eating dinner at the table adjacent to my asshole state senator, tom libous
― tine nic (k3vin k.), Tuesday, 16 August 2011 23:19 (twelve years ago) link
I found out 2 weeks ago I've been carved out of Yvette Clarke's House district and into Jerry Nadler's. Haven't followed him closely in awhile, but surely less hacktastic than Clarke.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 6 November 2012 01:55 (eleven years ago) link
My new state senator, Simcha fucking Felder. At least give me credit for bypassing him on the ballot.
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/11/simcha-felder-to-caucus-with-ny-senate-gop-dean-skelos-pretty-happy-with-that
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 12:23 (eleven years ago) link
fuck him & fuck cuomo too
― max, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 13:05 (eleven years ago) link
yup this state has such horrible politics
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 13:40 (eleven years ago) link
the Dems don't have a 'secret plan' for a majority? not that it much matters.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 15:19 (eleven years ago) link
Felder gained popularity among his conservative Jewish constituents for advocating strongly on their behalf, including in matters relating to Israel.[3] Although personally opposed to homosexuality as being against Judaism, he backed Christine Quinn for City Council Speaker in what was seen as a political move to gain allies.[4] Although Felder claims to support Quinn, he says he cannot actually vote for her because of religious reasons.[5] When the time came to vote Quinn for Council Speaker, Felder did not cast a vote and took a trip to the restroom.[6]
I will give you a pass for not voting for this guy
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 15:44 (eleven years ago) link
wowwww wtf this guy
― all mods con (k3vin k.), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:45 (eleven years ago) link
what is his district like? how the hell was this guy the dem nom in a district that includes brooklyn?
his district is mostly orthodox jews
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:46 (eleven years ago) link
+ morbs
and some Ukrainian goyim
it is easy to spot the fundamentalist pols in Brooklyn, at least.
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:50 (eleven years ago) link
borough park is a horrible and scary place
― iatee, Wednesday, 14 November 2012 17:54 (eleven years ago) link
And to think I came all the way to NYC to escape religious zealots/bigots.
― purveyor of generations (in orbit), Wednesday, 14 November 2012 18:09 (eleven years ago) link
“The Assembly will pick a leader, and the Senate will pick a leader. And I have no intention of getting involved in either situation,” Cuomo said at a press conference last week, while underscoring that he thought Democrats learned a lesson the last time they were in control of the Senate. “I think they learned the hard way. The Democrats were in power. The Democrats then lost power because of the dysfunction and I think they learned that lesson the hard way.”
http://www.salon.com/2012/11/19/andrew_cuomo_fake_democrat/
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Monday, 19 November 2012 16:04 (eleven years ago) link
fuck cuomo obv
― chief beef (k3vin k.), Monday, 19 November 2012 17:32 (eleven years ago) link
Rally at Governor Cuomo's birthday fundraiser
Governor Cuomo is hosting a fundraiser to celebrate his birthday. We'll rally outside the fundraiser to protest his plan to frack New York. Then, on Wednesday, you can ride the bus to Albany for a rally at Governor Cuomo's State of the State address. RSVP here:
http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar/667299190?view=Detail&id=101382
When: 07 Jan, 6:00 PMWhere: The Waldorf Astoria301 Park Avenue at East 49th Street New York, NY 10022
― saltwater incursion (Dr Morbius), Thursday, 3 January 2013 16:29 (eleven years ago) link
via p4reene
NY lawmakers mandate massive tax breaks for millionaires’ Manhattan apartments
Developers of four of the projects, their relatives and affiliated companies gave $1.5 million to various state campaign committees from 2008 to 2012
the Assembly sponsor, Keith Wright (D-Manhattan), said he knew little about the tax breaks.“These five properties — it was important that they benefit from the piece of legislation probably, and I don’t know why, because some of the folks in the Senate wanted them to be included.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/big-tax-breaks-mandated-millionaires-nyc-digs-article-1.1375297
― ballin' from Maine to Mexico (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 19 June 2013 19:51 (ten years ago) link
If you got a survey email from the WFP, I hope you told them to run a progressive against Cuomo.
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Saturday, 26 April 2014 17:03 (ten years ago) link
Shame on de Blasio, NY unions, and motherfucking professional liberals. The WFP is a scam.
http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/06/03/why_did_progressives_lose_to_andrew_cuomo.html
― images of war violence and historical smoking (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 4 June 2014 15:19 (nine years ago) link
Marie Andytoinette
With Albany rocked by a seemingly endless barrage of scandals and arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo set up a high-powered commission last summer to root out corruption in state politics. It was barely two months old when its investigators, hunting for violations of campaign-finance laws, issued a subpoena to a media-buying firm that had placed millions of dollars’ worth of advertisements for the New York State Democratic Party.
The investigators did not realize that the firm, Buying Time, also counted Mr. Cuomo among its clients, having bought the airtime for his campaign when he ran for governor in 2010.
Word that the subpoena had been served quickly reached Mr. Cuomo’s most senior aide, Lawrence S. Schwartz. He called one of the commission’s three co-chairs, William J. Fitzpatrick, the district attorney in Syracuse.
“This is wrong,” Mr. Schwartz said, according to Mr. Fitzpatrick, whose account was corroborated by three other people told about the call at the time. He said the firm worked for the governor, and issued a simple directive:
“Pull it back.”
...In a 13-page statement responding to The Times’s questions, Mr. Cuomo’s office defended its handling of the commission. It said the commission was created by and reported to the governor, and therefore he could not be accused of interfering with it.
