Albany

In the face of Sheldon Silver’s arrest on public corruption charges, the Albany establishment — long entrenched in the culture of corruption that Silver typified — has been shaken to its core. As we speak there are rumblings in Albany that South

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

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s reelection win amid multiple corruption scandals has ignited a volatile secessionist movement across upstate New York. Sentiments regarding the Governor’s $45 million campaign account have been exacerbated by deep resentments of downstate political machines, big city elitism, and a longstanding political

Governor Andrew Cuomo is being blamed for staggering Democratic Party losses in the House of Representatives. Despite the Governor fundraising upwards of $45 million for his own reelection campaign and finishing with many millions still in the bank, his beleaguered fellow

Diverse subset of voters crossing all party lines unite to defend Constitution

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

First elected in 2011, Assemblaman Raymond Walter is in a surprisingly competitive race for reelection against a little known 22-year old political science grad, Stephen Meyer, a graduate of Williamsville East High School and American University. Meyer has been executing

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 At a press conference Thursday complete with name tags, decorated tables and a lot of backslapping and congratulations by Cuomo for his Ebola containment team it was revealed that the U.S. Government, the NY Government and the

By: Mike Madigan A website of unknown origins called the “City Observatory” was just created a couple days ago and it almost immediately released a report this week that the local Buffalo media picked up on proclaiming a jobs 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

Basic Common Sense Says No – Here Is Why:

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