Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
With the COVID-19 pandemic and a very polarizing presidential election, many voters weren’t just worried about COVID-19, but also long lines. However, some voters across New York state saw very low wait times on Election Day 2020. By 9:15 a.m. there were no lines and a virtually empty voting area […]
In the early morning hours when polls were only just beginning to open, a line already formed down the stairs and around the corner of the Poughkeepsie City Hall. By midday, aside from four individuals behind a table outside the poll entrance, the lines had completely cleared. The individuals, often […]
The “Make Voting Easy” Act was proposed this past weekend by Senate Deputy Leader Michael Gianaris to expand and generate early voting sites in order to prevent long lines in the next election that currently force voters to wait hours. Sen. Gianaris’ proposal requires one polling site for every 25,000 […]
In an unusually acrimonious election season, the political discourse in the NY-11 race has been nothing but trash talk, with much of it playing out on Twitter and other social media. Both incumbent Democratic Congressman Max Rose, and Republican challenger Nicole Malliotakis, are using multiple media platforms and commercials claiming […]
The government watchdog group Common Cause/NY is urging voters and candidates to temper their expectations about getting final results on Tuesday for the sake of democracy. New York State has experienced massive early voting turn-out in the 2020 election, with an unprecedented number of absentee ballots as a result of […]
Arlo Guthrie is incredibly talented. I’ve known him for years and interviewed him countless times. As the son of Woody Guthrie, he is one of the few sons who may be better known than his famous father. Of course, when Woody was around, we didn’t have the media outlets that […]
Former Vice President Joe Biden leads President Donald Trump by 11 points in Wisconsin, six points in both Arizona and Pennsylvania, and three points in Florida — all states that Trump carried in 2016 — in the final four New York Times/Siena College polls of likely voters before Election Day. […]
First-term Democratic Senator Monica Martinez is being challenged by Islip Town Tax Receiver Alexis Weik in the 3rd Senate District. The District, long held by Republicans, covers much of south-central Suffolk County, including portions of Brookhaven and Islip and most of Brentwood. Martinez won the seat in the “blue wave” of 2018 […]
