Sen. Carlucci Introduces Fracking Moratorium Bill in NY Senate

January 23, 2012
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Sen. Carlucci Introduces Fracking Moratorium Bill in NY Senate

NYS Senator David Carlucci announced on his Facebook page that he joined Sen. Greg Ball to propose a one year moratorium on hydrofracking in the state so the risks and benefits can be properly weighed by a public that stood up in strong protest of the NYS DEC survey which sought to open the...

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Judge Rakoff Plunges Dagger Into Wall Street’s Immunity Buying Practices

November 28, 2011
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In a bold move against Citigroup the SEC, and the all too common practice of “buying immunity”, a Federal Judge in NY abruptly put the brakes on the settlement agreement proposed between the Obama Administration and another giant Wall Street firm accused of betting against their own investors. Judge Jed Rakoff sent a message...

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Rockland’s Carlucci One of Most Popular NYS Senators – on Facebook

November 22, 2011
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A ‘cute’ piece in The Capitol reports that the NY State Senate chamber is actively tracking which of it’s members are amassing the most fans on Facebook: Buffalo Sen. Mark Grisanti, with 7,797 fans. Second prize for popularity goes to Sen. George Maziarz, with 2,620 fans, followed by David Carlucci with 2,170. The article speculates that Grisanti’s...

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NYS Assemblyman Greg Ball an “ALEC” Legislator

October 16, 2011
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As the public learns more about ALEC, the American Legislative Exchange Council, it becomes more clear the US government has been farming out lawmaking for a long time, using ALEC as the speed-dating service that pairs billionaires, corporations and industry lobbying groups with “ambitious” elected officials in every state. Created by the founding president of...

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NY House Reps Fire Off Letter Supporting AG Schneiderman

August 30, 2011
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NY House Reps Fire Off Letter Supporting AG Schneiderman

  As Time Magazine, Rolling Stone, the Wall Street Journal, Washington Post and local papers all over the country are now noticing, the stand that New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman has taken against the Obama administration and five largest mortgage firms is building drama. After CBS Marketwatch called the all-too-kind settlement being offered...

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Obama to NY’s AG Schneiderman: Don’t Do Your Job

August 25, 2011
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Obama to NY’s AG Schneiderman: Don’t Do Your Job

  *UPDATED BELOW* We complain and complain but now here is something we can actually do. It just broke in Monday’s NY Times that NY Attorney General Eric Schneiderman said “not so fast” as the Obama Administration sought to whitewash mortgage fraud, pushing for a settlement that includes fines but no fraud or criminal...

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Union Workers See Red at Home of Verizon Chairman

August 12, 2011
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Verizon workers from all over the tri-state gathered to walk a candlelight vigil past the home of a wealthy chairman in West Nyack, NY tonight beginning from a nearby school parking lot. Following a walk out begun last Saturday night at midnight, picket lines have been seen all week around the region dressed in telltale...

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Progressives Promise Obama Primary Challenge Within “Days”

August 8, 2011
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The Progressive Caucus within California Democratic Party has approved a resolution to support a Democratic primary challenge to Obama. This caused a backlash within the larger state party, but perhaps a necessary dialogue that has been long bubbling up. Keith Olbermann’s guest host on Current TV’s Countdown also sat Ralph Nader down Friday night,...

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Frackwatch: NYS Sen. Carlucci Asks DEC About “Halliburton Exception”

July 11, 2011
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Frackwatch: NYS Sen. Carlucci Asks DEC About “Halliburton Exception”

Wondering if your water is healthy to drink? So do we. That’s why we’re grateful State Senator David Carlucci stepped up Friday to proactively and publicly ask the State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens why we exempted NYC’s water supply from the risks of hydrofracking but not the water supplies in other...

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NY State Pensions Invested $1B In HydroFrackers

June 6, 2011
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A review of NYS pension investments as of March 2010 turned up about $1 billion invested in hydrofracking companies, as Gannett investigator Jon Campbell reports here. $72 million to Chesapeake Energy Corp. $145 million in Schlumberger Ltd. $15 million went to Chesapeake/Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. $30 million to Southwestern Energy Company Hundreds of...

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