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Can't believe I didn't know about this thread. Another Albanian here. Should it be advertised to the Upstate thread in LAN?
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Double-posting because update: Bharara just said he'd been fired.  https://twitter.com/PreetBharara/status/840645773985492992
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Mar 11, 2017 20:42
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Mar 11, 2017 21:05
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99 CENTS AMIGO posted:Governor Preet would be amazing. It'd be like a second try with Spitzer, except not a douche. I don't know if the governor's mansion is where I'd put a muckraker like that. You don't root out corruption by having a few good people at the top, you do it by pushing for better accountability systems and having good, no-bullshit people willing to investigate and prosecute wrongdoing. If a Democrat wins in 2020, AG or FBI Director Bharara sounds really, really nice.
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Mar 11, 2017 23:26
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:He could resurrect the ethics committee I don't know. There'd be too much pressure for him to stop them from investigating him, too. And on the other hand, I don't know that he has the experience to manage or get things through the Legislature.
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Mar 12, 2017 00:22
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CaptainPsyko posted:He was Chuck Schumer's #2 in the senate for several years. He knows from legislation. This is what I'm getting from the wiki: quote:Bharara served as the chief counsel to Senator Chuck Schumer and played a leading role in the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary investigation into the firings of United States attorneys. That sounds way more lawyery and muckraky than legislaty. Bolded the ironic part.
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Mar 12, 2017 01:23
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CaptainPsyko posted:That was one thing he did. Is there a better biography of his time in the Senate?
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Mar 12, 2017 01:36
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Trump is moving fast and breaking things.
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Mar 18, 2017 01:34
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Two stories taking Cuomo to task for his inability to help improve Upstate. https://twitter.com/NYHammond/status/845981420883464192
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Mar 27, 2017 01:16
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goose willis posted:Also good luck getting Cuomo to change his mind You could have stopped there.
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Mar 28, 2017 02:35
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goose willis posted:Cuomo comes from the same sort of family background like Romney in which the surname's patriarch has decided that his sons must aspire to increasingly high political office and constantly grasp towards the presidency He's an obstinate and vindictive son of a bitch. I half think he looks at Trump and sees a bit of himself, and how he won't fare well nationally.
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Mar 28, 2017 02:42
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https://twitter.com/NYCMayorsOffice/status/847880701223608328 Think they'll actually pull it off?
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Apr 2, 2017 05:47
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ate poo poo on live tv posted:Closing Rikers has been a thing talked about for a long time, my question is, why? Where are those folks going to go? They just going to be shipped upstate or something? I mean jails actually do serve a necessary purpose even in a perfectly just system. Something tells me a few municipalities Upstate are suddenly going to find themselves with a lot of new correctional jobs. Speaking of Upstate municipalities, there seems to have been some kind of unfortunate exchange between the City of Albany's chief of staff and an assemblymember, which longtime thorn in Mayor Sheehan's side, Common Council member Judd Krasher, is complaining about here: https://twitter.com/Juddkrasher/status/848554529125695489 https://twitter.com/Juddkrasher/status/848555676788019202 Couldn't find the exchange itself on either Brindisi or the city's feed. I'm guessing it has to do with this: https://twitter.com/ABrindisi119/status/848148054146502657 Stay petty, Albany. 
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Apr 2, 2017 17:02
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CaptainPsyko posted:The idea is to have five (or more) smaller jails, at least one in each borough. A large part of the problem with Rokers comes from the sheer concentration of inmates. I guess that makes more sense. Sorry, Upstate! How will they afford to buy land in any of the boroughs to put jails in, though? goose willis posted:Just close off all access to Staten Island and ship all the prisoners there and in two hundred years we can come back and they'll all be eating Vegemite and punching out kangaroos Do you think they'll sell Rikers Island cheaply to some real estate investor, who'll flip it around into a rich housing project/vacation spot?
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Apr 2, 2017 17:15
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uncurable mlady posted:turn it into a giant venue and host the governors ball there ... Yes! Yes, of course! Governor, we are totally having a ball here. Armed security is for your own protection.
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Apr 2, 2017 17:42
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CaptainPsyko posted:The city has land. Next to the other costs involved, that's pretty marginal. A big part of the reason that there's so much wind in here sails right now is that Rikers is on the verge of a massive depopulation anyway. Remember, Rikers is a jail not a prison. Over 90% of the inmates are not convicts, but people awaiting trial. This means they can't be sent upstate (they need to be close to their attorneys and court dates). It also means that the various bail reforms and supervised release programs that are rapidly expanding (since most of the pop at Rikers is minor drug offenders who can't make bail and are the target of such programs) will thin out the population considerably. All told, I think they're expecting an eventual drop to fewer than 5,000 inmates. (Down from a peak of 15k). At that point, building some new facilities arguably makes more sense than a decaying, mostly empty penal island. Thanks for the context. quote:The current leading plan I've heard is to use Rikers to expand LaGuardia. That sounds a long time coming! Re my above post about Albany pettiness, if anybody's interested, I think this is the tweet councilmember Krasher might be talking about : https://twitter.com/sheabrian/status/848176036110061574 I... don't see the heckling? Krasher's been taking fire for making unfounded accusations at the Mayor, maybe this is just him jumping the gun.
