Posts Tagged ‘albany’

A four-point Albany guide to the State of the City

With help from Shawn Ness State government’s biggest players weren’t physically present at New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ State of the City address in the South Bronx today. It was a session day in Albany after all — but they were clearly on the mayor’s mind. It was a largely positive speech that felt […]

Kathy Hochul wants to clean up Albany. So did the last guy.

“I was thinking, ‘oh, they’re trying to f— us and they’ll come back and change the timing tomorrow,’” he said, “And then I realized, they legitimately wanted our advice.” The encounter is indicative of life after Andrew Cuomo, who resigned in August. Following more than a decade of rule by threat and fiat, the former […]

Albany County DA Soares: Gov Cuomo Under Criminal Investigation

Albany County District Attorney David Soares said Tuesday on NBC’s “Nightly News” that his office is carrying out a criminal investigation into Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D-NY). Holt said, “I just spoke exclusively with Albany County district attorney David Soares who is conducting an investigation of Governor Cuomo. I began by asking him if his office is […]

Embattled Cuomo keeps low profile as Albany session wraps up

New York’s governors often get their way with the Legislature by using their pulpit to bully lawmakers. But Cuomo could have a lot to lose if he antagonizes his fellow Democrats or complicates the debate just before legislators are due to end their session on Thursday. Many of them already have called for his resignation, […]

Cuomo’s Albany dominance takes backseat to political survival

The governor who once muscled his biggest priorities through the Capitol annually, rarely failing to come out on top, is now taking a decidedly lighter tread in negotiations with Senate Majority Leaders Andrea Stewart-Cousins and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, according to half a dozen people familiar with the budget talks. Both Democratic leaders have taken […]

‘Bullying, screaming’: In Albany, Cuomo wields phone as a weapon

It was 2017 and Republicans in Congress were pushing through a tax overhaul with significant implications for New York. The Democratic governor was incensed about the bill — particularly its cap on the federal deduction for state and local taxes, a provision that remains a perpetual target of Cuomo’s ire — and was lobbying hard […]

$1 Million Settlement in Albany County Jail Death Case

The settlement was filed recently in U.S. District Court in Albany, where Cannon’s mother had filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of Cannon’s infant daughter. Cannon’s symptoms steadily worsened after employees of a medical company that had a contract with the county brushed off his severe neurological symptoms as heat exhaustion, instructing guards to give […]

Dennis Ross tells American Jews, ‘We need to be advocates for Israel’ — and not for Palestinians

Longtime peace processor Dennis Ross has denied the charge that he was “Israel’s lawyer” in the White House, but the other night at Central Synagogue in New York he dropped all pretense to fairness. In what was billed by the rabbi as an “off the record intimate conversation with a thousand of your friends,” Ross identified […]

Palestinians Nakba Day: Defiant, Undeterred and Organizing

Above: A Palestinian protester holds a Palestinian flag during clashes with Israeli troops at a protest ahead of Nakba day, in the West Bank village of Bilin near Ramallah May 13, 2016. (Photo: Shadi Hatem/ APA Images)  Dima al-Wawi knows what she wants to be when she grows up:  “My dream is that when I grow up […]

Cleveland DA Refuses To File Charges Against The Cops That Murdered Tamir Rice

An open letter to the sponsors of the Tamir Rice Justice Petition: We have some unfortunate and alarming news to share with you. County Prosecutor Timothy McGinty has been telling people he will not comply with the recommendation of Cleveland Municipal Judge Ronald Adrine to charge the officers responsible for the death of Tamir Rice, […]

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