Protesters Rally Against StudentsFirstNY “Fat Cats”

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Cynthia Williams criticizes StudentsFirstNY at a demonstration in Manhattan More than 50 people rallied yesterday against StudentsFirstNY, a political group launched earlier this year to push for charter schools, for making it easier to lay off teachers and for other education policy changes. Carrying signs saying “StudentsFirstNY = Billionaire$ Fir$t NY” and “Fat Cats – Get Your Dirty Paws Off Our Schools,” demonstrators gathered along
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Wendy Long Attacks Sen. Gillibrand Over “Off the Sidelines” Website

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Sen. Gillibrand via City & State Wendy Long, the Republican challenger to U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, went on the attack against the incumbent earlier this week over the senator’s Off the Sidelines web site, which Long called a “deception” and “a big scam.” The web site, OfftheSidelines.org, portrays itself as an avenue to get women “off the sidelines” and involved in
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Expert Roundtable: Officials Weigh in on Organized Labor in New York

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Savino DIANE SAVINO New York State Senator Q: What are the key issues facing organized labor? DS: The private-sector unions, especially the service sector, will continue to pursue a legislative agenda that will bring many of their members into the organized sector. Issues like living wage or prevailing wage and paid sick leave top the agenda
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The Influentials: The Important Nonelecteds Who Have the Ear of the State’s Top Politicians

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Mylan Denerstein, Counsel to Gov. Andrew Cuomo Behind every powerful politician is a top adviser. Behind every successful campaign is a key consultant. Behind every piece of landmark legislation is a well-connected lobbyist. These influential figures often stay behind the scenes and out of the spotlight. But in this special edition we pull back the curtain on the state’s most influential political
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Wise Guy: Eliot Spitzer on Journalism, Troopergate and His Criticisms of Cuomo

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Via Wiki Commons Eliot Spitzer needs no introduction. Since resigning as governor in March 2008, Spitzer has reemerged as a contributor to Slate magazine, an adjunct professor of political science at City College, and a television news commentator first for CNN and now for Current TV. Most recently he joined NY1′s Inside City Hall as one of the
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What Dancing Zombies Have in Common With Union Protests

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Via City & State Last Friday, a “zombie flash mob” demonstrated against Sony near Union Square, calling for changes in healthcare access for workers and criticizing one of the technology giant’s contractors. The union 32BJ, which planned the event, distributed a press release claiming that “Sony zombifies workers by dealing with irresponsible contractors!” A Sony spokesperson did not immediately
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Bloomberg’s Last Defense: A Profile of Marc LaVorgna

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Via City & State In 2008, when Marc LaVorgna first met with Mayor Michael Bloomberg about joining his press office, the mayor had one request: “Don’t f— it up.” “I was shell-shocked,” LaVorgna said. “I didn’t know that he says that to everybody, but at that moment I was completely shell-shocked. I didn’t know what to say. He just
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