Posts Tagged ‘New York’
NY GOP Picks Lt. Governor Candidate
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:52 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 3 June 2010 01:49
From 1180 WHAM:
New York Republicans have chosen Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards as their lieutenant governor candidate. Edwards is the preferred running mate of Rick Lazio, the former Long Island congressman who won the GOP designation for governor Wednesday.
The 49-year-old Edwards is in his second term as executive of the rural county in western New York. The choice by state Republicans at their convention in Manhattan on Thursday gives geographic balance to the ticket.
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NY: Republicans Pick their Nominee for Governor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:53 Written by rslcpol Wednesday, 2 June 2010 01:28
From The Associated Press:
New York Republicans on Wednesday picked former U.S. Rep. Rick Lazio as their candidate for governor and rejected a challenge from Democrat-turned-Republican Steve Levy.
“It is time we are unified,” Lazio said as he accepted the party’s nomination during the GOP’s fractious convention in Manhattan. “We are going to Albany and when we get there, we are going to tear down the wall of incompetence and corruption. … They have had their chance, and they have failed.”
Then he took aim at Democratic nominee Andrew Cuomo, the popular and well-financed attorney general and son of former Gov. Mario Cuomo.
“Andrew Cuomo has been too political for too long,” Lazio said. “Isn’t it time we reject the status Cuomo?”
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NY: Republicans Meet to pick Candidates
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:56 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 1 June 2010 12:37
From libn.com:
New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox says the state has suffered under all-Democratic rule and that a two-party check and balance is essential.
Cox made the statement as the state Republican convention opened Tuesday with an internal battle. Gubernatorial candidates Rick Lazio, Carl Paladino and Steve Levy each claim strong support and say they are prepared to take the fight to a September primary if necessary.
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NY AG Cuomo Accepts Governor Nomination
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:57 Written by rslcpol Friday, 28 May 2010 12:44
From the New York Times:
Mr. Cuomo is running against the state government, though it is controlled by his fellow Democrats, and he has laid out policies that put him on a collision course with some labor unions that have been reliable Democratic allies.
Already, the state teachers union, recoiling at Mr. Cuomo’s support of charter schools, has said it may not make an endorsement in the governor’s race.
And Mr. Cuomo’s fiscal policies, presented over the last week, could lead to a bitter budget fight if he is elected. He has rejected imposing tax increases and borrowing, meaning he would have to rely largely on spending cuts to close a yawning deficit next year.
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NY: Democrats put 5 on Ballot for AG
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 12:59 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 27 May 2010 01:22
From The New York Times:
After hours of horse-trading and discussions among top party officials, the first round of voting by party delegates put Kathleen M. Rice, the Nassau County district attorney; State Senator Eric T. Schneiderman; and Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky on the primary ballot.
A second round of voting put two other candidates — Eric R. Dinallo, a former state insurance superintendent, and Sean Coffey, a trial lawyer and novice politician — on the ballot as well.
The outcome gives Democrats a broad field of candidates, but one that is not particularly diverse racially or ethnically: of the five running, all are white and all but one are male.
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NY: Eliot Spitzer an Anchorman?
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:03 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 25 May 2010 01:24
From CNN Money:
Two years after resigning as governor of New York in a prostitution scandal — and after many hours spent toying with an early leap back into politics — Spitzer has finally reconciled himself to remaining on the sidelines in 2010.
For months, Spitzer practically drooled at the thought of taking on potential targets. He’s not a fan of attorney general Andrew Cuomo’s, who is heading toward coronation as New York’s next governor. He views U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand as a woman of fungible beliefs, ripe for primary challenge. And he regards state comptroller Tom DiNapoli, a likeable former assemblyman elevated to the job in early 2007 by his legislative peers, as a lightweight. (Days after taking office, DiNapoli flunked a pop quiz on finance — administered by the New York Post!)
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NY: AG Cuomo Announces Run for Governor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:03 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 25 May 2010 01:23
From Yahoo! News:
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo declared his candidacy for governor Saturday, delivering an impassioned call for political reform and pledging to make the notoriously dysfunctional state government more accountable to its citizens.
The announcement by Cuomo to seek the governorship once held by his iconic father, Mario Cuomo, had been widely expected. The Democrat disclosed his candidacy in a video released on his website before appearing before supporters later in the day.
Cuomo made the announcement on the steps of the Tweed Courthouse in lower Manhattan, named for the leader of the city’s corrupt 19th century Tammany Hall political machine. Cuomo said he did so because “Albany’s antics today could make Boss Tweed blush.”
“Enough is enough,” Cuomo declared. “It’s time the people of the Empire State strike back.”
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NY: AG Cuomo to try and Pick his Own Replacement
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:04 Written by rslcpol Friday, 21 May 2010 01:02
From nymag.com:
Surely by now Andrew Cuomo, our state’s attorney general and (literally) lifelong party cog, knows how Democrats talk. So he must have known that it wouldn’t remain much of a secret if he started pulling strings to ensure that Nassau County district attorney Kathleen Rice would be the Democratic nominee to replace him in November. Today the Times tells us the extent of the efforts made by him and his allies:
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NY: Republican Governor Candidate Picks his Lt. Governor
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:07 Written by rslcpol Thursday, 20 May 2010 01:19
From the Buffalo News:
Rick Lazio has looked westward for a running mate, choosing Chautauqua County Executive Greg Edwards as his candidate for lieutenant governor should he win the Republican gubernatorial nomination.
A Lazio source said this afternoon the campaign has settled on the second-term county leader as a “perfect fit; someone who is smart and committed to economic development, especially upstate.”
“He’s uniquely qualified to be lieutenant governor,” the source said. “We’ve seen a parade of people who haven’t been up to the job of serving in higher office, and New Yorkers can trust that in Greg Edwards — they have someone who is.”
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NY: Republican Enters Race for AG
Last Updated on Wednesday, 29 September 2010 01:12 Written by rslcpol Monday, 17 May 2010 01:14
From NYDailyNews.com:
Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan kicked off his bid for attorney general Sunday – and grabbed a quick endorsement from Mayor Bloomberg, who was at his side.
Donovan, 53, becomes the first Republican to enter the race beside a crowded field of Democrats vying for the chance to be the state’s top prosecutor.
“We have worked very closely together on making the safest big city in the nation even safer,” Bloomberg said, noting Donovan’s efforts to crack down on illegal guns and sex offenders.
Donovan is a lifetime New Yorker: He’s a Staten Island native who attended St. John’s University and Fordham Law School.
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