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2017
Legislative Session--
PRESS REPORTING & EDITORIALIZING ABOUT THE "LULU" SCANDAL
May 9, 2017:
"For
Group of Breakaway Democrats, it Pays to be No. 2",
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
May 11, 2017:
"False Payroll Information
Allows 3 State Senators to Collect Thousands"
New York Times
(Jesse McKinley)
May 12, 2017:
"4
G.O.P. Senators in New York Also Got False Titles That Carry Extra
Pay"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Seven
New York Senators accused of pocketing thousands in fraudulent
stipends, watchdogs say"
New York Daily News (Ken Lovett)
May 14, 2017:
"How
Albany justifies paying Senators for others' work",
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Dozens
of bills aim to benefit public employees, at taxpayers'
expense",
NY Post
(Carl Campanile)
"Senate
GOP defends lulu policy to renegade Democrats"
Capitol Confidential (Casey Seiler)
May 15, 2017:
"Payment
in lieu of a raise"
Albany Times Union (editorial)
"Investigate
fraudulent payments"
Daily Gazette (editorial)
"Flanagan
Defends State Stipend Protocols"
Capitol Confidential (Matthew Hamilton)
"New
York Senators, including Ritchie -- were paid for others' jobs --
that was legal, lawyers argue", Watertown Daily Times
"Senators
defend stipends and all but one will keep the cash", Politico
(Nick Niedzwiadek)
"Parties
Tussle Over Legality of Stipends Given to New York Senators",
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Breakaway
State Senate Dems costs taxpayers $2.2M a year",
NY Post
(Kristan Conley)
"Lawmaker
refuses bonus in midst of legality probe"
NY Post
(Kristan Conley)
"Albany's
fresh crop of seamy sweeteners", NY Post (editorial)
"A
lulu of a scam: State Senate GOP breaks the rules on a corrupt
scheme"
Daily News (editorial)
"Helming
responds to scandal over stipend pay"
Daily Messenger
(Julie Sherwood)
"Lawyers
debate, lawmakers duck and cover over extra pay"
Capitol
Confidential (Rick Karlin, Matt Hamilton)
"As
fight over stipends rages, lawmakers still outearn their
constituents"
Capital Confidential (Matt Hamilton)
"Lulu
Land: How the State Senate's Stipend Deal became a Controversy"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
"Stewart-Cousins
calls for lulu investigation; GOP says they are focused on their
work",
Capital Confidential (Rick Karlin)
"NYS
Senators still answering questions on stipend payments"
NCPR (Karen DeWitt)
"Klein
defends lulu passing, Stewart-Cousins calls for probe"
Politico (Jimmy Vielkind)
"How
Senate Republicans are Justifying the Chair Classifications"
State of Politics (Nick Reisman)
"See
the lulus: Records show cash bonuses for NY Senators"
Syracuse.com (Patrick Lohmann)
May 17, 2017
"EXCLUSIVE:
State senator who leads breakaway group of dems got $34G stipend --
a 24% increase over last year"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
"New
York Senator Seeks Inquiry Into 'Apparent Abuse' of Stipends"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Pay
raise vs stipends -- NY Legislature at a Crossroads"
Spectrum News (Nick Reisman)
"As
State Senate Scandal Widens -- Attorney General Schneiderman Not
Rushing to Investigate"
NY1 (Zack Fink)
"Watch
that last step senator -- it's a lulu"
Spectrum News
(Nick Reisman)
"Calls
for Investigation of Albany's 'Lulu Scandal'"
WAMC Radio
(Karen DeWitt)
"NY
Senate bends the rules on lulus"
Auburnpub.com
(editorial)
"More
petty corruption on display in Albany"
Times
Herald-Record (editorial)
May 18, 2017
"Stipends
for State Senators are Under Investigation"
New York
Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Lulu
land update: Cuomo raps root of legislator pay issues"
Capitol Confidential (Matt Hamilton)
"Second
time in two days DiNapoli slaps Cuomo over spending"
Capitol Confidential (Matt Hamilton)
"The
Evolving Powers of the New York Attorney General"
Gotham
Gazette (Ben Brachfeld)
May 19, 2017
"Whose
Job Is It to Investigate the Legislature's Lulu System?"
