The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Talk about a political odd couple. Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, who will battling it out for control of the chamber next fall, agree on just about everything these days. They're so close, they even finish each other's sentences. The Brooklyn Democrat and Nassau County Republican have put politics aside to form a partnership...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Here’s Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos’ response to the governor’s statements this morning: I agree with Governor Paterson’s statement today that the Legislature should be acting on a deficit reduction plan today, instead of waiting until Monday. The only problem is he has not submitted a bill we can act on, as Senate Republicans called [...]
Albany Matters (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Gov. David Paterson sure knows how to bring people together. Senate Democratic Conference Leader and Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos say that they stand together against Paterson’s budget proposal and the notion of giving him the power to cut the budget himself. Both men say they may work on “improving” Paterson’s deficit reduction plan or perhaps [...]
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... to cut the budget himself, which lawmakers, naturally, thought was crazy . Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos declared, "This is not the old Soviet Union." Paterson said, "I want to make clear that this is not a cash flow problem that can be fixed with one-shots or creative accounting. This is a lack-of-cash crisis that threatens the financial stability of our State....
the albany project (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... in member items to his own "non-profit" organizations, while other insiders insist that Dean Skelos' demand for millions of state payroll dollars in exchange for votes or even basic co-operation to pay for a large minority Central Staff that could then be used as a state funded campaign army for Republicans in 2009 and 2010. In reality, those examples just scratch the surface....
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... They said they need time to go through Paterson’s voluminous bill. Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County, said there may be some disagreements on cuts, but everyone understands they need to work in a bipartisan manner and reach an agreement within the next several days. He said he would work to have a bill ready to go for a vote on Monday. “And (Majority Leader) John...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Democratic Minority Leader. “It’s an absolutely dangerous precedent,” agreed Republican Leader Dean Skelos (right). “Anybody who would vote for that doesn’t deserve to be in office.” As to the budget-balancing plan that Paterson sent to lawmakers, both noted that, at 400 pages, they’ll probably be digesting it along with their Thanksgiving turkey, although Sampson allowed that he...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... Kolb said, “I have no idea. We have a saying upstate: one day at a time.” Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos said the only progress that had been made was “probably after the fourth or fifth time of asking the governor, send us his bill, which none of us has seen — no bill number, no bill at all — that he’s thinking about it.” When asked whether Paterson has a bill, Skelos...
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
... we can act on, as Senate Republicans called on him to do Thursday,” said Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos, R-Nassau County. When asked today why he hasn’t put his budget-cutting plan up for a vote, Paterson said he has. They can vote on it any time they’d like, he said. Skelos said that Senate Democrats and Republicans have agreed on budget actions that would reduce the budget...
