To the editor: Listening to Gov. Kathy Hochul at the debate, I would have thought that Donald Trump was the Republican Party candidate for governor. No wonder Hochul followed the Rose Garden campaign strategy. She preferred hiding behind tens of millions of dollars in television campaign commercials rather than face […]
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Candidates covering a lot of ground in sprawling 19th Congressional District
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 […]
A conversation with congressional hopeful Colin Schmitt
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 […]
Zeldin and Hochul outline drastically different visions for New York in only gubernatorial debate
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 […]
Award-winning reporter will address COVID’s impact on public education
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 […]
Ryan, Schmitt campaigning hard in “toss up” 18th Congressional District
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 […]
DiNapoli leading Rodriguez in state comptroller race
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 […]
Environmental Bond Act popular with likely voters, according to latest Siena poll
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 […]