Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
New York gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro today proposed that an independent debate commission for statewide political races be formed in New York state to guarantee that voters have ample opportunity to learn the positions of primary and general election candidates. Molinaro proposed that such a commission be comprised of recognized […]
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that he would propose a multi-year $100 billion capital spending plan to fix the MTA in his first year of office. Hawkins said that the $100 billion for these capital improvements should be funded by a variety of revenue sources, […]
So New York 27th District Representative, Chris Collins, has suspended his campaign after having given a blazingly fast reaction speech to his indictment on federal charges of insider trading. That’s the very type of charge that got Martha Stewart sentenced to prison. She’s still very popular so apparently she was […]
The race for New York Attorney General is really quite interesting. Each of the leading contenders in the September 13th race has real credibility problems. The leader, Letitia “Tish” James, is the Public Advocate (Number 2) in New York City. Her problem is that people are suggesting that she will […]
So where are all of Shelly Silver’s friends? Where are all those people who worshiped at his feet and couldn’t say enough good things about the man who could make or break any mere political mortal? One day, Shelly was at the top of the political heap and then, just […]