The chairman of the New York state Democratic Party is pushing a proposal that would essentially neuter almost all third parties, crippling one of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s biggest political nemeses but also potentially helping conservatives.
NEW YORK — It is hard to imagine a scenario where Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loses her seat next year. She has raised more than $3.4 million, is better known than some presidential candidates and handily won a district that is among the bluest in the nation.
NEW YORK — It is hard to imagine a scenario where Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez loses her seat next year. She has raised more than $3.4 million, is better known than some presidential candidates and handily won a district that is among the bluest in the nation.
When Kat Sullivan rented a billboard last year in upstate New York to call for stronger protections against child sex abusers, she believed she was engaging in the democratic process, using her own time and money to make her voice as an abuse survivor heard.
Rep. Jerrold Nadler has served in Congress for 27 years, rising to become the chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee. He has become a boldface name in the age of President Donald Trump, the linchpin of many Democrats’ hopes of impeachment.World7 Aug 2024
Rep. Jerrold Nadler has served in Congress for 27 years, rising to become the chairman of the powerful House Judiciary Committee. He has become a boldface name in the age of President Donald Trump, the linchpin of many Democrats’ hopes of impeachment.World6 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — Bowing to fierce criticism from elected officials and privacy advocates, the New York City Board of Elections has removed the voter enrollment books that it had posted online, which had included every registered voter’s full name, party affiliation and home address.
NEW YORK — Are you registered to vote in New York City? If so, then anyone can find out your party affiliation, full name and home address down to the apartment number — all with a few mouse clicks.World6 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — When a 12-year-old boy died last week in Westchester County after accidentally shooting himself while playing with a gun at home, police officers reminded the public to keep guns away from children.World6 Aug 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to outlaw “revenge porn,” a practice that victims say can alter their lives as drastically as any other form of abuse, but from which there are few of the same protections.World6 Aug 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York lawmakers on Thursday passed a bill to outlaw “revenge porn,” a practice that victims say can alter their lives as drastically as any other form of abuse, but from which there are few of the same protections.World6 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — In the weeks before Amazon’s plans to build a headquarters in Queens combusted, New Yorkers could hardly escape Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He appeared on radio stations and at business associations, loudly pushing the project that he had helped construct.
NEW YORK — In the weeks before Amazon’s plans to build a headquarters in Queens combusted, New Yorkers could hardly escape Gov. Andrew Cuomo. He appeared on radio stations and at business associations, loudly pushing the project that he had helped construct.
There is an unwritten rule in Albany, New York, known as the Bear Mountain Compact, a promise that whatever happens north of Bear Mountain — a vast region that includes the state capital — stays there. For decades, that compact has governed Albany’s private meetings, its raucous fundraisers, its bars where legislators flock after session.World5 Aug 2024
When New York expanded abortion rights last week for the first time in 49 years, Democrats across the state were exultant. Now, that jubilation has been met with an equal and opposite reaction.World5 Aug 2024
ALBANY, N.Y. — For more than a decade, Democratic lawmakers in New York have tried to allow victims of decades-old childhood sexual abuse to seek justice — only to meet fierce opposition from powerful interests including insurance companies, private schools and religious leaders from the Roman Catholic Church and Orthodox Jewish communities.World5 Aug 2024
NEW YORK — With Hillary Clinton to his right, female elected officials seated before him and cheering women filling the audience, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday promised to protect women’s reproductive rights by expanding the state’s abortion laws within the first 30 days of the new legislative session.
NEW YORK — With Hillary Clinton to his right, female elected officials seated before him and cheering women filling the audience, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo on Monday promised to protect women’s reproductive rights by expanding the state’s abortion laws within the first 30 days of the new legislative session.World4 Aug 2024
New York state Sen. John Flanagan, who until this year led the Republican majority of the state’s upper legislative chamber, will miss the beginning of this year’s session in Albany in order to complete an alcohol rehabilitation program, he announced Friday.
New York state Sen. John Flanagan, who until this year led the Republican majority of the state’s upper legislative chamber, will miss the beginning of this year’s session in Albany in order to complete an alcohol rehabilitation program, he announced Friday.
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