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Politics & Elections
Sheriffs- Cuomo asked for silence (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
A contrite Silver proposes tougher harassment reform (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sampson earmark missing (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Silver offers reforms in wake of Lopez cover-up as Kearns calls for speaker’s ouster (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Lopez is finally Done Vito (NYDailyNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sheldon Silver says, 'I'm sorry' (NYDailyNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Most voters believe government is becoming more dysfunctional- poll (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sheldon Silver- Ban hush money for sex-harass complaints (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Hide the (100!) council interns if Gropez wins (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sal- Squeeze Weiner for cost of election (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Council GOP boss wants candidate cash slashed (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Voters- Capitol crooked (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Thompson’s NYPD about-face (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Very Bad Week Is Merely Bump for Assembly’s Master of Power (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Oneida Indian Nation Leader Ray Halbritter discusses the Cuomos, casino competition (SyracusePostStandard)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Lopez out of New York Assembly, Democrats plan reforms (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
As Lopez resigns, NY Assembly Dems plan reforms (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Cuomo admin warns Kardashian over T-shirt logo (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Poll- Corruption sours NYers' view of state government (BinghamtonPress)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Putnam golf course lawsuit- county sought no-show job for Odell aide (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
With Lopez gone, focus shifts to Silver (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Lopez says he's out as of Monday (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lopez is leaving; timing criticized (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Cuomo finances detailed in report (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Gov. Cuomo talks tough with Indians over casinos (BinghamtonPress)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Embattled Assemblyman Lopez announces resignation (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Ryan raises the stakes in dispute over gun law (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
GOP, groups criticize Assembly Speaker Silver over Lopez case (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Vito Lopez to step down Monday amid calls for his immediate resignation (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez has raised more than $38,000 for City Council run (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Vito Lopez announces resignation on June 20, Speaker Sheldon Silver slammed for covering up (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mayoral hopeful Bill de Blasio scores endorsement of Local 1199, the city's largest union (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Councilwoman Inez Dickens reduces taxes owed on real estate, avoids having debt sold to collector (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Former Vito Lopez staffer says beleaguered assemblyman is clueless (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
As Vito Lopez focuses on City Council seat, politicians rally to block him from City Hall (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
‘Ghetto’ gawking  (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
$49,710,630.64!- How much has Albany corruption cost you? (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Hasta la Vito (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
School ‘project’ (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Pervy pol’s hefty ‘harass’ets (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Assembly’s blind eye (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Gropez-I’m quitting before they expel me (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mayor Bloomberg privately fuming over snooping scandal (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Shocker! Post finds honest NY politician (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
‘1199’ boost for de Blasio (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
A Cloudy Revelation From a Mayoral Candidate (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lopez Says He Will Quit Assembly on Monday (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Schools Chancellor to Strike Back at Candidates Critical of Mayor’s Policies (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
State Legislator Facing Expulsion Says He’ll Resign (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
City’s Largest Union Says It Will Endorse de Blasio (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
In Document, Lhota Puts His Worth at $13 Million (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
City Dems start campaign (PlattsburghPressRepublican)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Kirsten Gillibrand crusades against military sexual assaults (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Schumer touts Visa provision that would boost Irish immigration (StatenIsAdvance)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Staten Island Tea Party Patriots rally against gun-control legislation (StatenIsAdvance)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
How Gov. Cuomo, the Oneida Indian Nation and two counties made historic deal in record time (SyracusePostStandard)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Onondaga County Republican Committee designates candidates for city and county races (SyracusePostStandard)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Guess which Upstate mayor is not quoted on governor's press release (SyracusePostStandard)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
June O’Neill appointed to Department of Labor  (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Many questions remain about Oneidas agreement (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Odato- IG report- Work of rogue tax squad sloppy at best (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mayoral clash has Dems scattering (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Sampson earmark missing (AlbanyTimesUnon)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Push comes to gov on full Shelly probe (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Ex-lawmaker still abusing pol park perk (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
$avior of Albany’s slimeballs (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Scrutiny of Silver Continues as Lopez Is Set to Resign (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Cuomo to Lopez- Quit or be expelled (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Cuomo finances detailed in report (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Lopez helped to get top state post (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sheriff Howard on SAFE Act- ‘I won’t enforce it’ (BuffaloNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
