New York City
Politics
What’s in a Times endorsement?
The New York Times editorial board endorsed Tiffany Cabán on Tuesday, but do the newspaper’s endorsements sway election outcomes? City & State had a look at the Times editorial board’s endorsements in the past three years.
Kathy Hochul
Politics
A new generation of progressive pols
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez hardly stands alone as a fast-rising non-white progressive New York elected official. From new state senators to the New York City public advocate and the City Council, a new generation is taking the reins.
New York State
Personality
Hochul on Amazon’s demise, Buffalo’s rebound and championing child care
Kathy Hochul discusses economic development policy, the prospects for Western New York and her desire to see Equal Rights Amendment added to the state constitution.
Kathy Hochul
Politics
Crowded field already forming for Williams’ council seat
Five candidates, including a Williams staffer, want to succeed the public advocate candidate.
New York City
Politics
Is Jumaane Williams made of Teflon?
Why an array of criticisms being thrown at Jumaane Williams may not spook progressive voters.
New York City
Politics
Public advocate candidate Williams takes to the airwaves
The Brooklyn councilman is out with his first TV ad of the special election.
New York City
Policy
New York politicians’ biggest flip-flops
How New York politicians ‘evolved’ on pot, guns, immigrants, LGBT rights and homelessness.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
New York’s 2018 statewide general election results
The Democratic favorites won the races for governor, attorney general, comptroller and U.S. Senate.
Kathy Hochul
Politics
Alternate universe: The 2018 election contests that might have been
What the 2018 election might have been.
New York City
Personality
Jumaane Williams is ready to be public advocate, assuming there’s a vacancy
Defeated in his bid for lieutenant governor, Jumaane Williams has set his sights on the office of public advocate.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Cuomo rallied for Democrats in tossup races. But they were kept off stage.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo's rally to win the House and state Senate kept candidates in key races on the sidelines.
New York City
Politics
Why did progressives outperform the polls?
The lefty candidates in statewide races did better than polling had indicated
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Letitia James – and the establishment – win Democratic AG race
New York City Public Advocate Letitia James fought off criticism that she was too close to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and comfortably won the Democratic primary for state attorney general on Thursday.
Campaigns & Elections
Politics
New York’s 2018 statewide primary results
New York Democratic gubernatorial, lieutenant governor and attorney general primary results.
New York City
Politics
Key statewide and state legislative primary races to watch
Cuomo-Nixon, Hochul-Williams, the AG free-for-all and the ex-IDC challenges are all key storylines this election Thursday.
Andrew Cuomo
Politics
Another Mario Cuomo bridge, endorsements, spending and back to school
Another Mario Cuomo bridge opens, endorsements, spending and back to school in This Week's Headlines.
New York City
Politics
Williams: Hochul’s debt ad is out of touch and "absurd"
Williams: Hochul’s debt ad was an “absurd attack”
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
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.
New York State
Politics
Albany kicks off last week of session by phoning it in
The end of the New York state legislative session began not with a bang, but with a whimper.
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