Opinion: One Lesson From the Katz-Cabán Recount
New York, long home to some of the more arcane, incumbent-protecting election laws in the country, has made rapid progress in bolstering the right to vote. In recent months, the State Legislature enacted early…
Editorial: If you vote, it should count
THE ISSUE: A race in Queens comes down to just 20 votes after several thousand ballots were tossed.
THE STAKES: Elections must be about counting every truly legitimate vote, not about arcane rules.
Automatic voter registration bill's glitch debated
A bill to allow automatic voter registration in New York failed in the final days of the legislative session, after a mistake in the language would have inadvertently allowed undocumented immigrants to vote.
WESTCHESTER PREPARES FOR EARLY VOTING
We recently received a letter to the editor from one of our readers regarding early voting, which recently passed the State Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Andrew Cuomo as part of a package of…
Onondaga County getting ready to switch to electronic pollbooks
When voters walk into a polling place for Tuesday’s primary election, they’ll use the old polling books. However, it’s the last time voters n Onondaga County will see them because come November, we’re…
Opinion: New York Lawmakers Showed How to Get Things Done
Albany, of all places, has provided a glimpse of what can happen when politicians believe that they owe the voters rather than the donors. In November,…
Editorial: An unfinished agenda
THE ISSUE: Democratic legislators pushed through an impressive list of long-awaited voting, labor, criminal justice and climate measures. THE STAKES: One especially urgent matter should still get done this year…
End of Session: A Year Of Progressive Goals Come To Pass
The state Legislature wrapped up its 2019 legislative session in the early hours of Thursday morning, concluding one of the more consequential years for Albany in recent history. The year saw…
A Profound Democratic Shift in New York: ‘We Seized the Moment’
When Democrats won control of New York’s government last year, riding a national wave of liberal energy, they promised to fundamentally transform the state’s economy, infrastructure and social norms.
20 major laws passed at the New York State Capitol this year
f there was a theme to the state Legislature's 2019 session at the Capitol, it was this: Elections have consequences. Democrats took control of the Senate for the first time since 2010 after a dominating…