Politics & Elections

Kaye takes new case (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

Spitzer ex-confidant tells all (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

Top Aqueduct bidder is scratched (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

Ready to deal on debt (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

Calculating possible cost of political criticism (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

House orders further probe on Massa timeline (BinghamtonPress)(3.12.10:0730)

Cuomo appoints former chief judge to head Paterson investigation (BinghamtonPress)(3.12.10:0730)

Spitzer faults financial regulation during SUNY New Paltz talk (KingstonFreeman)(3.12.10:0730)

Three vie for two seats on Rhinebeck Village Board (KingstonFreeman)(3.12.10:0730)

Cuomo hands over probes of Paterson to retired judge Kaye (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

GOP pushes Massa probe, charges Pelosi ignored tip (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Hiram booed, heckled during debate against Peralta (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Cuomo's choice of Kaye to probe Paterson mess draws rave reviews (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Tuesday's village elections- who's runnning - Election Central (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

GOP leader loses bid for ethics probe of Democratic leaders in Massa case (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Senate Republicans offer plan to curb N.Y. taxes (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Good-government groups want commitments from officials on ethics reform (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Eliot Spitzer documentary to show at Tribeca Film Fest (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

State pulls plug on racino deal (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Andy gets off Dave's case (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Operation nearly over (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

'Special' Kaye made herstory (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Lost tweak-end all that's left for GOP (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Gov's big scoop (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Cuomo Hands Paterson Case to an Ex-Judge (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

A Veteran Judge, Never a Prosecutor, Is Seen as Well Suited to Investigate the Governor (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

Assembly candidate calls suit against global warming frivolous (PlattsburghPress)(3.12.10:0730)

Owens bills seek to bolster border (PlattsburghPress)(3.12.10:0730)

House requests inquiry into knowledge of Eric Massa allegations (RochesterD&C)(3.12.10:0730)

Eric Massa can keep some campaign cash (RochesterD&C)(3.12.10:0730)

GOP comptroller candidate attacks Ravitch deficit plan (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Legislature imposes one-year freeze on CSEA wages (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Cuomo hands over probes of Paterson (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

No-show at Cuomo event (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

'David and Michelle' welcome here (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Pataki recalls another Cuomo (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Democrats facing ticklish problem (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Reed stepping up his GOP campaign to fill Massa's seat (ElmiraStar)(3.11.10:0729)

'Teflon Dave' may not face tamper charge (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Brooklyn Dem wants to ban use of salt in New York restaurants (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Massa's long trail of bizarre behavior (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Rush Limbaugh races to inject racial joke about Paterson into Massa mess (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Massa confesses to 'inappropriate' text messages in bizarre Beck interview (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Fight back against Hiram, says 'Sex and the City' star Nixon (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Spano's top aid comes to his defense (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Donahue, Entergy issues in Buchanan election (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Bondi highlights distrust of government (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Ravitch calls for oversight board, more borrowing to fix state budget (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Pataki endorses GOP's Rick Lazio for governor (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Can't trust these bozos to fix the mess they created (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

This insane fiscal cycle has to end (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

Stick around a bit, gov (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

Trying Times for Father of New York’s Governor (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Former Hevesi Aide Pleads Guilty in Pension Case (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Albany Is Taking New Budget Proposal Seriously (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Another Republican Is Encouraged to Join the Race for Senate (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Ethics panel ends Massa investigation (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Business

BAE receives military contract (BinghamtonPress)(3.12.10:0730)

Riverton Apartments auctioned for 125M (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Lowey to Toyota- Use ad dollars to fix vehicles (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Report Details How Lehman Hid Its Woes as It Collapsed (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

Nova Bus gets $10 million order (PlattsburghPress)(3.12.10:0730)

Thinking the unthinkable … Saratoga without racing (TheSaratogian)(3.12.10:0730)

New York racing industry worries as Aqueduct racino decision goes back to the bidders (TheSaratogian)(3.12.10:0730)

P&C in Ogdensburg to be closed April 10 (WatertownDailyTimes)(3.12.10:0730) 

Delaware North back in running for Aqueduct casino (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Insolvent firm looted, trustee says (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Financial execs in Westchester charged in $50M fraud (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Medley Centre project in jeopardy over late payment (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Technology & Communications

Wideband intensifies battle over Net speed (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Albany Med prize honors genome work (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Lead in IBM's water- Investigation cuts to chase (PoughkeepsieJournal)(3.11.10:0729)

WWNY silenced by Time Warner equipment glitch (WatertownDailyTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Economy, Gambling, Demographics & Economic Dev.

