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There is much talk of schisms and chaos heading into the GOP convention.

The anti-Ed Cox faction is floating Ed Lurie (again) as a potential replacement state chairman.

“The Steve Levy experiment is looking more imperiled by the minute,” write Danny Hakim and Jeremy Peters.

If the Suffolk County executive fails to get onto the ballot, “New York will not only have a lame-duck governor, it’ll have a lame-duck GOP chairman,” a “prominent Republican” tells the Post.

Levy voted for tax hikes as an assemblyman and then slammed then-Gov. George Pataki for raising taxes.

Rockland County GOP Chairman Vincent Reda says the convention is “wide open.”

The GOP is also poised to endorse candidates for the US Senate, picking from a field of little-known – and mostly inexperienced – contenders.

Meanwhile, over on the Democratic side of the aisle, AG Andrew Cuomo is chomping at the bit.

Cuomo’s success in Albany (assuming he’s elected governor), “will likely hinge on whether he can stroke people at the same time as he’s pushing them around,” says Chris Smith.

Three 2009 citywide candidates (two of whom are now office-holders) face hefty fines for illegal campaign posters.

The SUNY chief counsel is making $244,366 a year and hasn’t been at work for months.

New York will receive more extra Medicare cash under the new health care reform law than any other state.

The Journal News deems closing parks “penny-wise and pound foolish.”

Rep. Maurice Hinchey wants the Defense Department to buy US-made solar panels.

Cuomo’s office is monitoring on-line ticket resellers to nab flouters of the state’s scalping law.

“Keeping in character,” according to Delen Goldberg, Sen. Michael Nozzolio didn’t respond to a call for comment on why he’s only said three words on the Senate floor so far this year.

Opponents of hydrofracking look to Pennsylvania to bolster their arguments.

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