The battle by tenant advocates to repeal a key rent regulation law favored by landlords just got a boost from a Republican. Last week, Frank Padavan, a Republican state Senator from Queens with an independent streak, signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol, a law that allows landlords the ability to remove their apartments ...

The battle by tenant advocates to repeal a key rent regulation law favored by landlords just got a boost from a Republican. Last week Frank Padavan, a Republican state Senator from Queens with an independent streak, signed on as a co-sponsor to a bill that would repeal vacancy decontrol, a law that allows landlords the ability to remove their apartments ...

Republican State Senator Frank Padavan said he’s confident that his party will ultimately allow Michael Bloomberg to run for re-election on their line, despite resentment about the mayor leaving the party last year.
"At the end of the day, after you go back and forth on the politics and the feelings and everyone's personal proclivities, you get down ...

ALBANY—Even after Jim Gennaro conceded defeat in his bid to unseat State Senator Frank Padavan, the two are still bickering. Padavan put out a statement last night decrying Gennaro's "negative attacks" and saying he was vindicated by a re-count showing he won by 578 votes. This morning, the Gennaro camp put out a statement (in full below) saying ...