After Years of Controversy, Ceremonial Shovels Come Out (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

Slot Machines at Aqueduct- No, Not Yet (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

Atlantic Yards set to break ground as families, companies are told to take a hike (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Small- to mid-sized companies are expanding, hiring (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Staten Island Rep. McMahon bills aim to stimulate small businesses (StatenIsAdvance)(3.11.10:0729)

Energy & Utilities

State awards grants for energy technology (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

Speakers slam Central Hudson rate hike plan (KingstonFreeman)(3.12.10:0730)

Sullivan County Legislature votes against gas drilling on county-owned land (MiddletownRecord)(3.12.10:0730)

Cahill urges PSC to reject Central Hudson's proposed hikes (MiddletownRecord)(3.12.10:0730)

Power Authority hears message, won't locate wind turbines in Lake Ontario (SyracusePostStandard)(3.12.10:0730)

Hammond appoints 10 to wind advisory panel (WatertownDailyTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

State aims to reduce Indian Point water use, save more fish (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Steuben County wind turbine project back in court (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Study- Farmers willing to try growing crops to use as biomass fuels, but aid needed to speed adoption (SyracusePostStandard)(3.11.10:0729)

Town IDA extends tax break for cogeneration plant (BuffaloNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Budgets, Taxes & Municipal Affairs Around the State

State tax-relief proposal at issue (ElmiraStar)(3.12.10:0730)

Goshen sewer talks at impasse (MiddletownRecord)(3.12.10:0730)

New Rochelle mayor outlines challenges, successes in speech (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

In N.Y. Senate, parties battle over solutions for property tax relief (PoughkeepsieJournal)(3.12.10:0730)

Brockport's great debate- To dissolve the village or pay higher property taxes? (RochesterD&C)(3.12.10:0730)

For city, the road to pot o' gold is paved with parking tickets (StatenIsAdvance)(3.12.10:0730)

Lawmakers skeptical of Ravitch's proposal (WatertownDailyTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

Ravitch remedy- $6B loan, oversight (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

State employee salaries highlighted in think tank report (BinghamtonPress)(3.11.10:0729)

Ravitch seeks 5-year fiscal plan for state, with borrowing (BinghamtonPress)(3.11.10:0729)

City of Newburgh's financial controls 'fundamentally flawed' (MiddletownRecord)(3.11.10:0729)

Ravitch- Budget mess too big to fix in one year (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Queens budget disdain inspires 'wish list' (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

900 state workers earn more than Paterson in 2009; 23,685 earned 6 figures (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Latest Albany plan to plug $9 billion budget gap- borrow $10 billion (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Bloomberg, NY state comptroller slam Ravitch's $6B debt plan (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

$ick state gives city bad coffer (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

Onondaga County sales tax discussions include cutting all money - $16.2 million - to school districts (SyracusePostStandard)(3.11.10:0729)

Syracuse budget shortfall could doom stimulus money for new police officers (SyracusePostStandard)(3.11.10:0729)

A lesson in state borrowing, how the Attica prison debt nearly tripled (SyracusePostStandard)(3.11.10:0729)

State comptroller report- Henderson finances lax (WatertownDailyTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Oneida Co. board- Hinckley flow should change when needed (UticaObserver)(3.11.10:0729)

Legislators to offer opinions on negotiating with Oneidas (UticaObserver)(3.11.10:0729)

Collins set to announce surplus of $44 million (BuffaloNews)(3.11.10:0729)

State’s IDA tax draws joint lawsuit (BuffaloNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Legislature chairwoman's police OT is a pension lode (BuffaloNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Ravitch proposes borrowing $6 billion to tackle deficit (BuffaloNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Law, Public Safety & The Courts

Kelly says cop is to blame as yet another prisoner deceives his way out of courthouse (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Kelly- Police will have to continue to do more with less (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Cuomo pulls out of Paterson probe (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Stun-gun tragedy (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Defendant Changes Identity and Walks Out of Court (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

Attorney General Andrew Cuomo appoints former Judge Judith Kaye to investigate Gov. David Paterson, state police

Housing units at prisons to be idled (WatertownDailyTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

New Hartford Police Department's mission might change (UticaObserver)(3.12.10:0730)

Pension scam plea (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

NYPD stop-frisk policy feels Council heat (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Kerik travel plan canned (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

