ALBANY—Begin the office jockeying. For all the talk of equitable treatment, Republicans and Democrats expect a major shake-up in the size and location of offices for various state senators and their staffers. These decisions are made by the secretary of the Senate -- now Angelo Aponte, a Staten Islander who was Malcolm Smith's chief of staff and co-chair of ...

1199 SEIU - a major union working to help elect Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama - is keeping its commitment to helping Republicans maintain control of the State Senate, announcing the endorsement of Joe Robach for re-election in Rochester. “As we face a very serious fiscal crisis in the capital, we need effective leaders in Albany who will fight for working families ...