GOP senators on committee target three labor nominees from Buffalo (BuffaloNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Cuomo calls for ouster of assemblyman in sexual-harassment scandal (BuffaloNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Bernie Madoff claims responsibility for son (NYDailyNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Cuomo urges Vito Lopez to resign (NYDailyNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Rent-hike tenants whack Weiner (NYPost)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sheldon-come-lately (NYPost)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Silver to Seek Lopez’s Expulsion From Assembly Over Harassment Claims (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Weiner’s Wife Didn’t Disclose Consulting Work She Did While Serving in State Dept (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
De Blasio Offers Plan to Help Immigrants Assimilate (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Quinn Camp Excoriating Thompson on D’Amato (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Monroe GOP aims to cut opposition's staff support (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner shows support for local strikers (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
David Gay will run primary instead (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Thompson- I’d boost pre-K programs (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Elex vote-machine disaster looms- Mike (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
If I run, I’ll run hard- Weiner (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Speaker Silver mishandled Lopez sex-harass claims, violated house rules- prosecutor (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Secrecy cited in Lopez case (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lopez probe reveals extent of inappropriate and leading comments to female staff (BinghamtonPress)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Assembly Speaker Silver won't resign after Lopez investigation called a coverup (MiddletownHerald) (5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
 Schumer to introduce bill to shield journalists (MiddletownHerald) (5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Good gov't advocate hits Speaker Silver over Lopez (MiddletownHerald) (5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Recent local corruption probes, convictions (NYJournalNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Anthony Weiner says likely mayoral campaign drawing healthy interest from staff prospects (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Dems to Mangano- Return $75G in donations(Newsday)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Despite 'alarming' findings, Staten Island D.A. Donovan declines to file criminal charges against Vito Lopez (StatenIsAdvance)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lightfoot unapologetic over 'crooks' remark (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NY lawmaker key to MMA passage is not convinced of sport's safety (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Oneida Nation, Oneida County, state reach agreement (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Zogby, SUNYIT team up for analytics poll (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Democrats endorse Sheehan for mayor (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sudden decision leaves City Hall in disbelief (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
A look at Mayor Jennings and me (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Secrecy cited in Lopez case (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Two reports criticize Silver’s handling of sex harassment complaints (BuffaloNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Inside the pig's sty- The complaints against Vito Lopez (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Controller Liu returned $14G in bad campaign (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Vito Lopez won't face criminal charges (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Weiner- 'No trouble' attracting staff (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Weiner's fundraising goes limp but ideas for campaign on the rise (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
SI DA blasts Silver for protecting Vito Lopez during harassment scandal (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
For New York Mayor, D’Amato Puts His Money on a Democrat (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
On Education, Thompson Tries to Set Himself Apart (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Report Finds Lawmaker Was Shielded by Leaders (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Weighing Bid for City Hall, Weiner Is Said to Be Struggling to Fill Out His Team (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Street-Naming Event Gives Mayoral Hopefuls a Chance to Woo Hispanics (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Archbishop Clarifies Remarks About Cuomo (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Maggie Brooks calls on Willie Lightfoot to apologize (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Supporters will be in Rochester to push Ultimate Fighting in NY (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Gary Morris will not run primary against Syracuse Common Council President Van Robinson (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Prosecutor won't seek criminal charges against Lopez, but knocks settlement (BinghamtonPress)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Prosecutor was GOP pick for NY attorney general (MiddletownHerald) (5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Senate Dem revives media shield law (MiddletownHerald) (5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Putnam County clerk set to block gun records (NYJournalNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Leg. Nowick to seek town council seat (Newsday)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Set to get off- Gropez won't face charges (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Quinn's addiction confessional- She told Oddo last year (StatenIsAdvance)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Staten Island D.A. Donovan will not file criminal charges in Vito Lopez sexual misconduct case (StatenIsAdvance)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Dems see leadership change as payback (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Jennings won't seek 6th term (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Last ballot fraud trial payment made (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Ex-Gov. David Paterson considers run for Congress (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Liu wants Verizon 911 deal (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Thompson surge in hunt for Gracie green (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Anthony Weiner may enter mayoral race (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Cardinal Dolan takes issue with Cuomo (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Schumer claims people can alter eyeballs (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Weiner 'definitely' running for mayor, will announce soon- source (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Paterson hears ‘House’ call (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Big Forum For Cuomo, It’s Always a ‘Summit’ (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Dollars Pile Up for Campaigns in Race for Mayor (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Archbishop Presses Cuomo Over Abortion (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Reps. Dan Maffei, Bill Owens condemn IRS for targeting tea party groups (SyracusePostStandard)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Business
