A poll of 600 likely New York voters released Tuesday shows renewed optimism about state government, which is good news for incumbent lawmakers heading into the fall elections. The state Senate has a 48-41 percent favorability rating — the best it’s ever been — up from 41-45 percent last […]
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Trump won’t help Republicans keep state Senate, say NY voters
A majority of registered voters polled by the Siena Research Institute are recognizing the possibility that Republicans could lose control of the state Senate this year, thanks to Hillary Clinton’s commanding lead over Donald Trump in New York. Echoing the sentiment of Albany pundits, only 31 percent of voters […]
Among NYC voters, Cuomo gets higher approval rating than Mayor de Blasio
New York City voters disapprove of the job Mayor Bill de Blasio is doing by 51 to 42 percent, close to his lowest-ever 52 percent disapproval rating recorded in May. Fifty percent of the voters say he does not deserve reelection in 2017, according to a Quinnipiac University poll […]
Half of voters want to start with a clean slate
Corruption is a serious problem to 56 percent of voters, but a plurality have never heard of Preet Bharara Forty-eight percent of registered voters in New York say that all current elected officials should be voted out of office so new officials can start with a clean slate, […]
Bill would make NY second state to ban triclosan in common household products
League of Conservation Voters say Colgate Palmolive is actively fighting legislation A bill on its third reading in the Senate would ban the sale of housewares, cleaners and health and beauty products containing triclosan, an antibacterial agent currently under review by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. But […]