The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
While Albany descends deeper into its budget black hole, Republican former Rep. Rick Lazio is continuing to slowly amass support for his 2010 gubernatorial run. Lazio is poised to announce he has landed the endorsement of Queens Conservative Party Chairman Tom Long, the brother of state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long. "I am proud to announce that the Queens County...
The New York Observer (Free subscription) | 12/01/2009
Before he became famous for donning ridiculous mascot headgear to make his weekly picks on ESPN, Lee Corso coached the Indiana Hoosiers football team for ten mostly forgettable seasons. One year, one of his overmatched squads managed to score an early touchdown against mighty Ohio State, grabbing a 7-0 lead - at which point Mr. Corso called a time-out so his team could pose for a picture in front...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
Rick Lazio, still the only declared Republican candidate for the 2010 gubernatorial race, thinks the governor’s proposal of an “Executive Option” that would grant him broad powers to make midyear cuts sounds, well, a little familiar: Lazio raised a very similar proposal in an op-ed last week in the Daily News. Lazio’s just-released statement: “I...
rochesterturning.com (Free subscription) | 11/19/2009
Big surprise there and the GOP - well, they are waiting for Guiliani. The New York governor’s election is a year away but Monroe County Conservative Party Chairman Tom Cook has endorsed Republican Rick Lazio. “I am hereby enthusiastically endorsing Rick Lazio for governor of New York state,” Cook said. … Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani indicated...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/23/2009
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio today continued to posture himself as the antidote to Albany, taking shots at current leaders - both past as present - whom he blamed for the ongoing dysfunction at the state Capitol. No one was spared from Lazio's barbs during his interview this morning with The Capitol Pressroom's Susan Arbetter , not even former Gov. Eliot Spitzer or former...
Room Eight (Free subscription) | 11/20/2009
Rick Lazio says : "[Last year's state] budget should never have been enacted," said Rick Lazio, a Republican candidate for governor in 2010. He said instead of making harder, long-term fixes, Albany is "lurching from special session to special session ... we are barreling toward fiscal collapse. We need adult supervision." Hey Rick, here's a very...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
In an open letter to AG Andrew Cuomo, GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio today goes to bat for embattled Gov. David Paterson, calling on Cuomo and his associates to "stop trying to undermine the governor." "If you think you can do a better job than Governor Paterson, why don't you say so publicly," Lazio writes. "You've been in Albany for the past two...
Politics on the Hudson (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio wrote a letter this morning to Attorney General Andrew Cuomo defending Gov. David Paterson and saying Cuomo should speak publicly if he thinks he could do a better job. The letter comes after a New York Times article today said that Cuomo is already talking about a statewide ticket to run [...]
News Channel 9: Local News (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Republican candidate for Governor Rick Lazio is coming to the defense of Democratic Gov. David Paterson, who he says is being undermined by the unannounced campaign of Democrat Andrew Cuomo.
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 11/16/2009
Republican candidate for governor Rick Lazio is coming to the defense of Democratic Gov. David Paterson, who he says is being undermined by the unannounced campaign of Democrat Andrew Cuomo. Lazio referred to a New York Times report Monday that quoted unidentified people close to the Cuomo 2010 campaign saying the popular attorney general and advisers are discussing who should...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/17/2009
GOP gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio will head to his home county of Suffolk next month to shake the campaign cash tree and will get some support from one of former Gov. George Pataki's major donors, Charles Gargano. Gargano served as Pataki's economic development czar and helped raise money for the governor both before, during and after his time in office (he helped bring in cash for...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/10/2009
Republican gubernatorial candidate Rick Lazio has picked up another GOP county chair endorsement, this time from Schoharie chairman Lewis Wilson. Lazio, who is the only Republican to officially announce his bid for the governor’s office, has also been endorsed by the Republican county committee chairs in Orange and Suffolk. “I am proud to endorse Rick Lazio...
Room Eight (Free subscription) | 11/12/2009
Looks like Rick Lazio and Chris Collins are as good as it's going to get for NYS GOP in the 2010 gubernatorial race. That Lazio hasn't said or emoted anything remotely approaching the milieu of bizarro utterances from the Six Sigma Sertified Savant from Buffalo, probably makes Lazio the front runner. Word's already on the street that Collins is a real bozo. For his part,...
Gothamist (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
Rick Lazio , former L.I. Congressman and the guy who ran for a Senate seat against Hillary Clinon, feels good about his 2010 chances, after GOP gubernatorial victories in NJ and Virginia. He told WCBS 2 , "Tuesday was, to me, very much a validation of my message. Government has become unresponsive, unaccountable and the people have lost faith." Marist pollster Lee Miringoff...
WCBSTV.com: Your Source For New Yor (Free subscription) | 11/08/2009
The wave of voter anger aimed at incumbents in last Tuesday's off-year elections is just what an against-all-odds campaign in New York's governor's race needed. Two weeks ago, Republican candidate Rick Lazio was quietly running an uphill campaign for the 2010 race. He faced a rising Democratic wave in New York, with every statewide office held by Democrats, rising party enrollment and...
