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Release Date: 6/14/2006
Publication Date: 6/14/2006
6/14/2006 FIGHTING MEDICAID FRAUD BY MAKING GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABLE
The New York State Senate today passed the toughest, most comprehensive plan to combat Medicaid fraud in the United States.  The Medicaid Fraud Prevention and Recovery Reform Act of 2006 (Senator Dean Skelos, Rockville Centre) would fight...
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Release Date: 6/5/2006
Publication Date: 6/5/2006
6/5/2006 SENATE PASSES HUMAN TRAFFICKING LEGISLATION
The Senate Majority today passed comprehensive legislation (S.3914-B), sponsored by Senator Frank Padavan (Bellrose), to combat human trafficking, including establishing criminal penalties for labor and sexual servitude and promoting sex tourism th...
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Release Date: 6/5/2006
Publication Date: 6/5/2006
6/5/2006 SENATE MAJORITY PASS FOIL LEGISLATION
The Senate Majority passed legislation, sponsored by Senator John DeFrancisco (Syracuse), that would help stop government stonewalling of requests made under the state’s Freedom of Information Act (FOIL).  The bill (S.7011-A) would put te...
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Release Date: 5/25/2006
Publication Date: 5/25/2006
5/25/2006 XTRA XTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT! DEMOCRATS' MOMENTUM MAY STALL
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Release Date: 5/5/2006
Publication Date: 5/5/2006
5/5/2006 SENATE TO ACT ON GAS TAX CAP........AGAIN
      Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno today announced that next week, the Senate will pass, for the fourth time, a plan to cap the State and local sales taxes on gasoline at $2 per gallon.  If the Assembly Democ...
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Release Date: 4/28/2006
Publication Date: 4/28/2006
4/28/2006 STATE SENATE HONORS THE CHARITABLE SPIRIT OF NASCAR FANS
STATE SENATE HONORS THE CHARITABLE SPIRIT OF NASCAR FANS New Yorkers to join millions nationwide in celebrating NASCAR Day on May 19 The New York State Senate honored the spirit of NASCAR fans by joining in celebrating NASCAR Day 2006, the signatu...
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Release Date: 4/27/2006
Publication Date: 4/27/2006
4/27/2006 SENATE MAJORITY LEADER SENDS LETTERS TO GOVERNOR
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Release Date: 4/25/2006
Publication Date: 4/25/2006
4/25/2005 SENATE MAJORITY PASSES COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF DWI LEGISLATION
SENATE PASSES COMPREHENSIVE PACKAGE OF DWI LEGISLATION Legislation Would Keep Repeat Offenders Off the Streets, Increase Penalties       The New York State Senate will act on a comprehensive package of DWI legislation that...
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Release Date: 4/13/2006
Publication Date: 4/13/2006
4/13/2006 HOW DOES THE GOVERNOR'S VETOES AFFECT YOU?
The budget adopted by the Legislature provided real relief to New York's overburdened taxpayers. Last week the Governor made 202 vetoes and cut almost $3 billion dollars from the Legislature's fiscally sound budget. His cuts according to Senate Major...
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Release Date: 4/11/2006
Publication Date: 4/11/2006
4/11/2006 STATEMENT BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH L. BRUNO
The Legislature adopted a 2006-07 budget that was balanced, fiscallyresponsible and included important tax cuts to provide relief tohardworking, overburdened taxpayers, as well as restorations for healthcare, higher education and other areas. &nb...
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Release Date: 4/3/2006
Publication Date: 4/3/2006
4/3/2006 SENATE PASSES BILL FOR OPTION ON LOCAL CLOTHING SALES TAXES
The New York State Senate today gave final passage to legislation(S.7193A) that gives localities an opportunity to act now to decide whetherto eliminate the local share of sales tax on clothing and shoe purchasesunder $110 or continue collecting th...
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Release Date: 3/29/2006
Publication Date: 3/29/2006
3/29/2006 Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno Comments on the State Budget
The 2006-07 State budget agreed on by the Legislature is an enormous victory for the taxpayers of New York State.  With the work of the conference committees now complete, the remaining budget bills will be introduced tonight and we will begin a...
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Release Date: 3/23/2006
Publication Date: 3/23/2006
3/23/2006 NY KNUCKLEHEAD AWARD GOES TO DEMOCRATIC STATE SENATOR
New York Daily NewsEditorial3/23/2006 Gee, Officer Krupke      Brooklyn’s Velmanette Montgomery was the lone member of the state Senate to vote the other day against a bill aimed at protecting teenagers from being dragooned in...
