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Long Island saw a mini red wave on Election Day, with voters electing Republican district attorneys in both Nassau and Suffolk counties. The upsets are being celebrated by the Republican State Committee, which says the results represent New Yorkers’ frustration with Albany’s controversial bail reform laws passed in 2019. Bail […]
After a Troy-based barge operation proposed construction of a new barge mooring site on the Hudson River, Columbia County residents and the group Scenic Hudson are speaking out about the potential impact on an important historical site and the potential to open the door for more barging operations on the […]
Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown has declared victory over Democratic Party nominee India Walton. As of Wednesday afternoon Brown held a 58.8-to-41.2 point lead. Walton is a nurse and housing advocate who had never held public office before. Brown is a 16-year incumbent seeking his fifth term of office. Brown — […]
Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams defeated Guardian Angels founder Curtis Sliwa by 66 – 23 percent to become the 110th mayor of New York City, according to unofficial results from the New York City Board of Elections. With 98 percent of ballot scanners reporting, Adams won 676,481 votes compared to […]
New York voters adopted a constitutional right to clean air and water and expanded the jurisdiction of New York City civil courts but rejected a new redistricting process and voting laws yesterday. With 15,450 of 15,554 election districts reporting, Ballot Proposition 1 failed, with 48 percent of voters voting no. […]
I have become a huge Letitia James fan. She doesn’t let anyone push her around. She keeps her own counsel and she has done phenomenal work as New York State Attorney General. She has gone after all the Donald Trump nonsense and for that alone we owe her. In New […]
The League of Women Voters of Saratoga County released a video titled “Teach Me To Vote 2021,” encouraging a dialogue between “elementary students and the adults in their lives” about the upcoming elections and the importance of voting and civic education. Funded by the Saratoga County League of Women Voters […]
Following an endorsement from state Democratic Committee Chair Jay Jacobs, 20 county chairs across New York announced their endorsement for Gov. Kathy Hochul in next year’s gubernatorial election. Attempting to keep the Democratic Party together for the 2022 elections, Jacobs announced his endorsement ahead of the primaries, before any other […]