Tuesday, June 11, 2013

NEW THIS MORNING:

NEW THIS MORNING:
 
 
The state Senate passed a bill that would cap at 12 years the amount of time a lawmaker can serve in a leadership post, with Senate Republicans not denying that the bill was related to Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's recent woes, the Daily News writes: http://nydn.us/11cDCSo
 
 Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his aides recorded a video poking fun at the administration's reputation for secrecy but have refused to release it under the Freedom of Information Law, The New York Times reports: http://nyti.ms/11c6Sss
 
Former state Sen. Shirley Huntley claims that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is continuing to investigate her, which she believes is payback for alleging that Schneiderman was corrupt to federal investigators, the Daily News reports: http://nydn.us/12i3q4p

New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn outlined an unprecedented move for her of advancing two bills addressing the NYPD's stop-and-frisk tactic by allowing them to bypass a Council committee through a parliamentary maneuver, the Journal writes: http://on.wsj.com/18rmWyQ

* Cuomo released legislation allowing for tax-free development near college campuses, with a new wrinkle that would include New York City university campuses in each borough in areas with the highest poverty rates, Gannett Albany reports: http://lohud.us/167I2xP

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