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Release Date: 3/20/2006
Publication Date: 3/20/2006
3/20/2006 SENATE PASSES BILL TO ELIMINATE $1 E-Z PASS SURCHARGE


      The New York State Senate today passed legislation, sponsored by Senator Michael Balboni (R, East Williston), that would prohibit agencies that administer E-ZPass in New York State from charging monthly surcharges. &...
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Release Date: 3/13/2006
Publication Date: 3/13/2006
3/14/2006 SENATE TO ACT ON 2006-07 STATE BUDGET PLAN
 The Senate Republican Majority today passed its proposed 2006-07 state budget. It is a balanced, fiscally-responsible plan that: returns more than $6.4 billion to state taxpayers through tax cuts over the next three years; rejects more ...
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Release Date: 3/7/2006
Publication Date: 3/7/2006
3/7/2006 SENATE PROPOSES HISTORIC PLAN TO FIGHT MEDICAID FRAUD
  New initiative Is The Most Comprehensive in the NationIncreased Accountability Could Save Taxpayers More Than $2 Billion Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno, Deputy Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos and members of the Senate Republican Con...
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Release Date: 3/7/2006
Publication Date: 3/7/2006
3/7/2006 SENATE PASSES SCHOOL SAFETY LEGISLATION
      The New York State Senate today passed legislation (S.3678), sponsored by Senator Stephen Saland (R-C, Poughkeepsie), that would allow violent or disruptive students to be transferred for disciplinary reasons into a d...
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Release Date: 2/28/2006
Publication Date: 2/28/2006
2/28/2006 BALBONI BOWS OUT
The NEW YORK POSTBy The Associated Press ALBANY – State Sen. Michael Balboni, who had been considering running for attorney general, said yesterday that he would instead run for re-election. Balboni, a Nassau County Republican, heads the Senate's...
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Release Date: 2/28/2006
Publication Date: 2/28/2006
2/28/2006 NANOTECH INVESTMENT PAYS OFF
Albant Times Union2/28/06State's investment in NanoTech pays off UAlbany says $1 million annual contribution has had $1 billion impact    By LARRY RULISON, Business writer   ALBANY -- New York state's annual $1 million investmen...
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Release Date: 2/28/2006
Publication Date: 2/28/2006
2/28/2006 SENATE ON TRACK FOR ON TIME BUDGET SENATE TAX CUT PLAN WOULD RETURN $8.4 BILLION IN RELIEF
SENATE ON TRACK FOR ON TIME BUDGET SENATE TAX CUT PLAN WOULD RETURN $8.4 BILLION IN RELIEF FOR PROPERTY TAXPAYERS, SMALL BUSINESSES, ENERGY COSTS;Revenue Report Forecasts 2005-06 Surplus Near $4 Billion  With just 31 days until the budget dea...
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Release Date: 2/27/2006
Publication Date: 2/27/2006
2/27/2006 SENATE MAJORITY CALLS ON NY CONGRESSIONAL DELEGATION TO URGE INVESTIGATION OF PORT SECURITY DEAL
Members of the New York State Senate Majority today called on the New York Congressional Delegation to urge President Bush to order a further investigation of the potential risks associated with the sale of Port of New York operations to Dubai Port...
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Release Date: 2/13/2006
Publication Date: 2/13/2006
2/13/2006 SENATE TO ACT ON LEGISLATION TO AMEND SUPREME COURT CANDIDATE SELECTION PROCESS
The New York State Senate will act today on legislation (S.55-A), sponsored by Senator John DeFrancisco (R-C-I-WF, Syracuse) that would amend the way candidates for State Supreme Court Justices are selected by abolishing political party nominations...
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Release Date: 2/10/2006
Publication Date: 2/10/2006
2/10/2006 PREVENT CHILD ABUSE APPLAUDS SENATOR SPANO AND SENATOR MEIER
Albany, NY–Several recent highly publicized child deaths, including those of Nixzmary Brown and Quanchon Browne in New York City, have brought the issue of child abuse to the forefront of legislative discussions. Prevent Child Abuse New York is ext...
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Release Date: 2/8/2006
Publication Date: 2/8/2006
2/8/2006 SENATE UNVEILS $3.5 BILLION SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PACKAGE
SENATE UNVEILS $3.5 BILLION SMALL BUSINESS ASSISTANCE PACKAGEPlan Will Help Small Business Protect & Create Jobs  Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno and members of the Senate Majority Conference today unveiled a major plan that targets th...
