Articles By Elie Mystal
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The other thing Spitzer did in Washington
2008-04-14 16:17:00
A lot of attention has been spent and will continue to be spent on what Eliot Spitzer was up to at the end of the day on Feb. 13 in Room 871 of the Mayflower Hotel. But officially, at least, Spitzer was in Washington to kick off his Valentine’s Day morning with testimony to Congress, using his prominence as governor to warn of an impending massacre of the municipal bond ...
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2008-04-14 15:38:00
Ripped in the HeadlinesGuardian News v. AmiconeDecided By: New York Southern District Federal Court, March 3Yonkers Mayor Phillip Amicone was the subject of withering attacks in the Westchester Guardian, a free weekly newspaper, throughout his ultimately successful 2007 re-election campaign. He apparently did not want to read the coverage, and sought to make sure no one else ...
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2008-03-10 11:34:00
Bloomberg proposal to take samples at arrest may drive Senate, Assembly further apartGov. Eliot Spitzer (D) is taking another crack at expanding New York’s DNA databank, a computer database of individual genetic profiles based on DNA samples. But though there is broad agreement on Spitzer’s core proposal, this year the Senate and the Assembly are even further apart ...
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Major profits and changes could be ahead for lottery,
though legislators question constitutionality of lease
2008-03-07 18:40:00
All that stands in the way of Gov. Eliot Spitzer’s (D) plan to lease the lottery to a private investment bank is the Legislature, and perhaps the State Constitution. In his State of the State address, Spitzer proposed building a $4 billion endowment for the State University (SUNY) and City University (CUNY) systems by making New York the first state to change the ...
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Major Court Decisions
Impacting New Yorkers This Month
2008-03-07 17:04:00
Safety Sergeant Not Free to Talk About SafetyRuotolo v. City of New York Decided by: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Feb. 6Existing interpretations show that the First Amendment prohibits government employees from being fired for speaking out on matters of public concern. But the 2006 Supreme Court case Garcetti v. Ceballos created an exception to this rule, holding that the ...
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2008-02-11 14:55:00
Profiling, Alive and WellCousin v. BennettDecided By: Second Circuit Court of Appeals, Jan. 4Though it is illegal for attorneys to select jurors on the basis of race, this law continues to be nearly unenforceable in New York State. Cousin v. Bennett centers around a prosecutor who rejected the only African-American potential juror out of a pool of 58 Suffolk County residents ...
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Move to change laws before budget is passed seems unlikely
2008-02-11 14:21:00
Gov. Eliot Spitzer (D) is trying to convince the citizens of New York that he was wrong.Admitting that last year’s $5 billion Middle Class STAR program failed to address the core issues that make New York’s property tax burden the highest in the nation as he barnstorms around the state on his “Bringing Home the Budget” tour, Spitzer says he has changed ...
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McCain has lead in presence on the ground
2008-01-24 19:16:00
While one time presidential frontrunner Mayor Rudolph
Giuliani attempts to salvage his campaign in Florida,
his Republican rivals are looking to deliver the killer blow by winning New
York in an upset. The latest Zogby poll shows Arizona
Sen. John McCain ahead of Giuliani among New York Republicans, Quinnipiac has
the two GOP candidates dead-even in Giuliani’s home ...
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Major Court Decisions Impacting New Yorkers This Month
2008-01-14 16:42:00
Snacks on a PlaneAir Transport Association of America v. CuomoDecided By: United States District Court: Northern District of New York, Dec. 20Judge Lawrence Kahn upheld New York’s Passenger’s Bill of Rights, a state law passed last year that requires airlines to provide adequate food, water, ventilation and waste removal services for passengers stranded on the ...
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With a year to go before Election Day, several major congressional races in New York are starting to take shape. Both political parties will be looking to pick up seats, and the outcomes in New York could impact the national balance of power. Here are six contenders already putting together the campaigns and the resources to mount serious challenges in 2008.
2007-11-13 18:36:00
Alexander “Sandy” Treadwell (R)District: 20thRunning Against: Representative Kirsten Gillibrand (D)Work Experience: New York Secretary of State; Chairman, New York Republican PartyFundraising to date: $821,714.46Sandy Treadwell views Rensselaer, Saratoga, Dutchess and Essex counties as prime Republican territory, though the district he wants to represent is ...
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On Lotto Proposal, Spitzer May Need a Little Bit of Luck
