Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
New York state will now allow us to gamble, legally, on sports betting. But what about political betting? You’d have to be impaired not to understand that along with drinking and prostitution, gambling has always been part of our culture. Now the great New York Seal will make it all […]
Earlier this session, the New York Senate voted on a bill (S.830) sponsored by Sen. Leroy Comrie, automatically restoring the right of formerly incarcerated individuals convicted of a felony to register to vote and vote in state, local and federal elections, upon immediate release from prison. The corresponding Assembly bill […]
State Sen. Brad Holyman, D-Manhattan, has called on Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey to ban Robert F. Kennedy, Jr from the social media platform over tweets about the safety and efficacy of the COVID-19 vaccine. Holyman has also called for the permanent suspension of Kennedy’s nonprofit Children’s Health Defense from the platform […]
SUNY Chancellor Jim Malatras has issued a statement in response to new federal guidelines for pausing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after a small number of users suffered rare blood clots. “SUNY is following the recommendation of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and […]
Following reports of six people developing a rare and severe type of blood clot after receiving the Johnson & Johnson vaccine for COVID-19, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is “recommending a pause in the use of this vaccine out of an abundance of caution.” The CDC will […]
Included in the state budget announced on April 6 is the authorization of mobile sports betting in New York state. The Governor’s Office estimates that the program will provide more than $500 million in annual revenue when fully phased in. The expectation is that it will supply much-needed revenue following […]
Four-term Republican Congressman Lee Zeldin announced Thursday he is challenging Gov. Andrew Cuomo next year. “The bottom line is this; to save New York, Andrew Cuomo’s gotta’ go.” Zeldin, who also represented the third state Senate district for two terms before he was elected to Congress, is the first big […]
You get what you pay for.” It’s always a question of when rational policy meets the politics of the moment. Now it’s the deductibility of state and local taxes (SALT) versus the question of, “How are you going pay for it?” This was the doing of Donald Trump, who decided […]