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Release Date: 2/7/2006
Publication Date: 2/7/2006
2/7/2006 SENATE TO ACT ON NIXZMARY’S LAW AND CHILD PROTECTION LEGISLATION
In a continuing effort to protect New York’s innocent children from being victims of violent child abusers, the New York State Senate will act today on  a comprehensive package of legislation, including "Nixzmary’s Law," that would further pro...
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Release Date: 2/1/2006
Publication Date: 2/1/2006
2/1/2006 SENATE MEDICAID REFORMS RESULT IN $190 MILLION IN PROPERTY TAX RELIEF
Counties throughout the state have been able to hold the line and even reduce property taxes as a result of Medicaid reform and accountability measures first proposed by the Senate Medicaid Reform Task Force in 2004 and enacted in the 2005 State Bu...
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Release Date: 1/31/2006
Publication Date: 1/31/2006
1/31/2006 SENATE ANNOUNCES COMPREHENSIVE ENERGY PLAN
 The New York State Senate today announced a comprehensive energy plan that would provide $350 million in relief from high energy costs to small businesses to help them create and retain jobs.  Like millions of New York homeowners, small ...
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Release Date: 1/31/2006
Publication Date: 1/31/2006
1/31/2006 REPORT: STATE VULNERABLE TO TERRORIST ATTACK OR NATURAL DISASTER
By MARK JOHNSON,Associated Press ALBANY -- New York state remains vulnerable to terrorist attack or natural disaster even four years after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, according to a state Senate report released Monday.Advertisement  Of pa...
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Release Date: 1/30/2006
Publication Date: 1/30/2006
1/30/2006 SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION TO HELP SENIORS AND RETIREES
 The New York State Senate today passed legislation to help senior citizens and retirees that would increase the amount of money that public retirees can earn without a reduction in retirement benefits; allow senior citizens to take state univ...
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Release Date: 1/24/2006
Publication Date: 1/24/2006
1/24/2006 SENATE GIVES FINAL PASSAGE TO BILL PROVIDING STOPGAP PRESCRIPTION DRUG COVERAGE TO MORE THAN 600,000 SENIORS, DISABLED AND LOW INCOME NEW YORKERS
The New York State Senate today gave final passage to an emergency bill (S.6410/A.9462) today, sponsored by Senator Kemp Hannon, Chairman of the Health Committee and co-sponsored by all the Senate majority members, to help thousands of low-income s...
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Release Date: 1/24/2006
Publication Date: 1/24/2006
1/24/2006 SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION TO PROTECT CHILDREN FROM CRIMINALS
Nixzmary's Law: Life Without Parole For Murder of a Child Megan's Law: Tougher Penalties, Mandated Community Notification, GPS Tracking of Sex Offenders Included in 26 Bill Package Passed by the Senate Today  In a continuing effort to pr...
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Release Date: 1/17/2006
Publication Date: 1/17/2006
1/17/2006 SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH L. BRUNO's RESPONSE TO THE GOVERNOR"S PROPOSED BUDGET
STATEMENT BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH L. BRUNO2006-07 Executive Budget  As we begin to discuss and negotiate the next State budget, there is simply no greater need than to cut taxes.  With a $2.7 billion surplus, we have a tremendou...
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Release Date: 1/12/2006
Publication Date: 1/12/2006
SENATOR MAZIARZ SETS SIGHTS ON WORKERS' COMPENSATION REFORM
Senator George D. Maziarz, Chairman of the Senate Labor Committee, today announced that he will meet with labor and business community leaders to determine why New York State's workers' compensation system is broken and how we can fix it. Senator M...
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Release Date: 1/12/2006
Publication Date: 1/12/2006
1/12/2006 BROWN MAKES BID FOR SENATE OFFICIAL
bY JOHN MARIANI Assemblyman Jeff Brown made his candidacy for state Senate official Wednesday, garnering the blessings of Onondaga County's other senator and its longtime county executive in the process. Õ7BrownÕ Sen. John DeFrancisco, R-Syracu...
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Release Date: 1/11/2006
Publication Date: 1/11/2006
1/11/2006 BRUNO CALLS FOR NO NEW STATE TAXES IN EXECUTIVE BUDGET
  Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno today called on Governor Pataki not to include any new State tax increases in his proposed 2006-07 Executive Budget, to be released next week.  "Despite enacting billions in tax cuts over the past...
