Justin Sondel

Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown
Campaigns & Elections
Upstate incumbent mayors face challenges from the left
Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse and Albany all have races to watch on June 22.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
News & Politics
article
Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples-Stokes
Interviews & Profiles
Crystal Peoples-Stokes is on the precipice of her biggest achievement
How the first woman, and first African American, to serve as Assembly majority leader fought for equitable marijuana legalization.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Personality
personality
Trump country cow.
New York State
Has Trump made upstate great again?
Outside its urban centers, much of New York voted heavily for Donald Trump. But the president hasn’t fixed the rural economy.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
News & Politics
article
For incoming-state Republican Chairman Nick Langworthy best represents today’s Trumpist New York Republicans, but how will he help the GOP win more elections in an overwhelmingly Democratic state?
Interviews & Profiles
Can a Trump-loving upstater bring back the New York GOP?
Nick Langworthy got what he wanted. Now what will he do with the Republican Party?
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Personality
personality
The New York Interfaith Community comes together in solidarity following a week of violent hate crimes.
Will upstate Catholic legislators support the Child Victims Act?
The sex abuse scandal in Buffalo makes it more likely.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Policy
policy
Campaigns & Elections
Chris Collins’ office entryway campaign
The indicted congressman has been even harder to reach than usual, but many voters didn’t mind.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
News & Politics
article
Marc Molinaro
Interviews & Profiles
Is Marc Molinaro the next George Pataki?
The appealing GOP candidate is strikingly similar to New York’s last Republican governor. But Pataki never had to contend with Trump.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Personality
personality
Gov. Andrew Cuomo addresses the media after a tugboat rammed a fuel terminal pier near Bayonne, N.J., causing an oil spill into the Upper Bay of New York Harbor in 2016.
Cuomo banned fracking. But is he still vulnerable on natural gas pipelines?
Cynthia Nixon tries to ride the environmentalist tide that propelled Zephyr Teachout in 2014.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Policy
policy
View of main street and rural grain mill in small western New York town.
Campaigns & Elections
Why upstate Democrats like lefty candidates
Rural New York Democrats backed Teachout and Sanders – and may go for Nixon.
By JUSTIN SONDEL
News & Politics
article
John Defrancisco in his office
Interviews & Profiles
John DeFrancisco, the underdog
People like the state senator. So why doesn’t anybody want him for governor?
By JUSTIN SONDEL
Personality
personality
Justin Sondel
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