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IN RECENTLY-PASSED EMERGENCY LEGISLATION, SCHUMER DELIVERS FOR UPSTATE NEW YORK’S HARDEST-HIT FARMERS; THROUGH RELENTLESS NEGOTIATIONS, SCHUMER SECURED KEY PROVISION, ALLOWING NY FARMERS ACCESS TO SBA EMERGENCY DISASTER LOANS & GRANTS, UNLOCKING MORE $$$ FOR NY...

The fundamental fallacy at the heart of the four-year-long legal resistance to Trumpism was that the American people desperately wanted to be bored again. The electric rock star status achieved by Robert Mueller for his investigation into Donald Trump’s election interference and obstruction of justice was rooted in the ironic delight we took in the…

New York joins with California and other States to block Trump’s national emergency and diversion of Congressionally appropriated funding to pay for his border wall NEW YORK -- Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District...

                Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon (D, I-Utica/Rome) hosted a Latino roundtable on Oct. 18, and was joined by Assemblywoman Maritza Davila (D-Brooklyn), chair of the Puerto Rican/Hispanic Task Force, to discuss issues and concerns facing...

Earlier today, Governor Andrew M. Cuomo was a guest on WAMC Northeast Public Radio with Alan Chartock. A rush transcript of the Governor's interview is below: Alan Chartock: Good afternoon to you, sir. Governor Cuomo: Alan, I...

Inflation has taken center stage,and the White House desperately wants its signature bill to be the solution. On Wednesday, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that in October, its main measure of inflation saw an increase of 6.2 percent, “the largest 12-month increase since the period ending November 1990.” The official response was to argue…

"The Trump administration's policy forcing military troops and recruits to serve in the gender they were assigned at birth is unconscionable and a slap in the face to countless Americans who want nothing more than to serve...

Judges make decisions that affect our lives.  A judge needs to be a person with high ethical and moral standards. Someone with experience and knowledge of the law and courtroom procedures. One having the...

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Has the climate movement failed? It’s hard to look at the world at this moment and not conclude that the answer is yes. Despite all the activism, despite all the protests, despite all the warnings, the world is still in many ways hostage to the fossil fuel industry. A new book by Andreas Malm, a…