The New York Independent Redistricting Commission will hold a hearing in Queens this week to gather feedback on its proposed Assembly district map. What’s at stake?
Read MoreTake a look at who has started raising money in the upcoming Queens City Council races.
Read More“I don't begrudge any organizations or anybody from setting up their private schools, my concern is when those private schools want public dollars, and that's exactly what's happening here,” Queens State Senator John Liu said of Governor Kathy Hochul’s plan to increase the number of charter schools in New York.
Read MoreRobert Webster, a Queens man who served over three decades in prison, was one of over 100 formerly incarcerated New Yorkers to make a trip to Albany on Wednesday to reignite the push to pass the Elder Parole and Fair and Timely Parole bills, both of which have received widespread support from lawmakers and advocates in the past but have yet to make it to the governor’s desk.
Read MoreA former chief judge of the Court of Appeals – and a noted supporter of Hector LaSalle, the recently rejected nominee for chief judge – says the governor has a solid case to bring should she decide to sue the State Senate for failing to bring LaSalle’s nomination to the floor of the legislature.
Read MoreGeorge Santos, the freshman congressman representing Nassau County and parts of Northeastern Queens, has few friends these days. Now, his circle is only getting smaller.
Read MoreQueens District Attorney Melinda Katz is facing a challenge from George Grasso, the former top judge in Queens’ Criminal Court. The two used to work out of the same building, and collaborated on a number of court initiatives. Take a peak into the early days of the campaigns – and their finances – here.
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul’s controversial nominee for New York State’s highest judicial position, Hector LaSalle, was rejected by the State Senate’s Judiciary Committee on Wednesday following an unusually drawn out hearing, potentially setting the stage for a legal battle between the state’s top executive and the legislature.
Read MoreA murky Delaware-based political organizing group has entered into the fight over Governor Kathy Hochul’s controversial nomination for chief judge of the Court of Appeals. Who are they?
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul stood by her controversial pick for chief judge, Hector LaSalle, on Friday as doubts continued to be cast on his ability to be confirmed by a State Senate growing increasingly displeased with his nomination.
Read MoreIt took two months to decide but Stacey Pheffer Amato has been reelected to represent Queens Assembly District 23, beating out Republican Thomas Sullivan by 15 votes.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, Governor Kathy Hochul has rejected a bill that would make the process to recertify older judges nearly automatic.
Read MoreFourteen ballots have been added to the race for Assembly District 23, where incumbent Assemblymember Stacey Pheffer Amato leads her Republican challenger, Thomas Sullivan, by one vote.
Read MoreA panel of Appellate Division, Second Department justices ruled late Tuesday afternoon that nearly 100 previously rejected absentee ballots cast in the race for Queens’ Assembly District 23 will be sent back to the individual voters to be “cured.” The ruling opens the door for 94 ballots to be re-entered into a race where only one vote separates candidates Thomas Sullivan and Stacey Pheffer Amato, who currently holds the lead.
Read MoreIf there was ever an election to prove the power of a single vote, it is the race to represent Queens’ 23rd Assembly District.
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