Partisan, practical lines drawn around data center ban
BY GREGORY ZELLER // With New York State’s data-center moratorium on the books, Gov. Kathy Hochul visited Long Island to kick off a statewide victory lap – but not all…
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With $100M collider deal, Albany deepens science focus
Army Corps approves Fire Island ‘emergency action’
LI economics (kinda), political jabs (sorta) in King’s Park
Hochul keeps it real in grounded ’24 State of the State
At CIBS candidate breakfast, politics like it oughta be
As crises abound, Hochul narrows focus of annual plan
Politics apparent in critical Nassau IDA appointment
NYS floats $250M in credits for small-biz COVID costs
Biden slips, old wounds fester in new Hofstra survey
By GREGORY ZELLER // Most Americans approve of the White House’s response to Russia’s Ukraine invasion – but that’s about the only part of President Joe Biden’s job performance earning…
Balanced Hochul shoots for the moon in FY2023 plan
By GREGORY ZELLER // If you liked Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022 State of the State Address, you’ll likely love her roughly $200 billion Fiscal Year 2023 Executive Budget. But don’t…
Critics dunk on Hochul’s expensive State of the State
By GREGORY ZELLER // From the Department of High Ambitions comes Gov. Kathy Hochul and her 2022 State of the State, a multibillion-dollar action plan including 228 “bold initiatives” and…
Albany brings youth employment to a gun fight
By GREGORY ZELLER // Albany is loading up some unique ammunition in its battle against gun violence: jobs for at-risk youth. Following a Nassau County “gun violence community meeting” on…
Comptroller: Do the right thing with stimulus funds
By GREGORY ZELLER // Federal officials are debating a fourth round of pandemic-flavored stimulus aid for American citizens – but as the nation crawls out of the economic pit dug…
With ambitious agenda, Cuomo goes even harder left
By GREGORY ZELLER // Online sports betting, legalized marijuana and a “fight” against the federal government for overdue COVID-19 compensation – against what figures to be a relatively friendly Congress…