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Biden jabs at Trump in speech to 100 at Westchester fundraiser with actor Michael Douglas
President Joe Biden spoke for 20 minutes to about 100 guests at the Westchester County home of actors Michael Douglas and Catherine Zeta-Jones.
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Rockland sues NYS to block even-year elections, claiming law is unconstitutional
Rockland County joins other local governments challenging the constitutionality of a state law moving local elections to even-numbered years.
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Former Mayor Warren seeking to stay on ballot in challenge to judicial candidacy
Former Mayor Lovely Warren testified Thursday that she was unaware other Democrats were soliciting petition signatures for her for a political post at the same time as she is running for City Court.
2 min read - PoliticsWPIX New York City, NY
Donald Trump makes campaign stop in Midtown ahead of hush money trial
MIDTOWN, Manhattan (PIX11) – Former President Donald Trump made a campaign stop at the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters in Midtown on Thursday ahead of his hush money trial. He shook hands and took pictures with union workers before blasting President Joe Biden and the economy. “The polls have just come out. We’re leading, he’s the […]
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Donald Trump makes surprise NYC campaign stop before trial
Former President Donald Trump made a campaign stop Thursday morning on Park Avenue in Midtown.
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Trump will be in NY for the hush money trial while the Supreme Court hears his immunity case in DC
NEW YORK (AP) — A reluctant Donald Trump will be back in a New York City courtroom Thursday as his hush money trial resumes at the same time that the U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments in Washington over whether he should be immune from prosecution for actions he took during his time as president. Jurors will hear […]
5 min read - USLockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y.
School board ballots shaping up in eastern Niagara County districts
Apr. 24—School trustee contests in local non-city school districts are taking shape on the May 21 ballot. Elections for school board seats are competitive in several school districts in eastern Niagara County. In all districts, a full term of office for a school trustee is three years. In the Barker district, there will be five candidates running for three open seats. Incumbents Randy Atwater, ...
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Political analysts weigh in on hot topics from NY-26 debate
In less than six days, voters in New York’s 26th congressional district will cast their ballots to fill the unexpired term of congressman Brian Higgins. The two candidates, Republican Gary Dickson and Democrat Tim Kennedy appeared on our air Wednesday for this race's only debate.
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Supreme Court set to hear arguments over Trump immunity in Jan. 6 election interference case
The conservative Supreme Court is poised to hear oral arguments on Thursday over former President Donald Trump’s explosive claim that former presidents have blanket immunity from criminal prosecution for acts taken while in office. The hearing marks a critical milestone as the nation waits to see if Trump will face accountability for the sprawling plot to overturn his loss in the 2020 election ...
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Mondaire Jones outraises U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler by 2-to-1 in first quarter of 2024
Mondaire Jones had 148 donors who topped out at the maximum donation of $6,600, while Mike Lawler had 37 such donors.
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Full replay: Kennedy, Dickson face off in NY-26 Debate
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — The NY-26 special election is just days away. The candidates, Democrat Tim Kennedy and Republican Gary Dickson, debated on News 4 on Wednesday night. State Senator Tim Kennedy has been in his current role since January 2011. He got the nod over former Grand Island Town Supervisor Nate McMurray, although McMurray […]
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Donald Trump’s hush-money scheme was ‘election fraud, pure and simple,’ prosecutors charge in opening statements
Donald Trump schemed to defraud the 2016 electorate and covered up the plot by lying “over and over and over again” once he won the White House, prosecutors charged Monday during opening statements at the former president’s hush money trial. The ruse central to the first-ever criminal case against an ex-U.S. president started with three men in a room at Trump Tower in August 2015, Assistant ...
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Prosecutors to make history with opening statements in hush money case against Trump
NEW YORK (AP) — For the first time in history, prosecutors will present a criminal case against a former American president to a jury Monday as they accuse Donald Trump of a hush money scheme aimed at preventing damaging stories about his personal life from becoming public. A 12-person jury in Manhattan is set to […]
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What happens if Trump gets convicted ahead of November?
