Politics & Elections

Key Cuomo aide picked to run new ethics panel (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Minimum wage, redistricting (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Attorney appointment an unlikely battle (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Democrats ask to ease primary ballot access (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

NYC mayor gives $250K to Planned Parenthood (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Council formed by Cuomo will look beyond the state for funds (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Police remove Occupy Buffalo, arrest 10 holdouts (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Cuomo comfort cited by Silver over remap (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Occupy Buffalo removed from Niagara Square (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Andy pal is state ethics panel chief  (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Proposed redistricting lines target Queens Democrats (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Mike $laps Komen (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Andy’s 60G H’wood flight (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Albany Is Urged to Let Churches Keep Using Schools (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

Ethics Commission Quietly Names New Director (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

Alexander has $20,587 for Hayworth challenge (PoughkeepsieJournal)(2.3.12:0628)

Occupy Rochester, NYCLU don't like police checks in Washington Square Park (RochesterD&C)(2.3.12:0628)

Defiant Staten Island Rep. Michael Grimm predicts voters will return him to office (StatenIsAdvance)(2.3.12:0628)

Awaiting word on fund-raising allegations from Rep. Michael Grimm in D.C (StatenIsAdvance)(2.3.12:0628)

Rep. Ann Marie Buerkle clashes with Attorney General Eric Holder, renews call for his resignation (SyracusePostStandard)(2.3.12:0628)

Cuomo appointee selected to police governor's administration, state Legislature (SyracusePostStandard)(2.3.12:0628)

Voter testimony continues during voter fraud trial; motions expected (TroyRecord)(2.3.12:0628)

Three state primary dates cost $45M each (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

Cuomo to county leaders- "I need you" (BinghamtonPress)(2.2.12:0632)

Reports- Upstate House freshmen have plenty of campaign cash (BinghamtonPress)(2.2.12:0632)

Slaughter to try to force her version of stock trading bill to House floor (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

DiPietro likely to challenge GOP's Burling (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Minimum wage debate (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Discussions near deadline on fate of Occupy Buffalo (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

County Democrats expected to give Shenk nod for comptroller post (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Ulster County executive considers run for Congress (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

Frank Skartados, John Forman, Didi Barrett, Richard Wager Jr. candidates for March 20 special elections (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

GOP House freshmen Hayworth, Gibson stash cash, surpass potential rivals with fundraising (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Cuomo goes to counties for help on budget, says it'll give mandate relief (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Uncle Andy in the ‘battle of Albany’ (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Liu pal’s big FBI Koo-boo (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Quinn’s Friendship With Lobbyist May Pose Test in Mayor Bid (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Kathy Hochul's funds top peers' (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

Maggie Brooks won't challenge Kirsten Gillibrand for Senate seat (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

Gail Donofrio to run for state Supreme Court (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

Let Staten Island's Grimm explain himself, counsels Vito Fossella (StatenIsAdvance)(2.2.12:0632)

Kellie Greene launches congressional bid (WatertownDailyTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Business

Slaughter pushes House on STOCK Act (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

EmblemHealth Services closing town of Ulster office, laying off 84 people (KingstonFreeman)(2.3.12:0628)

Lots of money lost on Yankee Stadium parking (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Stringer proposes fund to help struggling business (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Red ink, Gray Lady (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Retail Limits in Plan for the Upper West Side (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

White House Offers Plan to Lure Jobs to America (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

State office cites local agencies for lack of compliance (WatertownDailyTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

Schumer advocates for metal company on trade zone issue (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Precision Flow Technologies, another Ulster firm lay off workers (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

3 Ex-Traders at Credit Suisse Charged With Bond Fraud (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

DealBook- NYSE and Deutsche Börse Plan to Call Off Merger (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Kodak wants to escape naming rights contract for Hollywood theater (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

Processing facilities planned for north country to help livestock farmers sell meat to retailers (WatertownDailyTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Technology, Biotech & Communications

'Anonymous' hackers shut down Syracuse police website (SyracusePostStandard)(2.3.12:0628)

Pataki tours 'impressive' Fab 8 (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

Silicon Valley in Brownsville? (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Pfizer seeks sale or tenants for Pearl River site, will lay off 71 more workers (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

ShoreTel Inc. buys M5 Networks (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

AngioDynamics acquires Navilyst in $372M deal (TroyRecord)(2.2.12:0632)

Economy, Gambling, Demographics & Economic Dev.

