Covering the politics, policies and people of New York State government.
Lately there has been some speculation as to the road forward for the Republican Party in New York State. Actually, there is both good and bad news for the Grand Old Party. The bad news, of course, is that they will never again gain a majority in either the Assembly […]
With apologies to my many like-minded friends from the liberal left (a gaggle of which I am one), I want to make a confession — I really like and respect Ed Cox, New York’s head Republican. It is an unlikely friendship. After all, I don’t really agree with him about […]
New York Republican Chairman Ed Cox was unanimously reelected to his fifth two-year term in Albany Tuesday at the State GOP’s biennial reorganization meeting. The party also elected a full slate of officeholders, including Alexandra Nigolian as secretary and Michael Bittel as treasurer. County chairs and committee members traveled from […]