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Rebecca C. Lewis

is the senior state politics reporter at City & State New York.

Heard Around Town

Personality

James turns to D.C. for new comms director

State Attorney General Letitia James hired Geoff Burgan to take over communications at her office.

Campaigns & Elections

Politics

Delgado in campaign mode

After announcing he wouldn’t run for reelection, Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado sure seems like he’s getting ready to run for something else.

Policy

Policy

Advocates for domestic violence survivors back Hochul’s proposed discovery changes

Groups that support survivors of domestic and sexual violence are asking lawmakers to approve controversial changes to the state’s discovery laws that are favored by prosecutors and opposed by criminal justice reformers.

Heard Around Town

Politics

Lawmakers and union demand NYU Langone resume offering gender-affirming care for minors

After Trump threatened to pull federal funding, NYU Langone stopped taking new patients under 19 years old who seek gender-affirming care.

Immigration

Politics

Trump border czar blasts sanctuary state laws in Albany visit

Homan also criticized Gov. Kathy Hochul for trying to place limits on Mayor Eric Adams’ ability to collaborate with ICE.

Albany Agenda

Policy

Assembly and state Senate release ‘one-house’ state budget proposals

The Legislature’s budget proposals differ from the governor’s executive budget proposal when it comes to discovery reform, involuntary commitment and rebate checks.

Policy

Policy

DOCCS commissioner: Prison strike is over

Most of the corrections officers who took part in the unsanctioned strike have returned to work, and those who continued to strike have been fired.

News & Politics

Politics

Gov. Kathy Hochul takes aim at Rep. ‘Mike something’

Continuing her trend of stronger rhetoric against the GOP, the governor repeatedly criticized potential gubernatorial opponent Rep. Mike Lawler during the Albany Somos conference.

Special Reports

Politics

Hochul makes up with unions after Hector LaSalle

The governor has spent the past couple years allying herself with organized labor.

Immigration

Policy

New package of immigrant rights bills introduced ahead of Albany Somos

Assembly Member Catalina Cruz is proposing new legislation to keep ICE out of schools amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.

Immigration

Politics

ICE wrongly lists Lake Placid, NY as cooperating with immigration officials

The federal agency reported it had an agreement with the Lake Placid Police Department in New York. But it actually has an agreement with Lake Placid, Florida.

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Labor

Politics

Powerful union accused of union busting

32BJ SEIU staffers filed an unfair labor practices complaint against the union, accusing its leaders of interfering with staffers’ attempts to unionize.

Albany Agenda

Politics

Advocates praise Hochul for backing immigration bill she doesn’t support

The governor’s diversity office is embracing the theme of “New York for All” – but that doesn’t mean the governor supports the New York for All Act.

Policy

Policy

Elder Parole bill gains majority support in state Senate

At a time of turbulence for New York’s prisons, a long-sought criminal justice reform measure now has enough support to pass the upper chamber – on paper, at least.

Criminal Justice

Policy

HALT law suspension continues under prison strike agreement

The agreement calls for the head of the state prison agency to continue waiving certain elements of the law, which limits the use of solitary confinement, for at least another 90 days.

2026 New York gubernatorial election

Politics

Who could be Hochul’s next LG?

With Antonio Delgado off the topic, Gov. Kathy Hochul has a wide range of options for her next running mate.

News & Politics

Politics

Hochul’s NYC guardrails proposal faces long odds in Assembly

Assembly members representing New York City met to discuss the Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed oversight measures, and it did not go well for the governor.

News & Politics

Politics

Wanted: New Hochul running mate

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado announced that he would not run for reelection next year, leaving open a spot on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s ticket.

News & Politics

Politics

Advocacy groups say state prison agency can’t halt law limiting solitary confinement

The commissioner of the state Department of Corrections and Community Supervision released a memo last week announcing that certain provisions of the HALT Solitary Confinement law would be suspended.