PAC run by George Santos' sister spent heavily on salaries, fees for Santos associates, records show newsday.com/beta/beta/long
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Looks like Zeldin is getting ready for a new job. We got a draft consulting agreement in which “Zeldin Strategies” proposes fundraising services, for a price: newsday.com/amp/opinion/th
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Spectator dies in melee ... at a 7th & 8th-grade boys basketball game.
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The fight ended before state troopers arrived, and many of the participants had left. burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/202
It's been said before but in terms of short, relatively efficient press conferences and speeches, we're in a whole new world with Hochul and Adams.
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All the best, Bob. We'll miss you.
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Today I wrap up 41 years at The Buffalo News. The people I've met, the places I've been, and the things I've seen -- and they paid me for it! All the while working with the best staff around. Keep reading, we'll have more good stories tomorrow. McCarthy of The News...signing off.
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Another important item: Hochul would extend, for 3 yrs, a higher corporate tax rate imposed at onset of pandemic by Cuomo. Applies to companies w/ more than $5M in revenue. #nysbudget.
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NY expects to end current fiscal yr w/ $8.7 billion surplus. But slow growth projections have state facing deficits in just a few years, Hochul notes. #nysbudget
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Overall: $227B in spending. A 2.4% hike ($5.4B) over current yr.
School-aid bump would be $3.1B, which Hochul calls biggest 1-yr increase ever. #nysbudget
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Overall: $227B in spending. A 2.4% hike ($5.4B) over current yr.
School-aid bump would be $3.1B, which Hochul calls biggest 1-yr increase ever.
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NEW: Some quick highlights from Gov. Hochul's proposed budget: 10% school aid hike; 3% college tuition hike; increased MTA payroll tax; $1 more per cig pack; $ for more prosecutors; more discretion for judges re bail. W/ @GormleyAlbany newsday.com/news/region-st via @Newsday
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NEW: Some quick highlights from Gov. Hochul's proposed budget: 10% school aid hike; 3% college tuition hike; increased MTA payroll tax; $1 more per cig pack; $ for more prosecutors; more discretion for judges re bail. W/ newsday.com/news/region-st via
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NEW: Some quick highlights from Gov. Hochul's proposed budget: 10% school aid hike; 3% college tuition hike; increased MTA payroll tax; $1 more per cig pack; $ for more prosecutors; more discretion for judges re bail. W/ newsday.com/news/region-st via
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NEW: Hochul will include $455M in funding for extensive redevelopment at Belmont Park as part of her state budget proposal. NYRA will repay $$ in annual installments. newsday.com/beta/news/regi #nysbudget #nybudget
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Plans include redo of clubhouse & grandstand, new racing surfaces. Would facilitate year-round racing @ Belmont & phase out of racing at Aqueduct.
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NEW: Hochul will include $455M in funding for extensive redevelopment at Belmont Park as part of her state budget proposal. NYRA will repay $$ in annual installments. newsday.com/beta/news/regi #nysbudget #nybudget
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NEW: Hochul will include $455M in funding for extensive redevelopment at Belmont Park as part of her state budget proposal. NYRA will repay $$ in annual installments. newsday.com/beta/news/regi #nysbudget #nybudget
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Rep. George Santos recuses himself from House committees amid resume fabrications. via
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Newsday poll: 78% of 3rd District residents say George Santos should resign - Newsday
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By about 2-1 ratio, people who voted for Santos in November say they wouldn't have if they knew then what they know now.
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NEW: Newsday/Siena polled #NY03: By a 6-1 ratio (78-13) voters in #GeorgeSantos district want him to resign. Even 71% of GOP say resign. 75% say he can't be effective in office. His favorable/unfavorable rating? 6 favorabe, 86 unfavorable.
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NEW: Newsday/Siena polled #NY03: By a 6-1 ratio (78-13) voters in #GeorgeSantos district want him to resign. Even 71% of GOP say resign. 75% say he can't be effective in office. His favorable/unfavorable rating? 6 favorabe, 86 unfavorable.
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The Oakland Athletics have spent years trying to get a new stadium while watching Bay Area neighbors the Giants, Warriors, 49ers and Raiders successfully move into state-of-the-art venues. Now time is running short on their efforts.
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A Wisconsin man who #GeorgeSantos said had replaced Nancy Marks as his campaign treasurer renounced the job almost immediately, the man’s attorney said.
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"Instead of searching the boy, [the shot teacher's lawyer] said, an administrator dismissed the threat, saying that the 6-year-old 'has little pockets.'"
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In the hours before a 6-year-old boy shot his first-grade teacher in Virginia, school leaders were warned three times that the boy might have a gun, a lawyer for the teacher said on Wednesday, including by a student who tearfully recounted seeing the gun. nyti.ms/403oOu5
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NEW: George Santos filed new FEC paperwork changing his campaign treasurer from Nancy Marks to Thomas Datwyler…BUT I just got off the phone with Datwyler’s attorney who said his client told Santos team on Monday that he declined offer to be treasurer
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The Start-Up NY program, which exempts tech firms from state and local taxes for 10 years if they locate on or near a college campus, would be revamped under a Hochul proposal.
