Senate Bill S8494 was recently introduced to the New York State Senate. It proposes the creation of a new New York State Social Housing Development Authority to facilitate the building…
Governor Andrew Cuomo (D-NY) has seen a rapid fall from grace in recent weeks, with dozens of lawmakers calling for his resignation. Photo courtesy of Artur Widak (via Vanity Fair).…
Illustration and photo courtesy of the New York Times. When it comes to the coronavirus pandemic, New York City has become a national model for disease control. Despite being hit…
Photo courtesy of the New York Post The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines a ‘budget’ as “a plan for the coordination of resources and expenditures.” Unfortunately, New York State is either illiterate…
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio made a recent trip to Iowa, signaling that the two-term mayor is inching closer to a potential, and long-speculated presidential run in 2020. If he ends up entering the race, he will be the second New Yorker (excluding President Donald Trump) in the running, following the state’s junior U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Since 2011, a coalition of Republicans and breakaway conservative Democrats in the New York State Senate has stymied much of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s (pictured in cover photo) left-leaning legislative agenda. Now, Gov. Cuomo has near-complete control over the legislative agenda, since the Democrats, having seized the State Senate in last Tuesday’s midterm elections, now run the entire state government.
On May 7th of this year, New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman was forced to resign amidst multiple allegations of physical assault against women. Among the allegations were…