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Three senior aides to a former governor, Eliot Spitzer, and a former state police superintendent violated state ethics laws by plotting against a former Republican majority leader of the Senate, Joseph Bruno, the state's top ethics body has concluded. More than a year after the Spitzer administration was hit with allegations that it improperly used the state police to dig up travel records that could prove damaging to the former Senate leader, the State Commission on Public Integrity handed down the first formal charges related to the scandal. It did not find evidence linking Mr. Spitzer to the scandal. The...

EXCLUSIVE Democrat Gov. Spitzer is being blamed for siccing the FBI on Republican Sen Bruno - after earlier accusations that Spitzer unleashed the State Police, and tried to unleash the IRS on Bruno as well.

Fred Dicker, NY PostExclusive WBEN Windows Media Audio Albany, NY (WBEN) - The feud between state Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno and Democratic Gov. Spitzer has escalated, with Bruno asking Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate whether Spitzer is abusing his office. The New York Post reported the Spitzer administration has kept more detailed records of Bruno's travels with a state police escort, and authorized special state police surveillance of Bruno. Spitzer spokesman Darren Dopp denies that, saying Bruno wasn't subject to any special record-keeping by troopers who accompanied him to meetings and events in New York City.However, Dopp has...

A new era is about to begin at Midway ‘‘State’’ Park as the facility becomes the first historic amusement park in New York state following 108 years of private ownership. A new sign will greet park visitors and passers-by along Route 430. The sign measures 24 by 12 feet and is comprised of 14 sections. The sign was designed by Tom Proctor, a state employee, at the Niagara Region Sign Shop located at the Whirlpool Maintenance Center in Niagara Falls, N.Y. The hand-painted sign was lifted into place Monday by Ray Munson, Mike Heilman, Joe Gaughan and Andy Hillman, all...

Imagine being A fly on the wall hearing Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno telling Jeanine Pirro that she can't beat Hillary Clinton, seeing her camera-ready profile melt into a curt smile. Or a bug on the windshield last week as Pirro drove to a quiet power breakfast with outgoing Governor George Pataki, who endorsed her just two months earlier. "Right now, I am a candidate for United State Senate," Pirro declared after the meeting, with all the confidence of someone asking to be drafted into another race. (PirroforAg.com directs visitors to her Senate campaign website. Hmm.) In a pink suit...

On Wednesday of last week, New York's City Council approved legislation that will increase the amount of matching funds from 5:1 to 6:1 when candidates face so-called “well-financed candidates,” who are candidates that spend a significant amount of their own money when running for office. Steve Shaw recently discussed his opposition to this legislation. "I am fully opposed to the 6:1 portion of this legislation," said Shaw, who, under Campaign Finance Board rules, is limited to contributing about $15,000 of his own money to his campaign. "New York City already has one of the most generous campaign finance matching programs...

I need your financial support if I am going to defeat Mayor Bloomberg in the 2005 Republican primary for New York City mayor. We must remove liberal Democrats from the Republican Party, and I urgently need your support to make this happen. After campaigning as a Republican to secure Rudy Giuliani’s valuable post-9/11 endorsement, Mayor Bloomberg has compiled the following record: * Raised every tax in the book to cover billions in new spending. * Enacted harmful regulations on small business, including a comprehensive smoking ban that devastated bar owners. * Supported a minimum wage hike that is $2 higher...

Brooklyn, NY – New York City investment banker Steven J. Shaw recently announced his intent to challenge New York Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg for the Republican nomination in September 2005. Shaw, a resident of the Park Slope neighborhood in Brooklyn, plans to challenge the Mayor on his record of tax hikes and his inability to create jobs and grow the economy. “I am running for mayor because I could not stand by and let our city continue to endure what the Bloomberg administration has caused: skyrocketing taxes, a hostile business environment, an underperforming economy, and misplaced priorities,” Shaw said. He...