UPFRONT THE KICKER: A CHOICE QUOTE FROM CITY & STATE ’S FIRST READ EMAIL “If John and Malcolm would talk, oh my God. They flip [Sampson] and you’ll need a special election to elect a whole new damn Senate.” —Former state Sen. Shirley Huntley, on whether her indicted former Senate colleagues Malcolm Smith and John Sampson might give up more legislators to investigators, via the New York Daily News
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The road to Albany can be a long one. Fortunately, lawmakers have a lengthy list of rock, classical, country and hip-hop albums they listen to on the way to the Capitol to pump themselves up before session. Which legislator would you want to jam with—and can you tell which song or album matches each lawmaker? Welcome to the Jungle Guns N’ Roses
BY THE NUMBERS
WOMEN’S EQUALITY ACT Gov. Andrew Cuomo called for a “Women’s Equality Act” in his State of the State address in January. With the legislative session wrapping up, he’s pushing to get it across the finish line.
10 Number of points in the legislation
9 Number of points that Senate Republican Leader Dean Skelos could support
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42,113 Average full-time annual pay for a woman in New York, in dollars
Bocelli (album) Andrea Bocelli
50,388 Average full-time annual pay for a man in New York, in dollars
Assemblyman Anthony Brindisi
Assemblywoman Nicole Malliotakis
Gold on the Ceiling The Black Keys
8,275 Gender gap in pay for male and female New Yorkers, in dollars
75 Black Cadillac (album) Rosanne Cash
Senator Liz Krueger
Share of all sexual harassment claims filed by women in New York, as a percentage
70 Share of children living with single mothers who are in poverty, as a percentage
Senator Mike Gianaris
Wake Up and Freedom Rage Against the Machine
3 Number of daughters Cuomo has
159 Days since Cuomo called for the legislation
Who Let The Dogs Out Baha Men
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Assemblyman Kieran Lalor
Days since Cuomo introduced the legislation:
4 Lalor: Baha Men; Gianaris: Rage Against the Machine; Skelos: Bocelli; Krueger: Cash; Malliotakis: Guns N’ Roses; Brindisi: The Black Keys
Majority Coalition Leader Dean Skelos
13 Days remaining in the session
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