NY Senate

In the 2010 redistricting process, Senator Tim Kennedy’s district was redrawn to ensure minority representation in the State Senate. It is heavily Democrat-enrolled, and anchored by the large African American population on Buffalo’s Eastside and in West Cheektowaga. He even

The New York Posts’ longtime Albany bureau chief Fred Dicker is reporting that Republican Senator Catherine Young, of Olean, is rumored to be Majority Leader Dean Skelos’ successor. Skelos considering stepping aside, ahead of a public corruption probe launched by US

The newly elected State Senator from the 60th district, Marc Panepinto won his general election narrowly with only 34% of the vote. He won his primary even more narrowly, by 383 votes. The local Democratic Party has remained historically fractured by infighting

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Endorsement for State Senate Kevin Stocker served as Town Prosecutor for over 15 years in the Town of Tonawanda and Village of Kenmore, putting criminals in jail and keeping his community safe. He is a graduate of Kenmore East High School and

Former State Senator Al Coppola has endorsed Mark Grisanti, throwing the Democratic Party organization into disarray — instigating feverish bickering among top party operatives. Coppola, a long retired eleder statesman in local Democratic politics, nearly defeated Marc Panepinto (the party’s curiously endorsed

In 2010 and 2012 Mark Grisanti  committed to his constituents to vote a particular way on major issues within his party. Grisanti featured these commitments as primary reasons to vote for him. In both elections these commitments were broke and

By Mike Madigan Since the SAFE Act was enacted over 41,000 SAFE Act reports have been filed against individuals deemed depressed, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, mentally ill and or dangerous to themselves or others. The SAFE Act requires counselors

By Mike Madigan Today’s Buffalo News reviewed Governor Andrew Cuomo’s recent book release, and details behavior by both Cuomo and Senator Mark Grisanti that many political observers say “demonstrates serious character defects in both.” The revelations may influence the outcome of the

Sources say that a dozen or so campaign staffers who had worked on Democrat Marc Panepinto’s State Senate campaign during the primary phase haven’t been paid for their work. The former campaign workers say that Panepinto had represented to them

By: Mike Madigan The Buffalo News revealed that Kevin Stocker funded a majority of his primary campaign victory. The News as well revealed that his opponents campaign’s were funded with tens of thousands in special interest money to buy a

By: Mike Madigan The following Letter is from Mark Grisanti’s office to an acting service member. In the letter Grisanti detailed his passionate opposition to the SAFE Act. This letter was sent by Grisanti just prior to his yes vote

By: Mike Madigan Mark Grisanti was soundly defeated by Former Prosecutor Kevin Stocker in the recent Republican primary leaving him to run only as a minor party candidate. Voters most commonly cited breach of trust and lack of principles as

Senator Patrick Gallivan, who was elected in 2010 after retiring as Erie County Sheriff, has been talking for years about a run for Congress. After Chris Collins defeated Kathy Hochul for the seat that he would have run for otherwise,

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By: Mike Madigan In 2001 Panepinto was convicted of election fraud and his law license was suspended as a result of his corrupt actions. In 2001 Panepinto claimed remorse and made multiple excuses related to his “young family”, an injured

By Mike Madigan On his campaign website Grisanti leads off by stating: “The state of politics today has become about the extremists on the left and right driving to hijack our political process. There is no doubt that historic low

Former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, the billionaire founder of his namesake financial news and information technology firm, may throw around big money in the 60th district Senate race. The Mayor is known nationally for pushing nanny-state policies that