This Week in Politics: Decriminalizing Small Amounts of Pot, Genting...
On This Week in Politics, WNYC political reporters discuss the top political stories from the week, providing insight and analysis on local, state and national political issues that affect New...
View ArticleDespite Low Turnout, NY Voter Registration Changes Unlikely
In an effort to bring more voters to the polls, politicians and activists are proposing to make the voter registration process easier. But the legislative session ends in June 19, leaving little time...
View ArticleClinton Backs Maloney in NY18 Democratic Primary
Former President Bill Clinton threw his weight behind former aide Sean Patrick in the five-way Democratic race to challenge Republican Rep. Nan Hayworth in the new 18th Congressional district in the...
View ArticleCouncilman Dan Halloran Vows to Join Congressional EMP Caucus
Electromagnetic pulse, or EMP, may not be tops on most peoples national security threats, but if Councilman Dan Halloran makes it to Congress from the 6th District in Queens, he's vowing to join the...
View Article10 Days Left, Many Legislative Issues Remain Unresolved
Lawmakers plan on leaving for the summer on June 21, but they continue to be gridlocked on some issues, such as raising the state’s minimum wage from $7.25 an hour to $8.50 an hour, and offering tax...
View ArticleHalloran on Opponents: None Have 'Have Real Private Sector Job Experience"
Now that Councilman Dan Halloran has got the EMP threat addressed, he's working to tie his three potential opponents to the controversial comments made by the President over the weekend.On Friday,...
View Article'Viper' Barron's Congressional Bid Denounced, Called the 'David Duke of New...
At a time when political candidates are holding press events to tout endorsements, a group of elected leaders met in front of the Museum of Jewish Heritage in Manhattan on Monday to denounce a...
View ArticleState Lawmakers Agree to Crack Down on Domestic Violence Offenders
Law makers in Albany have come to an agreement on a series of bills aimed at combating domestic violence, including one that cracks down on repeat offenders.Currently, many domestic violence offenses...
View ArticleFirst Meeting of All the Potential Mayoral Candidates Focuses on Women and...
The field of candidates looking to run for mayor next year took the stage on Tuesday for the first time to as a group. The event was a conference on the current state and potential future of minority...
View ArticleAFSCME Backs Locals', Will Commit Resources for Barron in Congressional Battle
One of the country's largest public labor unions said on Tuesday that it would spend money on behalf of Congressional candidate and Brooklyn City Councilman Charles Barron.AFSCME told Buzzfeed that it...
View ArticleUPDATED -- ICYMI: Congressional Candidates for the NY13 Debate in the Bronx,...
See the video of the debate below.Monday night turned into a game of "spot the difference" for Harlem and Bronx residents as the candidates for the 13th Congressional district primary squared off in...
View ArticleBarron, Jeffries Air Out Differences in Brooklyn Congressional Race on WNYC's...
The two candidates for the 8th Congressional district's Democratic primary made their case on air with WNYC's Brian Lehrer on Thursday. Both Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries and City Councilman Charles...
View ArticleA Question of Crisis Rises in the Queens Congressional Primary Race
Rarely does a Democratic primary in New York City consist of candidates wildly out of sync on major policy issues. It’s not surprising that campaigns try over the course of a race to put space between...
View ArticleCuomo Touts NY's Rank in New US Chamber of Commerce Report
Governor Andrew Cuomo is crowing over a US Chamber of Commerce report that put New York in the top ten states for growth, productivity and livability."The focus of the administration has always been...
View ArticleLong, Turner and Maragos: The Race to Replace Gillibrand
Republican heavyweights dressed in cocktail-chic for the annual Brooklyn GOP Lincoln dinner earlier this month. Held at Garguilo’s, a century-old Italian restaurant in Coney Island, the event felt like...
View ArticleFinal Week of Session, Many Issues Unresolved
Governor Andrew Cuomo and state lawmakers seem determined to end the Legislative Session on that June 21. The limited agenda for the remaining four days includes a bill to reform care for the disabled...