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From the story: "In fact, his campaign accounted for roughly half of all expenses by all campaigns that cost exactly $199.99 — a statistical improbability." #georgesantos
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“FEC data shows more than 90 percent of House and Senate campaign committees around the country did not report a single transaction valued between $199 and $199.99 during the 2022 election cycle. Santos reported 40 of them.” politico.com/news/2023/01/2
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During two weeks of testimony, the woman was described as a young widow with a gift for manipulation. She had inherited $1.5 million when her first husband died suddenly but was in need of cash at the time of the murder, ADA Frank Schroeder told the jury.
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ICYMI: Santos amends campaign-finance report. Now says $500k loan to campaign wasn't from his personal funds, but doesn't spell out source.
Change comes after complaint filed alleging Santos hid sources of campaign funds.
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Today, I retired from Baruch College after 43 years. It has been a wonderful run. I thank the thousands of students who have given me much joy and satisfaction (and, infrequently, agita). They are the best in the world; they are New Yorkers. I could not work elsewhere.1/2
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“He told us his story: about working for Citibank, that his mom got cancer [and said], ‘I’m 100% on board with what you guys are doing. I want to support you.’” said Vacirca, who, along with another cancer doc gave nearly $100k to PACs associated w/ #georgesantos.
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“One of the best con men I’ve ever met.” LI oncologist Dr. Jeff Vacirca, a top Santos donor, tells Newsday about his introduction to Santos, policy aims. Regrets "being taken in by someone like him.” @paullarocco
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“He told us his story: about working for Citibank, that his mom got cancer [and said], ‘I’m 100% on board with what you guys are doing. I want to support you.’” Vacirca said. #GeorgeSantos
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Top Santos donor — oncologist who treated Zeldin, hired Nancy Marks to run his PAC — speaks: “One of the best con men I’ve ever met.”
Santos’ lies, he said, risk PAC’s cancer care mission: supporting “complete charlatan…hurts all of us.” newsday.com/long-island/po w/ @ScottEidler
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“He told us his story: about working for Citibank, that his mom got cancer [and said], ‘I’m 100% on board with what you guys are doing. I want to support you.’” Vacirca said. #GeorgeSantos
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Top Santos donor — oncologist who treated Zeldin, hired Nancy Marks to run his PAC — speaks: “One of the best con men I’ve ever met.”
Santos’ lies, he said, risk PAC’s cancer care mission: supporting “complete charlatan…hurts all of us.” newsday.com/long-island/po w/ @ScottEidler
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“One of the best con men I’ve ever met.” LI oncologist Dr. Jeff Vacirca, a top Santos donor, tells Newsday about his introduction to Santos, policy aims. Regrets "being taken in by someone like him.”
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Former NY Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman (and other legal analysts) say this "piece of paper is worthless." Says Pub. Offic. Law dictates such a letter must be signed by the "president" of Senate (i.e., the LT. Gov.) and NOT the "president pro-temp" (Stewart-Cousins).
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NEW: @NYSenateDems formally reject Hector LaSalle in a letter mandated by state law notifying @GovKathyHochul of the judge’s rejection for chief judge.
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Sen. Anthony Palumbo, ranking GOP senator on Judiciary Cmte, says while a GOP lawsuit to force a vote of the full Senate on Hector LaSalle might be legally possible, "this is the governor's fight."
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Former NY Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman (and other legal analysts) say this "piece of paper is worthless." Says Pub. Offic. Law dictates such a letter must be signed by the "president" of Senate (i.e., the LT. Gov.) and NOT the "president pro-temp" (Stewart-Cousins). twitter.com/frankrunyeon/s…
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Sen. Anthony Palumbo, ranking GOP senator on Judiciary Cmte, says while a GOP lawsuit to force a vote of the full Senate on Hector LaSalle might be legally possible, "this is the governor's fight."
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Former NY Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman (and other legal analysts) say this "piece of paper is worthless." Says Pub. Offic. Law dictates such a letter must be signed by the "president" of Senate (i.e., the LT. Gov.) and NOT the "president pro-temp" (Stewart-Cousins). twitter.com/frankrunyeon/s…
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Lippman says legal "standing" to sue the Senate shouldn't be a problem.
Sen. Anthony Palumbo, ranking GOP senator on Judiciary Cmte, says while a GOP lawsuit to force a vote might be legally possible, "this is the governor's fight."
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Lippman says legal "standing" to sue the Senate shouldn't be a problem.
Sen. Anthony Palumbo, ranking GOP senator on Judiciary Cmte, says while a GOP lawsuit to force a vote might be legally possible, "this is the governor's fight."
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Lippman says that just 1 of several reasons that support his view the full NY Senate must vote on a Court of Appeals nomination, not merely a Senate Judiciary committee.
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