In Primary, West Siders Embrace Incumbents

Written by admin on September 22, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Politics

By Dan Rivoli In this year’s primary election, Upper West Side voters gave a favorite son a promotion and rewarded legislative incumbents with another two-year term. Here are the results from contested Democratic primary races in the Upper West Side
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We Endorse… West Side Spirit’s picks for the Sept. 14 primary election.

Written by admin on September 8, 2010. Posted in Editorial, News & Features West Side Spirit, Opinion and Column, Politics

Read our picks for attorney general, State Senate and Congress
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Perkins Fights For Environment

Written by admin on September 1, 2010. Posted in Opinion and Column

To the Editor: In the current New York State Senate, there are few lawmakers truly fighting for a better environmental future for New Yorkers. Bill Perkins is one such legislator. He has a proven record of fighting for New Yorkers and getting results. As State Senator for the 30th District, Bill Perkins has fought for
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CHARTER SCHOOL PARENTS BACK PERKINS

Written by admin on August 25, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

By Allen Houston State Sen. Bill Perkins’ campaign for a third term started with him being named public enemy number one for criticizing charter schools. Yet almost two weeks before the Sept. 14 Democratic primary, he got an endorsement from the New York Charter Parents Association
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CONSERVATION VOTERS BACK POLS

Written by admin on August 4, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit, Politics

By Dan Rivoli State Sen. Bill Perkins’ re-election campaign got a boost from the League of Conservation Voters. Perkins is facing a challenge from Basil Smikle, a political consultant and former campaign aide to Mayor Michael Bloomberg
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Debate Over Charter Schools Plays Out in State Senate Race

Written by admin on June 23, 2010. Posted in Politics

By Dan Rivoli Since charter schools became the new battleground for New York education reform, State Sen. Bill Perkins has become public enemy number one for advocates of these publicly-funded, privately-operated schools. Perkins, who represents a Harlem district that covers parts of the Upper West Side, has criticized the way charter schools operate and occupy
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Renovated 96th Street Station Open to Straphangers

Written by admin on April 5, 2010. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit

“I got a monthly. Here I go,” said State Sen. Bill Perkins, pulling his MetroCard out of his wallet inside the new expansion of the West 96th Street station. Straphangers wiggled through a throng of MTA officials, elected representatives and press to access the new 96th Street station house—an above-ground entrance to the No. 1,
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THE RUNNING MAN

Written by admin on November 6, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

State Sen. Bill Perkins shows off his marathon medal at a rally to support Barack Obama after completing the Nov. 2 race. Photo By: Andrew Schwartz
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ALBANY BILLS HARD TO PASS

Written by admin on September 22, 2008. Posted in News & Features West Side Spirit, Notes From the Neighborhood west side spirit

Albany is known for its dysfunctional legislature, which could explain why local legislators have a low success rate in getting bills signed into law in 2008. In the Senate, where Democrats are in the minority, State Sen. Bill Perkins introduced 34 bills. Two made it out of the Legislature, a success rate of 5.8 percent.
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