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Release Date: 1/10/2006
Publication Date: 1/10/2006
1/10/2006 STATE GOP & DEMS IN MEGAN'S LAW BATTLE
BY JOE MAHONEYDAILY NEWS ALBANY BUREAU CHIEF  ALBANY - The GOP-led Senate pushed through a measure yesterday that would force all lower- and moderate-risk sex offenders to stay on a Megan's Law registry for the rest of their lives rather than ...
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Release Date: 1/9/2006
Publication Date: 1/9/2006
1/9/2006 SENATE TO ACT ON SEX OFFENDER LEGISLATION
Legislation Would Prevent 3,579 From Dropping off Sex Offender Registry in 2006  Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno and members of the Senate Republican Majority announced that the Senate will act today on legislation (S.6019, sponsored b...
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Release Date: 1/6/2006
Publication Date: 1/6/2006
1/6/2006 RAIL PLANS AT FULL SPEED
Bruno lays out ambitious timetable to improve state's train service By CATHY WOODRUFF Staff Writer RENSSELAER - With a blueprint for overhauling train service throughout the state now in hand, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno said Thursday tha...
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Release Date: 1/5/2006
Publication Date: 1/5/2006
1/5/2006 SENATE AND ASSEMBLY LEGISLATIVE SESSIONS TO BE TELEVISED STATEWIDE
(click here to find your channel)      Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver today announced that beginning in January with the 2006 legislative session, the televised proceedings...
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Release Date: 1/4/2006
Publication Date: 1/4/2006
1/4/2006 STATE OF THE STATE KICKS OFF NEW LEGISLATIVE YEAR
Governor George Pataki will deliver his last State of the State address today at 1p.m. before a joint session of the Legislature. Traditionally, the Governor's address usually outlines the Governor's agenda for upcomming Legislative session. Late las...
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Release Date: 1/4/2006
Publication Date: 1/4/2006
1/4/2006 SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH BRUNO'S STATEMENT ON THE GOVERNOR'S STATE OF THE STATE MESSAGE
Eleven years ago, I was elected Senate Majority Leader and Governor George Pataki delivered his first State of the State address and outlined a vision for the future of New York State that included lower taxes, more jobs, safer streets and better e...
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Release Date: 1/3/2006
Publication Date: 12/22/2005
12/22/05 LAWMAKERS PASS GUN BILLS
Measures that target cop killers, gun law violators OK'd at special session    By JAMES M. ODATO, Albany times Union,Capitol bureau  ALBANY -- Gov. George Pataki's call for a special session of the Legislature resulted in a deal...
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Release Date: 1/3/2006
Publication Date: 12/30/2005
12/30/2005 BRUNO CALLS NYRA DEAL IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR RACING
BRUNO CALLS NYRA DEAL IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD FOR RACING               Agreement Will Help Stabilize Racing Industry       Senate Majority Leader Joseph ...
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Release Date: 1/1/2006
Publication Date: 12/22/2005
1/1/2006 SENATE MAJORITY PROPOSES $2.4 BILLION PROPERTY TAX RELIEF PLAN REBATE-NY
Plan Targets School & Municipal Tax Relief, Local Services Consolidation  In an effort to reduce the enormous burden of some of the highest property taxes in the country, Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno and members of the Senate Majori...
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Release Date: 12/21/2005
Publication Date: 12/21/2005
12/21/2005 BRUNO SEEKS $30M BAILOUT OF NYRA
By JAMES M. ODATO,     Capitol bureau     Albany Times Union   ALBANY -- Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on Tuesday called on Gov. George Pataki to commit $30 million to help the New York R...
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Release Date: 12/19/2005
Publication Date: 12/19/2005
12/19/2005 SINGLE SALES FACTOR TO TAKE EFFECT JANUARY 1ST
Single Sales Factor A major tax reform that will help New York businesses and help to prevent the outsourcing of jobs, will take effect on January 1, 2006.  The single sales factor is expected to save New York businesses $26 million in th...
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Release Date: 12/16/2005
Publication Date: 12/16/2005
12/16/2005 STATEMENT BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH BRUNO
STATEMENT BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH L. BRUNO                              Special Session  ...
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Release Date: 12/13/2005
Publication Date: 12/13/2005
12/13/2005 TOUGH POLICE LAW GAINING SUPPORT
BY DAVID SALTONSTALL with Alison GendarNew York Daily NewsCity Hall Bureau Chief   A cop stands at attention as Daniel Enchategui's father, Pedro, leaves home for son's wake.   New York has spoken: Crimes against cops must stop...
