“In my heart and in my mind I did nothing wrong. Nothing! Maybe I used bad judgment. Maybe I was a little cavalier in the way I handled my business judgments,” former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno said in court today.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman is the first to use the Bruno sentencing for political purposes.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand wasn’t the only Democrat who invited President Obama to Buffalo.

The DMI’s Amy Traub wonders why Mayor Bloomberg’s annual City Card didn’t list preventing budget cuts as a priority.

A typo may have caused today’s Dow plunge.

Assemblyman Richard Brodsky and his daughter got a cameo on “The Daily Show.” (At about the 5:30 mark).

Sen. Ruben Diaz Sr. is very proud of the birthday wishes he received from AG Andrew Cuomo.

GOP state comptroller candidate Harry Wilson will formally announce his campaign in front of the now-defunct Fulton County knitting mill where his mother worked this Saturday. (No link).

The Niagara and Orleans GOP county chairs endorsed Wilson. (No link).

Top Senate leaders have agreed to testify and turn over documents in the AEG probe.

Eliot Spitzer has questions for Goldman.

The DSCC tried to get Sen. Bill Stachowski’s primary opponent out of the race.

As expected Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice landed the support of her home county Democratic organization and Suffolk County’s, too.

Rice and Sean Coffey support redistricting reform.

Legislation to give Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy control of the school system is heading for Paterson’s desk for review.

Rep. Nita Lowey might get a subcomittee.

Catholics and Jews (including Assemblyman Dov Hikind) are working together in opposition to Brodsky’s organ donor bill.

Here’s a courtroom drawing of the Bruno sentencing by artist Dahl Taylor.

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