New York State Senator, is ready to take the lead on gay marriage in New York. Squadron said his goal was, “making this a law as quickly as possible,” last night at a meeting of the Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn. He came to discuss strategy with leading activists and received plenty of feedback.

However, Squadron is not optimistic about passing gay marriage in the 2009 Senate session and believes that 2010 will be even tougher, due to the election year. “Looking at the members, it’s hard to get to thirty-two votes,” he admitted. Thirty-two is the magic number to pass a bill in the New York State Senate.See Gay Marriage In New York Unlikely in ’09 or ’10.
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