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Release Date: 12/13/2005
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12/13/2005 STILL WAITING FOR SILVER
NEW YORK POST EDITORIAL New York tomorrow will say farewell to Officer Daniel Enchautegui – the second city cop shot dead in the past two weeks, and the 54th to die in the line of duty since Sheldon Silver became speaker of the state Assembly. Sil...
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Release Date: 12/8/2005
Publication Date: 12/8/2005
12/8/2005 GUN TRAFFICKING BLAME GAME
OPINION By Senator Dale Volker (R-Depew)      Unfortunately, the death of NYPD Detective Dillon Stewart has become the political pawn of a public policy issue in the State Legislature that impacts the lives of all New Yorkers...
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Release Date: 12/7/2005
Publication Date: 12/7/2005
12/7/2005 SCORN FOR A DEAD COP
Scorn For A Dead CopNew York Post EditorialDecember 7, 2005 Some 20,000 cops and others – from as far away as Japan – stood tall on a cold and windy Brooklyn street to pay final respects to a fallen hero, NYPD Det. Dillon Stewart.   Asse...
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Release Date: 12/6/2005
Publication Date: 12/6/2005
12/05/2005 HOW MANY MORE MUST DIE?
New York Post EditorialDecember 5, 2005      Det. Dillon Stewart, NYPD, will be laid to rest tomorrow. The Politicians’ ceremonial rhetoric will be moving, and some of it even sincere, but will it lead to significant change?Tha...
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Release Date: 12/6/2005
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12/06/2005 SEX OFFENDER LAWS NEED TO BE STRICTER
Troy Record EditorialThe head of the Rensselaer County Legislature, Chairman Neil Kelleher, hit the nail on the head recently when he said that county legislators don't wield a lot of clout.Basically, their job is to see to the financial health of ...
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Release Date: 12/6/2005
Publication Date: 12/6/2005
12/6/2005 SHELLY ON THE SPOT
SHELLY ON THE SPOTNew York Post EditorialDecember 6, 2005     Some 10,000 cops - more than the total population of some towns - will likely be on hand today as NYPD Det. Dillon Stewart is laid to rest.     Ever...
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Release Date: 12/2/2005
Publication Date: 12/2/2005
12/2/2005 Padavan Energy Tax Exemption Bill Signed Into Law
     Senator Frank Padavan (R-C, Bellerose) announced that legislation he introduced to exempt the sale of electricity, refrigeration, and steam produced by a cogeneration facility owned or operated by cooperative housing corpor...
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Release Date: 12/1/2005
Publication Date: 12/1/2005
12/1/2005 GOLDEN: POLICE OFFICER KILLED THIS WEEK ON BROOKLYN STREET HIGHLIGHTS NEED FOR DEATH PENALTY IN NEW YORK
Thursday, December 1, 2005 Brooklyn- State Senator Martin J. Golden (R-C-I, Brooklyn), a former New York City Police Officer, today has sent a letter to State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver urging him to call the Assembly back to session before y...
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Release Date: 11/27/2005
Publication Date: 11/27/2005
11/27/2005 ENOUGH INACTION State must determine laws covering sex offenders
Binghamton Press Sun Bulletin Editorial November 27, 2005 ENOUGH INACTION State must determine laws covering sex offenders The category of criminals that seems to be of most concern to Tier communities these days is that of sex offender. This ...
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Release Date: 11/23/2005
Publication Date: 11/23/2005
11/23/2005 SENATOR FUSCHILLO ALERTS CONSUMERS TO NEW PROTECTIONS
To assist consumers as they begin their holiday shopping, Senator Charles J. Fuschillo, Jr. (8th Senate District), Chairman of the Senate’s Consumer Protection Committee, was joined by Commissioner Roger C. Bogsted of the Nassau County Office of Co...
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Release Date: 11/20/2005
Publication Date: 11/20/2005
11/20/2005 PREDATORS AND POLITICS
Staten Island Advance EditorialNovember 20, 2005 The elections are over and passions of the campaign should have subsided, but there seems to be more behind-the-scenes feuding and public bickering among our elected officials than ever before. The lat...
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Release Date: 11/19/2005
Publication Date: 11/19/2005
11/19/2005 BRUNO JOINS PERV WAR
By Kenneth LovettNY Post Correspondent ALBANY - The head of the State Senate yesterday ripped a recent ruling against a Pataki-administration policy of keeping sex predators locked up past their prison terms and called on the Assembly to fix the s...
