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The Clean Slate Act (S.1553D/A.6399C) passed a Senate vote in Albany earlier this year but has yet to make to the Assembly floor. Advocates and lawmakers have recently begun a push, ahead of the new legislative session, to ensure the bill makes it to an Assembly vote and eventually Gov. […]
The results are in for the congressional districts spanning the five boroughs of New York City. While Democrats maintained their House seats most of New York City, Congressional District 11, which comprises all of Staten Island and part of southern Brooklyn, has crowned Republican Nicole Malliotakis winner for the second […]
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 […]
During last week’s gubernatorial debate, Gov. Kathy Hochul was asked about a piece of legislation she has not signed, Assembly Bill A7389C, sponsored by Anna Kelles, D-Ithaca, and S.6486, sponsored by Kevin Parker, D-Brooklyn. The bill, which would place establish a two year moratorium on proof-of-work cryptomining in New York […]
With New York now a battleground state in this year’s midterm elections, New York’s large and diverse 19th Congressional District features a tight and tumultuous race between attorney and former congressional staffer Josh Riley and Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro. The redrawn district contains 776,971 people in its borders and […]
State Lawmakers, advocates, and formerly incarcerated New Yorkers all gathered in protest on the 28th anniversary of the 1994 Crime Bill signed into law by former President Bill Clinton. Among those present were Assemblywoman Amanda Septimo, D-Bronx; David Weprin, D-Queens; and freshmen Assemblyman Eddie Gibbs, D-Harlem. “The legacy of the […]