All posts tagged "state politics"
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7.6KOpinion & BlogsColumn | Cuomo will never win a popularity contest, yet he keeps winning gubernatorial elections
It’s been just seven months since New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo sailed to a third term as chief executive of the Empire State. And he’s...
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5.0KOpinion & BlogsColumn | NY should take the slow road on marijuana legalization
In February 2017, soon after states like neighboring Massachusetts and Vermont had legalized recreational marijuana, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo reiterated his...
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4.7KOpinion & BlogsColumn | Protect workers; amend the WARN Act
No one would ever want to show up to work one day, then find out that their place of employment had suddenly closed its doors and that...
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5.4KOpinion & BlogsColumn | State law should strip funds from corrupt politicians who abused their power
It was four years ago this month when New York state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos was arrested along with his son...
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4.8KOpinion & Blogs
Column | 3 Men and a State Budget: Albany’s March Madness
This year, a whole bunch of policies were lined up for the New York State Budget process, but that’s not the way...
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4.4KOpinion & BlogsColumn | JCOPE ethics panel fails as government watchdogs
"JCOPE? More like JOKE. The panel, unsurprisingly, is appointed by the very politicians that it is supposed to include in its oversight.
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15.5KOpinion & BlogsColumn | Andrew Cuomo, secret agent, calls to hide mug shots from public
People depend on newsrooms to tell them who is responsible for what. That’s what Gov. Andrew Cuomo now wants to take away...
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4.7KOpinion & BlogsColumn | Corruption in the Empire State: Take 2
Like a broken record, columnists Luke Parsnow once again calls for a reckoning on corruption in the state Legislature as we head...
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4.1KOpinion & BlogsColumn | NY state lawmakers squawk over pay raise proposal
Members of the New York state Legislature have been trying for 20 years to get a pay raise. Now that they have...
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4.8KOpinion & Blogs
Column | NY Legislatures should be banned from taking outside income
Here we go again: The 213 members that make up the New York state Legislature are asking for a pay raise. And...
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3.7KOpinion & BlogsColumn | A wish list for Democrat-controlled state government
While Democrats regained power in Congress in the recent midterm elections, in New York state they expanded it. Gov. Andrew Cuomo was easily reelected to a third term...
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4.2KOpinion & BlogsColumn | ‘Up yours’ to Upstate NY in 2018 statewide elections
It would be nice to see candidates address something of substance for upstate besides which side of the line Dutchess County is...
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3.5KCover StoryQ&A: Balter, Katko Congressional race becomes real rabble-rouser
A growing number of observers of the 24th District congressional race are reflecting that the television campaign ads are making it the...
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3.2KCover StoryQ&A: Local political figures Stephanie Miner, Howie Hawkins make bids for the statehouse
Like the Syracuse New Times, gubernatorial candidates Howie Hawkins and Stephanie Miner are local and alternative. As the backbone of the local...
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2.8KCover StoryQ&A: Antonacci, Mannion contend to fill DeFrancisco’s former Senate seat
Neither Republican County Comptroller Robert Antonacci nor veteran Democratic schoolteacher John Mannion play the saxophone, which will leave an empty spot in...
