O Albany -- isn't the governance of New York as corrupt and unresponsive as any other state's?

I would be delighted if the Greens outpolled the WFP, not sure it's gonna happen.

My state senator is this unopposed asshole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Felder

so I wrote in myself.

Cuomo's statewide total from last night is currently 52.78%, lol

5% for Hawkins, I guess that's something

Slightly more than Working Families and "Women's Equality Party" combined.

since they're both effectively the Dem ticket it's probably not an accurate comparison

well State Senate solidly back in Republican hands, they don't even need scumbag "Democrat" Felder anymore.

ie excellent crutch for Cuomo, another WFP negotiating triumph.

since they're both effectively the Dem ticket it's probably not an accurate comparison

― Nhex, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:57 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's actually why it's marginally meaningful, because Working Families is supposed to be this *insider progressive* party that works with the dems to make sure progressive issues get pushed (or just uses false promises to keep progressives from defecting away from the dems entirely, depending on how you look at it).

I mean with Cuomo winning 52-39, it's not of enormous significance, but in a closer D-R race, the number of progressives who vote for the dem on the Working Families line vs vote for a third party candidate could make the difference.

Cuomo's raw vote total is the lowest for a NY gov winner since FDR in 1930. (When we had a lot less people, if more voters.)

Shelly Silver -- what took so long?

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150122/BLOGS04/150129937/charges-against-silver-point-to-leonard-litwin

http://justice.gawker.com/tweets-sum-up-relationship-between-andrew-cuomo-and-bil-1683531638

Wayne Barrett, who wrote fine muckraking columns for the Voice when it was a newspaper, on Dean Skelos et al:

With all the focus on Shelly Silver and his Assembly apparatchiks, let’s not forget New York’s state Senate, where four of the last five majority leaders have been indicted and the fifth, Dean Skelos, is reportedly under investigation....

The swamp is so deeply bi-partisan that Democrat (Malcolm) Smith was bribing Republican county leaders to get the Republican line, Democrat (Pedro) Espada was initially installed as leader by Republicans, and (Joe) Bruno, who claimed years ago that Silver’s outside income inspired his own consulting career, just derided Silver’s prosecutors as “out of control.”

...It is comforting to note that local comedian Al Sharpton hosted new speaker Heastie at his National Action Network over the weekend and declared that any attempt to change the three-men-in-a-room nirvana in Albany would now be seen as racist. Along with a prayer blessing for Heastie, Sharpton issued a threat: “If you mess with Carl, you’re messing with us.”

“Don’t talk about breaking up the trio now. We just got into the trio,” Sharpton said, forgetting that Smith, Sampson and ex-governor David Paterson were recently part of the three, actually outnumbering white men at one point. It’s hard to believe Sharpton might’ve forgotten Paterson, Smith and (John) Sampson, since all were involved with him in the Aqueduct scandal, with Sharpton collecting $100,000 in NAN contributions from bidders on the $3 billion, 30-year racino contract, the richest in state history.

We haven’t heard from the Greeks yet about what they will do if they lose their man in the room, Dean Skelos, the state senator from Rockville Centre in Long Island who succeeded Bruno. Hemlock is always an option. Jonathan Dienst, the Emmy-Award winning WNBC reporter who broke the Skelos story, says Bharara is investigating the majority leader’s ties to the real estate industry....

http://cityandstateny.com/2/politics/new-york-state-articles/new-york-state-senate/the-dean-of-the-senate.html#.VN4gPPnF9yy

as rumored, Skelos & Son

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/nyregion/dean-skelos-new-york-senate-leader-and-son-are-arrested-on-corruption-charges.html

deBlasio unloads on Cuomo! (and all the right people are appalled, it seems)

http://gothamist.com/2015/06/30/mayor_de_blasio_is_sick_tired_of_go.php

kinda wish Silver trial was on TV

along w/ $50 M in de facto bribes, yesterday's testimony covered "gifts of handmade matzo"

shelly shelly bo belly

http://gawker.com/sheldon-silver-longtime-titan-of-new-york-politics-gu-1745361552

please Preet, go get Andy now

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/dean-skelos-and-son-found-guilty-on-all-counts.html

right up there with not thinking abt Ted Cruz having affairs...

http://gawker.com/feds-former-state-assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-had-1771176455

Josh Dawsey ‏@jdawsey1
De Blasio encourages media to look into "fascinating interconnections" and the "cast of characters" around Cuomo and state ethics agency.

