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Jabari got over 1,000 votes on the "Socialist" line. Was that SPUSA's line, or just like, a non-party thing along the lines of "Dump the Mayor"?
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GalacticAcid posted:Jabari got over 1,000 votes on the "Socialist" line. Was that SPUSA's line, or just like, a non-party thing along the lines of "Dump the Mayor"? The latter
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# ? Nov 8, 2017 19:05 |
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unbutthurtable posted:The latter I didn't see another ballot line other than Green with his name on it. Did i just miss it? My wife didn't see it either.
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# ? Nov 8, 2017 19:39 |
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Sheen Sheen posted:According to the Buffalo News the Dems took the Erie County Legislature Wait...we have county legislatures?
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# ? Nov 9, 2017 20:33 |
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Ogmius815 posted:Wait...we have county legislatures? You didn't know this? Counties have legislatures and execs.
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# ? Nov 10, 2017 01:39 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:You didn't know this? Counties have legislatures and execs. Not every county. For instance, New York, Queens, Kings, Bronx, and Richmond do not have county legislatures. In fact from some quick googling I think only 16 New York counties do?
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GalacticAcid posted:Not every county. For instance, New York, Queens, Kings, Bronx, and Richmond do not have county legislatures. Isn't that because they're coterminous with NYC burroughs, which would make them redundant? What's another non-NYC county that hasn't got a legislature?
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# ? Nov 10, 2017 03:46 |
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Isn't that because they're coterminous with NYC burroughs, which would make them redundant? What's another non-NYC county that hasn't got a legislature? Here's a table with New York counties and their administrative structures. It's a .pdf.
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GalacticAcid posted:Here's a table with New York counties and their administrative structures. It's a .pdf. Thanks! That's very interesting. If I'm reading this correctly, unless there are counties outside of these and those that are coterminous with the Five Burroughs, these all have legislative bodies, where the difference between a Legislature and a Board of Supervisors is something to do with how and whether voting is weighted.
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Absurd Alhazred posted:Thanks! That's very interesting. If I'm reading this correctly, unless there are counties outside of these and those that are coterminous with the Five Burroughs, these all have legislative bodies, where the difference between a Legislature and a Board of Supervisors is something to do with how and whether voting is weighted. I believe that's correct - check out the "County" section in this Wikipedia article too, seems to be an okay summary.
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# ? Nov 10, 2017 04:17 |
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GalacticAcid posted:I believe that's correct - check out the "County" section in this Wikipedia article too, seems to be an okay summary. Thanks for this as well! I kept looking for a table of counties or something on wikipedia, guess I missed this. Edit: Hey, a tiny bit of good news from up here: Democrats regain control of Troy City Council. The mayor is also a Democrat, so no more excuses. Absurd Alhazred has issued a correction as of 04:59 on Nov 10, 2017 |
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i didn't give new york enough credit post-election day. a town in erie county elected a democratic socialist to town council, and the nassau county GOP finally collapsed under the weight of its own corruption. while a democrat as nassau county executive isn't new, Hempstead elected the first democrat as town supervisor in 100 years county governments are varied. some have the traditional american separation of powers structure, others are run by an elected board, and still others combine the government of its largest city with the county government (i.e. Miami-Dade and Davidson County in tennessee) Scrub-Niggurath posted:Cuomo is a spineless shill who can, if nothing else, smell which way the wind blows. I guarantee that if legalization would boost his numbers he'd sign off. he's also a suck-up to law and order, as evidenced by his veto of undoing the hilariously outdated gravity knife laws
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# ? Nov 10, 2017 06:35 |
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https://twitter.com/JonCampbellGAN/status/930425441416032257 Good! Not like there's a state to run here or anything.
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# ? Nov 14, 2017 14:26 |
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i sincerely hope that cuomo's disregard for actually governing bites him in the rear end like it did chris christie, but new jersey is more enlightened than new york. even their wall street shills are better than ours. i now see the allure of moving across the hudson to raise a family different subject, same guy: i'm absolutely floored at how horribly cuomo is choosing to attack the elimination of state and local tax deductions. right now he's using the republican standby of "higher taxes means rich people will leave" as justification. here's a very simple, straightforward, no bullshit way of tackling the issue that will get people on your side: SAY THAT REPUBLICANS ARE LOWERING TAXES ON THE WEALTHIEST AND RAISING TAXES ON EVERYONE ELSE!!! if you don't wanna spook the donors, leave out the part about lowering taxes on the wealthy! it's so simple a schmuck like me could do it!
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# ? Nov 15, 2017 05:52 |
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https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/931159284423028736
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# ? Nov 16, 2017 15:05 |
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I think we mentioned it in the LAN thread already, but I thought this thread might want this too: https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/18/nyregion/new-york-subway-system-failure-delays.html?referer=
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# ? Nov 20, 2017 14:38 |
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good read. loving cuomo.
