Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrew Cuomo
Stewart-Cousins calls for Cuomo’s resignation after two more women come forward
“There is no way I resign,” Cuomo said Sunday in the wake of new allegations.
New York State
The power players
How Black women in government and politics are getting it done.
Letitia James
How Black women became New York’s power players
Firsthand accounts of the barriers and triumphs in New York’s political world.
Donald Trump
New York reacts to Biden’s victory
After a long few days of ballot counting former Vice President Joe Biden was projected the winner of the 2020 presidential election Saturday morning. Here’s how some of New York’s lawmakers and other political leaders reacted.
Carl Heastie
How New York changed its bail law
State lawmakers avoided major changes to the 2019 bail legislation, but they did add more bail-eligible offenses in the state budget.
Andrea Stewart-Cousins
‘We intend to continue to do our work’
A Q&A with state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Andrew Cuomo
How lawmakers could vote remotely on the state budget
Thanks to the coronavirus, it’s not who’s in the room – it’s who’s in the Zoom.
New York
State lawmakers aim to pass early state budget
State lawmakers are aiming to strike a three-way budget deal with Gov. Andrew Cuomo in the upcoming week as state efforts continue to contain the spread of the coronavirus, according to multiple state Senate sources.
New York State
A taxing strategy for moderate Senate Democrats
Activists, union leaders and fellow lawmakers are using carrots and sticks in pursuit of tax increases on the wealthy.
Criminal justice
The Democrats working to reform bail reform
A working group of state senators is under pressure to rethink criminal justice – again – or risk electoral defeat.
New York State
Are the Assembly and state Senate working together?
The early days of the 2020 legislative session has featured limited coordination between the chambers.
New York City
Is New York leader of the pack?
Cuomo claims New York's a progressive powerhouse. It's just the mild one.
New York State
Progressive Democrats defend the ‘Long Island Six’ from IDC comparison
State senators disagree with new attack ad from left-wing advocacy group.
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New York State
Firefighters make their case to friends at Somos
Not every interest group can cultivate relationships so openly.
Corey Johnson
Takeaways from the first Public Campaign Financing Commission hearing
The Public Campaign Financing Commission held its first two hearings on Tuesday, one for experts to testify and one for public testimony. At the first of two hearings on Tuesday, 17 experts testified before the commission, with 20 minutes each to make their cases. The second saw hundreds of New Yorkers – including elected officials – show up to testify for up to three minutes. Here’s what hearings suggested about the commission’s direction.
New York State
The people who could overhaul New York’s elections
Commissioners on the Public Campaign Finance Committee come from varied backgrounds and political patrons.
New York State
What Cuomo’s earlier primary date proposal would mean
Progressives might be excited by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s plan to bump up presidential primary voting from late April to February, but there’s a catch: Cuomo also wants to move legislative primaries, which could harm some insurgent candidates.
New York State
Everybody just has a great time at the State Fair
Elected leaders do their best to show how much fun they had.
New York State
Commission on public financing and fusion voting to meet
The commission that could determine the fate of the WFP and Conservative Party has its first meeting on Wednesday.
New York State
