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	<title>Albany Watch</title>
	
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		<title>State proposes 1,000 housing units for NYC adult-home residents</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/07/state-proposes-1000-housing-units-for-nyc-adult-home-residents/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2009 07:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   State officials on Friday evening filed a U.S. District Court-ordered remedial plan for how to ensure that residents of adult homes in New York City have the opportunity to live in settings that are more integrated into the community. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis ruled in September that about 4,300 people with mental illness [...]<br/>
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		<title>As current deficit looms large, state begins 2010-11 budget process</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/06/as-current-deficit-looms-large-state-begins-2010-11-budget-process/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 22:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   This year&#8217;s state $3.2 billion budget deficit is far from settled, but it&#8217;s time for the governor&#8217;s Division of Budget, the Legislature and the state Comptroller&#8217;s Office to start working on the 2010-11 spending plan.
   At 9:30 a.m. Monday, the day before the special budget-cutting session called by Gov. David Paterson for the current fiscal [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Democrats’ Talk Of No-Show “Shameful,” Paterson Says</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/06/senate-democrats-talk-of-no-show-shameful-paterson-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 21:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson today called talk of Senate Democrats potentially boycotting his address Monday to a joint session of the Legislature &#8220;shameful&#8221; and said &#8220;I&#8217;m even insulted by the delay&#8221; in debating whether to come.

	This morning, a spokesman for the Senate majority said the conference plans to attend, and aides insisted that it was never [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson Trying To “Get My Story Out”</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/06/paterson-trying-to-get-my-story-out/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:30:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson this morning said he doesn&#8217;t feel empowered that President Obama was unsuccessful in helping Democrats win governor&#8217;s races in New Jersey and Virginia, which could dampen the White House&#8217;s attempts to have Paterson back away from a run next year.

	&#8220;I don&#8217;t feel empowered by any Democratic losses. I support Democrats and I [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Democrats To Attend Paterson’s Address (Updated)</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/06/senate-democrats-to-attend-patersons-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:49:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The Senate Democratic majority will now attend Gov. David Paterson&#8217;s address Monday to a joint session of the Legislature, a spokesman said this morning.

	&#8220;They still don&#8217;t want to, but out of respect for the governor&#8217;s office they are going to attend,&#8221; said spokesman Austin Shafran.

	Shafran said the conference expects all members to attend Monday and [...]<br/>
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		<title>Legislation Would Make Public Lawmakers’ Defense Funds</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/legislation-would-make-public-lawmakers-defense-funds/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:50:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Sen. Neil Breslin, D-Albany County, held a press conference today at the Capitol to announce a bill that would require disclosure of any financial contributions to a legal defense fund for politicians in the wake of a fund set up by Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, Gannett&#8217;s Jon Campbell reports.

	The bill calls for disclosure of all [...]<br/>
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		<title>Pushing A Tax Amnesty Program</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/pushing-a-tax-amnesty-program/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:49:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As lawmakers seek to close this year&#8217;s $3.2 billion budget gap, Sen. Jeff Klein, D-Bronx, is proposing legislation that would toughen laws on tax scofflaws.

	Klein estimates that the state could bring in about $400 million if it establishes a tax amnesty program, which would waive penalties if tax evaders pay up. As part of his [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson Starts Ads For 2010 Campaign</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/5521/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 23:11:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In an attempt to build support for his candidacy next year, Gov. David Paterson released two television ads for his 2010 campaign that will begin airing statewide Friday.

	The first ad, titled &#8220;Some Say,&#8221; tries to make the case for how he&#8217;s made tough decisions in the state&#8217;s fiscal crisis and ends with the title &#8220;Governor [...]<br/>
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		<title>With Senate Democrats Or Not, Paterson Calls Special Session</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/with-senate-democrats-or-not-paterson-calls-special-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:56:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Even as Senate Democrats say they won&#8217;t return to Albany until they have a budget deal, Gov. David Paterson is ordering them back on Tuesday for a special session.

	And, as he&#8217;s promised, he&#8217;s put out a long list of key priorities of his administration for lawmakers to consider adopting.

	He wants them to close the $3.2 [...]<br/>
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		<title>After DiNapoli Restores A Pension, Cuomo Takes It Away</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/after-dinapoli-restores-a-pension-cuomo-takes-it-away/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 18:22:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[A week after it was revealed that Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli quietly restored pensions to the private attorneys he spent a year investigating, Attorney General Andrew Cuomo announced today that one of the top targets of their investigations has settled and will no longer receive state pension benefits.

	Cuomo said Long Island attorney Lawrence Reich, who had [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Democrats To Stay Away From Paterson’s Address</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/senate-democrats-to-stay-away-from-patersons-address/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 17:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Democrats are not expected to attend Gov. David Paterson&#8217;s planned speech to a joint session of the state Legislature on Monday, saying they will return to Albany when they reach a budget deal.

