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the albany project - Front Page (Free subscription) | 09/10/2008
It appears that Queens Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio, the biggest local Dem ally of Republican Senator Serph Maltese, was pulling a Joe Bruno by running a "consulting" firm out of his house that the feds believe crossed the line into criminality. Liz is reporting that the indictment(s) will be unsealed later today . She quotes a release from US Attorney Michael Garcia: A press conference will be held...
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The Politicker (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
MINNEAPOLIS—At a breakfast for the New York delegation to the R.N.C., Joe Bruno called Barack Obama a “wimp” and implied that, like Eliot Spitzer, there may be a side to him voters don't know yet. The attack by the former State Senate majority leader got a standing ovation. Bruno called Spitzer “glib, articulate, fancy, dancey, prancey, all of those kind of things,” and said it was those qualities...
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Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, in comments to the New York delegation, argued that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama is like former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, in style and substance. [There are] people who live it, and then there are those who talk it. They say it because they don’t believe it in their hearts….they say [...]
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Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 09/03/2008
(Times Union Photo by Paul Buckowski) This might assuage those who feared that the elevation of Long Island’s Dean Skelos to the position of Senate Republican Majority Leader would mean that upstate would get ignored in the annual funding derby, since Skelos replaced Joe Bruno of Rensseleaer County. Skelos, who is skipping the Republican convention in order [...]
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The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 08/25/2008
Joe Bruno is marketing space in Eliot Spitzer's Crown Building. No, silly, not that Joe Bruno ! Still, the irony is rich. A real estate broker who just happens to have the same name as the former governor's arch-nemesis, is the sublease agent for space on the eighth floor of the Crown Building at 730 Fifth Avenue -- home to the offices of real estate patriarch Bernie Spitzer and his errant son Eliot,...
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The Politicker (Free subscription) | 08/14/2008
A few items overlooked in this morning’s link dump: Joe Bruno has registered as a lobbyist . The New York State Teachers Union is refusing to back 38 legislators who have supported Governor Paterson’s property tax cap. And nationally, Nancy Pelosi is pouring some gasoline on the Dump Lieberman fire. Also, I have a new column up this morning, arguing that polling data shows that John McCain has much...
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Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 08/13/2008
Joe Bruno has registered as a lobbyist. The former Senate Republican Majority Leader who is now CEO of CMA Consulting, said he has registered with the state Commission on Public Integrity. As a former lawmaker he can’t lobby the Legislature for two years but he can interact with the executive branch. While he told reporters less than a month ago that [...]
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The Politicker (Free subscription) | 08/06/2008
Sheldon Silver loaned money to a company that helps trial lawyers, but declined talk about it. Documents released by the Albany County D.A. detail how Eliot Spitzer and aides tried undermining Joe Bruno. The Albany D.A. didn’t put Spitzer under oath, and his interview ranged over only 20 pages, compared to the 200 pages his testimony took up in the report from the Public Integrity Commission. The...
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The Politicker (Free subscription) | 08/05/2008
Eliot Spitzer authorized two of his aides to submit written testimony rather than speak directly to the Albany County District Attorney during the investigation of Spitzer's use of state police to discredit former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno. That’s according to the first round of news coming from newly released, 8,562-page report from David Soares office. (I haven’t gotten my hands on a copy...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/29/2008
Photo: Getty Images Did we really need, after his 32 years in office, more proof that Joe Bruno is a political genius? Well, we're getting it anyway: One small lesson from the state's mushrooming budget mess is that Bruno knew exactly when to quit. Decades of overspending on health care, schools, and pensions — much of it to prop up Bruno's Republican majority in the State Senate — are combining with...
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Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
I notice that Liz had this earlier as did the Syracuse paper: it looks like former US Northern District prosecutor Glenn Suddaby has been approved in the US Senate to serve as a federal judge in Syracuse. Suddaby started an investigation, along with the FBI, of retired Senator Joe Bruno, although there have been no charges. Suddaby’s [...]
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JammieWearingFool (Free subscription) | 07/24/2008
After noting earlier today how Eliot Spitzer's hooker was back in the news, I was wondering what Eliot and his former henchpersons were up to. Well, what do you know, we now find out four of his goons are now facing ethics charges for trying to railroad GOP Senate Leader Joe Bruno. Sure, it's all basically slap on the wrist stuff and these punks should be staring at jail time; maybe they'll roll
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The Politicker (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
In response to Fred Dicker's column that reported David Paterson offered Joe Bruno a job, which Bruno turned down, John Riley writes, "[I]sn't that a little risky for guy who, after all, is in office by default?" [ Spin Cycle ] Three reporters contribute to a pointed critique of the office of borough president. [ N.Y. Post ] Some county election commissioners are worried about getting the right voting...
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Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
Photo: Getty Images Governor David Paterson is sad to see Joe Bruno go — so sad, in fact, that he offered to give the former State Senate majority leader a highly paid "special adviser" post in his government. According to the Post , Bruno won't accept the offer (he'd rather pursue a more lucrative private-sector gig). But it may indicate a few things: first, that Paterson is intent upon solidifying...
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The Troy Polloi (Free subscription) | 07/21/2008
It's mid-summer so we're taking it easy. Light posting. It's less filling but tastes great. In the race to replace Joe Bruno, Assemblyman Roy McDonald has dominated the coverage. However, there's another candidate: Rensselaer's own Brian Premo. He's the only Rensselaeroid in the race. Premo showed just how serious he is about taking Joe Senate seat by funding his campaign to the tune of $70,000
