{"id":270739,"date":"2021-06-10T03:22:05","date_gmt":"2021-06-10T00:22:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-the-democrats-run-albany\/"},"modified":"2021-06-10T03:22:05","modified_gmt":"2021-06-10T00:22:05","slug":"how-the-democrats-run-albany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-the-democrats-run-albany\/","title":{"rendered":"#How the Democrats run Albany"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#How the Democrats run Albany<\/strong>”
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The Democrats who run New York\u2019s Legislature are some of the most brazen pay-for-play politicians you\u2019ll find in America. Consider their latest bid to tie lawmaking to hefty \u201cdonations.\u201d<\/p>\n

As The Post\u2019s Bernadette Hogan, Carl Campanile and Bruce Golding report, state Senate Dems actively sought funds from lobbyists and other deep-pocketed donors with stakes in active bills \u2014 as much as $25,000, via tickets to a June 23 virtual fundraiser \u2014 just days before the Legislature was to decide on that legislation before adjourning Thursday.<\/p>\n

Lest anyone fail to get the message, Democratic Senate Campaign Committee CFO Koren Frankfort told invitees in a June 2 e-mail to \u201cRSVP at your earliest convenience,\u201d warning that she plans \u201cto let leadership know who will be in attendance.\u201d (Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins and her No. 2, Mike Gianaris, who between them basically decide what passes, are featured guests.)<\/p>\n

Translation: Pay up \u2014 or see votes go against your interests. That\u2019s naked corruption.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s almost like a shakedown,\u201d fumes Reinvent Albany\u2019s John Kaehny. One lobbyist calls it a \u201cquid pro quo\u201d: \u201cYou\u2019re essentially leaning on people, letting them know if their name doesn\u2019t app<\/a>ear there, the leader is going to know,\u201d so it\u2019s \u201ca ransom note to either contribute or be on the bad list.\u201d<\/p>\n

Lobbyists and their clients have lots at stake: One bill sought by the United Federation of Teachers would grant automatic <\/em>tenure to its members whom the pandemic prevented from getting reviewed for it. Others allow \u201cgig\u201d workers to collectively bargain, tax fossil fuels to create new political-spending slush funds and grant new rights to criminals.<\/p>\n

Just as cynically, the Assembly is slow-rolling impeachment proceedings in a wink-wink to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, whose vetoes could gum up the donations-for-new-laws works.<\/p>\n

As for Frankfort\u2019s threat, DSCC Executive Director Alex Elmasri admits it \u201cshould not have been sent in that manner.\u201d It\u2019s pretty clear that means simply: It\u2019s fine to demand bribes for votes, but don\u2019t put it on the record. \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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