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(ALBANY, NY) - Dozens of New York Tea Party leaders drove for hours Sunday from across the state to descend on Albany and announce their support for the candidacy of Carl Paladino, a Republican gubernatorial candidate in Tuesday's New York primary. With just 48 hours to go in Paladino's dead-heat battle with lobbyist Rick Lazio, the leaders, directly representing more than 10,000 activists, committed to get out the vote for Paladino on Tuesday. "From the very beginning of my candidacy, I have been humbled by the support I received from the Tea Party movement across New York," said Paladino. "Now...

GOSHEN — Rick Lazio seems like he's always blasting the Islamic center proposed near Ground Zero. Lazio, the Republican candidate for governor, rails against the project on a TV commercial — over images of a skeletal World Trade Center. His website challenges Democratic opponent Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate the finances behind the project and debate it. Lazio — down some 30 points in the polls and $23 million in campaign money — has made the issue such a big deal, a French TV reporter came to Goshen Wednesday to ask him about it at a campaign stop. So...

Beaten badly by Hillary, does Lazio refuse to debate ever again? (BUFFALO, NY) - Buffalo businessman Carl Paladino, a Republican candidate for Governor of New York, today bashed Rick Lazio for declining a debate on statewide television and offered his opponent additional debate venues and dates. "Rick Lazio has an obligation to stand up and tell Republican voters what he believes in," Paladino said. "Sadly, he just refuses to debate. I want every Republican in New York to know I will meet Rick to debate the issues on any street in any town in any county of this great state."...