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7 hrs ago | PressConnects.com

Stalemate ends; Espada returns to Dem side

ALBANY - The month-long Senate leadership standoff ended this afternoon when a Democrat who worked with Republicans in a June 8 coup said he will return to the Democratic conference.

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15 hrs ago | Times Union

Bid to cut Albany gun violence Senate hostage

In the streets surrounding the state Capitol, the real-life consequences of New York's legislative gridlock may be taking shape.

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23 hrs ago | Newsday.com

GOP: Court suspends NY lieutenant governor plan

At the request of Senate Republicans, a Nassau County judge issued an order shortly after midnight Thursday effectively suspending Gov.

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

CBS 6 Albany

Web Exclusive: Quit-smoking program helps Albany shelter

As the cost for a pack of cigarettes continues to skyrocket, the effort in New York state to help people stop smoking is now having success in a demographic where 80 percent of the population smoke cigarettes.

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Times Union

Police probe Albany fire

City police said they are investigating a fire late Friday at 31 Benson St., a residence that had no power for three days before the fire.

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Times Union

Albany delays landfill bonding

Citing unanswered questions about the details and length of the borrowing package, city lawmakers stalled a crucial bond vote Monday night that would have paved the way for the first phase of the $41 million Rapp Road landfill expansion.

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Tue Jul 07, 2009

Newswatch 50

Dissidents Meet to End NY Senate Standoff

AP -- The self-described 'amigos' who've threatened the Democrats shaky majority in New York's Senate say they're meeting to end the standoff that's paralyzed the chamber since a coup two of them helped engineer.Democratic Sens.

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Business Leader

Evident Technologies Announces Restructuring Plan

Evident Technologies announced a filing in chapter 11 reorganization today and has asked the Bankruptcy court in Albany, New York to approve a debtor in financing package of $ 1.35 million.

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Mid-Hudson News

Albany man charged with drug possession in Saugerties

SAUGERTIES An Albany man has been arrested in the Village of Saugerties while in possession of 150 ecstasy pills and 150 tablet of diverted prescription drugs.

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Times Union

Bakeries feel burned by ban

ALBANY It won't be the same cookies and doughnuts and icing on the cake come July 1. Bakers in Albany County have started their cry against the trans fat ban, which will take effect in just two months.

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Mon Jul 06, 2009

AMNY

Paterson eyes new proposal in NY Senate standoff

APNewsNow. Will be led. AP Photos ALBANY, N.Y. _ Gov. David Paterson is considering a new interpretation of the state constitution by good-government advocates and legal scholars that would allow him to appoint a lieutenant governor to address the monthlong standoff in the Senate.

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WNBC

Local Pol Says A Lawsuit Will Fix Albany Mess

Make way for Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, who said today he's got an idea that will unlock the Senate stalemate: a lawsuit.

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The Hartford Courant

New York takes legislative gridlock to next level

Reporting from San Francisco and Albany, N.Y. - As California lawmakers stay locked in partisan gridlock, residents might take small solace in one fact: There is a legislative body even more divided, more hapless and more dysfunctional than the one in Sacramento.

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Sun Jul 05, 2009

WKBW

Paterson Takes Frustration With Senate on Road

By MICHAEL GORMLEY Associated Press Writer ALBANY, N.Y. - Gov. David Paterson said Sunday he'll use a statewide tour this week to turn up the heat on senators who remain gridlocked in a monthlong power struggle.

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Times Union

Aqua Ducks a great way to appreciate Albany

For those who live in or near Albany, it's easy to take for granted how impressive a small city it is.

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Times Union

Working on July 4th: Making the best of it, and Albany burnout:...

As the day goes on and as negotiations seem to go nowhere, senators are more and more resigned to working on July 4th, since Gov.

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New York Times

Holiday Plans? Senators Will Be Stuck in Albany

On Saturday afternoon, from the peaks of the Adirondacks to the sands of Coney Island, New Yorkers will be celebrating the Fourth of July with picnics, softball games or a dip in the ocean.

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Sat Jul 04, 2009

New York Post

Analysis: NY Senate coup a month-long standoff

New York's senators are stuck in Albany this July 4 weekend in a partisan standoff that has lasted about as long as the founding fathers spent in Philadelphia in 1776, drafting a new government that derived its power from the governed.

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Albany Times Union

Puffer still being used at Albany Int'l Airport

The GE "puffer" machine at the security checkpoint at Albany International Airport is still in use.

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Poughkeepsie Journal

NY Senate, Paterson to meet on standoff

ALBANY, N.Y. - Battling leaders of New York's Senate and Gov. David Paterson are scheduled to meet to try work out a power-sharing agreement for the chamber.

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