Gotham Gazette (Rachel Silberstein)
"AG
Schneiderman, federal prosecutors probe into controversial stipends
for state legislators"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
"Smearing
the state's Senate Centrists"
New York Post (editorial)
"DiNapoli
cooperating with probe of controversial stipends"
New
York Post (Carl Campanile)
"Cuomo
calls for ethics reform but downplays lulus"
WNYC (Fred
Mogul)
"Stipend
scheme makes NY Legislature look self-serving or worse"
Syracuse.com (editorial)
"GOP
Senate's flexible lulus waste our money"
Gannett-LoHud
(editorial)
"Legal
Inquiries commence over State Senate stipends"
Buffalo
News (Tom Precious)
"Reports
Say Prosecutors are Probing NY Senate Payments"
WAMC
(Karen DeWitt)
"In
state government the use of stipends is (legally) widespread"
Daily Gazette (Stephen Williams)
May 21, 2017
"Reports
say prosecutors are probing Senate payments"
NCPR Radio
(Karen DeWitt)
"Our
view: Helming part of latest display of petty Albany corruption"
Daily Messenger (editorial) (with Middletown Herald-Record)
"Payment
scam: Ritchie's only honorable route is to give back unearned
stipend"
Watertown Daily Times (editorial)
May 22, 2017
"Senators
who skip out on meetings rake in thousands in stipends"
New York Post (Aaron Short)
"Independent
Democratic Conference head plans to keep partnership with Senate GOP
strong"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
"NYS
Exposed: Bad Attendance"
"Lawmakers
got stipends despite skipping meetings"
Gannett (Joseph Spector)
"New
York Senate Faction Tries to Change the Subject Away from Lulus"
WSKG News (Karen DeWitt)
May 23, 2017
"Days
may be numbered for Democrats who give Republicans control of New
York State Senate"
AM New York (Mark Chiusano)
"D.A.'s
office gets involved in 'lulu' furor"
Albany Times Unions (Matthew
Hamilton, Brendan Lyons)
"Working
Families Party Calls for Independent Democratic Conference to
realign with party"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
"Stipend
Scandal Fuels Divide Among New York's Democratic State Senators"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Lulu
scandal a proxy for infighting democrats in the Senate"
City and State (Eddie Borges)
"Helming
video shows uncashed stipend checks"
Victor Post (Julie Sherwood)
May 24, 2017
"DiNapoli
defends his office amid stipend controversy"
Capitol
Confidential (Matthew Hamilton)
May 25, 2017
"Helming
returns stipend checks, O'Mara defends payout"
Finger
Lake Times (Steve Buchiere)
May 27, 2017
"The
Albany D.A. joins a political witch hunt"
New York Post
(editorial)
May 28, 2017
"New
York Senators' scandal highlights vast stipend system"
PBS (Anne Gronewald)
"Scandal
Highlights Vast Stipend System"
Progressive Farmer
Associated Press - Auburn Citizen
May 29, 2017
"In
Albany, Stipends Known as 'Lulus' Feed a Culture of Scandal"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
"Albany
County DA won't probe controversial stipends paid to 8 state
senators"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
May 30, 2017
"Report:
Soares won't pursue 'lulu' probe"
Albany Times Union (staff)
"Ethics
reform: Legislators won't even fake it anymore"
City and State (Ashley Hupfl)
May 31, 2017
"State
senate stipend probe yields at least one subpoena"
Daily News (Ken Lovett)
June 3, 2017
"Stipends
raise red flags"
Daily Mail (Richard Moody)
June 11, 2017
"Lulus
should go bye-bye"
Lockport
Union-Sun & Journal
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