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Release Date: 11/16/2005
Publication Date: 11/16/2005
11/16/2006 CEILING REPAIRS FORCE SENATE TO MOVE SPECIAL SESSION TO THE LEGISLATIVE OFFICE BUILDING
Engineers from the State Office of General Services found a 6-to8-foot crack in one of the nine trusses holding the Senate chamber’s old oak veneer ceiling. The scheduled special session on November 29 will be moved to the Legislative Office Build...
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Release Date: 11/11/2005
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11/11/2005 GOVERNOR PATAKI APPROVES TECH VALLEY HIGH SCHOOL
Governor George Pataki approved legislation that creates "Tech Valley High School", a technology-themed high school that will provide Capital District and Tech Valley Region students with new opportunities to receive an education that focuses on l...
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Release Date: 11/9/2005
Publication Date: 11/9/2005
11/9/2005 VOTERS REJECT BUDGET POWER FOR LEGISLATURE, OK BOND ACT
By MICHAEL GORMLEYAssociated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. -- Voters on Tuesday soundly rejected the state Legislature's attempt to gain control of crafting state budgets from the governor, according to unofficial results. Voters also authorized the...
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Release Date: 11/7/2005
Publication Date: 11/7/2005
11/07/2005 SAY YES TO PROP 2
The New York Daily NewsAlbany is asking voters to okay a $2.9 billion bond issue to help pay for mass transit and highway projects. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority would get half the money and would put it toward the Second Ave. subway, a...
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Release Date: 11/3/2005
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11/3/2005 STATE ASSEMBLY IS REFUSING TO PROTECT CHILDREN
Binghamton Press Sun Bulletin OP-ED By Brent Beckley I have to admit when I am wrong, and doing in it a public forum is always invigorating. I recently wrote a letter to state Sen. Thomas Libous concerning sex offender legislation in New York. I...
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Release Date: 11/2/2005
Publication Date: 11/2/2005
11/02/2005 PROPOSAL TWO ON THE BALLOT WILL ALLOW STATE TO IMPROVE ROADS, BRIDGES, TRAINS.
  NEWSDAY ENDORSES For transit bond planProposal Two on the ballot will allow state to improve roads, bridges, trains  November 2, 2005 There's always a falloff from the top of the ticket. That is, more voters tend to pull the lever ...
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Release Date: 10/28/2005
Publication Date: 10/28/2005
10/28/2005 SUPPORT GROWS FOR PROPOSITION 1
Approving Proposition 1 would be an important step to budget reform   Otober 28, 2005  In an Oct. 12 letter to the editor, Roger Hannay stated his opposition to Proposition 1, a constitutional amendment on budget reform, which w...
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Release Date: 10/25/2005
Publication Date: 10/25/2005
10/25/2005 BRUNO PUSHES BUDGET REFORM AMENDMENT
BRUNO PUSHES BUDGET REFORM AMENDMENT BY Alec Magnet Staff Reporter of the Sun State Senator Joseph Bruno made the case for the budget reform amendment during a meeting at The New York Sun's offices yesterday. Should the Legislature fail to act o...
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Release Date: 10/24/2005
Publication Date: 10/24/2005
BUDGET REFORM AND TRANSPORTATION BOND ON VOTER BALLOT
Voters going to the polls this year will have a unique opportunity to vote on 2 propositions, budget reform and a transportation bond act, this November that can drastically change New York’s future. BUDGET REFORM For the past two decades, the s...
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Release Date: 10/24/2005
Publication Date: 10/24/2005
10/24/2005 TEN REPUBLICAN SENATORS RECEIVE AN "A" FROM THE BUSINESS COUNCIL
     Ten members of the Senate Republican Majority have received an "A" from the The Business Council of New York. Every year the Business Council rates state legislators based on what action each of them takes on a list of what...
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Release Date: 10/19/2005
Publication Date: 10/19/2005
10/19/2005 PROPERTY SEIZURE AT ISSUE
Albany Times UnionBy ELIZABETH BENJAMIN Capitol bureau  ALBANY -- A U.S. Supreme Court decision that upheld governments' right to seize private property in the name of economic development has prompted New York to take a closer look at it...
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Release Date: 10/14/2005
Publication Date: 10/14/2005
10/14/2005 BACKERS FIGHTING FOR TAX CREDIT
By MICHAEL GORMLEY     Associated Press  ALBANY -- Catholic churches statewide are planning to blitz Albany like never before with up to 1.5 million postcards calling for a tax credit to offset religious- and private-s...