@DougHenwood
oh this is a prime spectator sport

charged with fraud, kills himself, wins primary

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/09/13/bill-nojay-rochester-election-milne/90329448/

a path to victory, but with a catch

certainly fits the "unresponsive" part of the thread title

Cuomo, positive political calculus:

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/nyregion/free-tuition-new-york-colleges-plan.html?_r=0

Cuomo, standard POS:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a52009/cuomo-legal-services-veto/

to put further emphasis on Andy's game

http://theslot.jezebel.com/andrew-cuomo-is-a-fucking-snake-1790712955

Biggus Dickus: Prince Andy saves plastic bags in NYC

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-lawmakers-urge-cuomo-compromise-disposable-bag-fee-article-1.2972351

@ZackFinkNews
Sources say 421a proposal being discussed by State Leaders includes money for certain Brooklyn neighborhoods as gift to @NYSenatorFelder

https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/03/can-andrew-cuomo-really-deliver-on-his-housing-promises/521076/

Simcha Felder, such a shit

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8l_mOIXoAE_Pqf.jpg:small

NY constitutional convention on the ballot this fall.

http://gothamist.com/2017/06/06/ny_constitutional_convention.php

about the only thing i am looking forward to in 2020 is voting against this schmuck in the democratic primary https://t.co/76KTXrg94v

— Max Read (@max_read) June 22, 2017

Shelly Silver's conviction is vacated

I think we can all agree what America needs most now is a narrow definition of what legally constitutes corruption pic.twitter.com/ilDS5xcBx5

— David Klion (@DavidKlion) July 13, 2017

Every year it gets harder to understand why Spitzer resigned

— slackbot (@pareene) July 21, 2017

can't blame the guy

http://gothamist.com/2017/08/09/daniel_squadron_resign_state_senate.php

yo that name can't be real

that's my district; maybe i should run

clean up Albany, mook

good thread

Andrew Cuomo has now officially decided not to call special elections in time for newly elected Senators (likely Democrats) to be part of the 2018 budget.

That means he has chosen to maintain a Republican veto over all New York legislation. 1/

— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) January 22, 2018

this Percocco trial is some farcical shit

Last night @NYGovCuomo did two interviews, one on @CNN the other with @MSNBC. The Governor’s team released a transcript of CNN interview but NOT the one on MSNBC. Perhaps because @AriMelber asked him about Joe Percoco at about :56 here: https://t.co/R1FNKVp9sn

— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) February 16, 2018

LOL. Wayne LaPierre just said Andrew Cuomo was a "European-style socialist."

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) February 22, 2018

i'd settle for Vermont-style

New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has been taking donations from people he appointed to state-affiliated boards & other positions despite a state order barring the practice https://t.co/kdQjtxoPqy

— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) February 24, 2018

the best phrase there is that Prince Andy has "quietly reinterpreted" the ethics order.

Nixon Now, More than Ever

always with the minimalist posts, mook

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/cynthia-nixon-could-mount-a-primary-challenge-to-cuomo.html

noted Stalinist breeding ground...Sex and the City pic.twitter.com/iD0JI2XRHw

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 7, 2018

"the activist left brought us all Donald Trump"? lol does anyone believe that horsepiss

you'd be surprised

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We are targeting every Republican-held Congressional seat in the state this year, with an unprecedented unified, coordinated effort. Victories in New York can help us retake the House - a much needed check on Trump’s extreme agenda in Washington.

And, in the New York State Senate, we are less than 50 days away from D-Day - "Declare Day” - April 24th. On that day, there are two State Senate special elections to fill empty seats, and Democrats will win both. At that point, Democrats will constitute a majority of the State Senate.

Once that happens, the Governor has said that the IDC members must join the Democratic Caucus. If the IDC members do not join the Democratic Caucus and form a majority, the Democratic Party will lead an aggressive primary against every IDC member and assure we have a True Blue State Senate. Unity has to be our goal.

I urge you to join today and be part of our efforts this Spring.

And stay tuned. Our first "Make America, America Again" rally hosted by Governor Cuomo will be in Congressional District 1 in late April. We will announce a time and place soon.

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nice