Not so fast: Sheldon Silver not signing off on schools vote
BY Erin Einhorn and Kenneth Lovett
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS
Monday, July 27th 2009, 4:00 AM
The already bumpy road to extending mayoral control over the schools may have just gotten a lot bumpier.
Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Sunday refused to commit to amendments to a [...]
NY Senate OKs reforms; no vote on mayoral control
By VALERIE BAUMAN
Associated Press Writer
July 16, 2009
ALBANY, N.Y.
In a session with big expectations and marked by long negotiations, New York’s state Senate passed a series of reforms they contend will change the way the chamber operates to minimize the power of leaders and strengthen the influence [...]
State Senate begins passing bills
BY JAMES T. MADORE | james.madore@newsday.com
2:03 PM EDT, June 30, 2009
ALBANY - A Republican senator’s walk through the back of the Senate chamber Tuesday as 31 Democrats were convening a regular session was used by them to establish a quorum and begin passing bills.
In about 40 minutes, the 31 Democrats [...]
June 30, 2009, 11:4120am
State Senate Convenes, Then Adjourns
By Nicholas Confessore
ALBANY — For the first time in a week, Senate Democrats and Republicans gathered together on Tuesday in the same room, at the same time, in relative peace — if not quite harmony.
Bowing to a judge’s ruling on Monday that all senators of both [...]
June 30, 2009
Judge Orders All 62 Senators to20Meet in One Place
By DANNY HAKIM and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE
ALBANY — A state judge on Monday ordered the 62 members of the Senate to convene together Tuesday morning, backing Gov. David A. Paterson’s latest attempt to break the deadlock in the chamber.
Justice Joseph C. Teresi of [...]