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Release Date: 10/13/2005
Publication Date: 10/13/2005
10/13/2005 BONACIC RECEIVES FARM BUREAU’S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS’ AWARD
By Associated Press             State Senator John J. Bonacic (R/I/C - Mount Hope) has again been named by the New York State Farm Bureau to be a member of the "Circle of Friends" for his...
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Release Date: 10/8/2005
Publication Date: 10/8/2005
10/8/2005 BUSINESS COUNCIL SAYS WRIGHT IS TOP STATE LAWMAKER AGAIN
Daily Times   By Chris Garifo Times Albany Correspondent   ALBANY - The business council of New York State for the second year in a row has rated state Sen. James W. Wright its top legislator.       &nb...
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Release Date: 9/30/2005
Publication Date: 9/30/2005
9/30/2005 BILL WOULD LIMIT NUMBER OF GAS PRICE HIKES PER DAY
Albany Times Union By Yancey RoyGannett News Service Sen. carl Marcellino says he'd heard the anecdote one too many times during the run-up of gasoline prices: a station raising it's prices two or three times in one day.Even as a Republican, he b...
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Release Date: 9/27/2005
Publication Date: 9/27/2005
9/27/2005 BRUNO SAYS SENATE GOP TO GAIN SEATS
Troy Record Marc HumbertAssociated Press     ALBANY - State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno Boasted Maonday that Republicans will reverse last year's election trend and pick up seats in the 2006 election.   &...
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Release Date: 9/22/2005
Publication Date: 9/22/2005
9/22/2005 LAWMAKERS TRY TO GET GRIP ON CURBING MEDICAID FRAUD
The New York Times By Al Baker.  State Senator Dean G. Skelos, a Republican from Long Island, bore down on a top aide to the state attorney general, Eliot Spitzer, at a legislative hearing on Wednesday. Citing statistics from other state...
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Release Date: 9/3/2005
Publication Date: 9/13/2005 5:25:00 PM
9/3/2005 BRUNO SEEKS CUT IN STATE GAS TAXES
By JAMES M. ODATO and ANNE MILLER Staff WritersALBANY - Senate Republicans are being called to the Capitol this month to pass legislation aimed at easing gasoline and heating oil costs.Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, who earlier proposed just ca...
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Release Date: 8/26/2005
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8/26/2005 SKELOS AIMS MISSIVE AT MTA
BY JOIE TYRRELLSTAFF WRITER The Metropolitan Transportation Authority should use a recently discovered windfall to offset future fare increases and forgo building a platform and new headquarters over the West Side yards, a state senator on an MTA ...
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Release Date: 8/19/2005
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8/19/2005 BRUNO HITS COUNTERPARTS
Long Island Newsday BY ERROL A. COCKFIELD JRALBANY BUREAU CHIEF August 19, 2005 ALBANY - State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno took aim at U.S. Sens. Charles Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton yesterday, charging that both had failed to secu...
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Release Date: 8/19/2005
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8/19/2005 LIBOUS EVENT MIXES FUN, POLITICS
ENDICOTT The 17th-annual Senator Libous Steak Roast at Grippen Park Thursday was as much a campaign fundraiser as a neighborhood block party. This year, the event attracted several New York political figures, including senatorial candidate Jeanine...
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Release Date: 8/4/2005
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8/4/2005 NEW LAW TO PROTECT CHILDREN AT OUT-OF-STATE CENTERS
BY LAUREN TERRAZZANOSTAFF WRITER One Great Neck girl hanged herself in 2002 from a bunk bed at the dorm of her Pennsylvania treatment center. Another 15-year-old Suffolk County girl was sexually assaulted by a worker at the St. Anne Institute in ...
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Release Date: 7/24/2005
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7/24/2005 BRUNO ENVISIONS STATE GETTING SMALLER WITH BULLET TRAIN
ALBANY -- High speed rail has never found its niche in the United States.Advertisement  State Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno wants to change that. The Rensselaer County Republican announced plans in March to conduct a $5 million feasibil...
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Release Date: 7/22/2005
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7/20/2005 SENATE MEDICAID REFORM TASK FORCE TO HOLD MEDICAID FRAUD HEARINGS
SENATE MEDICAID REFORM TASK FORCE TO HOLD MEDICAID FRAUD HEARINGS   Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno today announced that the Senate Medicaid Reform Task Force will hold a series of statewide hearings on Medicaid fraud to build suppor...
