With help from Shawn Ness Gov. Kathy Hochul is ready to fight any legal opposition to her school aid proposal that would result in cuts to more than half of the state’s school districts. On Monday evening, Campaign for Fiscal Equity counsel Michael Rebell said he is poised to challenge Hochul’s proposal in court —
When Majority Leader Chuck Schumer took to the Senate floor on Thursday to issue a sharp rebuke of Israel’s leadership amid that country’s war with Hamas, he broke with longstanding precedent in American foreign policy. But so far, the reaction from the most prominent pro-Israel group, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, has been largely
With help from Shawn Ness Two lawsuits that could determine the future of ethics enforcement in New York have advanced in the courts in recent weeks. Either has the potential to send lawmakers back to the drawing board on Gov. Kathy Hochul’s signature good-government accomplishment — and one could determine whether ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo will
TikTok, abortion, and IVF: three of the biggest issues in American politics right now and Kellyanne Conway is in the middle of all of them. Conway has been advising Donald Trump and Mike Pence for years and lately she’s best known for urging the GOP to leave TikTok alone and moderate the party’s message on
Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) campaigned with a primary challenger to Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-Texas) on Thursday, disregarding calls from party leadership for GOP unity. Gaetz was in Texas for an event with Brandon Herrera, a pro-gun social media influencer who forced Gonzales into a primary runoff earlier this month. He did so despite leadership pleas
With help from Shawn Ness Both houses of the state Legislature approved their one-house budget proposals this afternoon, setting the stage for final talks with Gov. Kathy Hochul over the spending plan that’s due March 31. Today’s debates also gave Republicans a chance to formally weigh in on the plans the Democratic supermajorities released earlier
With help from Shawn Ness Daytime TV, meet Gov. Kathy Hochul. The governor made her first appearance on “The View” this morning, a brief respite from the ongoing scut work of the state budget negotiations in Albany. It was a chance for her to demonstrate on the midday political gabfest her personal side to a