Judge- Pay ACORN (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

District Attorney Raids Office of Construction Company (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Council Leaders Want Fewer Names on List of Police Stops (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Military Affairs, Homeland Security & War on Terror

City OKs $657M for ailing WTC heroes (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Ground Zero Workers Reach Deal Over Health Claims (NYTimes)(3.12.10:0730)

$657M Ground Zero payout (StatenIsAdvance)(3.12.10:0730)

Sullivan soldier killed in action (MiddletownRecord)(3.11.10:0729)

Education

Panel reviews SUNY expenses (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

KHS graduation rate 73%, district says (KingstonFreeman)(3.12.10:0730)

State’s statistics wrong, Kingston school chief says (MiddletownRecord)(3.12.10:0730)

Civil suit- Arroyo failed to protect student in alleged harassment by teacher (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Police unions want unified SUNY chief, claim cost savings (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

District 22 schools fear budget cuts (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Rochester School District unveils plan to create 3 more high schools (RochesterD&C)(3.12.10:0730)

Schools eye closings, layoffs, tax hikes (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

College applications surge at Cornell, Ithaca College and Tompkins Community College (IthacaJournal)(3.11.10:0729)

Kingston superintendent disputes state’s graduation data (KingstonFreeman)(3.11.10:0729)

Grad rates top average in Greene, Northern Dutchess (KingstonFreeman)(3.11.10:0729)

Catskill school levy hike cut in half (KingstonFreeman)(3.11.10:0729)

Clarkstown may cut jobs to fix budget gap (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Hard lesson for would-be teachers (PlattsburghPress)(3.11.10:0729)

State aid drop leaves Arlington schools with difficult budget choices (PoughkeepsieJournal)(3.11.10:0729)

Wayne school district voters turn down 2 capital projects (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Syracuse superintendent proposes closing a school to balance the budget (SyracusePostStandard)(3.11.10:0729)

School Board member faces stalking charges (BuffaloNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Transportation, Public Works & Construction

Road to future a bit congested (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.12.10:0730)

JetBlue adding cargo service at Stewart (KingstonFreeman)(3.12.10:0730)

MTA now mulling a 2010 hike (NYPost)(3.12.10:0730)

Demolition experts believe tearing down building that threatens I-81 in Syracuse could be a nightmare (SyracusePostStandard)(3.12.10:0730)

Plane makes emergency landing after hitting bird at Rochester airport (SyracusePostStandard)(3.12.10:0730)

Arcuri holds meeting on high speed rail (UticaObserver)(3.12.10:0730)

County pursuing lawsuit to recoup nearly $800,000 from Colgan Air (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Three Airlines Near Deal for an Expanded Alliance (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Social-Community Services & Housing

Albany Sides With Owner in a Rent Suit in TriBeCa (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

Report gauges current level of Rochester's child services (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Rochester looks for new interest in 19th Ward housing development (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Workforce, Unions & Labor Relations

Senate OKs unemployment aid bill (NYDailyNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Life, Society & Culture

Environment, Parks, Recreation & Tourism

NYC increasing water releases from Ashokan Reservoir (KingstonFreeman)(3.12.10:0730)

Blame game tangles cleanup of Hudson (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Oneida Co. board- Hinckley flow should change when needed (UticaObserver)(3.12.10:0730)

Rally to protest plan to close state park (BuffaloNews)(3.12.10:0730)

DEC acts to cut fish kills at utilities (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

GE to skip PCB dredging panel (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Protests give lift to state parks (AlbanyTimesUnion)(3.11.10:0729)

Groups acquire 'Gunks acreage for preservation (MiddletownRecord)(3.11.10:0729)

NYC taking over Brooklyn Bridge Park from state (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Hizzoner's trash-talking (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)

End to Free Golf for Not-Quite Disabled (NYTimes)(3.11.10:0729)

EPA to reconsider Vt. Lake Champlain cleanup plan (PlattsburghPress)(3.11.10:0729)

Brighton site gets DEC plan for cleanup (RochesterD&C)(3.11.10:0729)

Port Authority offering to help replace old, polluting trucks (StatenIsAdvance)(3.11.10:0729)

Health & Health Care

'Fat tax' ad's medical stars shun the fizzy life (NYDailyNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Psych official fired for unethical promises (NYJournalNews)(3.12.10:0730)

Region must recruit more doctors, study concludes (KingstonFreeman)(3.11.10:0729)

Psych center administrator fired (NYJournalNews)(3.11.10:0729)

Pol- Ban all salt from restaurant cooking (NYPost)(3.11.10:0729)