Topic: Daniel Squadron

GOP purse strings tighten on eight Dems

NY Daily News - 387 days ago
Eight Senate Democrats from the city may be forced out of their district offices after wildly overspending on rents.. . The new Senate GOP majority...

NY legislators want chickens vaccinated

AP News - 538 days ago
In wake of egg recall, NY legislators want chickens vaccinated against salmonellaTwo state legislators want to require farmers in New York to vaccinate their chickens against salmonella.Sen. Daniel Squadron and Assemblyman Brian Kavanagh announced their proposal Sunday in front of a ...

Burris May Be Seated, Tutu on Obama

The New York Observer - 1137 days ago
Ben writes that Maureen Dowd's endorsement of Caroline Kennedy is " " [BS]Dan Squadron, David Yassky and others almost didn't get to protest the reopening of the Brooklyn House of Detention. [McBrooklyn]The A.P. is reporting that Roland Burris will ...

The New Guy's Perspective

The New York Observer - 1137 days ago
ALBANYOne of the things that struck Daniel Squadron, the 29-year-old freshman state senator who beat a 30-year incumbent in a primary, about David Paterson's State of the State address was that he didn't get a seat. One of his first ...

For Congestion Pricing, Against Bridge Tolls

The New York Observer - 1168 days ago
Among the elected officials who came out at a press conference yesterday against the Ravitch Commissions recommendation to raise revenue for the M.T.A. by tolling the East River bridges was Senator-elect Dan Squadron.Its interesting because while Squadron opposes tolling ...

M.T.A. Crisis, Council Income

The New York Observer - 1195 days ago
The word draconian is not inappropriate, said M.T.A. chief Elliot Sanders describing the authority's fiscal problems, and potential solutions. [WSJ] Liz reports that Bronx Democrats are all talking about a rumble in Puerto Rico. [DP] All proposals for development ...

Squadron Opponent Stays Granular

The New York Observer - 1241 days ago
John Chromczak, the (openly gay) Republican running for state Senate against Democrat Dan Squadron, has a couple of videos up online, including this black-and-white biographical one.In the video above, Chromczak questions what happened to the transit hub that was supposed to ...

Connor-Squadron Numbers

The New York Observer - 1255 days ago
Here, thanks to a knowledgeable reader, are some numbers from Dan Squadron's upset victory over 30-year incumbent State Senator Marty Connor.It looks like Squadron pretty much won everywhere, which calls into some question the potency of the support Connor got ...

Squadron and the Chinese-Language Press

The New York Observer - 1256 days ago
Dan Squadron, who just won a primary against Democratic State Senator Marty Connor, apparently took a lesson from power-endorser Michael Bloomberg, who figured out long ago that it really pays to be attentive to the sometimes-overlooked ethnic press.Here, Squadron appears on ...

Sheinkopf Predicts: Squadron Wins Big, Parker Wins Small

The New York Observer - 1257 days ago
Political consultant Hank Sheinkopfwho's seen many, many primariesindulged me with a few predictions about the outcome of some of today's competitive races: Assemblyman Sheldon Silver by 10 points.State Senate challenger Dan Squadron by 10 points.Representative Ed Towns by ...