Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Leecia Eve: corporate and qualified for AG

Leecia Eve is running on her corporate corporate experience in the Attorney General race and considers herself the most independent candidate.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

What has JCOPE actually done?

JCOPE has been blasted by Cuomo’s gubernatorial rivals. Should it be replaced?

New York City

Politics

Drama with Charter, Cuomo still leads and a lemonade stand

Drama with Charter Spectrum, Andrew Cuomo still leads Cynthia Nixon, no deal for Uber and Lyft, a new policy on marijuana prosecution takes effect in New York City and a lemonade stand in This Weeks Headlines.

New York State

Personality

Sean Patrick Maloney goes on the offensive

Sean Patrick Maloney is going on the offensive in the attorney general's race.

New York State

Politics

Cynthia Nixon’s rookie mistakes

Cynthia Nixon's rookie mistakes. The first-time candidate has made a few gaffes.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Seven years for Silver, Daily News staff slashed, speed cameras stall

In this week's headlines, former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver was sentenced, for a second time, to seven years in prison, Tronc slashed the editorial workforce at the Daily News, and New York City's speed camera program was suspended due to inaction in Albany.

Andrew Cuomo

Opinion

New York won’t beat the federal tax law in court, and it shouldn’t

New York is taking the federal government to court over the SALT deduction cap. But New York’s legal reasoning would, if accepted by the U.S. Supreme Court, cripple the federal government’s powers of taxation in ways that would restrict future Democratic congresses as well.

Donald Trump

Politics

Tribulation over Trump, Skeloses convicted, NYPD acts on Eric Garner

In this week's headlines, former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son were convicted again, Republicans scrambled to respond to President Donald Trump's support for Russian President Vladimir Putin, and the NYPD prepared to finally take disciplinary action years after the death of Eric Garner.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Zephyr Teachout has a plausible path to victory

Two months after former Attorney General Eric Schneiderman resigned over allegations of abusing multiple women, and roughly two months before the statewide primary elections, the Democratic race to replace him is taking shape.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

'What you should know' about Rubén Díaz Sr.’s bizarre column

Diaz’s penchant for writing political missives using his government email address has gotten him into hot water recently. On Monday, the city Council’s Committee on Standards and Ethics held a hearing about Díaz’s alleged use of government email to send political messages to staffers and colleagues.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Statewide candidates vie for most signatures, small donors

Here are the numbers of petitions and fundraising counts for prominent candidates running for governor, lieutenant governor and attorney general.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

The projects transforming Queens

Queens has rarely garnered as much attention as neighboring Manhattan or Brooklyn, but it is increasingly becoming a destination. Here’s a rundown of some of the biggest projects in the borough.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

More trouble for NYCHA, verdict in Buffalo Billion and protecting Roe

This week's headlines: More trouble for NYCHA, a guilty verdict in Buffalo Billion and protecting Roe v. Wade.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

Ignore that Buffalo Billion conviction. We're legalizing pot!

The New York state Health Department officially recommended legalizing marijuana the day after Alain Kaloyeros, a former top economic development official, was convicted of corruption.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

Why upstate Democrats like lefty candidates

In recent Democratic primaries, rural parts of New York state have been the most likely to embrace left-leaning insurgent candidates such as 2014 gubernatorial candidate Zephyr Teachout, U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential bid - and Cynthia Nixon's 2018 candidacy for governor.

Andrew Cuomo

Politics

The Women’s Equality Party is more of a casual get-together

If there were ever a moment suited to a political party serving women, it would be now. But New York's Women’s Equality Party was founded in July 2014 by Gov. Andrew Cuomo allies to rally – or, critics contend, to confuse – female voters in his Democratic primary race against Fordham Law School professor Zephyr Teachout.

Andrew Cuomo

Policy

What happens in New York if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade?

If Roe v. Wade were fully overturned, a 1970 New York law legalizing abortion would still be on the books. However, critics argue that it is out of date, as it restricts the time frame in which women can terminate a pregnancy and only allows a late-term abortion if a woman’s life is at risk.