And the winner is….
Wasn’t it just 1998? Weren’t we just discussing the definition of “is”?
I asked the TU’s Casey Seiler, Cuyler News Service’s Betty Flood and the NY Daily News’ Ken Lovett which stories would make their lists of the Top 10 NYS Stories of the Decade. You would think that with three lists, there would be some overlap, right? Surprisingly, there was very little duplication. Here are their lists: (What would you include on yours?)
Casey —
Fall of Joe Bruno
Evolution of Sheldon Silver
The “Bluing’ of New York State
The “Shrinking” of Rudy Giuliani
The Coup
Betty —
Richard Ravitch wins the LG court fight
The Coup
Stock Plunge
The 4 Amigos
Marty Markowitz buys a house in Brooklyn
Gay Marriage vote
Kenny –
9/11
Spitzer’s resignation & how the ”promise” of reform devolved into hookers and scandal
Fiscal Crisis
Hevesi & Bruno conviction and the deteriorating ethical climate in Albany.
Pension Fund scandal
1st Lady becomes US Senator
The Coup
Senate flips to Democrats
New York’s first Black & blind Governor (also first Black Majority Leader/Senate President & Hispanic Majority leader)
Hillary & Rudy run for President
US Senate Appointment (first time since 1965 that a NY Governor has gotten to chose)
Paterson’s fall, and Schumer & Silver’s rise
Best line of the day:
”He negotiated with terrorists”.
– Ken Lovett, referring to Malcolm Smith, in response to a question about why the State Senate this year de-evolved into chaos.
Coming up on Wednesday’s edition of The Capitol Pressroom:
Mike Gormley of the Associated Press and Jimmy Vielkind of the NY Observer join me with the political headlines. Kelly Cheezum of Clarkson University discusses the challenges of bringing broadband to the Adirondack Park. And Mitch Abolafia, an expert on the Federal Reserve, will be here to discuss how the Fed’s response to the financial crisis affected both New York State and New York City — and how we may be feeling the effects of the response in 2010.
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