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Audio: What’s at Stake in the State Senate Elections
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The hosts of Max & Murphy talk to Weekend Edition about the electoral landscape as November 6 approaches.
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Max & Murphy: On Guns and Schools, You Might Hate Larry Sharpe’s Ideas. But He’s Got Some.
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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.
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Max & Murphy: These Two Seek the Unheralded Power of the State Comptroller’s Office
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Mammas, do let your babies grow up to be comptrollers.
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Video: Gounardes Feels the Blue Energy in Bid to Unseat Brooklyn’s Lone GOP Senator
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Gounardes has run a fairly progressive race—supporting congestion pricing, LGBTQ rights, reproductive freedom, new investment in parks and reforms like early voting.
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Max & Murphy: Hawkins, Miner Offer Alternative Visions in Race for Governor
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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.
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Video: A Voice from Brooklyn’s Democratic Left Sizes Up Salazar-v-Dilan
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Watch as Nick Rizzo, the Democratic district leader who first approach Julia Salazar about challenging Sen. Martin Dilan, addresses questions that have emerged about her background and assesses the prospects for Salazar and other insurgents on September 13.
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Rent-Regulation Dominates Cuomo and Nixon’s Competing Housing Policies
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Vacancy decontrol, vacancy bonuses, preferential rents: Where do they stand?
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On Transit Issues, Nixon has Plenty of Company Criticizing Cuomo
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Even if New Yorkers continue to blame Cuomo for their lousy commutes, it’s unclear if that anger alone will impact the results of the primary. After all, many registered Democrats, like the governor, never ride the subway.
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AG Hopeful James Sees Herself as Lifelong Underdog
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She now has the governor and a whole hunk of money behind her run for attorney general. But as a lawyer, Councilmember and public advocate, Tish James had to fight the powerful to seize power of her own.
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Max & Murphy: Lt. Gov. Rivals Spar Not Just Over Who’s Better for the Job, But What the Job Is
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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.