The campaign committee for Governor Andrew Cuomo raised a total of $6,004,070.15 and filed the following information with the Board of Elections for the July 16, 2018 filing: Total Receipts: $6,027,973.32 for the first half of 2018 Total Cash On Hand (End of Period): $31,122,984.78 Median contribution: $150 Most frequent […]
Month: July 2018
Skelos and son convicted a second time
Former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son Adam were convicted on bribery, extortion, and honest services fraud counts, following a five-week jury trial before the U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood. As a unanimous jury found for a second time, Dean Skelos repeatedly abused his official position to […]
Executive order expands access to contraception in NY ahead of Supreme Court fight
In an executive order issued Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that health insurers doing business in New York must cover FDA-approved contraception drugs and methods, including emergency contraception known as “Plan B,” which can be taken up to three days after conception. The executive order also permits a woman to […]
Publisher’s Corner: Answering the Headlines
Former Majority Leader Dean Skelos Cries at his Trial Skelos, on trial for allegedly using his political clout to get his kid a job, broke down and cried on the stand. His argument, justifying what he had done, was powerful. Basically, he was just doing what was needed. His son […]
Publisher’s Corner: This democracy thing really isn’t a game
We know that the last presidential election was “won” by Donald Trump by under 80,000 votes across three states. We don’t even need to mention that Trump got far fewer votes than Hillary Clinton. Now I doubt that what was intended when the framers wrote the Constitution. Nevertheless, it was […]