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I’ve made some great decisions over the years, but participating in the Legislative Gazette Internship in 1981 was the best decision I ever made. The program connected me with talented, driven people who were destined to have brilliant careers. Many of the people I worked with became life long friends. […]
Ted Bean and David Lombardo take a brief nap outside the Legislative Office Building during a lunch break. Understandably missing from the headlines during the week of the Senate Coup was any mention of the new class of interns with the Legislative Gazette. But that tumultuous day, which kicked […]
Interning at the Legislative Gazette five years ago has had a tremendously positive impact on my life. While my career path has led me away from journalism, I always think of myself as a journalist at heart because of those exciting few months. Beyond writing well and knowing how to […]
One day your life revolves around books and boring academic lectures. The next, you’re thrust into the real life epicenter of Empire State power and politics. That’s how I felt as one of the scrappy college kids embarking on an internship covering the state Capitol. The Legislative Gazette was a […]
Senate Finance Committee Chair Catharine Young and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Helene E. Weinstein today announced the Joint Legislative Hearing Schedule on the 2018-2019 Executive Budget Proposal. These hearings, each of which focuses on a programmatic area, are intended to provide the appropriate legislative committees with public input […]
Andrew Cuomo begins his eighth year as governor — and the annual budget season — with his best favorability rating since the middle of 2014. A new Siena released Tuesday shows that 62 percent of New York voters have a favorable view of Gov. Cuomo, compared to 30 percent who […]
You’ve all heard of the “Three Tenors” who owned the world of opera. They were Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras and Luciano Pavarotti. Then in the word of bluegrass, there were the “Three Pickers,” Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs and Ricky Skaggs. It really doesn’t get any better than those two threesomes. […]