All posts tagged "state politics"
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6.0KOpinion & Blogs10 election-season cliches you’re bound to hear again and again (opinion)
“Truth is hard. Propaganda is cheap.” Maybe that’s why our candidates spend less time speaking on context and more time on meaningless...
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5.0KOpinion & BlogsSheldon Silver’s delay of prison sentence puts justice on hold once again (opinion)
Even guilty politicians are treated better than us. Despite two convictions, disgraced lawmaker Sheldon Silver has yet to serve a single day...
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5.6KOpinion & BlogsNY exodus crisis isn’t over, despite what Cuomo suggests (opinion)
Gov. Cuomo suggested New York winters were driving residents from the state. Those comments are silly and ignore the work that still...
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7.8KOpinion & BlogsEnd of the road for Cuomo’s ‘I Love NY’ highway signs (opinion)
The controversial “I Love NY” highway signs were to be removed by Sept. 30 to avoid losing $14 million in funding. More...
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4.5KOpinion & BlogsDemocrat incumbents tank in primary wipeout (opinion)
The outcome of the New York 2018 primaries shows the state is at a political turning point of proportions we cannot yet...
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4.1KOpinion & BlogsUpstate issues missing from Cuomo-Nixon debate (opinion)
The Aug. 29 televised debate between Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Cynthia Nixon may have been about two candidates seeking a state office,...
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4.9KNewsCynthia Nixon makes quick stop at Syracuse’s Forman Park
A dozen supporters of Cynthia Nixon’s campaign for governor filtered into Forman Park on East Genesee Street across from the Crowne Plaza...
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3.6KOpinion & BlogsCuomo is not running for president, though his actions suggest otherwise
“I’m running for governor,” New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo recently told reporters while assessing severe flood damage in Seneca County when he...
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4.8KOpinion & BlogsChris Collins’ indictment is why politicians shouldn’t be on company boards
Some form of conflict-of-interest policy is fairly standard in a lot of workplaces. But for whatever reason, similar policies in one of the...
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4.3KOpinion & BlogsNo silver lining for remorseless kickback kingpin Sheldon Silver
As one of the most powerful people in New York, former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver spent years using his public office...
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3.2KOpinion & Blogs
NY continues to ignore widespread legislative misconduct with new bill
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is right now considering signing a bill into law that would create a commission to investigate possible misconduct by prosecutors....
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4.7KCover StoryTime Out: Retiring Sen. John DeFrancisco reflects on 4 decades of public service
At the ballot box, retiring Republican state Sen. John DeFrancisco never came in second. “It’s been 41 years,” he reflects. “It started...
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4.2KNewsJanet Burman announces state Senate bid for 53rd seat
It was chilly on James Street June 14 when Janet Burman made an announcement on her front porch, while children cavorted across the street in...
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3.5KOpinion & BlogsNew York lawmakers go home after doing the Capitol Sidestep on ethics
It really is incredible. Even as a bid-rigging trial of one of the state’s largest economic development projects was taking place and a corruption retrial...
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2.7KOpinion & Blogs
Let the people select New York’s next attorney general
We in New York are very lucky to be one of 43 states that democratically elect our attorney general. As the state’s...
