Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Progressive Democrat Sarahana Shrestha won the 103rd Assembly seat Tuesday, defeating Republican Patrick Sheehan. According to the New York State Board of Elections, Shrestha won with 59 percent of the votes compared to Sheehan’s 38 percent. The 103rd Assembly District includes parts of Ulster and Dutchess counties in the Hudson […]
The 2022 midterm elections, held this Tuesday, saw New York’s Hudson Valley become the frontline in what observers are calling a battleground state. In districts, now redrawn, that went to President Biden in 2020, Republicans have picked up two seats in Congress, and deposed DCCC Chair Sean Patrick Maloney, D-Cold […]
Pat Ryan declared victory around 2 a.m. Wednesday morning to become the congressman for New York’s newly drawn District 18. Out of 490,458 active registered voters in the district, the New York State Board of Elections determined that 265,936 total votes were cast. Ryan received 49.37 percent of votes and […]
Gov. Kathy Hochul has defeated Republican challenger Lee Zeldin to become the first woman elected governor of New York. “You made me the first woman ever to be elected as the governor of the state of New York” Hochul said Tuesday night during her victory speech at Capitale in Chinatown. […]
New York voters overwhelmingly approved $4.2 billion in new borrowing to fund the Clean Water, Clean Air and Green Jobs Environmental Bond Act by a margin of 59 percent to 29 percent, with 12 percent leaving the ballot question blank. The bond act will direct funds to four major areas: […]
What is motivating you to run for Congress? At the end of the day, I’m a parent, and I have to think about what kind of community and country I want my two kids to grow up in. I’ve served my country in combat, and I’ve served my community here […]
With state and federal gun laws on the minds of many voters this fall, Congressman Sean Patrick Maloney and state Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins addressed a rally in Yorktown Heights Sunday organized by the group Moms Demand Action. Maloney is facing challenger state Assemblyman Mike Lawler, R-Pearl River, for the 17th […]
New York state politics have always been interesting. New York state has New York City and New York City is the center of the world. When I think of the Big Apple, I inevitably return to thinking about big city politics and corruption. I bet that you do, too. Part […]