Hilton Albany makes its official debut on Monday (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Paladino's plans for warehouse win tax break (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Bronx ghetto tour ditched (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
SAC Capital Aims to Stem Withdrawal Requests (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Rep. Dan Maffei says he wants to hear from Central New York business owners (SyracusePostStandard)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Sky High and Going Up Fast- Luxury Towers Take New York (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Developer May Swap Land for More in Hudson Yards (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Assemblyman Ryan wants tax breaks for Batavia store investigated (BuffaloNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
JPMorgan takes legal measures in Bloomberg scandal (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
State Said to Be Reviewing Pay for Fast-Food Workers (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Big Banks Get Break in Rules to Limit Derivatives Risks (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Kodak workers defend lawsuit (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
FedEx Trade Networks breaks ground on Western New York distribution center (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
FedEx groundbreaking gives region bragging rights (BuffaloNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
$uit says Cohen is big loser (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Senate panel may probe Bloomberg (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Subscribers Fear Bloomberg Is Becoming Their Rival (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Technology, Biotech & Communications 
'Nanoglue' cooked up in a $40 microwave (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Researchers' work creates energy (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Wireless Home Phones- A Plan Strikes a Chord (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Yahoo Getting Space at Old Home of The Times (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Before Tumblr, Founder Made Mom Proud. He Quit School (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
But Wait. Didn’t Yahoo Try a Deal Like This Before- (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Huntington 'incubator' holds first program (Newsday)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Brooklyn sees surge in tech startups (Newsday)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Partnership with UB brings high-tech tools to terra cotta firm (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Bill Clinton, at WCC, touts community colleges as model for future (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Stem cells recovered from cloned human embryos (KingstonFreeman)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Verizon request to PSC suggests company's landline phone days may be numbered (KingstonFreeman)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Fire Island may lose landlines (Newsday)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Cuomo urges closer university-business ties (Newsday)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NanoCollege chief assigned to develop 'innovation hot spots' at state universities (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Plug Power says GenDrive consumes 90 percent of hydrogen market for fuel cells (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Bloomberg L.P. considers Orangetown for $710M data center (NYJournalNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Companies with Central New York connections to pitch at statewide venture forum (SyracusePostStandard)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Economy, Gambling, Demographics & Economic Dev.
NY's unemployment rate falls to 7.8% in April, lowest since '09 (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Suburbs’ Share of Poor Has Grown Since 2000 (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
State Grants Oneida Indians Exclusive Territory for Casino (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Oneida Indian Nation casino deal- Local leaders praise, blast plan (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Vernon Downs owner- Turning Stone deal good for track casino complex (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Long Island casino in play in NY (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Statewide unemployment dropped significantly since April 2012 (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Local job growth picks up during April (BuffaloNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Southern Tier economic development councils vying for piece of $760M (BinghamtonPress)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NY casino plan includes Long Island gaming hall (MiddletownHerald) (5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Regional councils present eye piece of $760M for jobs (NYJournalNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Economic development councils to compete for $760 million in state funding and tax credits (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Regional economic development councils to present updates on projects and plans (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Community Board 7’s Willets West mall vote came after promises from developers (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Cuomo proposes 3-year rate freeze in LIPA takeover (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Energy & Utilities
National Grid to announce $300,000 grant for Camillus Mills project (SyracusePostStandard)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Union wins concessions, endorses Fortis-Central Hudson deal (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Cuomo form letter aims to build LIPA support (Newsday)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Report- Drilling damage in 161 Pa. water supplies (BinghamtonPress)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Using power sale proceeds to fund Launch NY is attacked (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Fortis, CH Energy group file formal opposition to evidentiary hearings being held (KingstonFreeman)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Industry uncertain as court upholds right to ban fracking (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NY utility regulators say system ready for summer (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Central Hudson fights ruling against Fortis deal (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Proposed rule would require disclosure of chemicals used in fracking on federal lands (SyracusePostStandard)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Company eyes natural gas pipeline extension through northern Broome (BinghamtonPress)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Assemblyman says meeting with CH Energy, Fortis officials didn't change his opposition to takeover (KingstonFreeman)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Bill- Ban fracking pollutants for treatment or dumping in state (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Dispute over Pa. drilling fees (BinghamtonPress)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Opponents- Indian Point 'rotting' on the inside (NYJournalNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NY pays for utility line moves in Long Beach  (Newsday)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Budgets, Taxes & Municipal Affairs Around the State
Lawmakers force new bids for SCCC pact (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Council wants payment (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