No jobs rebound in region (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Businesses knock new state law requiring employers to verify salaries (BinghamtonPress)(2.3.12:0628)

Manhattan apartment prices surge 80% in 10 years (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Region trails state, U.S. in jobs recovery despite better market (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Comptroller- New York's economy is rebounding unevenly around the state (SyracusePostStandard)(2.3.12:0628)

Survey finds area business leaders gaining confidence (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Top state Senate Republican warns proposed wage increase could be ‘job killer’ (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Developer says next step for Syracuse Inner Harbor is environmental cleanup (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

NY Business leaders somewhat confident things will improve in 2012 (TroyRecord)(2.2.12:0632)

Energy & Utilities

Study- N.Y. should invest in solar, but costs uncertain (BinghamtonPress)(2.3.12:0628)

Assembly committees say Indian Point nuclear plan can be shut down (KingstonFreeman)(2.3.12:0628)

Indian Point fire rules affirmed (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

Power plant bill for cleanup top in state (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

Feds- Indian Point must revamp fire systems (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Agency Rejects Indian Point Fire Safety Plan (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

New study reveals model for Scriba nuclear plants to use to plan for earthquakes (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

Budgets, Taxes & Municipal Affairs Around the State

Workers' comp cost joins sick list (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Bloomberg- Use last rainy-day funds in budget plan (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Hobika hired as 'independent vet' for besieged agency (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

A $7 million sticking point in county lawsuit (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Mayor's administration selects Ball as top attorney (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Buffalo area business leaders endorse state pension reform (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Mayor’s HUD spending plan to be discussed by Council (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Ulster County charter revision panel examines comptroller's duties (KingstonFreeman)(2.3.12:0628)

Ulster County Executive Michael Hein wants management payouts limited (KingstonFreeman)(2.3.12:0628)

Study suggests effects of leaks in Wawarsing from NYC aqueduct are extensive (KingstonFreeman)(2.3.12:0628)

Astorino- Increase child-care fees 15%, Westchester lacks money (NYJournalNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Pensions to cost city more than pay- Mike (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

As Fiscal Cloud Lifts, Mayor Offers a Budget Free of Tax Increases or Broad Layoffs (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

In City Finances, a Subtle Star, Uncredited (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

'Zombie' properties on Staten Island get a life (StatenIsAdvance)(2.3.12:0628)

Cuomo's proposal for a less expensive pension plan would cost state, local governments millions to implement (SyracusePostStandard)(2.3.12:0628)

Estimated storm damage close to $1 billion (BinghamtonPress)(2.2.12:0632)

Region's storm victims getting psychological help (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

Yonkers Mayor Spano takes 40 cars back from city employees (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

State- Risky action on Ramapo ballpark could cost taxpayers $60M (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Owe, no! Tax-rebate goof (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Utica council approves $2.2 million in borrowing (UticaObserver)(2.2.12:0632)

Battle lines drawn to save air base (BuffaloNews)(2.1.12:0630)

Consulting contract up $172,400 for work at water filtration plant (BuffaloNews)(2.1.12:0630)

Law, Public Safety & The Courts

Schumer seeks tougher domestic violence law (BinghamtonPress)(2.3.12:0628)

Kelly says we need tougher gun laws (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Officer Fatally Shoots Teenager in Bronx (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

Governor wants DNA databank expanded (UticaObserver)(2.3.12:0628)

Kelly yanks cops in video beatdown (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Man Charged in Officer’s Shooting Had Been Sought in a Jan. 1 Killing (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Marijuana Arrests Rose in 2011, Despite Police Directive (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Lt. Gov. Robert Duffy, Sandra Doorley want bigger DNA databank (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

Bernie Fine's accusers demand 25-year-old Syracuse University records in defamation suit against coach Jim Boeheim (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

Military Affairs, WTC, Homeland Security & Terrorism

NYPD memo- Spy on Shiite Muslims (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

New York City is ground zero for terror attacks and plots, federal study shows (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

De Blasio blasts Mike over 9/11 ills (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Education

Dixon lists proposals on student discipline (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Eight Queens high schools could lose up to half of their staff under city plan (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Principals union president slams Mayor Bloomberg’s plan to shut troubled city schools (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Mount Vernon parents back acting superintendent as next schools chief (NYJournalNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Valhalla will fight $1.9 million court ruling to repay Greenburgh for schools funds (NYJournalNews)(2.3.12:0628)

CUNY Law shielding bad grads from bar (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Cuomo's flat SUNY funding faulted (PoughkeepsieJournal)(2.3.12:0628)

SUNY wants more funding for community colleges (RochesterD&C)(2.3.12:0628)

$70M in remedial work for unprepared students saps SUNY budget (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

Cuomo ready for new 'battle' (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

SUNY wants more funding for community colleges (BinghamtonPress)(2.2.12:0632)

Why Buffalo's attendance problem is actually worse than it seems (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

For now, Catskill school district looking at 2.16% property tax hike (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

New Paltz school budget may require tax cap override (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

Angry students disrupt Walcott meeting (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Union boss pans city’s school closure plan (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Parents fight plan to move Cambria Heights Academy (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Lehman HS to reopen as new school (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Valhalla will fight $1.9 million court ruling to repay Greenburgh for schools funds (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Ed. slap at Mike’s ax (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

With Data Backing Smaller High Schools, City’s Larger Ones Fret Over Their Fate (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

