Perhaps the most interesting moment in the race to represent the 25th Congressional District came last week when attorney Paloma Capanna dropped out of the Democratic Primary.  She exited stage right so that her opponent, Dan Maffei, would have a clear shot at 18-year Syracuse incumbent Republican Jim Walsh.

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Maloney, Lappin Bring Free Mammograms to East Side

For Immediate Release                           Contact: Joe Soldevere, (212) 860-0606        

July 17, 2006

Sick 9/11 Responder, "Down to His Last Nickel," Continues to Get Jerked Around by State of NY

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July 17, 2006

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Date: July 17, 2006                                                                                                     

DIAMONDSTONE OPPONENT TAKES FIRST STEP TO ROB VOTERS OF CHOICE

Constituents in New York’s 25th District have had little to no choice at the ballot box over the past 28 years, and incumbent Martin Connor took the first step yesterday in continuing this undemocratic trend by challenging the petitions of progressive candidate Ken Diamondstone.

With 6,181 signatures submitted to the Board of Elections and over 400 donors to date, Diamondstone has already demonstrated broad and enthusiastic support in the district. Voters here are clearly eager for a strong new leader who will bring reform and innovative policies back to Albany.

The democratic process is fundamentally about the competition of ideas. This move undermines the very essence of what that process should be. “I’m disappointed but not surprised that Martin Connor would focus his energies in the court room rather than on the needs of his constituents,” said Diamondstone’s Campaign Manager, Matt Welch.

This maneuver is the latest in a long career of insider politics for Connor, whose son, Martin Connor, Jr., personally filed the complaint against Diamondstone’s legitimate petitions. It seems Connor has no intention of running on the issues, and would prefer an election in which candidates are chosen only because voters have been left with no other choice.

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“…The 35 or so columns and news stories he (Jack Newfield) wrote for the Sun recently were about his lifelong obsession: Brooklyn clubhouse corruption. The last interview he did, scrawled in a notebook at his home desk and dated November 15, was about the sale of Brooklyn judgeships…."(Wayne Barrett Eulogy, Village Voice, December 29, 2004)

Jack Newfield has  been dead just 18 months now.  But Congressional candidate Carl Andrews feels free to disrespect the memory of this giant by suggesting that Jack was some sort of dishonest liar, or a careless, sloppy, bumbling idiot.  Carl only escaped with this affront because his remarks were made in an interview conducted by a  Sun reporter who probably did not know Jack Newfield’s reputation and was not familiar with his intense and thorough research into the Brooklyn Surrogate Court corruption with which Carl’s name is associated.

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Senate Candidate Jonathan Tasini's Statement on the Violence in the Middle East
NEW YORK, NY: Jonathan Tasini, candidate for the Democratic nomination for the U.S. Senate, released this statement today on the escalating violence in the Middle East:

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