Albany, New York . . .February 24, 2010 –  “Today Eric Massa became the latest in a growing list of New York Democrats to abandon public life under a cloud of suspicion and corruption.   
 
First, Massa took more than $75,000 from disgraced Congressman Charlie Rangel and then refused to return the cash after the House Ethics Committee found Rangel violated ethics rules.  Now, new allegations of sexual misconduct are dogging the soon-to-be former Congressman.  Like so many other New York Democrats, his personal and professional behavior has left Massa scrambling for self-preservation rather than focused on public service.  (more…)

~Democrats mired in corruption and scandal fail to lead, while Republicans focus on putting New Yorkers back to work~

Albany, New York . . .March 2, 2010 -–  “While the Democratic leadership in Albany continues to wander aimlessly in a desert of corruption, scandal and chaos, State Senate Republicans have been hard at work crafting a jobs bill that would put thousands of New Yorkers back to work and help turn the state’s economy around.

Republicans are taking action and offering New Yorkers a pro-growth agenda while Democratic leaders seem content to stand idly by as our companies flee New York for more business-friendly environments. (more…)

~Chairman calls for Rangel to step down as Chairman of House Ways and Means Committee and for all recipients of Rangel’s donations to return tainted funds ~

Albany, New York . . .February 26, 2010 -–  “Congressman Rangel’s latest in a long list of offenses cited by the House Ethics Committee should be the final straw.  The time has come for Rangel to step down from his influential post as Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee.   The Committee’s ruling that Congressman Rangel broke House rules by accepting corporate-sponsored trips to the Caribbean makes it incumbent upon Speaker Pelosi and the Democratic leadership to insist Rangel relinquish his post and repay the cost of his trips.  For a congressman with his track record of unethical and borderline illegal behavior to have enormous influence over the Federal budget process is appalling, particularly during these tough economic times. (more…)

~ Chairman cites impact of political considerations and politically charged relationship between rivals in precluding A.G. from objective inquiry into allegations ~

Albany, New York . . .February 25, 2010 -– “While Attorney General Cuomo may have the legal authority to conduct the investigation into allegations concerning Governor Paterson, the antagonism and politically charged relationship that exists between the two political rivals greatly undermines the Attorney General’s ability to objectively and credibly investigate this matter.  (more…)

~Gillibrand is one of three Senate Democrats initiating movement to include “public option” in health care bill by employing ill-suited rulemaking device called “reconciliation” ~

Albany, New York . . .February 24, 2010 -–  “Despite New Yorkers being widely opposed to the Democrats’ plans for health care reform and the ‘public option,’ Senator Gillibrand continues to align herself with the extreme left-wing of her party. By urging parliamentary-style trickery and backdoor measures, Senator Gillibrand attempts to ramrod through healthcare legislation that would bankrupt New York State and cripple the country’s health care system.  (more…)

Albany, New York . . .February 23, 2010 -– As part of the State Committee’s ongoing effort to revitalize the infrastructure of the Republican Party, Chairman Ed Cox announced today that Alex Carey has been named Director of Communications for the New York State GOP.  In his new role, Carey will serve as the media’s point of contact with the State Party, and will orchestrate the Party’s New Media and messaging campaign during the critical 2010 election cycle. (more…)

State Chairman Edward F. Cox in the New York Post

With the pickup of two state Assembly seats in Tuesday’s special elections in Westchester and Suffolk counties, New York Republicans are following up on Scott Brown’s historic win in “true blue” Massachusetts. Come November, one-party rule in Albany will be on the chopping block.

In fact, the return to relevance of core GOP principles — and a New York party dedicated to those principles — has been underway for most of a year.

In 2008, Democrats won complete control of government in both Washington and Albany for the first time since 1935. In Congress, they used this absolute power to arrogantly jam through costly big-government programs, seasoned with huge slices of pork. In New York, corruption of a magnitude shocking even by Albany’s standards, combined with out-of-control special interests, has yielded ever-bigger budgets and deficits, higher taxes and job-killing regulation. (more…)

Last night we had another set of great Republican victories in three State Assembly Special Elections. New York’s Republican resurgence, which began with sweeping wins across the state on November 3rd, keeps gaining steam with each passing week. Congratulations to our new State Assemblymen and all the volunteers who gave of their time, resources and energy to send them to Albany to fight Sheldon Silver and a corrupt Democratic leadership.

*PICKUP Dean Murray Suffolk County AD 3

*PICKUP Bob Castelli Westchester AD 89

*HOLD Michael Montesano Nassau County AD 15

In the Assembly, where Democrats have been in control for 35 years, Republicans are standing up for fiscal responsibility and against the Join the Taxpayer Revolt! Your donation today WILL make a difference! (more…)

Albany, NY…January 19, 2010- “The Democrat majorities in the State Legislature had a chance to get $700 million more in federal education funds for the children of New York State by simply voting to raise the number of charters.  By failing to do so, they have sacrificed the future of the children of New York State on the alter of special interest politics.”

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Albany, NY…January 13, 2010 – Citing the serious legal and ethical violations uncovered by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, New York Republican State Chairman Edward F. Cox today called for the removal of State Senator Pedro Espada as Majority Leader of the State Senate.

“Senate Democrats appointed Senator Espada Majority Leader and now that he has become the latest member of their conference to face serious corruption charges, he should either step down or they should remove him,” Chairman Cox said.  “Either way, Senator Espada needs to go.”

“It’s ironic that the leaders of the Senate Democrat conference would stand up today to talk about ethics reform while their members have repeatedly demonstrated reprehensible behavior. (more…)