For the first time in almost a decade, Democrats will hold a firm majority control of the New York State Senate. Based on preliminary numbers from the State Board of Elections, Democrats appeared to have secured a total 39 seats in the state Senate, with a couple races still too […]
Month: November 2018
Cuomo cruises to third term
Gov. Andrew Cuomo defeated Republican challenger Marc Molinaro to secure a third term. He’s the first governor to do so since George Pataki in 2006. It appeared in the days prior to the election that Cuomo was losing his lead, but on Election Day he proved successful. Cuomo beat Dutchess […]
Publisher’s Corner: Remembering Andrew ‘Drew’ Zambelli, top adviser to two Cuomos
Andrew “Drew” Zambelli is dead. I can’t believe it. I really, really treasured this guy. Our intense and strange relationship began many years ago when I used to interview Mario Cuomo every week on public radio stations all over the place. Drew was the governor’s top man, other than son […]
Students could be a factor on Election Day … But will they vote?
SUNY New Paltz students have a front-row seat to one of the closest House races on the national stage. The contest for New York’s 19th Congressional District has garnered widespread media attention, not to mention millions in outside money from political groups bent on controlling the House of Representatives for […]