	&#8220;The Senate will return to Albany once they have an agreement,&#8221; said Selvena Brooks, spokeswoman for Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson, D-Brooklyn.

	The [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson: This Isn’t “Middle of Tehran”</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/05/paterson-this-is-isnt-middle-of-tehran/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson appear to be getting little support from Senate Democrats in his call to address a joint session of the state Legislature on Monday.

	While Assembly Democrats plan to attend have issued a proclamation to do so, Senate Democrats haven&#8217;t, and it&#8217;s unclear whether they will.

	Even Paterson admitted as much this morning on the [...]<br/>
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		<title>The Views Of New York’s State Chairmen</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/04/the-views-of-new-yorks-state-chairmen/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:52:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The state&#8217;s Democratic and Republican chairman offered, as expected, different takes on Tuesday&#8217;s election results.

	State Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs said: &#8220;If you&#8217;re a Republican this morning, you&#8217;re feeling emboldened. If you&#8217;re a Democrat this morning, you&#8217;re a bit more cautious.&#8221;

	But Jacobs warned that despite the party&#8217;s losses in the suburbs and upstate, Democrats have a [...]<br/>
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		<title>Focus Turns To Giuliani and Pataki</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/04/focus-turns-to-giuliani-and-pataki/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 20:10:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With Republicans&#8217; wins in the New York suburbs in local elections yesterday, some Republicans say it could help encourage former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani and former Gov. George Pataki to run for statewide office next year.

	Despite the widespread belief before Election Day that neither would run next year, both have not said what [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senators want law changed to protect patients</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/04/senators-want-law-changed-to-protect-patients/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:36:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cara Matthews</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[   Two Democratic senators plan to announce legislation tomorrow that would make it illegal for insurance companies to deny coverage to someone by dropping entire lines of insurance.

	   The lawmakers cite the case of Ian Pearl, a 37-year-old with muscular dystrophy, whose around-the-clock nursing care costs more than $1 million a year. Rather than drop [...]<br/>
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		<title>Shakeups In County Governments</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/04/shakeups-in-county-governments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 16:07:27 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Democrats suffered some major losses in county races yesterday, with Republicans winning the county executive seat in Westchester, the county Legislature in Dutchess County and Ulster County and hanging onto the majority in the Legislature in Monroe County.

	The victories, some groups said, was indicative of a tax revolt in the suburbs.

	&#8220;The ground shifted in New [...]<br/>
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		<title>Reactions To Last Night’s Results In the 23rd District</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/04/reactions-to-last-nights-results-in-the-23rd-district/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:57:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s some reactions to Democrat Bill Owens, left, surprising victory in the 23rd congressional district, in which he beat the Conservative candidate Doug Hoffman 49 percent to 46 percent.&#8221;

	&#8220;The Democratic Party will not establish a litmus test for our candidates, like the one the Republicans imposed on their candidates in the 23rd,&#8221; said state Democratic [...]<br/>
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		<title>Paterson: We’ll Abide With A Ruling On Yankees Tickets</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/03/paterson-well-abide-with-a-ruling-on-yankees-tickets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 21:02:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson addressed the issue of his free Yankees tickets this morning after he voted in New York City, saying he wants a ruling from the state Commission on Public Integrity.

	&#8220;I want to ask the state ethics commissioner what the proper ruling is in this area,&#8221; Paterson said, according to a transcript provided by [...]<br/>
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		<title>Scozzafave Seemed Fine, Cuomo Says</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/03/scozzafave-seemed-fine-cuomo-says/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 17:15:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Attorney General Andrew Cuomo was asked this morning about the 23rd District race and about his conversation over the weekend with Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava, who dropped out of the race Saturday and then endorsed Democratic candidate Bill Owens.

	Cuomo rejected state GOP chairman Ed Cox&#8217;s comments that she was in an &#8220;emotional state.&#8221;

	&#8220;When I chatted [...]<br/>
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		<title>Democrats: Ethics Bill Would Stop Alleged Bruno Offenses</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/03/democrats-ethics-bill-would-stop-alleged-bruno-offenses/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:42:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Senate Democrats have failed to pass an ethics reform package, in part because when it came to the floor of over the summer, Long Island Democratic Sen. Brian Foley wasn&#8217;t there because his father passed away.

	But Democrats are again pushing their reform package, saying it could thwart future offenses. And they say it would be [...]<br/>
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		<title>Financial Disclosures Online</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/02/financial-disclosures-online/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 22:22:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[NYPIRG has posted online the hand-written financial disclosure statements of state lawmakers on its Web site.