City finances improving, but it's only a start (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Human services agency dogged by fiscal woes (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Audit finds sensitive records discarded in boxes (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Grand Island board OKs $1.5 million in maintenance, improvement projects (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
New York - Oneida Indian Nation deal gets first look today by Madison County supervisors' committee (SyracusePostStandard)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
New York losing out on $6 million in uncollected lease payments, comptroller says (SyracusePostStandard)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Pursuit of tax credits stalls Kingston housing projects (KingstonFreeman)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Oneida Nation agreement released (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Taxes to rise despite the cap (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Next step awaited in Oneida deal (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Local consumers to feel pinch as New York City water rates rise (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Ramapo residents, irked by development, welcome federal probe (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
City hires firm with mob ties to demolish Prospect Plaza Houses in Crown Heights (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Nissequogue taxes nudged higher (Newsday)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Racing the Clock in the Rockaways (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Rebuilding the Coastline, but at What Cost? (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mohawks rally to speak out against border-crossing issues  (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Audit finds sensitive records discarded in boxes (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Number of homeless in Erie County increased 16% (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Oneidas to settle land, tax disputes (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
City to sell off councilwoman $48,000 real estate (NYDailyNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Sandy vics stay ‘inn’ (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Golden Hill nursing home buyer seeks tax break from Ulster County IDA (MiddletownHerald) (5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mount Vernon publisher subpoenaed in Ernie Davis probe (NYJournalNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Utica council approves $1.6 million in budget transfers (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Oneida Nation, Oneida County, state reach agreement (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Judge Orders Extension of Hotel Program for Hurricane Sandy Evacuees (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
New Paltz town, village leaders spar over move on consolidation (KingstonFreeman)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Ulster County won’t assume municipalities' election costs (KingstonFreeman)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
 Buyer of Golden Hill nursing home applies for tax breaks (MiddletownHerald) (5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Bloomberg's proposal to close 20 fire companies 'has to stop'- Councilman (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Once again, budget cuts threaten fire departments across NYC (SyracusePostStandard)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Syracuse mayor lukewarm over Cuomo's financial planning board for cities (SyracusePostStandard)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Legislators request sales tax increase (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Cities to petition panel for more aid (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
City’s garbage-hauling pact leads to 1,000% rise in fuel surcharge (BuffaloNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
SI’s bitter pill (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's financial panel would offer help for localities ready to make tough decisions (SyracusePostStandard)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Law, Public Safety & The Courts
City slams stop-frisk suit in closing (NYDailyNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
NYPD increasing patrols in wake of attacks on gay man (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Chinese ‘spy’ busts at NYU (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Judge Criticizes ‘High Error Rate’ of New York Police Stops (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Bin Laden’s Son-in-Law Seeks a New Lawyer, but There’s a Snag (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Hearing of Robbery Plan That Led to Killing (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
NYC- No racial motivation in stop-frisk tactic (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
NYPD messages to Muslim informant- 'Get pictures' (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Suspect in NY bias shooting is charged with murder (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lt. Daniel Sbarra and his team have cost the city more than $1.5 million in settlements (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Sex offenders allege Suffolk law violates rights (Newsday)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Friendly fire killed tragic coed, cops say (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
‘Ghetto’ gawking (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Two Worlds Collided in Greenwich Village (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Police Say Officer Mistakenly Killed Hofstra Student in Hostage Standoff (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
5th Ave. Poker, With $25,000 Chips and an F.B.I. Ace in the Hole (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Quinn’s bill bugs ‘all’ cops (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Judge’s NYPD blues (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Terrorists may get money from cigarette smuggling (NYDailyNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Furor over NYPD’s planned Fort WTC (NYPost)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
With Security, Trade Center Faces New Isolation (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Lawyer Criticizes Brooklyn Prosecutor Over TV Show (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
16 Accused of Smuggling Cigarettes Worth Millions (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
White House nominates Elizabeth Wolford to federal judgeship (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Morelle, O'Brien seek tougher charge for killing prosecutors (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
City's top lawyer meets with Manhattan judge Shira Scheindlin regarding stop-and-frisk tactics (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Working toward a cure for gun violence on Staten Island (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Schumer wants U.S. Senate hearing to examine 'grievous errors' in David Renz murder case (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
O'Hara admits to felony (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Residents call for Prospect Park surveillance cameras (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Bid to lower DWI threshold stirs debate (BuffaloNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NY judge tosses indictment of officer in shooting (MiddletownHerald) (5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
