New York State
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After passing a late state budget, Democrats of all types blow off steam at Caucus Weekend
The final state budget exacerbated tensions within the party that followed them to their annual gathering in Albany.
New York State
Politics
After passing a late state budget, Democrats of all types blow off steam at Caucus Weekend
The final state budget exacerbated tensions within the party that followed them to their annual gathering in Albany.
New York State
Politics
Democrat, WFP, whatever: Hochul’s on board with fusion voting musical chairs
The governor expressed support for the plan to create an separate third party to give Democrats another line on the ballot in November.
New York State
Politics
LG drama, a budget drop and gerrymanders with sticking power
Rounding up the week’s political news.
Budget
Policy
Big Ugly release signals state budget season is (finally) ending
Albany Democrats are still voting on budget bills one week past the April 1 deadline.
Budget
Policy
How did Hochul’s first budget come together? By design, we don’t have a clue.
The governor conducted the process in the typical opaque Albany fashion, despite promises to shed light on the inner workings of government.
Budget
Policy
What’s in or out of the 2022 state budget?
Albany Democrats are getting ready to vote on their final budget bills.
News & Politics
Politics
A timeline of Andrew Cuomo’s comeback attempt
The former governor is still trying to be politically relevant after resigning amid multiple scandals last year.
Budget
Policy
Winners & Losers of the 2022 state budget
The new spending plan brought defeats and victories. Here’s where everyone landed.
Budget
Policy
The (late) 2022 state budget by the numbers
Here is what sticks out in the $220 billion spending plan announced by Albany Democrats.
Budget
Policy
Gov. Kathy Hochul announces new state budget deal a week late
The $220 billion deal includes several wins for Gov. Kathy Hochul in her first budget season as governor.
Budget
Policy
In closed door deal on child care, undocumented New York children are left out
The $5 billion child care expansion proposed in the state budget is historic, but the possible exclusion is a setback for the political left.
New York State
Politics
NY Dems’ party chair wants to create … a new party
Jay Jacobs says Hochul should have two lines on the ballot – and he doesn’t seem to be counting on the WFP.
New York State
Politics
Brian Benjamin’s ethics problems are the last thing Hochul 2022 needs
The lieutenant governor is attracting controversy just as things start to get serious in the gubernatorial primary.
New York State
Policy
Where NY’s congressional delegation stands on stock trading
A look at who among New York’s members of Congress wants a blanket ban on using privileged information to invest in the markets.
New York State
Politics
COVID-19 is back in City Hall and the Capitol, but that hasn’t changed the public health strategy
Elected leaders continue to tout the vaccine and boosters as New York’s primary COVID-19 strategy, resisting new restrictions.
New York State
Politics
Democrats granted temporary pause of lawsuit against New York’s redistricting maps
Petitioning for the upcoming June primaries can continue as planned, despite a judge’s ruling that the maps were blatantly gerrymandered.
Nonprofits
Politics
Nonprofit human services workers may finally get a raise through the state budget
Their cost-of-living increases were routinely cut out of the annual final agreement under then-Gov. Andrew Cuomo.
Politics
Politics
With Buffalo Bills proposal, Hochul sets the tone for a rocky relationship with the Seneca Nation
After a yearslong dispute, the Hochul administration forced the hand of the Seneca Nation to pay hundreds of millions in casino revenue, only to announce the funds should go to an NFL stadium in her hometown.
Budget
Policy