View ArticleState Seeks Input on Federal Health Funding Request
Albany will soon be applying for federal funds worth billions of dollars to help overhaul the state healthcare system.On Monday, officials will hold a public hearing to discuss how best to invest that...
View ArticleMAP: The Drastic Shifts in New York's Sixth Congressional District
New York's sixth congressional district, in Queens, like the rest of the borough, was once dominated by Jews and Catholics. But redistricting this year made Asian Americans almost forty percent of the...
View ArticleLancman Goes After Opponents on Israel, National Security
A week before the Congressional primary elections, Assemblyman Rory Lancman’s campaign is casting his opponents as weak on Israel and national security in a new piece of mail (see below).It features a...
View ArticleCuomo, Lawmakers Agree to Sweeping Reform of Disabled Care
Governor Andrew Cuomo and lawmakers have agreed on legislation to strengthen the way the state treats New Yorkers with special needs and disabilities, a system marred by decades of abuse and death.The...
View ArticleRangel Extols Virtues of Obama's New Immigration Policy, Experience
Charlie Rangel sang the praises of President Obama's new immigration policy Monday, a week before the incumbent congressman from New York's 13th District faces four opponents in the Democratic...
View ArticleNo Legislative Fix for Teacher Evaluations
Governor Andrew Cuomo says he no longer thinks settling the issue of making teacher evaluations public “urgent,” and will allow the legislature to end its session without an agreement on the...
View ArticleHealthcare Players Queue up for Cash
Hospitals, clinics, unions and consumer groups are lining up for money — in the name of saving money. State Medicaid officials are applying to the federal government for $10 billion over five years to...
View ArticleIn Hudson Valley, Dems Crowd Primary to Challenge Freshman Hayworth
The Hudson Valley’s redrawn 18th Congressional District stretches across farms, tony vacation communities, and struggling post-industrial cities. Its new lines wrap around the city’s inner-ring suburbs...
View ArticlePolitical Pressure Caused Cuomo's Pot Plan to Go Up in Smoke
Governor Andrew Cuomo says it's "highly unlikely" that a bill to decriminalize small amounts of marijuana possession in public view will pass before Albany ends its legislative session Thursday.Cuomo...
View ArticleBarron and Jeffries in Bitter Battle for Congressional Seat
In a primary race with no incumbent, two very different candidates are vying to represent a congressional district that has been served by the same man for the last 30 years.After three terms in...
View ArticleQueens Dem Congressional Candidates on the Brian Lehrer Show
The Democratic candidates running for Congress in the new 6th District in Queens took to the airwaves on WNYC’s Brian Lehrer Show on Wednesday. Their appearances occurred on the same day the New York...
View ArticleIssues Left Hanging as Session Ends
The legislative session that’s concluding in Albany seems to be more about what’s not getting done than what is getting accomplished. Agreements were not reached on several key issues.This time last...
View ArticleMeet Williams, Johnson and Schley - the Other CD-13 Candidates
While most headlines about New York's 13th Congressional district race are crowded by incumbent Charlie Rangel and State Senator Adriano Espaillat, three more candidates are reminding voters that they...
View ArticleLegislature Approves Cuomo's Teacher Evaluation Bill
Governor Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to make release teacher evaluations only to parents will likely become law, now that the Senate and Assembly have passed the measure.The Senate approved the bill 58 to...
View ArticleEspaillat Says Rangel Fails Economic Leadership Test
Among the political leadership in Harlem, this seems to be the equivalent of a “your mama” insult:“If you stand on 125th Street and Lenox Avenue, you think you’re in Times Square—and that’s OK! That’s...
View ArticleJeffries Brings the Brooklyn Congressional Race To Queens
The Old Mill Yacht Club building sits in front of the six-lane Cross Bay Boulevard in Queens. As the evening commute began to die down, about 30 Howard Beach residents gathered inside the red-brick...
View ArticleDavid Duke Endorses Barron in Brooklyn Congressional Race
Congressional candidate and City Councilman Charles Barron received two new endorsements days before the June 26 primary, one more controversial than the other.When Jewish leaders denounced Barron for...
