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In one of its final acts of the legislative session, the state Senate and Assembly passed a package of 10 bills that further restricts gun ownership in New York, bans the sale of body armor to civilians and places new responsibilities on social media platforms to identify “hateful conduct” online. […]
To the editor: Too many incumbent elected officials at all levels of government follow the infamous Rose Garden strategy of ignoring their respective challengers, by refusing to participate in as few public debates as possible. As a sitting governor, Kathy Hochul starts out with many advantages not available to her […]
Hours after a Supreme Court opinion striking down Roe v. Wade was leaked to the news media, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins pledged that New York would continue to be a safe haven for women seeking an abortion. Outside her office on the third floor of the Capitol on Tuesday […]
New York’s Democratic leaders are reacting with shock and anger to a leaked first draft of a U.S. Supreme Court decision apparently overturning Roe v Wade written by Justice Samuel Alito. Alito wrote the draft opinion to Dobbs v Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which was leaked to Politico on May […]
Governor Kathy Hochul today announced that she is appointing Representative Antonio Delgado to serve as lieutenant governor of New York. Delgado currently represents New York’s 19th Congressional District, which includes the Hudson Valley and Catskills. Delgado is Afro-Latino, the first person of color to represent upstate New York in Congress […]
The New York State Court of Appeals on Wednesday ruled that the proposed congressional and New York State Senate election district lines were improperly drawn and is ordering that new ones be drawn by a nonpartisan special master. “The enactment of the congressional and Senate maps by the Legislature was […]
On April 12, 2022, New York Lt. Gov. Brian Benjamin surrendered himself to federal authorities in relation to bribery charges related to his run for New York City comptroller in 2021. Later that same day, Gov. Kathy Hochul accepted his resignation and made an announcement to reassure her constituents. “I […]
Senate Republicans are calling for the resignation of Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin following news of his arrest Tuesday morning, April 12. Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt, Sen. Jim Tedisco and Assembly Republican leader Will Barclay called for Benjamin’s immediate resignation following news of his arrest this morning on possible campaign […]