The first-ever criminal trial of a current or former U.S. president is underway in Manhattan, renewing questions over what a potential conviction would mean for former President Trump as he campaigns for the White House. A conviction in the New York case, where Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, wouldn’t bar him […]
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Win for NYC Mayor Adams as lawmakers agree to extend mayoral control of NYC schools
State lawmakers late Friday were poised to hand a victory to Mayor Adams as they agreed to extend his control of the New York City public schools by two years, with some adjustments to how the nation’s largest school district is governed. The deal includes slight changes to the city’s Panel for Educational Policy that will somewhat dilute the mayor’s authority, according to State Sen. John Liu ...
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Wagstaff submits voter affidavits to refute fraud allegations in Westchester DA's race
William Wagstaff contends that Susan Cacace's campaign has engaged in 'bully politics' and sought to disenfranchise Black voters.
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Jury selection could be nearing a close in Donald Trump’s hush money trial in New York
NEW YORK (AP) — A third panel of potential jurors will be questioned Friday in Donald Trump’s hush money case, drawing jury selection a step closer to completion in the first criminal trial of a former U.S. president. After a jury of 12 New Yorkers was seated Thursday, lawyers are now expected to turn their attention […]
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It's finally over. Five months later, results from Harrison supervisor's race will stand
The long-running saga among Dionisio, Belmont and the Democratic candidate played out over months inside courtrooms in Westchester and Brooklyn.
2 min read - PoliticsWPIX New York City, NY
Biden says Trump legal troubles ‘have nothing to do’ with him
"His lack of ethics has nothing to do with me," Biden said in an exclusive interview with Nexstar Tuesday.
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Latimer has twice as much campaign cash as Bowman as they hurdle toward Dem primary
George Latimer outraised Rep. Jamaal Bowman in the last three months and had twice as much in his coffers for their primary in their latest reports.
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Ed Lachterman wins special election for Yorktown supervisor after Tom Diana's death
Ed Lachterman, a veteran town board member who was appointed acting supervisor after Tom Diana's death in January, won a special election Tuesday.
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First 7 jurors are chosen for Trump’s hush money criminal trial
NEW YORK (AP) — The first seven jurors for Donald Trump’s hush money trial were seated Tuesday after lawyers grilled the jury pool about their social media posts, political views and personal lives to decide who can sit in fair judgment of the former president. The panelists who were selected are an information technology worker, an English […]
6 min read - USWPIX New York City, NY
Trump visits Manhattan bodega where employee killed man in 2022 stabbing
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) – Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday visited a Manhattan bodega where a worker killed a man in what officials argued was a case of self-defense. Trump stopped by the Sanaa Convenience Store on 139th Street and Broadway after the second day of his hush money trial in Lower Manhattan wrapped up […]
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Seven jurors chosen on second day of Donald Trump hush money trial
Seven diverse New Yorkers were sworn in as jurors at Donald Trump’s hush money trial on Tuesday, securing their places in history as those who will weigh the first criminal charges ever brought against a former U.S. president. Among the three women and four men chosen to serve were an oncology nurse who lives on the Upper East Side; a corporate attorney from Oregon who lives in Chelsea; an ...
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Tim Kennedy sues Nate McMurray to try to remove him from primary ballot
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — State Senator Tim Kennedy and a Buffalo resident have sued former Grand Island town supervisor Nate McMurray in an attempt to get him removed from the Democratic primary ballot for the NY-26 Congressional election in November, according to court documents. Kennedy and Buffalo resident Rogerleen Williamson claim that more than 1,000 […]
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George Santos raises $0 for comeback bid, vows to run volunteer campaign
Ex-Rep. George Santos vowed Monday to run an all-volunteer political comeback campaign after a new campaign filing showed he didn’t raise or spend any money in the first weeks of his supposed congressional bid. “I’m going to do this all with volunteers,” the disgraced former lawmaker told the Daily News. “Confidence, I have. Capacity, I have.” Brushing aside questions about the sparse filing, ...
