New York State
Policy
How would public campaign finance affect unions?
It could limit their influence, but few are opposed.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
9/11 remembered, fusion voting debated, vaping scrutinized
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Policy
Takeaways from the first Public Campaign Financing Commission hearing
The Public Campaign Financing Commission held its first two hearings on Tuesday, one for experts to testify and one for public testimony. At the first of two hearings on Tuesday, 17 experts testified before the commission, with 20 minutes each to make their cases. The second saw hundreds of New Yorkers – including elected officials – show up to testify for up to three minutes. Here’s what hearings suggested about the commission’s direction.
New York State
Politics
The people who could overhaul New York’s elections
Commissioners on the Public Campaign Finance Committee come from varied backgrounds and political patrons.
New York State
Personality
Laura Curran on trying to earn Nassau County’s trust
It takes a lot to sway skeptical suburbanites – especially after Mangano’s fall from grace.
New York State
Politics
Running for Congress is getting a lot riskier for state lawmakers
If they lose, they’ll be out of a job, thanks to the new primary date.
New York State
Politics
Cuomo’s aisle-crossing hires
Gov. Andrew Cuomo just hired Beth Garvey, a former top aide and counsel to the state Senate Republicans. Garvey is the latest in a string of former Republican staffers who have worked in the Cuomo administration.
New York State
Personality
Why the GOP's Chris Jacobs wants to take down Chris Collins
“Collins is the only person putting this district in jeopardy of not staying Republican.”
New York State
Politics
Pantaleo fired, public financing and a pizzeria saved
Rounding up the week’s political news.
New York State
Politics
Commission on public financing and fusion voting to meet
The commission that could determine the fate of the WFP and Conservative Party has its first meeting on Wednesday.
New York City
Policy
Five years of Eric Garner and Daniel Pantaleo proceedings
New York City Police Commissioner James O’Neill has fired Officer Daniel Pantaleo for his use of a banned chokehold while arresting Eric Garner during a fatal encounter. City & State updated its timeline of the major developments in the legal postscript to Garner’s life and death.
New York City
Policy
Liu: No quick fix to specialized high schools entrance exam
Lawmaker says de Blasio push to scrap SHSAT would cause ‘years and years of strife.’
New York State
Politics
IDC? NBD. Savino and Carlucci’s solid session
Despite their past allegiance to the Independent Democratic Conference, its two former members still in the state Senate – Diane Savino and David Carlucci – aren’t just surviving in the new Democratic-dominated era; they’re thriving.
New York State
Policy
Insurance is going to be huge next session
You haven’t heard the last of single-payer and the Scaffold Law.
New York City
Politics