<div><p>ALBANY—State Senator Bill Perkins was the first prominent elected official in New York to endorse Barack Obama's candidacy during the presidential primary. </p><p>Speaking by phone from the Mall in Washington today, he told me he is more than pleased. </p><p>"I ...

<div><p></p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p>. </p><p>Here’s Charles Barron, unhappy that black politicians in Brooklyn met with senate candidate Caroline Kennedy but not H. Carl McCall or Bill Perkins ...

<div><p>GENEVA—Democrats in the State Senate will meet tomorrow to go over the details of a power-sharing agreement reached earlier this week. </p><p>That deal, which brought the Gang of Three renegade senators into the fold by elevating them to spots within the Senate leadership, was reached yesterday in ...

<div><p> </p><p>It's been something of an eminent domain-filled day so far, with three events focusing on the state and city's ability to acquire private land, particularly for economic development: First a hearing, then a press conference, and a scheduled court appearance. </p><p&gt ...