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New York Jets unveil new ‘Legacy’ uniforms
Editor’s note: This video was originally published on Jan. 8, 2024. NEW YORK (PIX11) — The New York Jets on Monday unveiled new uniforms inspired by tradition. The new “Legacy Collection” is a spin-off of uniforms from the 1980s when the team was nicknamed the “New York Sack Exchange.” The collection features three uniform versions: […]
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RFK Jr. campaign pushes to get him on NY ballot. What do NY backers say about his chances?
Supporters of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s longshot bid for president start their petition drive to get him on the presidential ballot in New York.
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How Donald Trump will seek to turn his Manhattan hush money trial into political gold
Donald Trump has proven to be a master of turning legal lemons into political lemonade — and he’s on track to do the same thing when he finally goes on trial Monday in the Manhattan case stemming from hush money payments made to porn star Stormy Daniels and others. He is certain to use the trial as a platform to promote his now-familiar claims that he is the real victim of “deep state” ...
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Cacace fraud claim against Wagstaff prompts voter intimidation claim in Westchester DA race
Cacace's focus is on three signatures on one of the 11 pages of nominating signatures Wagstaff signed among the hundreds turned in by his campaign.
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Siena poll: Trump favored by 1% over Biden
Siena College released a national poll with the New York Times on Saturday surveying registered voters.
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What you need to know about the Donald Trump hush money criminal trial
For the first time in the nation’s history, a former U.S. president will face a criminal trial Monday when jury selection kicks off in District Attorney Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump focused on an illicit hush money payoff to Stormy Daniels. The scheme at the heart of the case has long been public knowledge, first hitting the headlines in January 2018 when a bombshell story in the ...
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Gibbs slams mayor's Ward 3 bid
Apr. 13—PLATTSBURGH — Incumbent Ward 3 Democratic Councilor Elizabeth Gibbs called outgoing City of Plattsburgh Mayor Chris Rosenquest's bid for her seat this June "disingenuous." "I know, from working three-plus years with Mr. Rosenquest, that he is very self-serving," Gibbs said. DISAGREEMENTS Since Rosenquest first took office in 2021, he and Gibbs have been no stranger to disagreements, ...
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Early voting sites open for congressional special election
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — All 38 early voting sites for The 26th Congressional Special Election will be open starting April 20, according to the Erie County Board of Elections. Early voting locations will be open 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. April 20 and April 21, 12 p.m. to 9 p.m. April 22 to April 26, […]
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Brooklyn councilman slams Mayor Adams’ new comms approach as ‘boondoggle’
Mayor Adams’ new gatekeeping protocols controlling how elected officials contact administration personnel are having immediate — negative — results, according to a Brooklyn pol who’s refusing to follow them after alerting Team Adams to possible lead contamination. Councilman Lincoln Restler (D-Brooklyn) told the Daily News on Thursday that after trying to convey concerns about elevated lead ...
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Kamala Harris agrees with interviewer that 2024 could be last US democratic election
She added that democracy is “extraordinary fragile” and “only as strong as our willingness to fight for it.”
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Donald Trump buys 30 milkshakes at Atlanta Chick-fil-A, claims to know menu better than employees
Former president, presumptive 2024 GOP nominee and fast food lover Donald Trump stopped by an Atlanta Chick-fil-A on Wednesday, where he reportedly ordered 30 milkshakes and gave them out to patrons in an apparent attempt to woo local voters. The 77-year-old right-winger made his lunchtime visit en route to a fundraiser, according to local station 11Alive. “Hello everybody,” Trump said while ...
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Winner declared in Lancaster runoff election after first election ends in tie
Schroeder and Santoro went to a runoff election after they each finished with 248 votes.
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NYC Council vows to defy Adams admin rule controlling agency communication after NYPD skepticism
City Council leaders vowed Wednesday to defy a new policy controlling interactions with senior officials in Mayor Adams’ administration — a move that followed revelations that NYPD top cop Ed Caban is also skeptical of the plan, the Daily News has learned. The new policy, which first came to light Tuesday, requires Council members and other local elected officials to file written requests with ...
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NY AG scores $393K settlement from election interference scheme targeting Black voters
AG Letitia James called the scheme a "depraved and disinformation-ridden campaign to intimidate Black voters in an attempt to sway the election."
