Monica Martinez

Swing voters still exist, and matter, in the state Senate

A review of legislative votes and interviews with lawmakers shows that the size of the Democrats’ majority has allowed a few different strains of legislators to position themselves as swing voters throughout the session.

  • By Zach Williams

Monica Martinez

Monica Martinez, state Senate centrist

Monica Martinez discusses her first months in office, what she likes and dislikes in the budget and what a native of El Salvador thinks about driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants.

  • By Zach Williams

New York

The end of the state Senate subcommittee

The state Senate’s two existing subcommittees and the three additional subcommittees that had been announced last month are being upgraded to fully-fledged standing committees.

  • By Annie McDonough

Andrea Stewart-Cousins

Day 1 of Democratic-controlled Albany

A sense of optimism prevailed, but fault-lines also emerged on the first day of one-party rule.

  • By Zach Williams

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

Did women make gains in New York legislative races?

More females were elected to the state Legislature, but there will be one fewer in the state’s House delegation.

  • By Christina Saint Louis

Todd Kaminsky

How Democrats finally did it on Long Island

The region’s large Republican state Senate delegation is no more. Here’s why.

  • By David Colon

New York State

State Senate general election results 2018

Democrats have won enough seats to secure single-party rule in New York.

  • By Rebecca C. Lewis and Jonathan Lentz

Marcos Crespo

The lag in Latino political representation

Recent years have seen only slight in improvement in the number of Latino elected officials.

  • By Frank G. Runyeon
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