Brendan Scott
The Archive
New York legalizes same-sex marriage as cheers ring out in city
ALBANY -- Senators said "I do" to gay marriage last night in a narrow 33-29 vote -- making New York the sixth and largest state to allow same-sex couples to...
Historic gay-marriage vote in Albany, cheers throughout New York
ALBANY -- Senators said "I do" to gay marriage last night in a narrow 33-29 vote -- making New York the sixth and largest state to allow same-sex couples to...
GOP nixes vote on same-sex marriage
ALBANY -- Senate Republicans stunned the Capitol last night by abruptly adjourning without holding a much-anticipated vote on gay marriage -- a move that also allowed rent regulations to expire....
GOP senators to mull gay marriage vote
ALBANY – Republican senators will meet today to mull action on gay marriage, Senate GOP boss Dean Skelos said this morning, meaning a long-awaited vote could be around the corner....
Gay-nups vote stalled
ALBANY -- The fate of gay marriage hung in the balance yesterday as the legislative session careered through its final chaotic days and lawmakers continued to debate key details of...
Senate shakes as gay marriage vote looms
ALBANY – Tense dueling protests shook the Senate’s marble halls this morning as the chamber’s Republican majority huddled privately over a jam-packed agenda that included a possible vote on gay...
Rent-control deal leaves one fight -- gay marriage
ALBANY -- State leaders cleared a logjam of controversial bills yesterday -- from rent regulation to property-tax caps -- and set the stage for a face-off over gay marriage in...
Rent regulation deal expected today
ALBANY – A deal to expand rent regulations appeared imminent this afternoon as legislative leaders emerged from Gov. Cuomo’s office to announce a "tentative framework agreement" on several issues. The...
Pols use apt. law to hold up gay rites
ALBANY -- Hell, no! We won't vote! Protesters for and against gay marriage mobbed the Senate chamber yesterday as talks on whether to vote on same-sex weddings ground down over...
OK for gay marriage is 'rite' around the corner
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo and Senate Republican boss Dean Skelos could say, "I do" as soon as today on a historic gay-marriage bill that includes strengthened exemptions for religious groups....
Gay-marriage push gives devout an out
ALBANY -- Senators left town without voting on gay marriage yesterday, but Republican efforts to strengthen the bill's religious protections -- rather than kill it outright -- buoyed supporters' hopes...
Gov rips rent-law delay
ALBANY -- Gov. Cuomo scolded state senators yesterday for "betraying" Big Apple tenants by letting rent regulations expire and he threatened to keep lawmakers in Albany through the weekend to...
Mike hold$ hammer over GOP on gay nups
ALBANY -- Ka-ching. Ka-ching. Mayor Bloomberg brought his massive political checkbook to bear on Albany's gay-marriage stalemate yesterday as Senate Republicans continued to agonize over whether to allow a decisive...
Cuomo says Senate 'betrayed' tenants in rent regs lapse
ALBANY – Gov. Andrew Cuomo scolded senators today for “betraying” Big Apple tenants by letting rent regulations expire and threatened to keep lawmakers in Albany through the weekend to reach...
Bloomberg lobbies Albany for final gay marriage vote
ALBANY – Mayor Michael Bloomberg swung through Albany to lobby for a crucial tie-break vote on same-sex marriage today as Senate Republicans continued to agonize over whether to bring the...
'Daily Show' targets SI senator during segment on gay marriage vote
ALBANY – Staten Island Republican – potential same-sex marriage tiebreaker – Andrew Lanza found himself in Jon Stewart's crosshairs last night, as the influential comedic host of “The Daily Show”...
Rent deal rejected
ALBANY -- Rent regulations technically expired a minute after midnight for more than 2 million New York City residents after Senate Democrats nixed a temporary extension that was negotiated by...
Dems' gay-nups OK boosts heat on GOP
ALBANY -- Divided Senate Republicans came under new pressure to vote on gay marriage yesterday after Democrats unexpectedly pushed the measure through the state Assembly, bringing it one step closer...
Dolan: Heaven help us if gays can wed
ALBANY -- Archbishop Timothy Dolan lashed out at the "stampede" to legalize gay marriage yesterday, even as a second Republican lawmaker flipped and brought the proposal within one vote of...
Shelly's tax-cap threat
ALBANY -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) threatened yesterday to sink Gov. Cuomo's marquee tax-cap proposal if Senate Republicans refuse to expand rent regulations that expire at midnight. Silver warned...