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Sharpe thinks New York State is in a ‘death spiral, that we should stop high school at 10th grade and that anyone with a gun permit should be able to bring their piece into New York City.
The Republican nominee for attorney general says the Democrats who’ve served as top law-enforcement official have been overzealous in using the Martin Act to go after corporations for alleged wrongdoing.
Mammas, do let your babies grow up to be comptrollers.
Fun fact: Nearly a quarter of the votes in New York’s last race for governor did not go to the Republican or Democratic line.
Marc Molinaro, whom the Cuomo campaign says is a Trump puppet, says he means it literally when he says there is no ethical line the governor’s people won’t cross.
Nixon spent long hours grasping policy details and dialing for dollars, outside the public view.
‘Twas the night before voting, and all through the state, the people campaigning (be they lousy or great) were gripping and grinning to the end of the ride: the moment when we—New York’s people—decide.
Kathy Hochul believes the lieutenant governor is there to help achieve the governor’s agenda. Jumaane Williams says he’d use the post to challenge the governor and try to move state policy left.
A former member of the Independent Democratic Conference faces a one-time aide to Mayor de Blasio in one of the tightly contested September 13 primary races.
It’s been 10 years since then-Senator Barack Obama became the first person of color to win a major party’s nominee for president. Max & Murphy invited Fordham University Professor Christina Greer to discuss that moment and the road we’ve traveled since.