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Apr 2, 2017 18:22
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If this means what I think it means, this is good news: https://twitter.com/matt_hamilton10/status/848642879627177985
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Apr 2, 2017 22:08
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Tweezer Reprise posted:the first five-pointed star represents the five boroughs of new york city, the second five-pointed star represents the five people that live upstate 
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Apr 4, 2017 01:21
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Sounds like we're getting a budget soon. Also: https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/850523076701847552 Edit: It's happening! Absurd Alhazred has issued a correction as of 02:50 on Apr 8, 2017 |
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Apr 8, 2017 02:43
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goose willis posted:We have a budget ??? https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/850524616598618112 
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Apr 8, 2017 02:53
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uncurable mlady posted:woo, upstate uber Question is whether Uber will survive long enough to get up here. Also I've always had a reasonable experience with cabs here, so I dunno. 
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Apr 8, 2017 04:22
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https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/850554176404938752
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Apr 8, 2017 04:55
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I think Sheehan is going to win reelection: https://twitter.com/niahammWNYT/status/850783478119628800 https://twitter.com/Sheehan4Albany/status/850783370321809409 Livestream of her announcement, strategically set up after NYS budget promised Albany the money it needed.
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Apr 8, 2017 20:01
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Grondoth posted:Kentucky is being driven into walls at high speeds, so... yeah I think that's a bit off. Better bourbon to take the edge off, though.
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Apr 8, 2017 20:09
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get that OUT of my face posted:nobody knows how many people will get "free tuition." that's how you know it's good It's me. I'm getting free tuition. Just me.
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Apr 8, 2017 21:58
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Mr. Jive posted:I had some 1911 apple gin lately, would recommend. Their family orchard is a few miles south of Syracuse. Sweet! Will do! Assembly passed the budget and are skipping off to late vacation: https://twitter.com/mahoneyw/status/850818465514618881
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Apr 8, 2017 22:28
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Daily Gazette with some details about the Excelsior Scholarships. Only two year/four year degrees, no grad school, for those in families making 100k a year phasing up to 125k over a couple of years. If you get a two-year degree under it you must stay in NYS two years after that, four years for a four year degree. So no luck getting that sweet free MBA.
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Apr 9, 2017 00:10
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Meanwhile, in the mean streets of Albany... https://twitter.com/emilysmasters/status/852321784019988481
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Apr 13, 2017 12:58
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get that OUT of my face posted:i'm so glad that the probable next state senator for harlem is the second guy down on this real estate development company and that he was basically put there on the democratic line (without a primary) because the president of the manhattan democrats wanted him there Tammany Hall, the fire that shall will never be extinguished. 
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Apr 18, 2017 02:39
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Oh, dear. https://twitter.com/GannettAlbany/status/859202377194319872
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May 2, 2017 02:34
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etalian posted:I can't decide if Trenton or Albany is the bigger shithole of a state capital As a city, I like living in Downtown Albany. It's fun to just walk around, weather permitting. Never been to Trenton, so I don't know. As for corruption... CaptainPsyko posted:Almost certainly New York. It's shockingly hard to remove a legislator from office!!!!! Hey, Silver and Skelos got convicted and removed in shame! By that great DA for the Southern District, who's about to root out.. Oh, wait, he's no longer there, he was fired. NEVER MIND!
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May 3, 2017 02:52
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CaptainPsyko posted:I gotta get back up there sometime soon. I kinda miss bombers of all things. LOL. I occasionally eat there. It's all right. For real Mexican food there's an El Mariachi just down the block, they felt the one on Swan wasn't enough for Center Square.
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May 3, 2017 03:05
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uncurable mlady posted:they closed the troy bombers and put in a wolffs which has lead me to eat less burritos but drink more beer I keep passing by it on my way to Brown's. Probably will tomorrow, as well. Never had a chance to pop in. Edit: Woops, this isn't the Upstate NY LAN thread! 
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May 3, 2017 04:24
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How likely is someone like Teachout kicking out Faso in the 19th district this time? He's no longer doing real town halls, scared of his own constituents.
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May 5, 2017 03:14
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LegionAreI posted:Faso is my congressman and unfortunately the district includes some pretty hillbilly areas, along with a bunch of old people and really traditionally red communities. It would be an uphill battle but even old republicans are pretty loving pissed at him right now. They held a couple town halls without him and they were pretty interesting affairs. He also refuses to answer phones and is generally a huge loving coward. Anybody else interesting on the Democratic side around there?
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May 5, 2017 03:32
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get that OUT of my face posted:as much as i like zephyr teachout, she was absolutely a carpetbagger in that district. i'm not sure whether that encompasses some of Amedore's state senate district, but if it does, it'd be nice to see Cecilia Tkaczyk run. she won the first election there in 2012 even though it was carved out to be GOP friendly, but she lost the rematch two years later and hasn't bothered running since Unfortunately, according to Wikipedia, her home is in Duanesburg, which is in the 20th, represented by Democrat Paul Tonko.
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May 5, 2017 04:49
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MizPiz posted:
What if that charter was The Communist Manifesto?
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May 6, 2017 03:29
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LegionAreI posted:So Maloney is currently making good on his threat that if Faso was going to hide and not explain AHCA to his constituents, he would. They used to go on duels for less in Congress before someone outlawed it.
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May 9, 2017 03:22
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CaptainPsyko posted:If he's president he won't be governor anymore. That's the selling point for me!
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May 20, 2017 01:23
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Cuomo is asking Trump for help on Penn Station. Will this be his "Chris Christie hugs Obama after Sandy" moment?
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May 21, 2017 20:46
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