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The race to succeed former Representative Louise Slaughter has tightened a little since August, however, Democrat Joe Morelle, the Assembly Majority Leader, maintains a comfortable 53-36 percent lead over his Republican opponent, Dr. Jim Maxwell, according to a new Spectrum News/Siena College poll of likely 25th Congressional District voters. Morelle […]
Queens senator still holds Women’s Equality and Independence Party ballot lines; says “I can’t walk away from the battles we fought together” Sen. Tony Avella, a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference, announced this week he intends to continue his campaign even though he lost the Democratic primary to […]
Hours after Gov. Andrew Cuomo defeated his primary challenger, Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins congratulated Cuomo on his primary victory and is now calling for four regional debates. Hawkins is hoping to discuss clean energy, rent control, education reforms, and climate change with all candidates in each region. […]
New York gubernatorial candidate Marc Molinaro today proposed that an independent debate commission for statewide political races be formed in New York state to guarantee that voters have ample opportunity to learn the positions of primary and general election candidates. Molinaro proposed that such a commission be comprised of recognized […]
Howie Hawkins, the Green Party candidate for Governor, said today that he would propose a multi-year $100 billion capital spending plan to fix the MTA in his first year of office. Hawkins said that the $100 billion for these capital improvements should be funded by a variety of revenue sources, […]