DA- NY lawmaker conduct 'alarming' not criminal (MiddletownHerald) (5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Federal judge to rule on stop-and-frisk case bias against cops- report (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Suffolk to move homeless sex offenders (Newsday)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Federal court overturns judge's ruling that FDNY intentionally discriminated against applicants (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Court burns judge, nixes FDNY ‘bias’ (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Appeals Court Says Judge Went Too Far in Forcing Fire Dept. to Revamp Its Hiring (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Suit by a Prosecutor’s Rival Seeks to Block a TV Show (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Brooklyn Race Grows; So Does Security (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Education
Buffalo School Board fast-tracking budget vote for Wednesday (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
3 N.Y.U. Scientists Accepted Bribes From China, U.S. Says (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Justices Take Case on Prayer at Town Board Meetings, and a Patent Dispute (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Feds- NYU researchers took bribes from Chinese co (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
New York City high schools' admissions policy is racially biased- lawsuit (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
4 Rockland districts have budget vote, no contested board races (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
BOE settles federal lawsuit over college voters (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
250 ‘master’ teachers will get $60K over four years (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Wappingers Central plans $39 million improvements (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
U.S. Supreme Court will rule on Greece prayer case (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
School budgets head to voters with higher tax cap (BinghamtonPress)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Hamburg Schools get amnesty on $1.3 million owed state (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Falling enrollment for Hudson Valley students raises budget challenges (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
State educators earning $200G to rise 5% (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Schools Chancellor Dennis Walcott slams mayoral candidates' education proposals (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
School ‘project’ (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
New York Schools Chief Warns Against Changes (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Pension costs give schools more leeway under property-tax cap (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Wappingers Central plans $39 million improvements (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Three Cayuga Community College bargaining units call for President Daniel Larson to resign (SyracusePostStandard)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Gillibrand proposes student loan refinance plan (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Brooklyn principal’s 92G bonus (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
In Decision to Enter Home Near Hofstra, a Life-or-Death Calculation (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Schools Add to Test Load, Just to Assess the Questions (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
School workers axed for racy behavior (NYDailyNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Nassau unveils school tax calculator (Newsday)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Tupper Central budget exceeds tax cap (PlattsburghPressRepublican)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Budget cuts worry school board, parents (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Schumer supports extension of low-interest for federally-subsidized Stafford loans (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Charter school students all from Utica (UticaObserverDispatch)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Psychologists, social workers, stadium funding restored to city school budget (BuffaloNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Schumer supports extension of low-interest for federally-subsidized Stafford loans (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Binghamton council reviewing residency requirement for employees (BinghamtonPress)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NYC developer eyes downtown site for student housing (BinghamtonPress)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Teachers nix contract; Newburgh budget rocked (MiddletownHerald) (5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
50,000 families are on waiting lists for New York City charter schools (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
SUNY chancellor orders new search for NCC president (Newsday)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Report- Ex-supe made money with invalid degree (Newsday)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Hamburg School Board refuses to end blogger lawsuit (BuffaloNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Syracuse school board OKs new 'Latin' school, phasing out of Percy Hughes (SyracusePostStandard)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Transportation, Public Works & Construction
Full Metro-North Rail Service Expected Wednesday (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Metro-North president assures riders train system is safe (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Schumer- Airlines should rethink hikes in ticket-change fees (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Lawmakers push for mandatory boating-safety courses (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
State buying property for bridge plaza at $3 million more than appraised value (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Tappan Zee Bridge- Mass-transit group faces 'difficult choices'; options presented (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Just plane ungrateful (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
T.I. Bridge operators- toll hike shows little impact on traffic  (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
NYC's subway system preparing for next big storm (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Judge blocks NYC plan for new taxis (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Subway returning to Rockaways after Sandy fixes (NYPost)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
For M.T.A., Flood Plan Is Still a Work in Progress (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Tappan Zee Bridge neighbors- Work noise already a headache (NYJournalNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
MTA blows up inflatable subway plug at South Ferry station (NYDailyNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mohawk Nation plans march across international bridge (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
S.I. delegation to call for ferry service every half-hour overnight (StatenIsAdvance)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
County legislature ousts Willie Lightfoot from airport board (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Bike Sharing- Sure. The Racks- No Way (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Social-Community Services & Housing
Workforce, Unions & Labor Relations
Life, Society & Culture
Environment, Parks, Recreation & Tourism
