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New York City’s Mayor Michael Bloomberg provides an update on relief efforts in the wake of Hurricane Sandy. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy LIVE VIDEO: Gov. Andrew Cuomo briefs the public on clean-up and recovery efforts in New York in the wake of…
Official refuses Tennessee governor’s orders to break up ‘Occupy Nashville’
Just one week after New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) saw his order to push an “Occupy” protest out of a public park at night rebuked by a local official, Tennessee’s governor is experiencing a similar problem. Gov. Bill Haslam (R) has twice given the order to crackdown on protesters…
New York cops defy order to arrest hundreds of ‘Occupy Albany’ protesters
Occupy Albany protesters in New York’s capital city received an unexpected ally over the week: The state and local authorities. According to the Albany Times Union, New York state troopers and Albany police did not adhere to a curfew crackdown on protesters urged by Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) and Albany…
Author Naomi Wolf arrested outside Huffington Post awards ceremony
Feminist author Naomi Wolf was arrested last night outside the Huffington Post’s “Game Changers” awards ceremony as she marched with about 150 members of “Occupy Wall Street” to protest New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (D) resistance to raising taxes on the wealthy. Cuomo, who was being honored by the AOL…
‘It’s going to be Hillary Clinton in 2016′: former PA gov
The 2012 election may not have been decided yet, but one man already knows who his 2016 candidate will be. “It’s going to be Hillary Clinton in 2016,” former Pennsylvania governor Ed Rendell told the New York Post. New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) is already rumored as a candidate,…
New York gay marriage bill faces close Senate vote
NEW YORK — New York was one step closer to approving gay marriage after state legislators passed a same-sex marriage bill, even though the measure faces an uncertain vote in the Republican-led state senate. By a vote of 80 to 63, the New York State Assembly approved the Marriage Equality…
New York nuclear plant’s future shaky as fears grow
NEW YORK (Reuters) – New worries about a New York nuclear plant’s vulnerability to earthquakes could hand the state’s governor an opportunity to try to close the plant, but New York City’s huge power needs could stall any such moves. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has long been a…
NY Chinatown bus in another deadly crash
NEW YORK – Two people died and dozens were injured in the second fatal accident of a bus from New York’s Chinatown in a matter of days, police said Tuesday. The bus running from Manhattan’s Chinatown neighborhood to Philadelphia sped off the tarmac and along the grass divider on the…
Election Day unkind to many wealthy candidates
Majority of wealthy candidates funding their campaigns end up making losing bet Dipping into their personal fortunes to finance a political campaign turned out to be a losing investment for several candidates trying to break into political office. Former eBay chief executive Meg Whitman took the biggest gamble, spending $142…
New York gubernatorial hopeful Paladino: ‘I’m not a homophobic’
New York gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino attempted Monday to reverse the damage done when he told Jewish Orthodox leaders that he doesn’t want children “brainwashed into thinking that homosexuality” is acceptable. “I’m not a homophobic,” he told ABC’s George Stephanopolous. “I have no reservations whatsoever about gays, only except for…
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