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and there are no citizen initiatives in NY to overturn it

gerryblog — Wed, 02 Dec 2009 09:14:06 -0800

News is breaking that the New York Senate will pass marriage equality legislation today, despite media reports that the legislative push was "stalled" from as late as last week. (The State Assembly repassed the same bill shortly after midnight last night to facilitate the Senate's vote today.) This has all happened largely under the radar—though Markos "Daily Kos" Moulitsas was apparently in the know, hinting at this "big news" in his Twitter feed on Monday night. Today he writes: "So by the end of the week, gay marriage should be legal in New York. And there are no citizen initiatives in NY to overturn it."

More Web Magazines

netbros — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 16:35:28 -0800

The New York Review of Ideas is a web magazine reporting about New York commerce, literature and politics. The Manzine is actually £2 for the print version, but some of the its best is also online.

reportage illustration

nickyskye — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 17:01:12 -0800

Overlooked New York, Impassioned New Yorkers from an Artist's Perspective by Zina Saunders, who is now becoming better known for her darkly humorous political images. Her blog on the illustrator blogsite, Drawger. Zina Saunders interview. Her late father is Norman Saunders, who got his varied career started with the Topps company, known for his Mars Attacks and Wacky Packages cards. Slideshow LyteArts interview. Her portfolios on Illoz. Bio on her site l On Wikipedia. Deconstructing Lunch is my way of showing that everybody counts, that we're all connected to a vast network of people who each plays a crucial role in making possible even the simplest things.

"I hate America even more this week."

brain_drain — Fri, 18 Aug 2006 12:50:37 -0800

How a Right-Winger Sees the New York Times.

Your papers please...

Tlahtolli — Thu, 21 Jul 2005 23:16:01 -0800

Attention Citizens of New York: The illegal searches begin tomorrow. And Congress also voted to keep the PATRIOT ACT indefinitely. I can't say I'm not surprised, but I have to say I'm very disappointed.

And you thought the puppets were a bold move.

XQUZYPHYR — Mon, 23 Aug 2004 15:59:35 -0800

Urban Guerilla Warfare. The upcoming protests outside the Republican National Convention are becoming less notable for the expected numbers and more notable for the extremes each side will go to. The GOP has decided to blame everything happening outside on the Democratic Party. Liberal groups are feared to be infiltrating the convention's own volunteer staff. And some right-wingers, feeling "compassionate conservatism" means abandoning people in the middle of New York, have taken to pretending to offer housing to out-of-state protestors. Has anyone else started to dismiss the idea of a terrorist attack simply as "too obvious?"

we taking ya'll city!

amberglow — Sun, 15 Aug 2004 08:01:14 -0800

F*ckNewYork-- very fitting quicktime piece (9 meg, NSFW--offensive language/attitude) concerning the upcoming Republican Convention. Links to RNC Not Welcome, and Counterconvention, but i don't think it's something they created. And a torrent here.

watch your a**, or where you put it.

cadence — Tue, 20 May 2003 07:48:23 -0800

New York man gets ticket for sitting on a milk crate. Not, of course, that i take the NY Daily News all that seriously, but still... This is beyond ridiculous (much like a lot of things taking place in New York these days). Makes me ill that I have to wait until 2006 to vote this ridiculous mayor out of office.

Spitzer in '04

billsaysthis — Fri, 02 May 2003 12:10:51 -0800

Draft Spitzer! We recently discussed the Draft Clark movement and RavinDave even chimed in with Ventura in 2004. But the Demo I think needs to get moving on a campaign is NYAG Elliot Spitzer. If the business of America is business, then Spitzer's the man with the plan and perhaps he can figure the way out of the New Depression.

For 2004, Bush's Aides Plan Late Sprint for Re-election

Dirjy — Tue, 22 Apr 2003 12:59:08 -0800

For 2004, Bush's Aides Plan Late Sprint for Re-election. Interesting piece on the Bush administration's re-election strategy. The GOP convention marking the formal launch of Bush's campaign will be Sept. 2 — the latest nominating convention in the party's history — in New York. "Mr. Bush's advisers said they chose the date so the event would flow into the commemorations of the third anniversary of the World Trade Center and Pentagon attacks. The back-to-back events would complete the framework for a general election campaign that is being built around national security and Mr. Bush's role in combatting terrorism..." [more inside]

logovisual — Thu, 05 Jul 2001 20:07:19 -0800

Bernhard Goetz, the 1980s vigilante who shot four black teenagers, is running for Mayor of New York. And he likes squirrels. Really, really likes squirrels. As a resident of New York City, can I just say YIKES! (Thanks to Ross)

MattD — Sun, 11 Mar 2001 15:12:04 -0800

Polls show Bill Clinton would be elected Mayor of New York City in a landslide. No Democratic or Republican challenger would come within a mile of him. Would solve his little "office budget" problem, too, and get him and Hillary back in public housing in NYC! So long, Chappaqua...

tamim — Tue, 17 Oct 2000 10:02:52 -0800

"No Senate Race in New York in 2000."
I was at the my AOL page and from there, two-clicked my way to their election 2000 link to find my local races; where I was greeted with the aforementioned quote, in red. At first I thought it was a reference to the New York State Senate. But the top of the page clearly says, "U.S. Senate Race." Am I the only person being duped by the AOL election information services?