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		<title>Morning Read: A Giant Sunday; GOP Threatens Chaos; Churches Prepare To Move</title>

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		<description><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap;_ylt=Amd_N1LzODlH_nhkKPGXQG05nYcB?gid=20120205017">Giants!! Giants!! Giants!!</a></p>
<p>A victory parade in<a href="http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/new-york-giants-super-bowl-victory-parade-2012"> Lower Manhattan is set for Tuesday.</a></p>
<p>Video from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64YVAEnrbn0">last night's celebration in Times Square.</a></p>
<p>Senate Republicans are threatening <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/battle_lines_for_gov_gop_Gm1Oyi4nqUe3AH6r3kft2L">to throw state government into chaos </a>and block key parts of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda if he follows through on threats to veto district lines.</p>
<p>A Republican consultant <a href="http://www.cityandstateny.com/year-redistricting-supposed-work-guess-what/">doesn't think Cuomo will make a stand on redistricting:</a> “It’ll be two days of outrage and then it’s on to the budget."</p>
<p>A half-dozen big pocketed donors lent <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/donors-spent-145g-fly-gov-andrew-cuomo-private-jets-fund-raising-events-article-1.1017452">Cuomo their own private air craft so that he could attend fundraisers around the state.<!--more--></a></p>
<p>The city is coming under criticism for scare-tactics used in their public health campaigns which <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/nyregion/some-say-new-york-city-health-ads-should-inspire-not-scare.html?ref=nyregion">warn the public against the dangers of smoking, alcohol and junk food.</a></p>
<p>Diane Savino said that the Cuomo administration has kept a tight lid on the details of the budget; <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/staten_island_pols_doing_the_a.html">her Staten Island colleagues disagreed.</a></p>
<p>A jail in Boerum Hill is reopening after being closed for ten years for renovation; <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204136404577205541046502800.htmld">officials are trying to assuage neighborhood residents fears.</a></p>
<p>Fearful that too many students will fail, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/education/despite-focus-on-data-standards-for-diploma-may-still-lack-rigor.html?ref=nyregion">state officials have opted to dumb down the state regents exam.</a></p>
<p>Churches that have been worshipping in public schools <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/nyregion/some-churches-hope-albany-will-act-to-allow-renting-school-space-to-pray.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">for decades are preparing to vacate.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cityandstateny.com/heard-town-feb-6-2012/">Linda Lacewell, a special assistant to Cuomo who worked with him in the Attorney General’s</a> office seems to be the early front-runner to replace Ellen Biben as Inspector General.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Tax-chief-deputizes-IG-staff-to-permit-use-of-3058035.php#ixzz1lbkDrBln  ">Biben's entire staff at the Inspector General's Office </a>quietly gained the ability to look at tax returns of state employees and, potentially, any other filers whose confidential data is considered "relevant" to an investigation, even though it is a power that neither district attorneys not the attorney general has. Some fear it could lead to "fishing expeditions."</p>
<p>Eric Schneiderman is making <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/city/capital-connection/albany/article723045.ece">prescription drug abuse one of his top priorities this year.</a></p>
<p>In Midtown Manhattan, <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/450-million-years-ago-hells-kitchen-earned-its-name/?ref=nyregion">geologic time is still visible.</a></p>
<p>Steve Levy's <a href="http://www.newsday.com/columnists/other-columnists/levy-s-campaign-funds-disbursed-1.3506806">once massive campaign warchest is no more.</a></p>
<p>After his big victory in Nevada on Saturday, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html">Mitt Romney now faces a string of caucuses that he is expected to win.</a></p>
<p>In Nevada, voters who said they were looking <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-true-conservative-alternative-ron-paul/2012/02/05/gIQAzW8tsQ_blog.html?wprss=the-fix">for a "true conservative" went with Ron Paul.</a></p>
<p>Romney trails <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72490.html">Obama in early general election polling.</a></p>