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Release Date: 6/21/2005
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SENATE PASSES FOUR IDENTITY THEFT BILLS
The New York State Senate today gave final legislative passage to legislation, sponsored by Senator Charles Fuschillo (R-C, Merrick), that would help to protect consumers from fraud and identity theft by requiring businesses and state agencies whos...
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Release Date: 6/21/2005
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SENATE PASSES SCHOOL ACCOUNTABILITY LEGISLATION
The New York State Senate today gave final legislative passage to two bills that would improve the accountability of school district finances and protect the investment of hardworking property taxpayers by ensuring that resources being spent on edu...
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Release Date: 6/20/2005
Publication Date: 6/20/2005
6/20/2005 SENATE PRESSES FOR ASSEMBLY ACTION ON SEX OFFENDER LEGISLATION
SENATE PRESSES FOR ASSEMBLY ACTION ON SEX OFFENDER LEGISLATION Senate Majority Leader Joseph L. Bruno and members of the Senate Majority Conference today called on the Assembly to act on legislation approved by the Senate to strengthen Megan's Law...
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Release Date: 6/15/2005
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SENATE PASSES BILL REQUIRING GPS MONITORING FOR SEX OFFENDERS
The New York State Senate today passed legislation (S.4656-A), sponsored by Senator John Bonacic (R-C-I, Mount Hope), that would require individuals registered under Megan’s Law as level three sex offenders to be monitored by Global Positioning Sys...
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Release Date: 6/8/2005
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SENATE PASSES "AMBER ALERT" LEGISLATION
The New York State Senate gave final legislative passage today to a bill, sponsored by Senator Dean Skelos (R, Rockville Centre), that would help every community in the state implement Amber Alert plans to respond immediately to missing child repor...
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Release Date: 5/17/2005
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SENATE PASSES CHILD PROTECTION LEGISLATION
The New York State Senate today passed a comprehensive package of legislation aimed at protecting children, including passage of  "Suzanne’s Law", named for Suzanne Lyall, a missing SUNY Albany student, that would increase criminal penalties f...
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Release Date: 5/13/2005
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SENATE GIVES SECOND PASSAGE TO BUDGET REFORM CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT
The New York State Senate today gave final legislative passage to a constitutional amendment that will forever end late budgets in this State by enacting reforms that this year helped lead to an on time budget for the first time in 20 years. In ad...
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Release Date: 5/13/2005
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SENATE PASSES LEGISLATION TO OUTLAW ’LIVE-SHOT’ INTERNET HUNTING
The New York State Senate today passed legislation (S.2822-A) sponsored by Senator Carl Marcellino (R, Syosset), Chairman of the Environmental Conservation Committee, to prohibit the so-called practice of ’hunting by remote control’ via the Interne...
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Release Date: 5/13/2005
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SENATE PASSES "VASEAN'S LAW"
The New York State Senate gave final legislative passage today to "VaSean's Law," a bill that would increase penalties for drivers who kill or seriously injure other people while driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol. The legislation (S.1...
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Release Date: 5/13/2005
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STATEMENT BY SENATE MAJORITY LEADER JOSEPH L. BRUNO
The overwhelming victory of Cathy Young in the special election in the 57th State Senate District demonstrates, in no small measure, the strong support for Cathy and the principles and positions she shares with the Senate Majority Conference. ...
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Release Date: 5/12/2005
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5/12/2005 BILL AIMS TO KEEP PEDOPHILES CONFINED
ALBANY - Westchester County District Attorney Jeanine Pirro, a Republican who may run statewide in 2006, lobbied in Albany on Wednesday for a bill that would allow sexual predators to be confined in mental hospitals after they have done prison time...
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Release Date: 5/11/2005
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5/11/2005 YOUNG DEFEATS BARGAR FOR McGEE'S STATE SENATE SEAT
OLEAN - Catharine M. Young defeated Democrat Nancy Gay Bargar, a real estate executive, in a special election Tuesday to fill the seat left vacant by the April 2 death of Republican Patricia K. McGee. With all precincts reporting, Young, a Republi...
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Release Date: 1/12/2005
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FISCAL SHORTFALL LESS THAN FORECAST
ALBANY - The state's fiscal hole has narrowed to about $4 billion, the Pataki administration confirmed Tuesday.The new figure is as much as a third less than the $5 billion to $6 billion Gov. George Pataki's staff had estimated for the next fiscal ...
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