Gov. Cuomo Ratings Still High Despite Attacks on Benefits for Unions and State Employees

07/08/11 Riding the wave of gay marriage and rent reform, New York State Gov. Andrew Cuomo has gained favor with New Yorkers, according to a Quinnipiac University poll. The poll, which came out last week, suggests that Cuomo is the big...

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Is a Ban on Smoking While Driving on Its Way?

07/12/11 Smoking is already banned in restaurants, bars, and other public places and if a New York City Lawmaker and a powerful cancer fighting organization have their way, it could be banned in vehicles as well. The American Cancer Society wants a law that would fine New Yorkers who smoke and drive with kids under 14 in the car to be proposed a third time.

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Legislature costs too much, achieves too little

07/16/11 Those who live by the credo 'you get what you pay for' might be surprised by The Sunday Journal News report, 'The Platinum Legislature,' the first in a series by our Albany Bureau. The articles reveal, in great detail, what the state Legislature costs New Yorkers in dollars and cents. The numbers, startling by almost any measure, seem to have an inverse relationship to what actually gets ...

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