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Republican lawmakers say the 2020 budget adopted earlier this week will make it even more difficult for “hardworking, middle-class taxpayers to provide for their families and make ends meet.” Some have gone so far as to label the new budget an “April Fool’s joke,” a “monstrosity,” and even “criminal.” Senate […]
The Conservative Party of New York State issued a statement Monday lamenting the “progressive nanny state” it sees on the horizon, following the election of a democratic Senate and Assembly, coupled with the governor’s progressive Anti-Trump agenda being unveiled in Albany this week. With the session just a few days […]
Progressive agenda gets strong support from voters; pay raises for lawmakers and other officials is unpopular across all demographics As he prepares to deliver his policy agenda and Executive Budget for 2019, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a 51-to-43 percent favorability rating among registered voters, up from a negative 45-49 percent […]
Forgoing the customary “State of the State” Address, Gov. Andrew Cuomo unveiled his legislative agenda early this year, urging the Democratic-controlled Legislature to act in the first 100 days of session, which opened on Wednesday. Cuomo announced the agenda on December 17 during a speech hosted by the Roosevelt Institute. […]
Make the Road New York, an organization of 22,000 that advocates for the rights of immigrants, say they are “deeply disappointed” by the state budget they say fails undocumented New Yorkers. “Make the Road is committed to continue organizing and fighting through the end of the legislative session to make […]
Andrew Cuomo begins his eighth year as governor — and the annual budget season — with his best favorability rating since the middle of 2014. A new Siena released Tuesday shows that 62 percent of New York voters have a favorable view of Gov. Cuomo, compared to 30 percent who […]
With the Trump Administration focused on a range of immigration enforcement policies, Assembly Democrats have passed a series of bills that would protect immigrants’ private information, prohibit profiling by local police departments, and make it more difficult to deport undocumented New Yorkers for misdemeanor crimes. Alongside these new bills, […]
Latino voters in New York state will make a decisive impact on November 8 — especially down ballot — and politicians who supported Donald Trump and his anti-immigrant rhetoric will pay the price, says a key Latino lobbying group. “The sleeping giant is awake, quite awake, and this November, […]