Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
New SUNY Chancellor Kristina Johnson spent her first day on the job getting acquainted with her surroundings. Like many of SUNY’s approximately 600,000 students, Johnson is settling into unfamiliar surroundings, between trips to Target to get the chancellor’s residence into comfortable shape and meeting with the SUNY executive advisory team, […]
To the editor: While New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo continue to fight over who is responsible for management of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and how much each should contribute for funding the current $32 billion 2015-2019 Five Year Capital Plan, Washington […]
The most recent Siena College Research Institute poll indicates narrow support for holding a constitutional convention. The poll released on Tuesday indicates that while democratic support has flagged, dropping 11 percent since the July poll, overall opinion remains effectively unchanged with registered voters supporting a “Yes” vote 45-33 from 47-34 […]
New York’s governor and attorney general are threatening to sue the federal government after the Trump Administration’s announcement to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA. The legal challenge, announced preemptively on Monday by Governor Andrew Cuomo and Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, aims to protect more than 40,000 immigrants […]
On the first day back to school for most students, Assemblywoman Addie Jenne is calling on colleagues in the state Legislature to make it easier to prosecute those who pass a stopped school bus. The “School Bus Camera Safety Act” (A.321) authorizes school districts and school bus transportation contractors to […]
America will always have to atone for its past. It’s really that simple. You can’t get around the fact that a group of wealthy, white Americans including George Washington and Thomas Jefferson imported slaves from Africa and brought them here in chains to be claimed as property by other wealthy […]