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Laurence "Seth" Hirsh
Green Party nominee Laurence "Seth" Hirsh offers his views
North Woodmere resident Laurence “Seth” Hirsh said he is running as the Green Party candidate in the special election to fill the vacant 9th Senate District seat in the State Legislature “to eliminate corruption in Albany.” more
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Assemblyman Todd Kaninsky (D-Long Beach), left, and Hewlett Harbor resident Christopher McGrath, fourth from left, are running for the vacant 9th Senate District seat.
Kaminsky, McGrath offer plans for battling corruption, mitigating flooding
Incumbent State Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach) and Hewlett Harbor resident Christopher McGrath, both attorneys, are running in a special election to be held on April 19, the day of the presidential primary in New York state, for the State Senate’s 9th District seat vacated by Dean Skelos after his December conviction on corruption charges. more
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Todd Kaminsky, right, with supporters outside of Dean Skelos’s former office in Rockville Centre, promised he would put forward legislation to ban outside income for legislators on his first day in the Senate.
Kaminsky pledges to ban outside income
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky held the first press conference of his campaign in Rockville Centre on Feb. 11, promising that he would put forward legislation to ban outside income for Albany … more
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Christopher McGrath officially announced that he is running for the State Senate in a roomful of Republican supporters at the VFW Hall in his native Inwood.
Christopher McGrath kicks off State Senate campaign
Hewlett Harbor resident Christopher McGrath officially kicked off his campaign for the 9th Senate District seat vacated by Dean Skelos surrounded by family, friends and a roomful of Republican supporters in the Imperial Room of the VFW Hall in his native Inwood on Wednesday. more
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The battle for Dean Skelos’s seat begins to take shape
The special election to fill the State Senate’s 9th District seat, formerly held by Majority Leader Dean Skelos, is set for April 19, the same day as New York’s presidential primary. more
Todd Kaminsky
Kaminsky and McGrath run for the State Senate
Assemblyman Todd Kaminsky (D-Long Beach), who for nearly a month remained silent on whether he would seek the vacant State Senate seat left open by former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, formally … more
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Albany must regain the public’s trust
We join with good-government groups in calling for Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the State Legislature to enact three specific reforms to help reduce the ethical violations and criminal behavior . . . more
It’s time to restore full state aid to schools
In his State of the State address on Jan. 13, Gov. Andrew Cuomo promised to end the Gap Elimination Adjustment that school districts across the state have been subject to by 2017-18. That’s a major step in the right direction, but . . . more
Albany should resolve to fight corruption
New York’s Assembly members and senators have returned to Albany to begin the latest legislative session. In the coming months, they, along with Gov. Andrew Cuomo, will produce the state budget. Important decisions will be made on . . . more
Former Sen. Dean Skelos is still eligible for his $95,000-a-year pension, despite being convicted of felonies in his corruption trial. It is something that is not unique to Skelos, but is becoming an issue in Albany, and for those seeking to fill his seat.
Skelos to receive pension
Days after his conviction for bribery and corruption, former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos filed for his state pension and sparked the first dust-up of the race to fill his seat. … more
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