Jorge Fitz-Gibbon writes on LoHud.com - “Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch brought his reform revolution to the city Monday, proclaiming that his upstart movement is about to reshape Albany politics.

The former Big Apple boss, 85 and feisty, said New York Uprising, the grass-roots group he founded this year, has gotten 301 state legislators and candidates — both Republicans and Democrats — to sign a pledge to support the movement’s reform-minded agenda…

According to New York Uprising, 50 out of the 61 current members of the state Senate have signed on, as have 63 others seeking Senate seats. In the Assembly, the group said, 162 legislative hopefuls have signed on, including 73 incumbents.

An additional 12 candidates for statewide office have signed on, including all six candidates for attorney general, the group said.”

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