Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature have submitted a resolution supporting Attorney General Eric Schneiderman’s efforts to continue to investigate the financial meltdown and mortgage crisis of 2008 and obtain a settlement that holds those responsible accountable ...

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In the wake of a New York State Comptroller audit of the Upstate Telecommunications Corporation (UTC) released last week, critical of the circumstances surrounding the formation of the Local Development Corporation (LDC), Democrats in the County Legislature have asked County Executive Maggie Brooks ...

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Former Democratic Congressman Dan Maffei says he’s running again for the 25th Congressional District seat in upstate New York.

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It has been Sandra Doorley’s dream to be Monroe County district attorney. She has a chance to make it come true as the Democratic candidate for the post held for nearly eight years by Michael C. Green, who is awaiting word from Washington, D.C., regarding a federal judgeship confirmation.

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The clock is ticking on who county Democrats will officially nominate as a candidate for Monroe County district attorney while the holder of the seat waits for a decision from the U.S. Senate on a pending nomination for a federal judgeship.

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Monroe County Democrats introduced a proposal on Thursday to create a new home improvement contractors registration system. The idea behind the proposal is to protect the public and local contractors from out-of-state contractors that may take advantage of vulnerable property owners.

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WASHINGTON — Senate Democrats at a partisan-tinged hearing say the Supreme Court's conservative majority is wrongly favoring businesses over consumers, employees and investors. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy opened a committee ...

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ALBANY — A measure to legalize gay marriage in New York is now as close as two votes away. Twenty-nine of 30 Democrats in the state Senate are being joined by Republican Sen. James Alesi of Monroe County to support gay marriage in these last days of the legislative session.

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Monroe County Democrats are holding a space open for their district attorney candidate just in case incumbent Michael C. Green should not get a federal judgeship. Green was nominated Jan. 26 by President Barack Obama for an appointment ...

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ALBANY — New Yorkers long fed up with the behavior of politicians in Albany are expected to get a chance to tweet their opinions on myriad bills aimed at cleaning up state government. New York's Senate Democrats plan what they claim will be the first ethics discussion ...

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New legislation introduced by Democrats in the Monroe County Legislature would make it illegal to protest at funerals for members of the military. The proposal is in reaction to the March 2 U.S. Supreme Court decision ...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The top Democrat on Capitol Hill on Thursday blamed a threatened government shutdown on House Speaker John Boehner's insistence on keeping conservative policy prescriptions for the environment and abortion in a funding bill that must be passed by midnight Friday.

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