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The Unsinkable David Paterson

Politics By Beast | 13 hours ago by Andrew Carden

Poor Andrew Cuomo just can't catch a break. After months of joy, glee, happiness, and abysmal approval ratings for Gov. David Paterson, Attorney General Cuomo surely must have believed he'd end up a virtual shoo-in for the Democratic nod in New York read more

NYConvergence

Google and Yahoo Comply with Cuomo on Sex Offenders

NY Convergence | December 10th 2009

Almost a week after New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced that  MySpace and Facebook complied with state law to boot New York sex offenders from their social networking sites, Google and Yahoo have now come to an similar agreement with th read more

NYConvergence

Cuomo Calls Out Social Networks on Sexual Predators

NY Convergence | December 3rd 2009

Earlier this week, New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo held a press conference to put social networking on notice regarding online sexual predators.  Cuomo announced that he is looking to expand the law he drafted called e-STOP, which helps socia read more

Trench

3500+ NY sex offenders kicked off of Myspace and Facebook

MyCrimeSpace | December 3rd 2009 by Trench Reynolds

More than 3,500 sex fiends from Facebook, MySpace get boot in crackdown of Internet predators: Those wacky attorneys general are at it again. This time it's Mr. Late to The Party New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. As far as my recollection goes read more

pinoytutorial

Best news: Facebook and MySpace kick-out New York sex offenders

PINOYTUTORIAL BEST AND WORST | December 2nd 2009 by pinoytutorial

Facebook and Myspace kick-out some notorious New York sex offenders - Best news we've heard so far. read more

JamesOTB

Giuliani Running for Senate, Not Governor

Outside The Beltway | OTB | November 20th 2009 by James Joyner

Yesterday, the NYT and other outlets reported that former NYC mayor Rudy Giuliani has decided against running for governor of New York.  But the Daily News is reporting that he is instead “very likely” to run in the special election to f read more

iwilder

Early polls for 2010 NY Governor and Attorney General races

on the Wilder Side | November 16th 2009 by iwilder

These stats are great research for third parties to see who the competition might be for statewide office, and what voters are thinking about their NY government. There is a link to a detailed Siena poll with a long list of candidates. At the bottom read more

tieuaky

Andrew Cuomo Sues Intel

openmarket.org | November 13th 2009 by Khue

Over at the Washington Examiner’s Opinion Zone, Wayne Crews and I explain why New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s antitrust lawsuit against Intel is a mistake. Calling Intel’s business practices “bribery” and “coercion” is read more

selfprodigy

Social networking site Tagged.com slapped with a HUGE fine

George S May Blog | November 9th 2009 by frederick

Cuomo strikes again! Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has been on an absolute roll as of late. His latest accomplishment, smacking website www.tagged.com with a three-quarter million dollar fine for illegally taking peoples email addresses and using th read more

dearmansoor

15 Debt Settlement Companies under investigation in New York

Fair Loan Rate! | November 5th 2009 by R.MAK

There are many hideous debt companies that charge customers more than the actual price for their services, which at times is not reliable, troublesome, and cause customers to land themselves more in debts rather than to get out of it. Now that this read more

theportmaniac

NY23 results

Deus Lo Vult | November 5th 2009 by Thomas

So the Democrat won in NY23 yesterday. Very interesting turn of events leading up to it. The Republican candidate, Dierdre Scozzafava, faced with a third place finish, decided to drop out of the race. Then she started getting the phone calls. Now the read more

techclack

New York attorney general files antitrust lawsuit against Intel

Latest Technology Updates | November 4th 2009 by Mark

No matter how it tries, Intel just can’t shake those pesky antitrust monkeys off its back: the attorney general of New York today filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the chipmaker, saying it unfairly prevented AMD from competing under st read more

tieuaky

NY Attorney General Files Antitrust Suit Against Intel

openmarket.org | November 4th 2009 by Khue

A statement from New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo this morning announces the launch of an antitrust lawsuit against chipmaker Intel. Intel supposedly is “bribing” and “coercing” computer manufacturers like Dell, HP into read more

davidqnyc

Frank Gulluscio Receives Endorsements of New York State Senator C…

Lost in the Ozone... | October 31st 2009 by David Quintana

Gulluscio picked up the endorsements of New York State Senator Chuck Schumer and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Both Schumer and Cuomo endorsements were announced in recorded calls to the district.“Democrat Frank Gulluscio and I have dedicated read more

davidqnyc

NY State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Endorses Bill Thompson for…

Lost in the Ozone... | October 30th 2009 by David Quintana

In another sign of the changing momentum, Bill Thompson gained another major endorsement today when Attorney General Andrew Cuomo endorsed him for Mayor in the Bronx. The Attorney General cited Thompson’s lifelong commitment to addressing iss read more