2 min read - PoliticsNY Post
Megyn Kelly says Trump will lose ‘hush money’ trial: ‘Oh, he’s getting convicted’
"Oh, he’s getting convicted. I don’t really think there’s a lot of mystery about that," Megyn Kelly told NewsNation's Dan Abrams on Tuesday.
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Most voters see Trump hush money charges as serious, poll finds
The case is set to go to trial Monday and marks the first criminal trial of any former U.S. president.
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Biden could miss deadline for the November ballot in Alabama, Ohio
President Joe Biden could be left off the ballot in Alabama, the state's elections chief said Tuesday, because the state's certification deadline comes several days before the Democratic Party's convention.
2 min read - USPress-Republican, Plattsburgh, N.Y.
Clinton County candidate petitions finalized
Apr. 9—PLATTSBURGH — All Democratic and Republican candidate petitions filed with the Clinton County Board of Elections last week have been finalized. Democratic Commissioner Mary Dyer said they were finalized after no objections were made to any of the petitions by the 5 p.m. deadline Monday. Official Democratic candidates for City of Plattsburgh mayor this November are now Dan Lennon and ...
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New report examines positives, negatives of mayoral control of NYC schools
New York City Mayor Eric Adams defended his control of New York City's public schools on Tuesday, after the release of a nearly 300-page report by the state Education Department on whether mayoral control has been effective.
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AOC tells Colbert she’ll vote for Biden, despite Gaza ‘genocide’
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez told Stephen Colbert she’ll vote for President Biden — despite what she calls an ongoing “genocide” in Gaza. “I will be voting for President Biden in November,” Ocasio-Cortez declared late Monday in an appearance on the late-night funny man’s show. The progressive lawmaker acknowledged what she described as the righteousness of the so-called “uncommitted” protest ...
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Oneonta officials talk relaunching ethics board
Apr. 8—The city of Oneonta has not populated a Board of Ethics despite a state law requiring it since 1974. The Common Council's Legislative Committee members Len Carson, R-Fifth Ward, and Shannon McHugh, D-Third Ward, took up that issue at the committee meeting Monday, April 8. The other member, Kaytee Lipari Shue, D-Fourth Ward, was absent from the meeting. Under the city charter, the city's ...
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Did GOP Rep. Mike Lawler vote for Trump in presidential primary? He won't say
Lawler's reluctance to say how he voted in Tuesday's presidential primary highlights how Trump complicates things for the GOP ticket in 2024.
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Megyn Kelly says Trump won’t appear on her show ‘anytime soon’ after their testy interview
Podcaster Megyn Kelly said she doesn’t expect presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump to appear on her show “anytime soon” after their contentious sit-down last year. “I had him [Trump]...
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RFK Jr. campaign says email defending Jan. 6 ‘activists’ was an error
The emails, sent to his supporters Thursday, said WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is a “political prisoner” and suggested that he and Jan. 6 rioters are victims of an “outrageous miscarriage of justice.”
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Georgia judge rejects Trump effort to toss RICO election interference case
Former President Donald Trump’s demand to dismiss the RICO election interference case on the grounds that his actions were protected by the First Amendment was shot down by a Georgia judge on Thursday. Judge Scott McAfee ruled that the sprawling case against Trump and more than a dozen co-defendants can go forward despite the claim that his effort to overturn his loss in the 2020 presidential ...
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Biden critics claim 12% of NY Democratic voters cast blank ballots to protest Gaza war
Critics of President Biden’s support for the war in Gaza Wednesday claimed that an impressive 12% of New York Democratic voters heeded their call to protest by casting blank ballots in the state’s presidential primary. Even though the state Board of Elections did not release blank-ballot tallies for the presidential race, the Working Families Party says it was able to come up with estimates ...
2 min read - USWatertown Daily Times, N.Y.
Biden, Trump win New York primaries with low voter turnout
Apr. 3—President Joseph R. Biden and former President Donald J. Trump both handily won Tuesday's presidential primaries in New York, an outcome that was assured before the first ballots were cast. According to the unofficial results on the state Board of Elections website, Biden carried 91.47% of his party's vote in New York, while Trump carried 82.1%. Nikki R. Haley, who dropped out of the ...
