Gridlock ends, Espada returns to Democratic side
Updated: 4:22 PM / 8 comments
ALBANY — Sen. Pedro Espada, the Bronx Democrat who joined with Republicans June 8 in a
coup, flipped back to the Democratic conference this afternoon, ending the gridlock in the state Senate.
Two players in Wilson case acquitted
Updated: 6:32 PM / 21 comments
Two 17-year-old Wilson High School baseball players have been acquitted on all
charges in the controversial case of alleged horseplay on the team bus last year. A judge found the defendants not
guilty of forcible touching, child endangerment and first- and second-degree hazing.
Reilly ousted as BERC chief amid controversy
Updated: 2:18 PM / 12 comments
Mayor Byron W. Brown has ousted the embattled president of Buffalo's main development
agency, saying the move is about "change and reform."
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