Andrew Cuomo

Personality

Will Stephanie Miner challenge Cuomo?

Former Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner on challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo for many years.

Politics

Andrew Cuomo

Special elections, Felder not in the fold and a bag ban

Special elections, Felder not in the fold and a bag ban: A roundup of the week’s political news.

Politics

Kathy Hochul

Further proof that Kathy Hochul should not run for Chris Collins’ seat

It's too late to enter the Democratic primary.

Andrew Cuomo

Opinion

Democrats should exile Simcha Felder

As state Sen. Simcha Felder holds both parties, and by extension the state’s entire population, hostage to his whims, it’s worth asking why the actual majority party is so powerless – or unwilling – to stop him.

Politics

Andrew Cuomo

WFP backs Nixon, parolees get to vote and the IDC downsizes

WFP backs Cynthia Nixon, parolees get to vote and the IDC downsizes

New York City

Opinion

Dan Donovan’s brilliant press release

Rep. Dan Donovan’s airtight logic: Michael Grimm is a felon, so he must love Andrew Cuomo and hate Donald Trump

Energy & Environment

Policy

How can Cuomo hit his environmental goals?

An interview with energy czar Richard Kauffman and DEC chief Basil Seggos on how Andrew Cuomo can hit his environmental goals.

Politics

Andrew Cuomo

Felder: Cuomo hasn’t talked to me about reuniting the Senate since 2017

State Sen. Simcha Felder refutes a report that Gov. Andrew Cuomo called him.

Politics

Labor

Which unions are in and out of the WFP?

Which unions are in and out of the WFP? Assessing the fallout of the tussle over endorsing Cynthia Nixon for governor.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

How fishermen could thwart Cuomo’s offshore wind master plan

Offshore wind turbines are a critical part of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's clean energy mandate to generate 50 percent of the state’s electricity from renewable energy. But a few humble fishermen are threatening to derail the governor’s goals with a federal lawsuit they believe is their last best shot to save their livelihoods.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

How the school aid formula became unrecognizable

In the state budget, the governor included a requirement that school districts submit information to the state outlining how they will distribute aid to each of their schools. But the governor’s new transparency mandate is seen by many in the education community as an attempt to divert attention from a much more complicated and costly issue: how aid is divided up among school districts.

Politics

Bill de Blasio

So long, Shola, the Cohen raid and de Blasio’s mystery meeting

So long, Shola, the Cohen raid and de Blasio’s mystery meeting in your weekly news roundup.

Politics

Bill de Blasio

Shola Olatoye’s long goodbye

Why NYCHA chairwoman Shola Olatoye resigned when she did.

Politics

Bill de Blasio

IDC back in the fold, Carranza’s first day and Molinaro makes it official

IDC back in the fold, Carranza’s first day and Molinaro makes it official, a look back at the week in review.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

Cuomo’s “disingenuous” estimate of NYC's surplus

Gov. Andrew Cuomo asked New York City to pony up more money for the subways in a speech on Thursday – but the de Blasio administration shot down the budget numbers he used as evidence as “completely disingenuous.”

Budget

Policy

5 big insurance issues in New York

New York faces a number of other insurance issues – some of which were addressed as part of the budget talks, and some that weren’t. Here are five key legislative and regulatory issues affecting the state’s insurance industry.

Budget

Policy

State budget includes health care fund after $2.8 million lobbying push

Following months of threats by the Trump administration to slash federal health care spending, New York state’s 2018-19 budget responded by creating a new health care shortfall fund – and a major lobbying push likely played a role.