Historic Primary Campaign Ends With First Black Nominee
POLITICAL ANALYSIS:
BY JOHN TOSCANO
      By the time Gazette readers have this issue in their hands, Barack Obama surely will have declared victory in the two final primaries of the historic 2008 Democratic presidential campaign last night, making the 46-year-old black man the first of his race to be nominated to run for president of the United States.
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Gennaro Pushing Albany Bill To Stop Raids On Water Board's Revenues
      City Councilmember James Gennaro has a friend in the state Assembly who has introduced a bill to ban the city administration from taking "an excess rental payment" from city Water Board revenues and putting it into the city treasury to help fund the general city operations.
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