Tag Archives: New York state

NEW YORK: Yet Another State Senate Democrat Arrested For Finance Scam

It never ends for New York’s insanely corrupt Senate Democrats. Sen. Shirley Huntley (Queens) has been hauled away in handcuffs. State Sen. Shirley Huntley was arrested this morning and pleaded not guilty to charges that she allegedly funneled taxpayer money through her Queens non-profit program. Huntley and several other defendants did not speak during their initial appearance in a Mineola …

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NEW YORK: Bullied Bus Monitor Karen Klein Launches Anti-Bullying Foundation

You may recall that over $700,000 flooded into an internet account set up as a “vacation fund” for New York bus monitor Karen Klein after she was seen being brutally bullied by students on a viral cell video. This is what she’s doing with some of the money: My story inspired more than 32,000 people to engage in their own …

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NEW YORK: Liberty Counsel Appeals Loss Of Appeal To Overturn Marriage Equality

One month ago the Liberty Counsel lost an appeal of their earlier loss in their lawsuit to overturn marriage equality in New York state. Now they want to make it a three-peat of losing. Via Justin Snow at MetroWeekly: Liberty Counsel has asked the New York State Court of Appeals to consider the case. The group, which is well known …

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Happy Marriage Anniversary, New York!

One year ago today same-sex marriage became legal in New York. New York inked its gay marriage law with a nail-biting state Senate vote on the night of June 24, 2011, after weeks of intensive lobbying by Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Exactly one month later, New York became the sixth and largest state to allow gay weddings — more than …

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NEW YORK: Hate Group Denounces Loss Of Suit To Overturn Same-Sex Marriage

The Family Research Foundation is all butthurt over losing their appeal to overturn same-sex marriage in New York. When the New York Senate passed a law legalizing such unions, only after holding closed-door meetings with Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), Jason McGuire of New Yorkers for Constitutional Freedoms (NYCF) says a lawsuit was filed concerning the violation of the state’s open …

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Photo Of The Day

Mitt Romney faced some protesters at his fundraiser in the Hamptons. What was billed as a day of elegant campaign events at the homes of the ultrarich turned out to be an afternoon of curious and clashing tableaus: protesters with their bandannas and Occupy Wall Street-inspired chants (“We got sold out, banks got bailed out!”) standing amid multimillion-dollar mansions, where …

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NEW YORK: Court Rules Against Liberty Counsel’s Challenge To Marriage

Another shot of good news for your weekend, not that the Liberty Counsel had a chance in hell to succeed. The Appellate Division of state Supreme Court in Rochester ruled against gay marriage opponents who argued that state senators violated New York’s open meeting rules ahead of the law’s passage on June 24, 2011. The law was given final legislative …

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NY’s Anti-Bullying Law Now In Effect

As of today, New York’s landmark anti-bullying ordinance is now state law. And as with so many LGBT rights issues in New York, heavy credit goes to Assemblyman Daniel O’Donnell, the chief sponsor of the bill. Via press release: “As parents, educators, and former students ourselves, New Yorkers are all well aware of the great harm bullying can cause. I …

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Bus Monitor Bullies Get Suspension

The four seventh grade boys who brutally bullied New York bus monitor Karen Klein have been suspended from school. The school system in the Rochester suburb of Greece says it will suspend the middle school students from their school and from using regular bus transportation for a year for bullying Karen Klein. The students will be transferred to a special …

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NEW YORK: Gay Divorces Begin

This may be the first gay divorce for those married here since the law went into effect just over one year ago. It was inevitable. The legalization of gay marriage in New York is yielding the first wave of gay divorces. Two lesbians who got hitched six days after the Marriage Equality Act took effect last summer have gone public …

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NEW YORK: Sean Maloney Wins Primary

Openly gay candidate Sean Patrick Maloney won yesterday’s Democratic primary for the U.S. House. With most of the votes counted at 11:30 p.m., Maloney had won 48.3 percent of the votes cast in the four counties that will make up New York’s newly redrawn 18th Congressional District starting next year. Westchester County cardiologist Richard Becker came in second with 32.5 …

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Ruben Diaz Endorses NY Marriage Repeal

And now there are a whopping two state legislators who’ve signed on to NOM’s marriage repeal attempt in New York state. You should know that the newly elected Senator David Storobin from Brooklyn has introduced his first piece of legislation, Senate Bill S7712-2011 to repeal gay marriage in New York State. Senator Storobin was sworn into office two weeks ago …

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Public School Prayer Would Have Protected That School Bus Monitor

So claims Truth In Action Ministries. Regarding the video that shows middle school students verbally bullying a 68-year-old school bus monitor, calling her names and using profanities, people are wondering what’s happened to today’s youth. Karen Gushta of Truth in Action Ministries believes this cultural demise began when prayer was taken out of public schools. “Unless we return to the …

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Petition Of The Day

That’s not gonna happen. But Klein probably won’t complain.

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Internet Cash Rains Down On School Bus Monitor Viciously Harassed By Students

After a cell phone video of New York school bus monitor Karen Klein being cruelly harassed by students went viral, one guy thought it would be nice to create a small vacation fund for the beleaguered woman. That was two days ago. At this writing over $224,000 has poured in. Klein, who lives near Rochester, has been deluged with media …

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New York Passes Cyberbullying Act

The Empire State Pride Agenda is thrilled. Via press release: The New York State Senate, under the leadership of Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, and the State Assembly, under the leadership of Speaker Sheldon Silver, and with the tireless advocacy of Senator Steve Saland and Assemblymember Danny O’Donnell, passed legislation that will help protect children from bullying and harassment online. …

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NEW YORK: Appeals Court Rules That HIV+ Saliva Is Not A “Deadly Weapon”

A panel of judges on the New York Court of Appeals has unanimously overturned a lower court and ruled that if an HIV+ person spits on or bites somebody, his saliva cannot be considered a “deadly weapon or dangerous instrument.” David Plunkett was serving a 10-year sentence for punching and biting a police officer. The incident occurred in 2006 when …

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Edie Winsor Thanks NY For DOMA Win

Clip description: On June 6, 2012, a federal judge ruled that a critical section of the so-called “Defense of Marriage Act” (DOMA) unconstitutionally discriminates against married same-sex couples. This decision joins four other federal courts that have struck down DOMA under the federal constitution. The statute had been challenged by Edith “Edie” Windsor, who sued the government for failing to …

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I Pizza Slice NY

Gotham’s tabloids reacted with horror this week at the SHOCKING news that Gov. Cuomo has launched a makeover of the state’s iconic “I ♥ NY” campaign, which is considered to be the most successful tourism slogan in the history of everything. Thanks for breaking New York’s heart, Gov. Cuomo. The governor ripped the ♥ out of “I ♥ NY” in …

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NY Court Rules “Gay” Is Not Slander

A New York state appeals court ruled today that falsely calling somebody “gay” can longer be considered slander. The court says that although falsely calling someone gay or lesbian has for decades been grounds for slander, that’s no longer the case because being gay is no longer seen by society as negative. The decision Thursday involves the case of a …

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