Three Men in a Room The Inside Story of Power and Betrayal in an American Statehouse

Name: Three Men in a Room The Inside Story of Power and Betrayal in an American Statehouse
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ISBN: 9781595580320

ISBN-10: 1595580328

ISBN-13: 9781595580320

Edition: 2006

Authors: Robert Polner, Seymour Lachman

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The inside story of one of the country's most secretive and misruled statehouses by a former New York State senator;. "Democracy takes decades to take root and flourish. New York is learning that it takes just three men in a room to maim and seriously harm a vigorous and representative system of government."from Three Men in a Room It might be a scene from a movie: three powerful and secretive men sit in a private corner of an exclusive New York club, imperiously making decisions that affect the lives of millions of people. But the scene takes place in Albany, New York, and the exclusive members are the governor, the senate majority leader, and the speaker of the assembly of the New York…

Book details

List price: $23.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: New Press, The
Publication date: 9/30/2006
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 208
Size: 5.76" wide x 8.48" long x 0.77" tall
Weight: 0.792
Language: English




A can of worms



Like a meeting of the Supreme Soviet



The governor versus the legislature



The big gerrymander



Lobbyists (and legislators) gone wild



The overcoat development corporation



The money pit



Restoring democracy