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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><a href="http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/recap;_ylt=Amd_N1LzODlH_nhkKPGXQG05nYcB?gid=20120205017">Giants!! Giants!! Giants!!</a></p>
<p>A victory parade in<a href="http://www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/new-york-giants-super-bowl-victory-parade-2012"> Lower Manhattan is set for Tuesday.</a></p>
<p>Video from <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=64YVAEnrbn0">last night's celebration in Times Square.</a></p>
<p>Senate Republicans are threatening <a href="http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/battle_lines_for_gov_gop_Gm1Oyi4nqUe3AH6r3kft2L">to throw state government into chaos </a>and block key parts of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's agenda if he follows through on threats to veto district lines.</p>
<p>A Republican consultant <a href="http://www.cityandstateny.com/year-redistricting-supposed-work-guess-what/">doesn't think Cuomo will make a stand on redistricting:</a> “It’ll be two days of outrage and then it’s on to the budget."</p>
<p>A half-dozen big pocketed donors lent <a href="http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/donors-spent-145g-fly-gov-andrew-cuomo-private-jets-fund-raising-events-article-1.1017452">Cuomo their own private air craft so that he could attend fundraisers around the state.<!--more--></a></p>
<p>The city is coming under criticism for scare-tactics used in their public health campaigns which <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/nyregion/some-say-new-york-city-health-ads-should-inspire-not-scare.html?ref=nyregion">warn the public against the dangers of smoking, alcohol and junk food.</a></p>
<p>Diane Savino said that the Cuomo administration has kept a tight lid on the details of the budget; <a href="http://www.silive.com/news/index.ssf/2012/02/staten_island_pols_doing_the_a.html">her Staten Island colleagues disagreed.</a></p>
<p>A jail in Boerum Hill is reopening after being closed for ten years for renovation; <a href="http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204136404577205541046502800.htmld">officials are trying to assuage neighborhood residents fears.</a></p>
<p>Fearful that too many students will fail, <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/education/despite-focus-on-data-standards-for-diploma-may-still-lack-rigor.html?ref=nyregion">state officials have opted to dumb down the state regents exam.</a></p>
<p>Churches that have been worshipping in public schools <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/06/nyregion/some-churches-hope-albany-will-act-to-allow-renting-school-space-to-pray.html?_r=1&amp;ref=nyregion">for decades are preparing to vacate.</a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.cityandstateny.com/heard-town-feb-6-2012/">Linda Lacewell, a special assistant to Cuomo who worked with him in the Attorney General’s</a> office seems to be the early front-runner to replace Ellen Biben as Inspector General.</p>
<p><a href="http://www.timesunion.com/local/article/Tax-chief-deputizes-IG-staff-to-permit-use-of-3058035.php#ixzz1lbkDrBln  ">Biben's entire staff at the Inspector General's Office </a>quietly gained the ability to look at tax returns of state employees and, potentially, any other filers whose confidential data is considered "relevant" to an investigation, even though it is a power that neither district attorneys not the attorney general has. Some fear it could lead to "fishing expeditions."</p>
<p>Eric Schneiderman is making <a href="http://www.buffalonews.com/city/capital-connection/albany/article723045.ece">prescription drug abuse one of his top priorities this year.</a></p>
<p>In Midtown Manhattan, <a href="http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/05/450-million-years-ago-hells-kitchen-earned-its-name/?ref=nyregion">geologic time is still visible.</a></p>
<p>Steve Levy's <a href="http://www.newsday.com/columnists/other-columnists/levy-s-campaign-funds-disbursed-1.3506806">once massive campaign warchest is no more.</a></p>
<p>After his big victory in Nevada on Saturday, <a href="http://www.cnn.com/2012/02/06/politics/campaign-wrap/index.html">Mitt Romney now faces a string of caucuses that he is expected to win.</a></p>
<p>In Nevada, voters who said they were looking <a href="http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/the-fix/post/the-true-conservative-alternative-ron-paul/2012/02/05/gIQAzW8tsQ_blog.html?wprss=the-fix">for a "true conservative" went with Ron Paul.</a></p>
<p>Romney trails <a href="http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0212/72490.html">Obama in early general election polling.</a></p>
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