links for 2011-06-22

• Showdown over New York's gay marriage bill will likely be Wednesday
  Negotiations continue over additional religious protections that some undecided Republicans want, and progress appears to have been made so far in closed-door talks.
• NY lawmakers waiting to vote on property tax cap, SUNY tuition hikes, mandate relief
  State lawmakers hunkered down this evening for a long night of last-minute deal-making on key economic issues — capping local property taxes, hiking tuition by $300 per year at public universities and refiguring rent regulation for some.
• Tedisco proud of paperless progress
  Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, R-Schenectady, made a stink earlier this year about how much state government spends on required printing of reports and other documents, and is now lauding a bill that has passed both the Senate and Assembly that would amend the State Constitution to (eventually) take the legislature paperless.
• NY lawmakers mull request for Niagara Falls stunt
  A bill that would allow a member of the daredevil Wallenda family to attempt a tightrope walk across the Niagara Gorge is making its way through the New York Legislature..

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