NYConvergence

Syracuse Univ. Selected for New Health Care Initiative

NY Convergence | October 27th 2009

New York state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has selected Syracuse University, in Central New York, to lead research initiative called FAIR Health.  The initiative is for the purpose of creating a new national health care claims data base.  The im read more

thefineartblog

Ben Heller Gets $26 Million Bernard Madoff Payday

The Fine Art Blog | October 22nd 2009 by The Fine Art Blog

Lindsay Pollock reports on Bloomberg that Ben Heller, Art Consultant, was paid a $26.5 million commission for the $310 million bulk sale of Mark Rothko Paintings, owned by J. Ezra Merkin, whose Ascot Partners LP invested with convicted felon Bernard read more

EbonyInspired

Black Dems back Cuomo: poll

Ebony Inspired | October 21st 2009

ALBANY — The race factor may not be a factor after all in a potential Democratic primary contest between Gov. David Paterson and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, according to a new poll released today. The statewide Quinnipiac survey found a majo read more

davidqnyc

Atty Gen Andrew Cuomo Endorses Elizabeth Crowley for Re-Election…

Lost in the Ozone... | October 13th 2009 by David Quintana

Today, the Campaign to Re-elect Council Member Elizabeth Crowley is honored to announce that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has endorsed Elizabeth Crowley for re-election to City Council. The endorsement adds to the growing momentum of support for read more

selfprodigy

Bank of America to hand over legal documents from the Merrill pur…

George S May Blog | October 13th 2009 by frederick

Well, it is official; Andrew Cuomo gets what he wants. NY Attorney General, Andrew Cuomo has been pressing B of A to to turn over a set of documents that contain the legal advice the bank received in respect to its purchase of Merrill Lynch & Co. read more

adkalmanack

Adirondack Council Releases 2009 State of the Park Report

Adirondack Almanack | October 7th 2009 by Adirondack Almanack - New York History Blog

The Adirondack Council has released its annual State of the Park Report, what it calls "a comprehensive review of how the actions and decisions of local, state and federal officials have helped or harmed the ecology and beauty of the Adirondack Park read more

Kahrmann

Feeney Era Ends

The Kahrmann Blog | October 4th 2009 by Peter S. Kahrmann

Timothy J. Feeney’s reign over the New York Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver has likely come to an end. Sources say the New York State Department of Health has chosen not to seek proposals for the contract now held, for all intents and purposes, by T read more

StoptheCallsFast

New York Attorney General Gets It Done

StoptheCallsFast.Com | October 2nd 2009 by Robert L Friedman

Here is a news article which will show you that New York State will not tolerate thug tactics by debt collectors. Thank you Andrew Cuomo. read more

TheReformedBroker

They Won’t Have Ken Lewis To Kick Around Anymore

The Reformed Broker | September 30th 2009 by Joshua Morgan Brown

The big breaking news this evening is the resignation of Bank of America’s embattled CEO Ken Lewis (damn, I’ve had to type the phrase “embattled CEO” a lot this year) which will take effect on January 1st. There was plenty of read more

TheReformedBroker

More Hot Links: World’s Longest Bridge

The Reformed Broker | September 27th 2009 by Joshua Morgan Brown

More Hot Links for Weekend Reading… Legendary Las Vegas impresario Bob Stupak has passed.  (WSJ) Is NBC really a core business for GE or is it, in fact, up for sale, along with CNBC?  (ZeroHedge) Cool: The legendary trading culture of Susqueh read more

MidnightBlue974

Hizzoner for Governor

Up in 12 | September 23rd 2009 by Luiz

In one of the worst leaks in the short history of the Obama administration, it was reported that the president sent word to Gov. David Patterson (D-NY) not to run for re-election. Obama and Chief-of-Staff Rahm Emmanuel believe the unpopular governor read more

andyroo312

Why David Paterson Must Go

Politics By Beast | September 21st 2009 by Andrew Carden

I'm back.After over a month's break from blogging, I've opted to peek my head back in for a quick moment, and all at the grand expense of a certain incompetent New York Governor.That's right, Gov. David Paterson, a man who's hardly been the subject o read more

andyroo312

Why David Paterson Must Go

Politics By Beast | September 21st 2009 by Andrew Carden

I'm back.After over a month's break from blogging, I've opted to peek my head back in for a quick moment, and all at the grand expense of a certain incompetent New York Governor.That's right, Gov. David Paterson, a man who's hardly been the subject o read more

thefreekincheat

Democratic Leaders Attempting to Discourage Paterson From Running…

The Herkimer County Progressive | September 20th 2009 by Jeffrey Pritchard

Rumors are now swirling about that Democratic leaders, including Obama, are attempting to convince Gov. Paterson that he should not seek election to a full term in 2010.  Party officials are worried that his abysmal approval rating, around 20% curre read more