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State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) pleads not guilty to a six-count indictment charging him with assaulting his girlfriend. Prosecutors say he slashed Karla Giraldo's face in a jealous rage.
State Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D-Queens) pleads not guilty to a six-count indictment charging him with assaulting his girlfriend. Prosecutors say he slashed Karla Giraldo's face in a jealous rage.
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Lawmaker vs. Prosecutor For NY Attorney General
Associated Press WriterState Sen. Eric Schneiderman, who won the Democratic nomination for New York attorney general, will face Staten Island District Attorney Dan Donovan in a general election, pitting a self-described progressive lawmaker against a tough-talking prosecutor in...Tags: New York, Political Corruption, Executive Branch, Brooklyn (New York City), Elections
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NY State Senator Acquitted Of Felony Assault
wpix.comA New York state senator accused of attacking a New York Post photographer was acquitted Tuesday of a felony assault charge that would have cost him his seat, but was convicted of misdemeanor criminal mischief. Democratic Sen. Kevin Parker, who won a...Tags: Arts and Culture, New York City, Judges, New York, Prosecution
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NY Democrats Choosing Among 5 For Attorney General
Associated Press WriterThe five Democratic candidates who square off in Tuesday's primary for attorney general all promise to take a hard line on public corruption, help prevent another Wall Street meltdown and protect the rights and welfare of average New Yorkers. The office,...Tags: Prosecution, New York, Executive Branch, Locust Valley, WorldCom Incorporated
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Schneiderman Moves Ahead Of Rice In Primary
Late returns from New York City in the Democratic primary for New York attorney general show state Sen. Eric Schneiderman moving ahead of Nassau County prosecutor Kathleen Rice in a race where she was ahead early.
With 83 percent of precincts reporting,...Tags: New York, New York University, Local Government, Elections, Locust Valley
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NYS politics broils in the post-Senate summer
Spin CycleWhen Gov. David A. Paterson recently replaced June O'Neill as Democratic state chairman with Nassau Chairman Jay Jacobs, you could have guessed that AG Andrew Cuomo wasn't going to be crazy about the pick -- if you assume the template......Tags: David A. Paterson, Politics, New York City Police Department, Regional Authority, Kirsten Gillibrand
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Espada Returns To Dems, Albany Stalemate Ends
The stalemate in the New York State Senate ended on Thursday as Bronx Senator Pedro Espada returned to the Democratic conference. The move by Espada gives Democrats a 32-30 majority for the first time since the June 8 coup where both Espada and Senator...Tags: David Paterson, New York, Executive Branch, Local Government, Elections
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Sen. Monserrate's Girlfriend Testifies in Assault Case
wpix.comThe girlfriend of New York State Sen. Hiram Monserrate took the stand Wednesday in the Queens lawmaker's assault trial. Karla Giraldo initially told authorities she was attacked by Monserrate at his Jackon Heights home in December but later retracted her...Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, New York, WPIX, Trials, Queens (New York City)
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Espada Returns to Democrats, Ends Monthlong Stalemate
wpix.comSenator Pedro Espada, one of two lawmakers whose switch to the Republican camp sparked the current Senate stalemate, has returned to the Democratic fold, ending the month-long crisis in Albany, officials confirmed Thursday. Espada, who met with Sen. John...Tags: David Paterson, WPIX, Democratic Party, Politics, Executive Branch
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Opening Arguments Begin In Monserrate Assault Trial
wpix.comDuring opening arguments in the trial of New York State Sen. Hiram Monserrate, prosecutors charged that his ex-girlfriend cried in the hospital and told a nurse she blamed the Queens lawmaker for cutting up her face with broken glass during a heated...Tags: Prosecution, New York, Health and Medical Professionals, Trials, Crime, Law and Justice
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Albany coup! A 32-30 vote goes GOP's way
Spin CycleNearly a year after Sen. Dean Skelos of Rockville Centre took over the GOP majority -- only to lose it at the polls -- Republicans may have reversed their loss, at least for the moment, and re-taken the upper house,......Tags: National Government, Rockville (Montgomery, Maryland), Rockville (Bethlehem, Pennsylvania), Republican Party, Government
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The coup: Don't worry, be happy, for Pro Tem
Spin CycleStanding before news cameras in Albany the other night, Sen. Pedro Espada Jr. (D-Bronx) recalled that his 30 Republican colleagues had asked "many times" in recent months: "Are there some brave citizens and senators on the other side of......Tags: East Elmhurst, St. Albans, Upper House, Politics, Malcolm Smith
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Senate split: Deadlock Dean did that district deed
Spin CycleCall him Deadlock Dean, since he helped to take us to this point. Long before the savvy and influential Rockville Centre senator and lawyer engineered last week's surprise parliamentary coup, he happened to make an unprecedented 31-31 standoff possible......Tags: Unrest, Conflicts and War, Upper House, St. Albans, National Government, Executive Branch
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