Stage is set for reform in Albany after ethics uproar
Public anger over lawmakers income disclosures fuels calls for full transparency. Senate Leader Dean Skelos and Assembly Chief Carl Heastie pledge reform while naming several lawmakers as “Enemies of Reform” for hiding incomes. Gov Cuomo ties budget talks to cap and disclosure.
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Westchester
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Rochester
John McDonald
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Orange County
Phil Steck
Schenectady
Lawmakers listed for contact in Oswego and Albany
A compiled note provides addresses for State Senator Patty Ritchie Assemblyman Robert Oaks U S Senator Kirsten Gillibrand Congressman Richard Hanna and Will Barclay. It lists offices at Oswego Albany Washington Fulton and districts 46 718 531 319 and 120 with corresponding street addresses.
Religious comparisons at prayer breakfast ill timed
Georgie Anne Geyer argues that President Obama overemphasized Islam as a religion of peace at the National Prayer Breakfast. She says Christian history includes reform and Enlightenment, while Islam faces internal conflict and resistance to reform. She urges careful, balanced language.
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Highlights and events on February 12 historic milestones
A compact list of February 12 anniversaries: Abraham Lincoln born in 1809 in Kentucky. Lady Jane Grey beheaded in 1554. Chile proclaims independence in 1818. NAACP founded in 1909. Lincoln Memorial milestones in 1914 and 1915. Gershwin’s Rhapsody in Blue premieres in 1924. Adventures of Superman debut in 1940. Lincoln penny redesign in 1959. 1963 Northwest Orient crash with 43 fatalities. 1973 Operation Homecoming begins. 1995 Philip Kramer disappears. 1999 Clinton acquitted. 2005 Howard Dean elected DNC chair. Gates exhibit opens. 2010 Winter Games luger death. 2011 Amy Bishop case. 2014 debt ceiling legislation moves through Congress.
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