View ArticleRangel Does It Once Again, for the 'Old Timers'
The Democratic primary in the new 13th Congressional District in upper Manhattan is about one issue: whether or not Congressman Charles Rangel should serve another term in office. It’s apparent—despite...
View ArticleNY Legislative Session Ends but Lawmakers May Not Be Done
The state legislature ended its session in an orderly fashion for the first time in decades, but the lack of last minute negotiations means that some issues were left unresolved. It’s likely that...
View ArticleIn Rumor-Filled NY-07 Race, Velazquez and Challengers Try to Stay on Message
Candidates for the Democratic nomination in New York's 7th congressional district appeared on the Brian Lehrer Show Friday morning, where they tried to lay out their platforms while addressing...
View ArticleCuomo Endorses Rangel, Jeffries, Velazquez in Dem Primaries
Governor Andrew Cuomo has lent his political muscle to a number of local congressional campaigns. The announcements come just days before the primary election on Tuesday, June 26.Cuomo on Velzaquez:I...
View ArticleSurrounded by Allies, Rangel Soaks Up the Praise
A week after President Barack Obama announced his administration's policy shift on immigration, politicians and community leaders surrounded Congressman Charlie Rangel to praise his work on immigration...
View ArticleIn Final Sunday Before Primary, Incumbent Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez Goes...
Incumbent Congresswoman Nydia Velazquez spent the final Sunday before Tuesday’s primary election embracing the old adage that all politics is local: advocating for more bus service in Brooklyn, and...
View ArticleRangel Courts New Voters Ahead of Tomorrow's Election
The performances on the outdoor stage in the Bronx’s Fordham Plaza were rotating through styles. A solo singer belted out Puerto Rican ballads. A Mexican mariachi band plucked out tunes, decked out in...
View ArticleBarron, Jeffries Deploy Opposite Strategies Ahead of Tomorrow's Election
As Tuesday's Democratic primary began to close in, the candidates for New York's 8th Congressional district made their last-ditch pitches to voters in Brooklyn and southern Queens.City Councilman...
View ArticleCuomo Endorses Meng, Robos in Queens Congressional Race
Late last week, Governor Andrew Cuomo endorsed a number of candidates running in the Democratic primaries for Congress--with one notable exception. Cuomo made no endorsement in the 6th Congressional...
View ArticleComplete NY Primary Results
New York went to the polls Tuesday to select their party's nominees for Congress. View vote totals here.
View ArticleMeng Wins, Rangel Hangs On in Key Primary Races
New York went to the polls Tuesday to select their parties' nominees for the Congressional elections in November. In the only statewide race, Manhattan lawyer Wendy Long defeated Congressman Bob Turner...
View ArticleMajority of Outstanding Returns From Bronx: NY-13
Not so fast, Congressman Charles Rangel.That triumphant victory speech made just before 11 p.m. on Tuesday night may have been premature. As the numbers in the 13th Congressional district continue to...
View ArticleSchools Set to Miss Teacher Evaluation Deadline
An important deadline in the state’s ongoing teacher evaluation process occurs Sunday, but most schools will be missing it. July 1 was set as the day for schools around the state to submit plans for...
View ArticleThis Week in Politics: Primary Elections, a City Budget Deal and Christie...
On This Week in Politics, WNYC political reporters run down some of the top political stories from the week that was, providing insight and analysis on local, state and national political issues that...
View ArticleNY Legislature Has Noteworthy Session…for Lowest Number of Bills Passed
According to an analysis by the New York Public Interest Research Group, the 2012 session resulted in 571 pieces of legislation approved by both houses of the legislature. NYPIRG’s Bill Mahoney...
View ArticleCuomo Signs Anti-Cyberbullying Bill Into Law
Governor Andrew Cuomo signed an anti-cyberbullying bill into law on Monday that requires schools to be more vigilant about the online harassment of students, and to take steps to prevent it.Schools...
View ArticlePromoting NY’s Business Friendly Attitude While Others Question It
Gov. Andrew Cuomo is running ads proclaiming New York’s business friendliness, but a recent set of rankings finds the state dead last in that category. The truth, however, may lie somewhere in...
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