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By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
A day after he reached out to Senate Republicans for help, Gov. David Paterson officially called a special session for next Tuesday. (Also see: NY: Marriage for gays on agenda in New York )
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By Tom Precious, The Buffalo News
Reducing the state's soaring deficit, legalizing gay marriage, slowing property tax growth and toughening drunk driving laws are among the items on the agenda for a special session of the Legislature that Gov. David A. Paterson has scheduled for Tuesday.
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Marriage for gays on agenda in New York
By Danny Hakim, The New York Times
Gov. David A. Paterson said Thursday that he would include gay marriage on the agenda of an extraordinary session he is calling for Tuesday, potentially setting up the first vote on the issue in the State Senate and a dramatic floor debate.
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Third-term blues are job hazard in mayor's office and Albany
By Sam Roberts, The New York Times
Fiorello H. La Guardia, ill with cancer and already fitted for a uniform, craved a military commission that would get him out of New York. Robert F. Wagner's wife had just died and he was growing weary of juggling work and family. Edward I. Koch, tainted by a corruption scandal, contemplated suicide.
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Wind law could benefit company
By Christine McConville, Boston Herald
Despite significant opposition in Western Massachusetts, state environmental affairs secretary Ian Bowles is pushing hard to get a controversial wind-turbine law passed before the legislative session ends on Nov. 18.
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Paterson is beginning ad campaign for election
By Nicholas Confessore, The New York Times
Seeking to dampen continuing speculation that he will drop his quest for election, Gov. David A. Paterson will run his first television ads on Friday, his campaign announced Thursday.
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Gov blew it for Thompson -- labor big
By Fredric U. Dicker, New York Post
A union leader yesterday said Democratic Bill Thompson could have won Tuesday's surprisingly close mayoral election if Gov. Paterson had backed an aggressive attack on Mayor Bloomberg.
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Wind-energy firm takes Yates County town to court
By Steve Orr, Democrat and Chronicle (Rochester)
ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Angered by a Town Board vote in Italy, Yates County, to kill a turbine proposal, a wind-energy company is asking a judge to override the elected board members and allow the project to go forward.
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Breslin: Open defense funds
By Rick Karlin, Times Union (Albany)
State Sen. Neil Breslin is proposing legislation that would unmask the names of people who give money to legal defense funds set up for lawmakers.
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Schenectady County earns unwanted rank
By Carol DeMare, Times Union (Albany)
Schenectady County ranked first among upstate counties and Long Island for reports of domestic violence incidents per capita in 2008, U.S. Sen. Charles Schumer said Thursday.
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State action targets Lafarge
By Brian Nearing, Times Union (Albany)
RAVENA, N.Y. -- For the first time ever, the state wants to set limits on mercury emitted from towering smokestacks at the Lafarge cement plant. But it's not clear whether the new cap would actually result in less pollution from the facility.
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Did grants open doors?
By James M. Odato, Times Union (Albany)
Although lawyers representing former state Sen. Joseph L. Bruno insist he did not hand out improper favors to clients who invested pension funds with his employer, state records show Bruno arranged state grants for them.
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 | Gov. David Paterson (D)
Sworn in: March 2008
Term expires: January 2011 | State capital: Albany | | State nickname: The Empire State | | Lt. Gov.: Senate President Pro Tem Malcolm Smith (D) | Secretary of State Lorraine Cortes-Vasquez (D)
| Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (D)
| | Senate President Pro Tem Malcolm Smith (D) | | House Speaker: Sheldon Silver (D) |
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