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Voter turnout under 10% in Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben Counties during New York Primary Elections
ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) — Voter turnout on Tuesday was down across our market in Chemung, Schuyler, and Steuben Counties all below 10% of registered voters. In Chemung County, 6% of registered Democrats voted with a total of 878 votes, 800 of which went to President Joe Biden. For Republicans, 8.2% voted with 1691 total votes […]
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Trump leading Biden in 6 key swing states: Survey
Trump has a multipoint lead in each battleground except for Wisconsin.
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Presumptive nominees Biden and Trump coast to victory in NY presidential primaries
President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump swept to victory in New York's presidential primary.
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Trump renews effort to boot judge from Stormy Daniels hush money case
Lawyers for Donald Trump on Tuesday renewed their effort to boot the presiding judge from the Stormy Daniels hush money case, doubling down on a failed argument that the jurist’s daughter was profiting from his prosecution. The filings came a day after the former president and presumed Republican nominee in this year’s election was barred from publicly attacking state Supreme Court Justice ...
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Mayor Adams confirms he voted for Biden in N.Y. presidential primary amid migrant tension
Mayor Adams cast his ballot for President Biden in New York’s presidential primary Tuesday — a vote that comes after months of simmering tensions between the two officials over the city’s migrant crisis. “I don’t talk about who I normally vote for when I go into vote, but it felt good checking off the box for Biden,” Adams told reporters at City Hall after voting at a polling station in ...
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Binghamton mayor won't pursue legal action in city council seat dispute: What to know
Binghamton Mayor Jared Kraham announced Tuesday he will not pursue legal action against city council in a dispute of the sixth district seat.
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NYC advocates call for Council hearing on jail detainees’ undercounted votes
People held in New York City jails continue to have trouble getting their votes counted, according to a coalition of groups pressing the city for improvements. With presidential Primary Day on Tuesday, the Vote in NYC Jails Coalition sent a letter to the City Council calling for a hearing over the fact that a much lower proportion of votes cast from the jails are counted compared with absentee ...
2 min read - USWPIX New York City, NY
Where to cast your ballot in NY for the presidential primary 2024
MANHATTAN, N.Y. (PIX11) — Voters in New York and Connecticut are heading to the polls on Tuesday to cast their ballots in the presidential primary election. President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump have secured enough delegates to clinch their party’s nominations. The Early Voting Period ran from March 23-30. Polls opened at 6 […]
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Biden, Trump or protest vote: What to know about NY's presidential primaries on Tuesday
New York voters head to the polls for presidential primaries Tuesday to affirm their support for the inevitable nominees or cast protest votes.
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Trump accused of inciting violence after posting video with photo of hog-tied Biden in pickup truck
Former President Donald Trump is being accused of “inciting political violence” after posting a video on social media showing an image of President Biden with his hands and feet bound in the back of a pickup truck. The video, shared on Trump’s social media platform Truth Social on Friday, drew immediate condemnation by the Biden campaign, with its campaign’s communications director drawing ...
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Ward 6 candidate Collin gets Working Families endorsement; incumbent Moore focuses on campaign
Mar. 30—PLATTSBURGH — Amy Collin, a Democratic hopeful for the Ward 6 City of Plattsburgh councilor race, is the latest candidate to be endorsed by the Working Families Party. "The Working Family Party inherently supports people coming together from different backgrounds, socioeconomic statuses, abilities, religions and orientations. That's how I see Ward 6," Collin said. "We're not as ...
6 min read - PoliticsNiagara Gazette, Niagara Falls, N.Y.
Local voters say a lot is on the line this November
Mar. 30—Marco Notaro's main concern heading into the 2024 presidential election is a big one. He's concerned the outcome of the election will decide the future of Democracy in America itself. "There are a lot of other policy issues that are certainly important that have to be considered but that really kind of guides everything else," Notaro said. The 30-year-old Town of Lewiston resident, who ...
