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Paterson, Silver back Delaware North to run slot-like casino at Aqueduct (www.buffalonews.com)
Buffalo-based Delaware North has won the backing of Gov. David Paterson and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver to build and operate a casino at Aqueduct racetrack in Queens.
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Tick, Tick, Tick... Term Limits (www.nydailynews.com)
This anti-term limits extension YouTube video was flagged by a reader. It was added yesterday by "New Yorkers for a Public Vote" and features Mayor Bloomberg's now-infamous comments back in 2005... More
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Third-Term Plan Gains One Billionaire, but May Lose Another (www.nytimes.com)
Even as the cosmetics heir Ronald S. Lauder agreed to drop his opposition to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg’s plan to extend term limits and run for re-election, another politically inclined mogul... More
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WFP To Oppose Legislative Term Limits Extension (www.nydailynews.com)
The union-backed Working Families Party is poised to be the first of the major player in the organized labor community to get off the fence on term limits and will announce at noon today that it... More
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Bloomberg Will Seek Third Term (www.thealbanyproject.com)
Phillip was on top of the term limits story involving New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg yesterday. Today, Bloomberg announced that he would seek a third term.
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Citing Economic 'Crisis Of Confidence,' Bloomberg Seeks Third Term (www.nydailynews.com)
Shortly after noon, Mayor Bloomberg officially reserved himself on term limits, declaring that he will sign a bill to extend the current limit from two, four-year terms to three if the Council passes... More
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No Crown, Little Protest For King Bloomberg In Queens (www.nydailynews.com)
Victoria Schneps, president of the Queens Courier, welcomed Mayor Bloomberg as a “King of Queens” at a breakfast at Douglaston Manor this morning, DN City Hall Bureau Chief Adam Lisberg reports.
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Gov To Bloomberg: Good Luck With That (www.nydailynews.com)
After rather oddly taking a pass on commenting in the wake of Tuesday's news that Mayor Bloomberg intends to change term limits and seek re-election, Gov. David Paterson has issued a statement... More
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Gaming Out Labor On Bloomberg's Third Term (www.nydailynews.com)
Jonathan Tasini, an activist who ran a quixotic US Senate primary challenge to Hillary Clinton in 2006 and now blogs about all things labor, has an interesting piece on where the unions might land in... More
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Marist Poll: New Yorkers Split On Term Limits Change For Bloomberg (www.nydailynews.com)
The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion is the first out with a term limits poll since new broke Tuesday of Mayor Bloomberg's intention to change the law and run for re-election next fall.
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