After the Lunar New Year, Schools in Chinatown May See More Students (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Cuomo's flat SUNY funding faulted (PoughkeepsieJournal)(2.2.12:0632)

Help finally on the way for crowded Staten Island schools (StatenIsAdvance)(2.2.12:0632)

Syracuse charter school seeks state permission to open a school in Utica (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

Gov. Cuomo amps up pressure on teachers, state Legislature (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

Cuomo's budget comes up way short for Syracuse and other Central New York districts, advocacy alliance says (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

Group to Cuomo- Give $250 million in grant money right to schools (UticaObserver)(2.2.12:0632)

Transportation, Public Works & Construction

House bill would give NY 2.1 percent hike in highway money (BinghamtonPress)(2.3.12:0628)

Schumer wants JetBlue to expand Rochester service (RochesterD&C)(2.3.12:0628)

Lure of P.A. toll discount nets just 451 Staten Islanders (StatenIsAdvance)(2.3.12:0628)

House panel nixes truck weights pushed by farmers (UticaObserver)(2.3.12:0628)

Riders denounce route cuts (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Officials try to help businesses by expediting bridge repairs (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Leaders' pleas led NFTA to cut routes (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Stewart Airport served more than 413,000 passengers in 2011 (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

MTA paid $105 million to the state since 2006 (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Transit union wins time off for tragedies (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Social-Community Services & Housing

Mike f’print win (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Manhattan apt. bonanza (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Workforce, Unions & Labor Relations

50,000 state workers still without a contract (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

Feds to reconsider rules for child labor on farms (WatertownDailyTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Life, Society & Culture

Environment, Parks, Recreation & Tourism

Assemblyman wants air monitoring equipment on West Side (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Earth Watch- Atlantic sturgeon could alter fate of Tappan Zee Bridge, Indian Point (NYJournalNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Southern Tier sees increase in bobcat population (BinghamtonPress)(2.2.12:0632)

Assemblyman wants air monitoring equipment on West Side (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Study focuses on Upper Esopus Creek's trout population (KingstonFreeman)(2.2.12:0632)

Health & Health Care

St. Joseph's Hospital in Syracuse opens new, larger emergency department (SyracusePostStandard)(2.2.12:0632)

Blogs

Three Count Indictment of David Soares (Soarestruthandtips)(2.3.12:0628)

Silver On Biben- What A Great Pick  (YNN)(2.3.12:0628)

Eliot Spitzer’s Money Re-Enters Politics (ThePoliticker)(2.2.12:0632)

Which Candidate Can Save White People for David Brooks? (Gawker)(2.2.12:0632)

Commentary & Columnists

To save N.Y. teens, retire juvenile jails (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

New York must finally raise the minimum wage (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Billion-Dollar Target (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Six Years of Gloom (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

No Rust in Rochester (NYTimes)(2.3.12:0628)

Making sense of a few cents' raise (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

New York must finally raise the minimum wage (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Experts dissect proposed New York fracking rules (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

The Real NY minimum wage (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Divorce Inc.’s creepy rise (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Hurry, wait ... and die (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Editorials

A state park, and then some (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.3.12:0628)

Suit up for new battle (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Needed- An independent voice (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Gas industry money tilts the debate on drilling (BuffaloNews)(2.3.12:0628)

The world's policeman (NYDailyNews)(2.3.12:0628)

N.Y.'s recovery is still fragile (NYJournalNews)(2.3.12:0628)

Pastor-in-Chief (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Wing-and-Prayer Budget (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Aid and Comfort (NYPost)(2.3.12:0628)

Judges need viable back-up plans (PoughkeepsieJournal)(2.3.12:0628)

Kodak doing poor job of managing image during bankruptcy (RochesterD&C)(2.3.12:0628)

Still Occupying- New city policy allows vigil to continue, if desired (SyracusePostStandard)(2.3.12:0628)

Reform law needs to stay in place (TroyRecord)(2.3.12:0628)

Don’t play Senate’s game (AlbanyTimesUnion)(2.2.12:0632)

SPCA board must go (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

End the occupation (BuffaloNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Finest and foulest (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Blockheads (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Live by the blog  (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Albany shouldn’t waste voters’ time and money on extra primary (NYDailyNews)(2.2.12:0632)

Komen for the Cure decision is grave injustice to women (NYJournalNews)(2.2.12:0632)

King’s fateful choice (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Museum madness (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

‘God was kind’ (NYPost)(2.2.12:0632)

Separate Public Schools From Churches (NYTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Gov. Cuomo must seek compromise on redistricting (RochesterD&C)(2.2.12:0632)

To ease school crowding (StatenIsAdvance)(2.2.12:0632)

A basic need (WatertownDailyTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Carp barriers (WatertownDailyTimes)(2.2.12:0632)

Include us in state economic plans (UticaObserver)(2.2.12:0632)