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Rob Reiner says he would ‘give anything’ for Taylor Swift to endorse Biden
Hollywood director Rob Reiner would "give anything" for Taylor Swift to endorse President Biden for re-election publicly.
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Family of Brian Sicknick, D.C. officer who died after Jan. 6 riot, slam Trump attending wake for NYPD cop Jonathan Diller
The father and brother of Brian Sicknick, the police officer who died during the Jan. 6, 2021 riots at the U.S. Capitol, blasted Donald Trump’s appearance at a wake Thursday for slain NYPD Officer Jonathan Diller. Charles and Kenneth Sicknick on Friday both expressed condolences to Diller’s family, but they said Trump’s appearance, especially the press conference outside a Long Island funeral ...
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House Dem leaders back Bowman in primary, while Latimer racks up endorsements back home
Rep. Jamaal Bowman landed the support of House Democratic leaders while primary rival George Latimer has scooped up endorsements from Westchester Dems
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Biden narrowly leads Trump, but trails when third party candidates factored in, poll finds
The poll underscores the threat to Biden from third-party spoiler candidates.
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Gaza ceasefire advocates urge NY Dem voters to snub Biden with blank ballots
Ceasefire groups are urging NY Democratic voters to cast blank ballots in Tuesday's presidential primary to shift Biden's support for Israel on Gaza.
5 min read - USLockport Union-Sun & Journal, N.Y.
School board election season for Eastern Niagara districts in progress
Mar. 27—Prospective school trustees in local non-city school districts are carrying petitions now to get on the May 21 ballot. For most school districts in eastern Niagara County, the petitioning period got underway earlier this month. In the Barker district, three trustee seats are up for election, those held by school board president Randy Atwater, Candice Gancasz and Virginia Voss. Atwater ...
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2024 presidential election primary voting has started: What to know, where to vote in NY
New York state's presidential primary is Tuesday, April 2. Here's the information you need before you head to the polls.
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NYC judge issues gag order against Trump ahead of Stormy Daniels hush money trial
A Manhattan judge on Tuesday barred Donald Trump from publicly attacking some of his favorite targets — including Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels — ahead of next month’s hush money trial, finding his caustic diatribes against his enemies go “far beyond defending himself.” Granting the Manhattan district attorney’s request for a limited gag order restricting Trump’s public statements, state ...
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Biden set for star-studded Radio City fundraiser with Bill Clinton and Barack Obama
President Biden is jetting into New York on Thursday for a star-studded campaign fundraiser at Radio City Music Hall featuring a raft of celebrity performers and former Presidents Bill Clinton and Barack Obama. Pop superstar Lizzo, jazzy rap goddess Queen Latifah and Broadway’s Ben Platt will perform, and the three Democratic powerhouses will sit for a conversation moderated by late-night ...
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Lancaster election tied after recount, will go to runoff
BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — An election in the village of Lancaster finished in a tie after a recount of ballots on Monday, and will go to a runoff. David Santoro and William C. Schroeder, who are running for village trustee, each finished with 248 votes. The special election was held on March 19, and the […]
1 min read - PoliticsWPIX New York City, NY
Texas man running for president under name Literally Anybody Else
He emphasized he is “not delusional” and understands garnering enough signatures to appear on ballots will be very challenging.
2 min read - PoliticsNY Post
MSNBC co-hosts Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski rip bosses over Ronna McDaniel hire, say she won’t be invited to ‘Morning Joe’
“We hope NBC will reconsider its decision” to hire McDaniel, said Brzezinski, who co-hosts the four-hour morning show with her husband.
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NYC Council announces appeal of ruling that invalidated city’s noncitizen voting law
The City Council asked the state’s highest court Monday to reverse a ruling that struck down a law giving hundreds of thousands of noncitizen New Yorkers the right to vote in local elections. The law was first invalidated in June 2022 by Staten Island Supreme Court Justice Ralph Porzio, who found it violated state election laws holding that only U.S. citizens should be allowed to vote. The ...
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As Biden tours the country and visits swing states, Trump fund-raises and plays golf
Trump's campaign faces a serious money shortfall and mounting legal bills as he fights four criminal indictments.
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