Jesse Hamilton
Jeff Klein
No judgeships for Klein or Hamilton – for now
Party bosses deny having plans to select Jeff Klein or Jesse Hamilton to judgeships, but reformers said it’s a problem that they could.
Andrew Cuomo
Cuomo’s winning ticket, ex-IDC losses and the Salazar saga continues
Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s winning ticket, ex-IDC members primary losses and the Julia Salazar saga continues.
IDC
Defeated ex-IDC members have yet to concede
All six of the ousted Independent Democratic Conference members could campaign on a third party ballot line in the general.
Campaigns & Elections
IDC and other New York legislative 2018 primary results
Tracking the former Independent Democratic Conference members – and other key New York Senate and Assembly primaries.
IDC
Dems backing IDC challengers are not violating the truce
Sources present for IDC state Senate reunification deal say it never applied to other Democrats.
Jeff Klein
Inside the IDC’s legally questionable campaign funding account
The state Board of Elections ruled that former state Senate Independent Democratic Conference members must return funds from a committee set up by the Independence Party. Here’s an explainer on what was illegal, whether the IDC will actually pay back the money, and more.
Diana Richardson
Diana Richardson and Jesse Hamilton take it outside
The war of words between the two Central Brooklyn Democrats began Friday when Richardson praised Hamilton’s primary challenger, Zellnor Myrie, on Instagram (she insists it was not yet an endorsement).
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez
Will gentrification and younger voters oust more incumbents?
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s victory could be the first of many upsets.
Democrats
Myrie campaign ad attacks ex-IDC Hamilton’s real estate ties
State Senate candidate Zellnor Myrie is out with his first campaign video, and in it he accuses his rival, state Sen. Jesse Hamilton, of being in the pocket of real estate developers.
Jesse Hamilton
How Jesse Hamilton keeps Trump Republicans in power
Zakiyah Ansari of the Alliance for Quality Education argues that state Sen. Jesse Hamilton joining the Independent Democratic Conference has kept Trump Republicans in power.
IDC
Additional progressive challengers take on the IDC
Almost every IDC member now has a primary opponent.
New York
Why the attacks against my Black History Education bill are racist
Fringe groups like the Working Families Party, Make NY True Blue and Indivisible feel intellectually superior to everyone and believe they determine who is a Democrat and who is not, and define who is black enough and what it means to be a public servant in communities of color. With this disconnected view, activists shamefully slammed my effort to pass the Black History Education bill during Black History Month.
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