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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

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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

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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.

Energy & Environment

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

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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

Infrastructure

NYC again looks to state to expand design-build authorization on public projects

New York City again looks to state to expand design-build authorization on public projects

By JUSTIN SONDEL

Policy

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Diversity

Construction industry questions the city and state’s targets for contracting MWBEs

The construction industry questions New York City and state’s targets for contracting with minority- and women-owned businesses

By JUSTIN SONDEL

Policy

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New York State

Witch Hunt: The thin line between justice and politics

Witch Hunt: When powerful prosecutors crusade against corruption, there’s a thin line between justice and politics

By JUSTIN SONDEL

News & Politics

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Campaigns & Elections

Democrats retake the Erie County Legislature, but still fall short in countywide contests

By JUSTIN SONDEL

News & Politics

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New York State

In appeal, Schneiderman seeks use of email evidence against Steve Pigeon

Eric Schneiderman seeks use of email evidence against Steve Pigeon

By JUSTIN SONDEL

News & Politics

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Justin Sondel