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	<title>Albany Watch</title>
	
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		<title>Census: School spending down in nation, but up in top-spending New York</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/21/census-school-spending-down-in-nation-but-up-in-top-spending-new-york/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:49:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Per student public education spending in the country fell in 2011 for the first time since at least 1977&#8212;but not in New York, which still leads the nation in per-pupil spending. The U.S. Census Bureau today released data that showed New York, as has long been the case, spends the... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Database: Search your school’s proposed budget</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/21/database-search-your-schools-proposed-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 21 May 2013 14:07:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Today is school-budget voting day, where roughly 700 schools will seek voter approval for their proposed budgets for the 2013-14 school year, which starts July 1. Twenty-eight schools are seeking a tax-cap override, but 96 percent are staying within their cap amount. Here&#8217;s a searchable database of every school district&#8217;s... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Silver: “Mistakes were made. I deeply regret them.”</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/20/silver-mistakes-were-made-i-deeply-regret-them/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver apologized Monday for his handling of a sexual harassment scandal involving one of the chamber&#8217;s most senior members but said he has had no thoughts of stepping from the post he&#8217;s held since 1994. Facing calls for his resignation, Silver detailed reforms that he said will... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Pro-lifers: Where are women’s groups on Assembly scandal? (UPDATEDx2)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:14:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Bakeman</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Chiaroscuro Foundation, a pro-life group that has been lobbying against Gov. Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s women&#8217;s equality agenda, criticized two pro-choice groups for not weighing on the Assembly sexual-harassment scandal. NARAL Pro-Choice New York and Family Planning Advocates, the lobbying arm for Planned Parenthood, are leading the charge of women&#8217;s groups... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>250 ‘master’ teachers will get $60K over four years</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 22:08:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Bakeman</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[High-performing math and science teachers in four regions&#8212;the Mid-Hudson, the North County, western and central New York&#8212;will be chosen this fall for a $60,000 merit incentive over four years. At a cabinet meeting at the Capitol on Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that eligible teachers could begin applying on June... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Kearns makes it official, breaks from Assembly Democrats</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/20/kearns-makes-it-official-breaks-from-assembly-democrats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 19:22:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Buffalo Assemblyman Michael Kearns on Monday said he has left the Assembly Democratic conference and is looking to start his own independent caucus. Kearns, serving his first full term in the Legislature&#8217;s lower chamber, said he would not return to the Democratic conference until Speaker Sheldon Silver resigns as their... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>WATCH LIVE: Cuomo cabinet meeting on education</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 18:22:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Bakeman</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. Andrew Cuomo will hold a cabinet meeting at 2:30 p.m. at the Capitol to discuss education issues, including teacher retention. In Cuomo&#8217;s State of the State address, he laid out his plan for education reform in the state, which includes implementing a bar exam for prospective teachers and rewarding... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Amid Lopez scandal, Buffalo Democrat splits from caucus</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 17:36:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A Buffalo assemblyman has split from the Democratic conference after a state ethics report showed Assembly leaders shielded sexual harassment allegations from public view. Assemblyman Michael Kearns, D-Buffalo, will call on Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to step down from his post at a news conference Monday afternoon, according to Kearns&#8217;... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Ball won’t run for Congress</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/20/ball-wont-run-for-congress/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:49:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sen. Greg Ball, R-Patterson, Putnam County, said today he will not run for Congress next year. Ball had briefly ran for the seat in 2010, but decided to run for the state Senate. With the congressional seat now held by Democrat Sean Patrick Maloney, a former aide to Eliot Spitzer,... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Assembly chambers, offices scrubbed of Vito Lopez</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:15:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Bakeman</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former Assemblyman Vito Lopez, A Brooklyn Democrat who resigned today, quickly lost his desk on the chamber floor and office in a state building. The placards that once showed Lopez&#8217; name in front of his desk and on his office door have been removed. Lopez resigned after twin reports last... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Westchester lawmakers to push for more boating safety</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 15:10:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[State lawmakers from Westchester County and Long Island today will continue to push for tougher boating laws after a number of deaths in recent years. The lawmakers will be joined by the family of Bryan Johnson, an Ossining man who died in a boating accident last year. Johnson&#8217;s family and... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>With Lopez gone, focus shifts to Silver (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/20/with-lopez-gone-focus-shifts-to-silver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 14:24:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez resigned at 9 a.m., but Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver remains under fire for not doing more to curb Lopez&#8217;s years of alleged sexual harassment of aides. Some Republicans and many newspapers&#8217; editorial boards across New York have called for Silver&#8217;s ouster as speaker after two reports... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Poll: Corruption sours NYers’ view of state government</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 May 2013 10:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[New Yorkers are bracing for more corruption arrests in Albany and believe state government is getting more dysfunctional, a Siena College poll released today found. With a series of scandals rocking the state Capitol since early April, 67 percent of voters said state government is getting worse&#8212;and 88 percent said... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Senecas push back against Cuomo’s “playground bully tactics”</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 21:19:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Seneca Nation of Indians was none too pleased with Gov. Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s suggestion Wednesday that a pact allowing them to operate casinos in western New York could be allowed to expire in 2016. Cuomo and the Senecas have been at odds of the agreement, with the nation withholding more... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Read: Assembly’s resolution to oust Lopez</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2013/05/17/read-assemblys-resolution-to-oust-lopez/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 20:39:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s the Assembly&#8217;s resolution that will start the process to expel Assemblyman Vito Lopez after Lopez was found to have sexually harassed female aides. The Assembly Ethics Committee is expected to be tasked on Monday with coming up with a recommendation on Lopez and will undoubtedly recommend his expulsion. He... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Gloria Allred calls for Sheldon Silver’s ouster</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 19:25:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The high-profile law firm representing two of Assemblyman Vito Lopez&#8217; accusers says its time Speaker Sheldon Silver is ousted from the role he&#8217;s held since 1994. Gloria Allred and her legal partners Mariann Wang and Nathan Goldberg released a joint statement Friday afternoon, knocking Silver for his handling of the... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Lopez to resign from Assembly (updated)</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 16:04:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Disgraced Assemblyman Vito Lopez said Friday he will resign from office next month, less than a day after his colleagues said they would seek to expel him. Lopez said he would resign at the end of the legislative session, which is scheduled for June 20. He is accused of sexually... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Silver moves toward expelling Vito Lopez</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 03:52:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver on Friday will begin the process that could lead to embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez&#8217; expulsion from the chamber, according to his spokesman. Silver, who was criticized in an ethics report for his handling of sexual harassment allegations against Lopez, will introduce a resolution Friday asking the... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Poughkeepsie state trooper honored for bravery</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 21:06:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jessica Bakeman</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Twenty-three troopers were honored Thursday at the State Police&#8217;s annual award ceremony, including a Poughkeepsie officer who last year stopped a violent home invasion in progress, killing the armed suspect and protecting three residents inside. Trooper Daniel Hoffman, 29, was recognized with the highest State Police award for bravery, the... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Andrew Cuomo’s assets worth at least $1.8 million</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A new disclosure form released for the first time shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo&#8217;s assets are worth at least $1.8 million, with the vast majority of that figure tied up in a blind trust. The trust and a retirement account from his days as the federal housing secretary are worth as... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Two prominent assemblywomen target Lopez, not Silver</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 20:16:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Assemblywomen Amy Paulin and Barbara Lifton said they would vote in favor of expelling Vito Lopez from office, but said they see no reason to also oust Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan. So far, at least from Assembly members, the outrage about Lopez&#8217;s alleged sexual harassment of his young female aides... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Cuomo calls on Assembly to expel Vito Lopez</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:32:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Thursday said the state Assembly should move to expel embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez from the chamber if he doesn&#8217;t resign, but did not take a position on whether the chamber&#8217;s leadership should remain in place. Lopez, a Brooklyn Democrat, was the center of an ethics report... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Cuomo, Oneidas reach deal on CNY casino exclusivity</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 18:18:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Oneida Indian Nation was granted exclusive casino rights in central New York under a deal struck Thursday that will send 25 percent of slot revenue to the state. The Native American tribe, Gov. Andrew Cuomo and the heads of Madison and Oneida counties signed the agreement at the Capitol... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Albany County DA knocks Assembly’s handling of harassment claims</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:51:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Albany County District Attorney David Soares on Thursday said the state Assembly&#8217;s handling of sexual harassment allegations against Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez was problematic and needs to be reevaluated, Gannett&#8217;s Haley Viccaro reports. Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan investigated the allegations against Lopez in Brooklyn, calling them &#8220;alarming&#8221; but... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>NY’s unemployment rate drops to 7.8 percent in April</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 17:07:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[New York&#8217;s unemployment rate in April fell to its lowest level since 2009 but still trailed the national average, according to the state Department of Labor. Statewide, the rate dipped to 7.8 percent from 8.2 percent in March, just behind the national average of 7.5 percent. In New York City,... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Watch live at 1 p.m.: Cuomo to announce revenue-sharing deal for Turning Stone</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:57:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[A revenue-sharing deal with the Oneida Indian Nation has eluded the state for 20 years, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to announce an agreement at 1 p.m. to share profits with the state from the Turning Stone Casino near Syracuse. The Syracuse Post-Standard said the agreement includes more than... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Silver under fire for handling of Lopez scandal</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 16:29:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is facing increased pressure from good-government and women&#8217;s groups after two reports this week alleged sought to protect Assemblyman Vito Lopez from sexual harassment complaints made by Lopez&#8217;s aides. The state Republican Committee is calling Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, to resign as speaker, a post he... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>View: Vito Lopez’ 23-page defense to JCOPE</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 15:36:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jon Campbell</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Assemblyman Vito Lopez outlined his defense to a series of sexual harassment claims in a 23-page document sent to the Joint Commission on Public Ethics earlier this year, claiming a series of text messages sent by his female employees&#8212;messages they claim they were forced to send&#8212;showed they enjoyed their jobs.... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Sign of the times: FBI raids town hall, seizes records in corruption probe</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 14:57:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[The FBI yesterday stormed the Town Hall in Ramapo, Rockland County, and seized records in an apparent investigation of bond sales for town projects, the Journal News reported. It&#8217;s the latest investigation by the FBI and the U.S. Attorney in the Southern District to root out public corruption. On April... Read More &#8594;
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		<title>Lopez statement: “There is an all out war against an ailing senior member”</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 20:50:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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				<content:encoded><![CDATA[Embattled Assemblyman Vito Lopez put out a three-page statement this afternoon and condemned a state investigation that found he had sexually harassed a number of young female aides. &#8220;Salacious and sensational claims in the JCOPE report are fallacious,&#8221; the Lopez statement says. The statement went on to knock his accusers,... Read More &#8594;
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