A Cruise, Post-election Blues and Missing Democrats
My wife and I left for a river cruise in France the afternoon after the Presidential election; we already hadContinue Reading
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OF POLLS, VOTES AND WHEN WE WILL KNOW RESULTS; VOTES; 2020 REDUX
I offer a poignant moment and a good poll. The moment is President Biden voting early in Delaware, standing onlineContinue Reading
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CONGESTION PRICING DRIVES INTO THE FALL ELECTION
Governor Hochul’s last-second announcement on June 5th, 2024, to pause New York’s Congestion Pricing Plan caused understandable dismay and evenContinue Reading
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THE PRECARIOUS ELECTION: Why Biden’s Not to Blame for Inflation, Part One: COVID Turns the World Upside Down
Leading up to the 2020 election, I wrote a series of blog posts titled, “The Purple Highway.” This time around,Continue Reading
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EP03: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan Podcast
In this episode, Jim chats with his guests about significant features of the NYS budget (the NYS House and Senate recently passed separate versions, but the full legislature has yet to pass a final version) and also dives more deeply into the affordable housing crisis.
EP02: Empire State Political Pulse with Jim Brennan Podcast
Jim sits down with NYS Assemblymember Charles D. Lavine
(D-13th District, Nassau County) and Jeffrey M. Wice, Adjunct Professor/Senior Fellow, NY Census & Redistricting Institute, NY Law School to discuss the NYS State Court of Appeals ruling that the State’s Congressional district maps set in 2022 must be redrawn yet again.
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Congressional Redistricting is Getting a Restart in New York- Democrats Can Avoid a Second Debacle and Win on the Existing Lines
On December 12, 2023, the New York State Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court, ruled that the State’s CongressionalContinue Reading
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AS THE 2024 ELECTION APPROACHES, NEW YORK’S CONGRESSIONAL LINES AND ITS VOTE-BY-MAIL PROCESS MAY ONCE AGAIN BE IN PLAY
The Congressional elections in New York have become pivotal to both political parties for control of the House of RepresentativesContinue Reading
2022 Ends Republican Party Control of State Senate district lines as all Population Gains Occur Downstate
The United States Census released the nation’s population data by congressional and state legislative district on August 12, setting underwayContinue Reading
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New York’s Congressional Redistricting Could Be Tipping Point in Midterm Battle for Control of House
The Census Bureau released its population counts for the nation and the states on April 26, including changes for theContinue Reading