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The recently formed Solidarity PAC has mobilized big finance and real estate to target socialists and the Working Families Party.
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New York’s Equal Rights Amendment would enshrine the right to abortion in the state. A judge threw it off the ballot for the fall, but an appeal is expected.
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While New York City’s public campaign finance system endures scandals, the state won’t audit the majority of campaigns.
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Backing primary opponents to progressive Democrats, the new Solidarity PAC resembles a state-level analog to the American Israel Public Affairs Committee.
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A “ghost entity” linked to Tom Suozzi spent $2 million attacking Kathy Hochul. Then the Board of Elections started an investigation, and it disappeared.
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The assemblymember wants to unseat Nico Minerva, right hand to party boss Keith Wright. The Manhattan Democrats vote on Thursday.
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A group of Manhattan Democrats wants to force County Leader Keith Wright to choose between working for the party and working for a lobbying firm.
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A Rochester-area political ad firm spent four times the limit in a recent Democratic primary. It’s not clear it will face any consequences.
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A raucous emergency meeting featured escalating alarm, bewilderment, a hot mic, dueling accusations of conflicts of interest, and a dramatic vote with two surprise twists.
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New York’s top elected officials showered the Brooklyn party with praise, but is it doing anything to support its candidates?
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As Westchester Democrats weigh whether to endorse the former Republican, the party chair calls his critics a “lynch mob.”
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A handful of state legislators made far more from second jobs than they did representing their constituents, a New York Focus analysis found. Find your rep in our database.
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Keith Brown makes $142,000 representing his Long Island district — and about half a million representing corporate real estate interests.
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Even as Long Island veers right, the Hamptons just voted to tax the wealthy to fund mid-range housing.
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After the Brooklyn Democratic Party did almost nothing to mobilize voters, Republicans swept the borough’s southern points.
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New York Focus found six big spenders who have poured money into PACs backing Kathy Hochul’s Republican challenger.
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A new poll suggests a missing economic message is contributing to an unexpectedly close governor’s race.
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Downstate turnout could decide the governor’s race. The Brooklyn Democratic Party is mounting almost no campaign effort.
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The Monroe County legislature’s president, Sabrina LaMar, has denigrated public defenders and shut them out of the now-eight-month-long process to appoint the next head of their office.
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New York Focus reached four voters listed as signatories who said they never signed. A review of other signatures suggests they might not be the only ones.