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Monday, August 22, 2011  The Syracuse Common Council is moving ahead with plans to revive the Citizens Review Board, but are they acting prematurely?

Thursday, February 24, 2011  New York Governor Andrew Cuomo has appointed Mohawk Valley Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito to head the Office of General Services.

Sunday, January 23, 2011  Senior senators are negotiating to reduce the 1,400 presidential appointments subject to time-consuming Senate confirmation, hoping to streamline a system that has frustrated administrations of both parties, according to officials familiar with the discussions.

Sunday, January 25, 2009  New York's U.S. senator-designate has pledged to combat gun violence while protecting hunters' rights, which she calls "a core value" upstate.

Saturday, January 24, 2009  The departure of four sitting Democratic senators this year has cast a new - and at times, unflattering - light on the nation's governors and their outsize power to fill Senate vacancies.