	The forms are currently searchable by the lawmaker&#8217;s name and counties represented, as well as the occupation of themselves and their spouses.

	Lawmakers each year after required to file out the forms, though the law is often criticized because legislators are [...]<br/>
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		<title>NYPIRG: Commission Should Investigate Paterson’s Yankees Tickets</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/02/nypirg-commission-should-investigate-patersons-yankees-tickets/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 20:34:26 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Blair Horner, legislative director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, said the state Commission on Public Integrity should investigate whether Gov. David Paterson solicited World Series tickets from the Yankees, which hires lobbyists and does business with the state.

	The New York Post reported today that Paterson sought free tickets to the Yankees home [...]<br/>
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		<title>Cox Says Scozzafava Made An “Emotional Decision” To Back Democrats</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/02/cox-says-scozzafava-made-an-emotional-decision-to-back-democrats/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 19:01:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Ed Cox, the state GOP chairman, said he spoke with Dede Scozzafava soon after she decided Saturday to suspend her campaign in the 23rd congressional district. He said the Republican candidate was sobbing on the phone and was then pressured by Democrats to back Democratic candidate Bill Owens.

	&#8220;She made the right decision in suspending her [...]<br/>
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		<title>Conservatives Call For Investigation Into Scozzafava’s Democratic Endorsement</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/02/conservatives-call-for-investigation-into-scozzafavas-democratic-endorsement/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 17:56:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long today called for an investigation by the Federal Election Commission into what he called &#8220;illicit inducements&#8221; from Democrats that led to Republican candidate Dede Scozzafava dropping out of the 23rd congressional race and backing Democrat Bill Owens.

	Several Democrats, including Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, reached [...]<br/>
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		<title>Bruno Arrives For Trial: “I’ve Done Nothing Wrong”</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/02/bruno-arrives-for-trial-ive-done-nothing-wrong/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:54:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno arrived for his federal corruption trial this morning in Albany and said he will be found innocent.

	&#8220;I&#8217;m doing great. Looking forward to this day,&#8221; he said in the video posted by Kyle Hughes of nysnys.com. &#8220;I&#8217;ve been looking forward for a long time to this day. I&#8217;ve done nothing [...]<br/>
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		<title>Hoffman Takes Lead In Upstate House Race</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/11/02/hoffman-takes-lead-in-upstate-house-race/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 02 Nov 2009 15:53:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[In the race in the 23rd District in northern New York, the Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman&#8212;buoyed by the decision Saturday of the Republican candidate to drop out-- has a five-point lead over Democrat Bill Owens, a Siena College poll this morning found.
Hoffman leads Owens 41 percent to 36 percent, the poll found.

	After Republican Assemblywoman [...]<br/>
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		<title>On Web Site, Paterson Touts Accomplishments</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/10/30/on-web-site-paterson-touts-accomplishments/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 18:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Gov. David Paterson has added a  feature to his government Web site titled &#8220;Governor David A. Paterson: A Record Of Accomplishment.&#8221;

	As he seeks to regain the public&#8217;s confidence in a bid to run for a full four-year term next year, the Web site lists a series of steps he has taken in his roughly 18 [...]<br/>
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		<title>Senate Republicans Teaming With Clerks On License Petitions</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/10/30/senate-republicans-teaming-with-clerks-on-license-petitions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 16:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[As reported today, Senate Republicans are teaming up with county clerks around the state to protest Democrats&#8217; plan to increase fees on licenses and require people to get new ones when their vehicle registrations expire.

	For example, Sen. Thomas Libous&#8217;s campaign has registered one of the online petitions&#8212;nonewplates.org &#8212;that is sponsored by Oswego County Clerk George [...]<br/>
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		<title>State Deficits On The Rise</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/10/30/state-deficits-on-the-rise/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Oct 2009 15:54:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[The state&#8217;s financial picture continues to get gloomier with projections today that the five-year deficit will balloon by 16 percent from projections just three months ago.

	Gov. David Paterson&#8217;s budget office today is expected to release a mid-year report that shows the state&#8217;s deficit will grow to $44 billion over the next five years&#8212;an increase of [...]<br/>
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		<title>Groups Call On Commission To Investigate Monserrate Fund</title>
		<link>http://statepolitics.lohudblogs.com/2009/10/29/groups-call-on-commission-to-investigate-monserrate-fund/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 22:21:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Joseph Spector</dc:creator>
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			<content:encoded><![CDATA[NYPIRG, Citizens Union, Common Cause and League of Women Voters today sent a letter to the Legislative Ethics Commission calling on it to investigate whether Sen. Hiram Monserrate, D-Queens, has illegally set up a legal defense fund as he faces sentencing in December for misdemeanor assault involving his girlfriend.

	The groups said Monserrate should disclosure of [...]<br/>
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