This Week’s Headlines
Blue light in Queens, government shutdown, and presidential bone spurs
Rounding up the week’s political news.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
News & Politics
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Carl Heastie, Speaker of the New York State Assembly.
New York State
Most New Yorkers live on less than state lawmakers' part-time salary
Never mind $130,000, plenty of professionals make less than $79,500 for a full-time job.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
News & Politics
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Acting New York state Attorney General Barbara Underwood speaks to legislative leaders after former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned.
This Week’s Headlines
Underwood finishes up, Glen steps down and the weed bandwagon rolls on
Rounding up the week’s political news.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
News & Politics
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Governor Cuomo Announces Grand Opening of Eastbound Span of the New Governor Mario M. Cuomo Bridge
Infrastructure
The troubled history of the Tappan Zee’s replacement
The new Mario M. Cuomo Bridge’s faulty bolts are just the latest problem.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo
New York State
All the governor’s Republicans
Cuomo’s recent hiring of a former IDC staffer is not the first time he has hired someone from across the aisle.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
News & Politics
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Amazon-council-hearing
This Week’s Headlines
Grilling Amazon and sentencing corruption
Rounding up the week’s political news.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
News & Politics
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Alain Kaloyeros, the ex-president of the State University of New York's Polytechnic Institute, arrives for his sentencing at Manhattan Federal court.
Ethics
Why the Buffalo Billion bid-rigging scandal hasn’t changed anything
With Democrats in charge, reforms aren’t a priority in 2019.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Trashcan with sign "Keep New York Clean" on a street of Manhattan.
Energy & Environment
Albany’s environmental agenda
Addressing water quality, offshore drilling – and plastic bags.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Besides single-payer health care, several other health care issues are expected to be at the top of the agenda.
Health Care
Albany’s checklist of health care bills
From codifying Roe v. Wade to legalizing recreational marijuana.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Health Care
Has single-payer health care’s time finally come?
Democrats are coming out of the woodwork to back the New York Health Act.
By REBECCA C. LEWIS
Policy
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Rebecca C. Lewis
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