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# ? Nov 20, 2017 16:13 |
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get that OUT of my face posted:looks like syracuse is gonna be amazon's east coast headquarters now Syracuse should be purged in nuclear fire but only if they take out Fulton first so I can enjoy it
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# ? Nov 20, 2017 16:49 |
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From the NYC LAN thread:grah posted:incoming.
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# ? Nov 20, 2017 19:16 |
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i said this in the LAN thread and i'll say it again here: the problem we're facing isn't one of raising revenue, it's one of MTA control. currently cuomo and his lackeys control everything, and the amount of lackeys who have a say have been drastically reduced for the past few months. it doesn't matter whether a millionaire's tax or congestion pricing is implemented, they still control where the money goes, and it won't be towards proper repairs if you think cuomo's gonna play nice once he gets his money and abandon everything laid out here, you're impossibly naive get that OUT of my face has issued a correction as of 20:10 on Nov 20, 2017 |
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this is the first time in his entire time as city councilmember that i've seen reports of mathieu eugene out there being visible to his constituents. look at his fuckin death stare: even if he weren't breaking electioneering laws, that glare says it all
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Schumer calls for IDC to actually vote with Democrats like they were elected to do Not that it means jack poo poo, but hey, every little bit helps.
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# ? Nov 21, 2017 08:30 |
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INY https://twitter.com/klnynews/status/933186147584319488
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# ? Nov 22, 2017 05:13 |
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I guess that’s an efficient vetting process.
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# ? Nov 22, 2017 05:26 |
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LegionAreI posted:Schumer calls for IDC to actually vote with Democrats like they were elected to do speaking of which, jessie hamilton's office won't stop sending me texts even though i've called them four times demanding that they take my number off, the last time while i was screaming at them. they got my number from this post-election forum he hosted, ostensibly to inform people of events he hosts. lately it's only been links to Kings County Politics (an openly pro-IDC website) and today i got two robotexts from "people" claiming he's helped them on thanksgiving. his office is closed until monday, so i'll wait until then to go there. i'm not leaving until i actually witness them taking my name off the list
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# ? Nov 23, 2017 02:29 |
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why do those guys caucus with the gop
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Kurtofan posted:why do those guys caucus with the gop Money and power.
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# ? Nov 23, 2017 16:02 |
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Kurtofan posted:why do those guys caucus with the gop peralta did it for a $25,000 raise while alcantara/Senator Buzzfeed got money directly donated to her campaign get that OUT of my face has issued a correction as of 16:19 on Nov 23, 2017 |
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Kurtofan posted:why do those guys caucus with the gop So they can get into office on the backs of minorities and get donations from rich people
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CaptainPsyko posted:Money and power. Without any consequence (see Bob McDonnell's conviction being vacated by the Supreme Court, which led to Silver, Skelos, etc. also having theirs vacated).
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Horseshoe theory posted:Without any consequence (see Bob McDonnell's conviction being vacated by the Supreme Court, which led to Silver, Skelos, etc. also having theirs vacated). I’m not even talking about that kind of money and power. Caucusing with the majority literally gets them a straight up salary raise.
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# ? Nov 23, 2017 19:34 |
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https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/934978682007015430
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# ? Nov 27, 2017 03:59 |
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get that OUT of my face posted:speaking of which, jessie hamilton's office won't stop sending me texts even though i've called them four times demanding that they take my number off, the last time while i was screaming at them. they got my number from this post-election forum he hosted, ostensibly to inform people of events he hosts. lately it's only been links to Kings County Politics (an openly pro-IDC website) and today i got two robotexts from "people" claiming he's helped them on thanksgiving. his office is closed until monday, so i'll wait until then to go there. i'm not leaving until i actually witness them taking my name off the list at least i got the personal email of the guy who broke this news to me, so if i'm still getting this poo poo in a week i'll tell him to hurry up
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# ? Nov 27, 2017 22:07 |
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poll results here
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# ? Nov 28, 2017 00:06 |
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Why isn't property tax an option?
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# ? Nov 28, 2017 01:55 |
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colorado got $200 million off theirs last year, i would be interested to see how much ny could get given it's bigger and also already a huge tourist destination, so you've got a lot of people there who would do it as a tourist attraction
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# ? Nov 28, 2017 02:10 |
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why isn’t increasing taxes on the rich/corporations not an option
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# ? Nov 28, 2017 02:36 |
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Rated PG-34 posted:why isn’t increasing taxes on the rich/corporations not an option ? Taxing high earners is the most popular choice on there! Folks,
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Rated PG-34 posted:why isn’t increasing taxes on the rich/corporations not an option
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