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/nyregion/governor-andrew-cuomo-and-the-short-life-of-the-moreland-commission.html
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 13:40 (nine years ago) link
www.TimeToGoCuomo.com
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 23 July 2014 20:30 (nine years ago) link
The state Democratic Party opened its war chest for an ad blitz promoting Gov. Cuomo to blunt a blistering report detailing how his administration meddled with an anti-corruption panel, records show.The state Democratic Campaign Committee spent $281,655 for ads that began airing July 19, one day after the governor’s office learned The New York Times was going to print a lengthy story about how Cuomo aides compromised the workings of the Moreland Commission panel.
http://nypost.com/2014/07/30/pro-cuomo-ad-blitz-to-soften-anti-corruption-panel-scandals-hit/
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 30 July 2014 16:45 (nine years ago) link
hey it's my own private thread
guess i'm voting for Teachout in September and Hawkins in November
http://www.thenation.com/article/181289/how-zephyr-teachout-became-contender
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 19 August 2014 15:10 (nine years ago) link
who thinks Zephyr has a shot at 20%?
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 9 September 2014 16:30 (nine years ago) link
26%?
http://www.msnbc.com/steve-kornacki/zephyr-teachout-likely-wont-exceed-expectations-polls
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:00 (nine years ago) link
did you vote for her
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:06 (nine years ago) link
of course, anything to put a bug up Andy's Clintonite ass
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:08 (nine years ago) link
wait -- you're a democrat?
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:09 (nine years ago) link
it's the only way to vote here, chief
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:10 (nine years ago) link
ZT running at 35.5%
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:11 (nine years ago) link
chiefed in a teachout beef
― mookieproof, Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:13 (nine years ago) link
I voted
― nakh is the wintour of our diss content (darraghmac), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:22 (nine years ago) link
I smell a potential Stop HilRod movement
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:26 (nine years ago) link
Cuomo is under 60% in Westchester, where he lives
lmfao
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 02:28 (nine years ago) link
Teachout won a ton of upstate counties while losing every borough of NYC
http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/09/10/liberal-teachout-won-over-democrats-in-new-yorks-conservative-heartland/
― son of a lewd monk (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 10 September 2014 16:50 (nine years ago) link
hoping Howie Hawkins kicks ass in tonight's debate
http://buffalo.twcnews.com/content/news/779058/howie-hawkins-claims-gov--cuomo-edited-usgs-fracking-report/
― this horrible, rotten slog to rigor mortis (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 22 October 2014 11:36 (nine years ago) link
So Cuomo bankrolled this Women's Equality Party solely to drain votes from the WFP and maybe get them off the ballot for good, as far as i can tell. AND THEY STILL ENDORSED HIM! "Please hit me on the head with a 2x4 again, governor." Green Green Green.
http://www.howiehawkins.org/why_howie_hawkins_deserves_your_vote_and_the_wfp_does_not
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 12:27 (nine years ago) link
He played the "WEP" card well after the endorsement though, and if they withdrew their endorsement or violated the terms of the agreement by appearing unsupportive of Reptile Face, he could retract his commitment to pass the Women's Equality Agenda, the NYS DREAM Act, raise the minimum wage, etc, AND bring the IDC back. The WFP leadership weighed how many people's lives that would change and decided if they could hold him accountable to those commitments it would be worth it.
Basically now that he agreed to all those progressive issues he's trying to break them so they CAN'T hold him accountable, ie having his cake for free and ordering a hit on the baker he ordered it from.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 3 November 2014 16:34 (nine years ago) link
yeah I know it was after. Withdrawal of the endorsement would be the honorable way out.
Celeb enthusiasts about the "WEP" are the usual gang of tourists, oh hello Lena Dunham.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:25 (nine years ago) link
Ugh unfortunately I live right on the edge of Cornegy's council district and while my own city council person is terrible, I'm glad she's just crazy and not "centrist" or whatever Cornegy thinks he is. He's publicly supporting BOTH the WEP **and** Prop 1. Why why why why
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 3 November 2014 17:29 (nine years ago) link
If anyone can defend a No vote on ballot proposals 2 and 3, i'm all ears. (All I can detect: legislators won't read electronic bills; the tech money is better spent elsewhere on schools, and only public ones.)
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:20 (nine years ago) link
I think Prop 2 is just a bit of house keeping, something about how the countdown for how long they have to read a proposed bill before it comes to a vote will start from when the email is sent instead of when paper copies are distro'ed. Will prob result in legislators assigning a staffer to print it out for them as soon as the email comes through and that's assuming anyone was reading proposed legislation anyway.
― Orson Wellies (in orbit), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:42 (nine years ago) link
A frustrated labor union source said that in the end, Cuomo is just being Cuomo.
“The mayor arranged a forced marriage between the base and him,” said the union source, who has helped with the Democratic effort to win the Senate. “This is what happens when you get into an arranged marriage. It doesn’t always work out.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/gov-cuomo-closing-campaign-strategy-left-democrats-scratching-heads-blog-entry-1.1996812
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Monday, 3 November 2014 18:45 (nine years ago) link
Fuck Cuomo so much. Gonna protest vote tomorrow.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 04:02 (nine years ago) link
Me too. He's been shitting on teachers so goddamn relentlessly. I'm voting Hawkins/Jones.
― Montgomery Burns' Jazz (Tarfumes The Escape Goat), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 14:19 (nine years ago) link
I would be delighted if the Greens outpolled the WFP, not sure it's gonna happen.
My state senator is this unopposed asshole
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Felder
so I wrote in myself.
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Tuesday, 4 November 2014 17:17 (nine years ago) link
Cuomo's statewide total from last night is currently 52.78%, lol
― things lose meaning over time (Dr Morbius), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:17 (nine years ago) link
5% for Hawkins, I guess that's something
― Nhex, Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:21 (nine years ago) link
Slightly more than Working Families and "Women's Equality Party" combined.
― my jaw left (Hurting 2), Wednesday, 5 November 2014 19:44 (nine years ago) link