Pols, activists fight reduced LI Sound funding (Newsday)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Environmentalists decry plan to truck weapons-grade N-waste through N.Y. (BuffaloNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Federal judge dismisses Camillus residents' suit over Onondaga Lake cleanup (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Health & Health Care
At least 140 layoffs at Orange and Catskill hospitals (MiddletownHerald) (5.20.06.22/xsq1/aspx)
Group that ran surgery center dissolves; Saint Francis Hospital takes over (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lewis County hospital project to begin  (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Island Park nursing center gets Nassau IDA deal (Newsday)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Nursing homes fined by state Department of Health (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Malone VA clinic closing (PlattsburghPressRepublican)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Amended MCH plan calls for appointment of advisory board (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
343 Lakeside employees laid off due to closing (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Number registered to back Ogdensburg psychiatric center rises to 302 (WatertownDailyTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Blogs
Camping Out for Five Days, in Hopes of a Union Job (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Bronx Tour Company Drops Pitch to See a Real Ghetto (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Seneca President Knocks Cuomo (YNN)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Who Gave Vito Lopez Money? (NYDailyNews)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
In the world of politics, it's money for nothing (MiddletownHerald) (5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
DiNapoli Lukewarm On Consolidation (YNN)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
A Politician’s Disclosure Offers a Lesson in Eating Disorders (NYTimes)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Jittery Brooklyn Dems Look For Alternative To Adams (City&State)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Commentary & Columnists
Quinn’s school folly (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Time to smoke out NY’s butt-leggers (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
It's put up or shut up time for Gov. Andrew Cuomo (KingstonFreeman)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
N.Y. doesn't need Schumer's proposal for missile sites (NYJournalNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
More fake property-tax relief (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
An MTA fiscal flood (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Pernicious plans for Penn station (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
How to divorce your pol (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
New York Pols- The New mafia? (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Our crooked pols come in all colors (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Dimon’s dilemma (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Editorials
There’s no excuse for careless handling of sensitive personal information (BuffaloNews)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Andrew’s Silver cloud (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
New York’s techno-flop (NYPost)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
New Efforts to Undercut Health Reforms (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
No Public Office for Vito Lopez (NYTimes)(5.21.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
What now for Mr. Silver? (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Your Senate, your money (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Tougher enforcement may do more to fight DWI than lowering the limit to .05 percent (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Proposed tax credit helps all children and teachers (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Albany resists some simple steps to help reduce wrongful convictions (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Sheldon Silver should step down as Assembly speaker (KingstonFreeman)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mayoral candidates offer little on creating jobs for New Yorkers (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Mayoral candidates say the darndest things (NYDailyNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Cuomo’s Upstate Bet (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
The $727,621 Question (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
The enablers’ enabler (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Unforgivable Conduct in Albany  (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Sales Taxes and the Internet (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Fortis should sweeten deal  (PoughkeepsieJournal)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Assembly should vote on Silver's leadership (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Monroe GOP still heavy handed in use of power (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Gillibrand is making the poor a priority (RochesterDemocratChronicle)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Howard doesn’t have the right to decide which laws he thinks should be enforced (BuffaloNews)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
How to divorce your pol (NYPost)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Education, Vision and the Mayor’s Race (NYTimes)(5.20.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Albany’s next challenges (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Cops and pols (NYPost)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Ooooooops (NYPost)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
The Murky World of Hospital Prices (NYTimes)(5.17.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Time’s up! Shameful Shelly has got to go (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
New York can replace fossil, nuclear energy by 2030 (BuffaloNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Lower blood-alcohol limit a sensible proposal (NYJournalNews)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Eminent domain the last, best hope for freeing the Hotel Syracuse (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Will arresting people who aren't very drunk reduce drunk-driving fatalities? (SyracusePostStandard)(5.16.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
BMHA shouldn’t waste taxpayer money by farming out work on routine matters (BuffaloNews)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Blue, green — and brown (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Justice, tea & the AP (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
The enablers (NYPost)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Pension Predators (NYTimes)(5.16.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
Why so quiet, Mr. Adams? (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
IRS fails to do its job (KingstonFreeman)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Nicholas Garaufis’s bias against Fire Department is hosed by appeals court (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
City classrooms at the crossroads (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
Give ID cards to all New Yorkers (NYDailyNews)(5.15.06.22/xsb1/aspx)
End judges’ license plates (AlbanyTimesUnion)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx) 
Federal sweep of AP telephone records is an appalling attempt at intimidation (BuffaloNews)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
All smoke, no fire (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)
A crude comparison (NYPost)(5.15.06.22/xsa1/aspx)