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Health Care
Policy
State planned to give no-bid contract to PPL, lawmaker claims
The state has claimed that Public Partnerships LLC received a $9 billion contract after a competitive bidding process, but draft bill language suggests the state always planned to contract with the company.
Policy
Policy
Criminal justice reform groups call on Hochul to commute prison sentences
More than 130 advocacy groups – including the WFP, NAACP New York Conference and Release Aging People in Prison – called on the governor to reduce the state's prison population.
News & Politics
Politics
No, Hochul can’t stop Trump from taking control of the state National Guard
The governor has no legal pathway to stop Trump from federalizing the New York National Guard or countermanding orders that he gives to the state’s National Guard troops.
Heard Around Town
Politics
Cuomo campaign distances itself from right-wing ‘memelord’
A professional meme creator claimed to be making them for Andrew Cuomo. The campaign quickly said ‘He’s not with us’
Heard Around Town
Politics
No YOU want to decriminalize prostitution!
Andrew Cuomo and Eric Adams are both slamming Zohran Mamdani for past support for decriminalizing sex work. Cuomo signed a repeal of a prostitution loitering law in 2021.
Albany Agenda
Politics
Torres recants his past criticism of Hochul
Rep. Ritchie Torres spent months attacking Gov. Kathy Hochul from the right as he explored a primary challenge but now admits he “underestimated the governor.”
Policy
Policy
Delgado thinks banning local cooperation with ICE is good now
Is Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado flip-flopping on immigration or just misinformed?
Policy
Policy
Delgado thinks banning local cooperation with ICE is good now
Is Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado flip-flopping on immigration or just misinformed?
News & Politics
Politics
New Yorkers like public matching funds program
A new poll found that 64% of likely voters support the small donor matching program and 89% believe wealthy donors have more influence in politics than ordinary voters
News & Politics
Politics
Hochul to Trump: Hands off our National Guard
Gov. Hochul did not take kindly to the president’s suggestion he may take control of the New York National Guard, suggesting the state wouldn’t make it easy for him
News & Politics
Politics
Mamdani leads Cuomo by 19 points, while Stefanik is catching up to Hochul
The governor’s lead over Rep. Elise Stefanik in a hypothetical gubernatorial election next year has shrunk from 23 points to 14 points.
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Housing
Politics
‘Zohran’s Law,’ Cuomo’s very political housing proposal, would not apply to Zohran
The rule pitched by Cuomo’s campaign would means test incoming tenants in rent-stabilized units.
Personality
Personality
Revisiting New York’s 2022 congressional gerrymander
Here are a few of the districts that raised eyebrows last time, which could presage a future mid-decade redistricting.
Policy
Policy
Checking in on Hochul’s five-year housing plan
Gov. Hochul promised to build or preserve 100,000 units of affordable housing between 2022 and 2027. Three years in, here’s where things stand.
Personality
Personality
Sharon Owens says the Syracuse Democratic Party is facing a reckoning
An interview with the Syracuse Democratic mayoral nominee
Personality
Personality
Best bill acronyms II, from MAMDANI and SANTOS to DOGE and FLACO
Lawmakers use acronyms to make their bills memorable.
News & Politics
Politics
Constitutional amendment to permit mid-decade redistricting would still prohibit partisan gerrymandering
In response to blatant gerrymandering by Texas Republicans, Democrats in New York still want to play by the rules that burned them in the past.
News & Politics
Politics
A guide to the federal government’s numerous legal fights with NY
Since returning to power, the Trump administration has taken legal action against the state’s policies related to immigration, transit and other issues.
Albany Agenda
Politics
Are we really talking about redistricting again?!
Despite what you may hear, a mid-decade redistricting in New York is both very difficult and very unlikely.
Personality
Personality
Bruce Blakeman, once a rising star, has been reborn in the MAGA mold
He spent over a decade in the political wilderness until his shrewd embrace of Donald Trump led to a second act on the national stage.
