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Tuesday, January 18

Front page: Cuomo polls well in first month, Gibson says a replacement health bill is still on his agenda

Good morning! I had such a nice time covering yesterday's citywide Martin Luther King Day events. Saratoga Springs Supervisor Joanne Yepsen said the event planning committee would be looking to "enhance" the volunteering component of the celebration for 2012.

In the headlines; a new Siena Research Institute poll shows Gov. Andrew Cuomo pulling close to 70 percent approval. Siena's Steve Greenberg said the numbers are due in part to Cuomo's "carrot and stick" approach. [Record, LoHud]

At yesterday's Saratoga Springs Public Library MLK Day program, Congressman Chris Gibson told reporters he believes a replacement health care reform bill is still on the agenda. [Gztte]

State Sen. Jeff Klein (now of the Independent Democratic Conference) has been criticized by Dems. for the amount of party campaign cash pumped the 2010 campaigns of Susan Savage and Joanne Yepsen. [TU]

What's up with the "Committee to Save New York" anyway? [NYT]

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