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“It’s like a soft cult. Whatever the party leadership decides, you
have to go along with it. And they’ll do something to you if you don’t
do what they want.”
Mark Morrill, former Queens Democratic Party district leader
The Queens Supreme Courthouse houses the Surrogate’s Court, where Brandon Bishunauth’s court case has played out over the past two years. Olga Fedorova
In her three full years in office, Governor Kathy Hochul has axed an average of roughly one in seven bills that went to her desk. Photos: Governor Kathy Hochul and Wally Gobetz / Flickr | Illustration: New York Focus