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Albany's influence wars
13+ hour, 36+ min ago (1745+ words) DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 14 STONES AND GLASS STATEHOUSES: Gov. Kathy Hochul has raked in almost $200, 000 in campaign contributions from insurance companies as she pushes for a proposal she argues would help save both their policyholders " as well as those…...
Northeast States Set Big Climate Goals. Now Those Plans Are in Trouble.
4+ day, 31+ min ago (1716+ words) Several years ago, in a burst of climate optimism, Democratic-led states across the Northeast adopted some of the world's most ambitious policies to shift away from fossil fuels and cut planet-warming emissions. But today, many of those states are scaling…...
Kathy Hochul's sleazy deal with the unions will make New York LESS affordable
1+ week, 4+ day ago (447+ words) In Albany, the "fix" is in " and New Yorkers are about to get screwed once again. This time, it'll cost them about $1. 5 billion a year, and it'll be thanks to Gov. Kathy Hochul's cave-in to the public-sector unions, even as…...
Northern California horse racing suffers final blow as Golden Gate Fields is sold
1+ week, 6+ day ago (454+ words) The fleeting hopes by Northern California horsemen that as long as Golden Gate Fields was still standing, racing, even if only as a simulcast or gaming facility, could one day return to Northern California, were dashed on Monday when The…...
Bronx residents slam soaring utility bills as Dems push back on Hochul's cost-saving climate law tweak
2+ week, 1+ day ago (744+ words) They're running up the bill. Bronx residents in state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie's district decried spiking utility bills Monday " as the state Legislature pushes back on Gov. Kathy Hochul's cost-saving bid to delay New York's controversial climate law mandates. The…...
Mamdani Joined Nurses on the Picket Lines. That's Unusual for Mayors.
2+ mon, 3+ week ago (886+ words) In 1909, Mayor George B. Mc Clellan met with garment factory workers who had walked off their jobs sewing ready-to-wear blouses with high collars and buttons down the front. In 1934, Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia helped to negotiate the end of a taxi…...
New York Moves to Allow Terminally Ill People to Die on Their Own Terms
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (1103+ words) The New York State Senate approved a bill on Monday that would allow people facing terminal diagnoses to end their lives on their own terms, which the bill's proponents say would grant a measure of autonomy to New Yorkers in…...
NY Assembly Dems accused of "veiled antisemitism" after killing bipartisan bill to commemorate Oct. 7 attack on Israel
10+ mon, 1+ week ago (1084+ words) ALBANY " Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie torpedoed a bipartisan bill that would have commemorated the horrific Oct. 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The Bronx pol went to extraordinary lengths Friday to ensure that the measure would not make it to the Assembly floor…...
Some Democrats Deride Hochul's "Inflation Refund' Checks as a Gimmick
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (905+ words) Gov. Kathy Hochul's focus on affordability in her recently enacted budget mostly went over well with her Democratic colleagues in the State Legislature. But the decision to spend $2 billion on one-time "inflation refund" checks for about eight million New York…...
Could Branding Herself as a "Mom Governor" Help Hochul Win Re-election?
11+ mon, 4+ day ago (1074+ words) When Gov. Kathy Hochul first took office in 2021, she was a relative unknown. Few New Yorkers knew how to pronounce her name, let alone what Ms. Hochul, Andrew M. Cuomo's seldom-seen lieutenant governor, stood for. Since then, she has honed an…...