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On the morning of Thursday, October 27th, The Legislative Gazette conducted an interview with congressional candidate for District 18, Colin Schmitt, R-New Windsor. Schmitt currently serves as the Assemblyman for New York’s 99th District covering sections of Rockland and Orange County. Schmitt has held office since 2018. He is […]
Republican challenger Lee Zeldin and Democratic incumbent Kathy Hochul faced off in the only scheduled gubernatorial debate for New York, hosted live by Spectrum News 1. The debate took place at Pace University in Manhattan live from the Schimmel Theater and was hosted by Spectrum political anchors Errol Louis of […]
Education journalist Sarah Carr will give a public speech this Tuesday, Nov. 1, at 7 p.m., in Coykendall Science Building Auditorium on the campus of SUNY New Paltz. Carr’s talk, open to all members of the community, is titled “Why It Took So Long to Reopen Schools During COVID, and […]
In a race identified as a toss up by Real Clear Politics, all eyes are on the 18th Congressional District of New York as Democrat Pat Ryan and Republican Colin Schmitt fight for a large swath of the Hudson Valley. Pat Ryan D-Gardiner and Colin Schmitt, R-New Windsor are running […]
According to a recent Siena College Research Institute poll, State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli is leading his Republican challenger Paul Rodriguez by 24 points, among likely state voters. The October 18 poll shows DiNapoli leading with 54 percent of the vote to Rodriguez’s 30 percent. Siena found that 21 percent of […]
The most recent Siena College poll finds strong support among likely state voters for a proposal to borrow $4.2 billion for environmental protection and clean energy projects. Siena College pollsters asked “On the ballot this year is a proposal to authorize the sale of up to $4.2 billion of state […]
Six points. In 2018, Democrat Max Rose won the 11th Congressional District seat by six points. In 2020, Republican Nicole Malliotakis took the seat, winning by six points. With three weeks before the election, Malliotakis is holding on to a six-point lead again. Pollsters are predicting another single-digit race in […]
The winter is a’comin’ in. We know what that means. Perhaps the worst of it is ice. One false move on the ice can mean broken bones and general disaster. It can take days, weeks, months and sometimes even years to mend after you have slipped, fallen and wreaked havoc […]