ALBANY—Here's one amusing consequence of the office shuffling going on in the Capitol and surrounding buildings: State Senators Marty Golden, Republican, and Hiram Monserrate, Democrat, are now temporarily sharing a conference room on the ninth floor of the Legislative Office Building. "It's like Switzerland," said one Republican source, describing the room that lies between the office Monserrate ...

State Senator Marty Golden of Brooklyn said he thinks it’s a “no-brainer” that the Republican Party will ultimately allow Michael Bloomberg to run in the party's primary later this year.
“Michael Bloomberg has done good things for this city and at the end of the day the good leaders across the city of New York will see his ...

ALBANY—In what seems more and more likely to be their last conference as their chamber's majority, State Senate Republicans exited a closed-door session earlier this evening with minimal fanfare, to say the least. Majority Leader (for now, anyway) Dean Skelos did not speak to reporters gathered outside his suite of offices. Reports that Malcolm Smith has managed to ...

ALBANY—At a conference at which State Senator Marty Golden blasted parole officials for releasing a convicted murderer after 17 years, he didn't tone things down much when discussing now-former councilman Hiram Monserrate. He held a press conference this morning in Manhattan to protest the release of Arnold Kane, who was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison ...