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Liberal poll. Take it for what it's worth. Sixty percent of New Yorkers have a favorable view of Gov. Andrew Cuomo, according to a poll released Monday by the Siena College Research Institute. That’s a recent high for the governor. While he was viewed favorably by somewhere between 60 and 75...

Governor Andrew Cuomo’s unconventional whirlwind State of The State tour has, once again, gotten political pundits pondering the depths of his national ambition, three years out from the next Presidential election. Cuomo will likely have to compete with charismatic rock star candidates Cory...

Last Sunday Chelsea Clinton, usually such a reticent public figure, took to Times Square with her 2-year-old daughter, Charlotte, to march in the Muslim solidarity rally. “Thank you to all who organized #IAmAMuslimToo today — Charlotte’s 1st protest rally. #NoBanNoWallNoRaids,” she tweeted...

Gov. Cuomo’s $152.3 billion budget contains new ethics rules for legislators who steer state funds to projects — but they don’t apply to him. The governor’s 2017 spending plan mandates lawmakers send a form to the state budget director verifying they have “no financial interest,” won’t receive...

State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman wrote to Democratic members of Congress on Wednesday that there was not a single substantiated claim of voter fraud in New York last year. Schneiderman sent a letter to three House Democrats stating that while New York’s voting system is rife with...

An average of 400 “criminal illegal immigrants” are being released every 10 days by the newly elected sheriff in Arizona’s most populous county, federal law enforcement sources tell Judicial Watch, many of them violent offenders. It’s part of Maricopa County Sheriff Paul Penzone’s new policy to...

While it will be several months before the airwaves are flooded with special interest-backed ad campaigns warning of the potential “dangers” of a constitutional convention, in Albany, legislative leaders are beginning to speak out on the issue. On Saturday, February 18, at Black and Latino...

Cuomo's 2016 vetoes, by the numbers

She really is silly. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand declared today that Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a fellow Democrat and Hillary Clinton surrogate, would “be a great candidate” for president in the 2020 election—ruling out her own rumored bid. Both Cuomo and Gillibrand have been floated as potential 2020...

ontrolling "exactly what people think" is the job of the media, MSNBC's Mika Brzezinski boldly declared Wednesday morning. While discussing President Trump's entreaties to the American people to remain skeptical of the press, Bzezinski worried that if the economy turns south, Americans may end...

A man was rushed to the hospital after a shooting in the Town of Sweden Monday evening. According to the Monroe County Sheriff's Office, the accidental shooting happened in a wooded area near 6142 Lake Road around 6:30 p.m. Deputies say 42-year-old Brett Blackburn and his son were on their...

A group of lawmakers is planning to request a congressional investigation of a $418 million U.S. weapons sale to Kenya approved by the Obama administration on its last day in office. The sale, approved by the State Department and privately notified to Congress on January 19, would allow Kenya to...

Four years after Gov. Andrew Cuomo approved the NY SAFE Act, Republican members of the Rensselaer County Legislature are still showing their opposition to the law. During its monthly meeting last week, the legislature approved two resolutions supporting the Second Amendment, advocating for...

An “antiracist” poster in a college writing center insists American grammar is “racist” and an “unjust language structure,” promising to prioritize rhetoric over “grammatical ‘correctness.'” The poster, written by the director, staff, and tutors of the University of Washington, Tacoma’s Writing...

PROSSER, Wash. -- A Prosser elementary schoolteacher was placed on leave Friday after the school district said she posted a Facebook message that could be considered hostile or offensive on the basis of national origin. The post generated a number of emails, phone calls and visits from...

The Albany Times Union reported this week that Crystal Run Healthcare got $25.4 million in state subsidies to build two facilities — in Rockland and Orange counties — though the group was “flush with cash” and already moving ahead with the projects. In 2013, Crystal Run raised $141 million in...

For years, the Obama administration followed up this lack of interior enforcement by releasing several thousand more unaccompanied children into the United States each month. A total of 20,360 illegal alien children were released into American communities between October and December of last...

I'll believe it when I see it. There won’t be another female senator from New York running for the White House soon. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand said she has no plans to follow in her successor’s footsteps and challenge President Donald Trump in 2020. “No, I am running for Senate. I’m running for...

President Trump's "extreme vetting" executive order have been convicted of terrorism, bolstering the administration's immigration ban. According to a report out Saturday, at least 17 claimed to be refugees from those nations, three came in as "students," and 25 eventually became U.S. citizens...

I'd like to know how much they donated to FUAC's reelection fund. Gov. Cuomo doesn’t like nuclear energy. Last month, he finalized a deal that will prematurely shutter the Indian Point Energy Center, the twin-reactor facility that supplies about 25 percent of New York City’s electricity...

A top lawyer for internet retailer Amazon is taking a victory lap for the company’s role in the Ninth Circuit Court’s decision to retain the temporary restraining order halting President Trump’s travel ban. “Proud of @AGOWA, the Amazon legal team that helped on the case, and amici — who all...

Liberals don't have to worry: Obama intends to be the most politically active ex-president in modern times. He's tossing out the old rule book that says former presidents should remain silent for a decent interval to give their successors in the White House time and space to govern. Spurred...

Gov. Cuomo is looking to make a preemptive strike against an old foe thinking about running against him again. Cuomo, through intermediaries like former top aides Larry Schwartz and Drew Zambelli, reached out to several Westchester County Democrats and encouraged them to run for county...

The state Senate Monday confirmed longtime commercial litigator Rowan Wilson as a judge on the state's top court. Wilson, 56 and a Democrat, is a Harvard Law School graduate who until now was a partner in the law firm Cravath, Swaine & Moore. He is the second current member of the seven-member...

The Democrat-controlled state Assembly on Monday approved legislation providing increased safeguards to undocumented immigrants facing possible deportation. Dubbed the New York State Liberty Act, the legislation would make New York a “sanctuary” state by prohibiting the detention of...

Guns sales have declined since President Donald Trump was elected, a result of gun owners holding less fear government would beef up regulations or pass more stringent gun-control laws, The Hill reported, citing FBI data released Friday. Although FBI did not have exact data on guns purchased...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants to amend the state constitution to protect abortion rights in New York if a conservative Supreme Court curtails them nationally. Cuomo on Monday proposed installing Roe v. Wade rights into the state constitution, a measure intended to fortify a woman's ability to obtain...

Media insiders are buzzing that Andy Lack wants NBC to become “the next Fox News” after he poached cable stars Greta Van Susteren and Megyn Kelly from the network. “He believes he’s building MSNBC and NBC into the next Fox. It seems the network wants to take a more conservative tone,” a source...

Queens state Sen. Jose Peralta bolted from the Democratic Party because he needed a raise, sources told The Post. The Corona lawmaker announced Wednesday he would join the Independent Democratic Conference, which is aligned with the GOP to control the Senate. He didn’t publicize that he’s been...

Soros Funding Airport Protests, Ban Lawsuits Against Trump's Order

Rumors are beginning to fly that a Democratic U.S. senator from New York could be a top presidential contender in 2020 -- not Hillary Clinton, but the woman who took her seat: Kirsten Gillibrand. While she's been named as a possible Democratic contender for the White House before, Gillibrand...

Upstate CEOs do not have a positive outlook on the business policies likely to come out of the state Capitol during the 2017 legislative session, a new poll shows. A Siena College/state Business Council poll released Friday shows that 61 percent of upstate CEOs surveyed in the final quarter of...

Democrats have decided to oppose nearly every one of President Trump’s nominees, and Betsy DeVos seems to be a particular target. Minority Leader Chuck Schumer unleashed a verbal assault on the education nominee on Thursday that might have made Harry Reid blush, and it deserves notice as a sign...

On Wednesday, State Senator Jose Peralta, a man who owes his seat in Queens to the very hard work of many volunteers and Democratic operatives who fought for their party to one day control the State Senate, joined the Independent Democratic Conference. He became the IDC’s eighth member...

New York is looking to legalize ride-hailing services outside New York City, but there would be surcharges placed on riders and taxes lodged against the companies. In his budget plan last week, Gov. Andrew Cuomo proposed a 5.5 percent "state assessment" fee on every trip given by companies like...

A pair of state lawmakers want to snuff out the recreational use of flamethrowers. Legislation introduced by Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo, D-Broome County, and Sen. Fred Akshar, R-Broome County, would prohibit the possession, manufacture or sale of flamethrowers manufactured after 1965. Those...

President Donald Trump plans to take steps to deliver a campaign promise to tighten U.S. immigration policies Wednesday, including the building of a wall along the southern border and threatening "sanctuary cities" like Syracuse. According to the Associated Press, Trump plans to curb funding of...

The United States has fallen from the ranks of what a respected business intelligence provider considers "full democracies" and can now only be considered a "flawed democracy" -- but the reason for the demotion may be a surprise. As the country's new president, Donald Trump, sits in the White...

Ahead of the release of their full budget analysis Monday, state Senate Republicans said Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s executive budget proposal includes $803 million in new fees for the coming fiscal year, which would grow to $4.5 billion by 2021. That analysis is contrary to Cuomo’s claims in his...

Sen. Minority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on Sunday that he is prepared to leave open the ninth seat on the Supreme Court. “If the nominee is not bipartisan and mainstream, we absolutely will keep the seat open,” Schumer told CNN’s “State of the Union.” The Supreme Court vacancy has...

More pay to play from FUAC. Most of the donors who helped Gov. Andrew Cuomo raise $4.4 million over the past six months were familiar ones. Contributors like Brookfield Financial ($100,000 this filing period), Howard Milstein (who, with his family, gave $50,000) and Genting ($50,000) have all...

At 8:30 a.m., the line to enter Saturday’s gun and knife show was already wrapped around the side of the Westchester County Center. By 3 p.m., the steady-moving line was just as long. County Executive Rob Astorino said attendance numbers from the first day of the show were expected to break the...

Westchester County Executive Robert P. Astorino announced on Jan. 20, 2017, he has vetoed legislation passed by the county legislature that would have banned gun shows on any county property. The county legislature passed the legislation in a 9-8 vote on January 9, 2017. In his veto message...

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is seeking broad new authority to unilaterally hold back promised budget payments if tax money and federal aid don’t materialize as expected, an unprecedented move that has sparked concern among state and local officials. Fiscal analysts pointed to several lines sprinkled...

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State Senate could be a model for D.C. Republicans and Independent Democrats in New York’s state Senate have successfully checked mainstream Democratic authority in Albany. Similarly, U.S. Sens. Susan Collins, Dean Heller, Lisa Murkowski, Pat Toomey, Cory Gardner and Rob Portman, along with U.S...

The amount of people moving out of New York State is almost double the number of people moving into the state. Recently we wrote about new census estimates that showed that New York was the number one state in terms of people moving out. Well, United Van Lines’ 40th Annual National Movers...

Gov. Cuomo kept his new budget hush-hush all Tuesday, and one reason is obvious: His call to extend the millionaires tax (again) shows his rank hypocrisy. Again. “No new taxes. Period,” Cuomo declared in 2011, nixing any extension of the “millionaires tax.”: “You are kidding yourself if you...

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo tonight unveiled a state budget that includes a three-year extension of the state’s film production tax credit. Launched in 2004 and extended by Cuomo in 2013, the $420 million-a-year program isn’t set to expire until 2019 but was expected to run out of money later...