Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Governor Andrew Cuomo shouldn’t be proud of his 2018 Democratic Party Primary win. Out of 5,621,822 registered active potential Democrats, only 975,552 voted him, while 511,585 voted for Cynthia Nixon and 4,134,685 who voted for “None of the Above” by staying home. In reality, when you add up the combined […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo has defeated insurgent challenger Cynthia Nixon in Thursday’s primary election to claim the Democratic nomination for governor in New York. A total of 1.51 million Democrats voted in the New York State primary elections. Nearly 65 percent of them voted for Cuomo. He easily defeated Nixon with […]
Cynthia Nixon is the real thing. She dropped by my public radio office one afternoon and we had a lovely chat. I have to tell you, I really liked the woman and “likeability” and guts (the ability to tell it like it is) are really what this whole gubernatorial race […]
New York politics are certainly in a state of flux. Ballot positioning is now all the talk, don’t you know? The more votes you get for governor in New York, the higher you get on the ballot. That’s why the Democrats are Line A and the Republicans are Line B. […]
A new poll shows that Gov. Andrew Cuomo holds a strong lead in both the primary and general elections as he seeks a third term as governor this fall. A Quinnipiac University Poll released Wednesday finds that Cuomo would beat Democratic challenger Cynthia Nixon in a primary by 50-to-28 percent. […]
New York will restore the right to vote to upwards of 35,000 New York parolees who have served time for felonies, after an executive order was signed by Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday. Under the order, New York will join a list of 14 other states and the District of […]
Long ago I nicknamed the Independent Democratic Conference “The Traitors.” That’s because these people who ran as Democrats actually kept the Republicans who control the Senate in very Blue State New York in power. Many people, including Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon, have called out Governor Andrew Cuomo for his […]
Gov. Andrew Cuomo brokered a deal between mainline Senate Democrats and the eight-member Independent Democratic Conference Wednesday, to create a unified Democratic Senate. Cuomo said the move will help to “protect against Washington’s attack on New York and continue New York’s bold, progressive path forward.” The IDC was founded in […]