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Make no mistake. The integrity of our elections and our right to vote are dangerously threatened as the 2026 midterm elections approach. Plans by Trump and his allies to disrupt the actual election itself as we approach Election Day and beyond will not abate even if Republicans gain more House seats with the destruction of…
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The New York State Assembly and Senate moved boldly past the Executive Budget Plan submitted by Governor Hochul to the Legislature on January 20th to propose a Statewide whopping middle-class income tax cut and a near complete bailout of Mayor Mamdani’s enormous deficit at the New York City level. The State government must adopt a…
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Mayor Mamdani campaigned on raising taxes on the wealthy and big business to fund universal child care, and polls of New Yorkers on this subject show broad public support to raise funds on millionaires to fund that goal, 65%-27%. Governor Kathy Hochul endorsed him this fall, saying they shared much in common on issues of…
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NY State Governor Kathy Hochul and NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a press conference on Thursday, January 8, 2026, where the Governor unveiled a plan to continue the expansion of universal child care in New York City and New York State. Great news. But how is this possible? Despite the harmful health care cuts enacted…
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This week, the United States Supreme Court is sure to decide the appeal by the State of Texas of a Texas Federal district court decision that found the August 2025 mid-decade redistricting by the Governor and the Legislature was unconstitutional. That’s because by Monday, December 8th, candidates for office in Texas must legally declare their…
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Latest Podcast: The Trump Challenge in NY – A Talk with State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli
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The fracture point – the point at which Social Security will become insolvent – for the Social Security and Medicare Trust Funds was accelerated by one year, from 2033 to 2032, upon the passage of the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBA) by the Republican-controlled Congress and signed by President Trump on July 4th, 2025.…
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Unfortunately, the decades long Republican party effort to strip millions of Americans from a basic right to health insurance seems about to come to fruition. Republican Senate Leader John Thune of South Dakota set this week for the United States Senate to begin passage of its version of the Big Beautiful (awful) Bill, with their…
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National attention on “The Big Beautiful Bill” passed by the House of Representatives on May 22, 2025 focused on tax cuts for the rich, Medicaid cuts driving millions of Americans off their health insurance, and bigger deficits. There is still a long way to go before the bill passes the Senate and is then jointly…
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The Republicans who control the House and Senate have begun their process to pass a giant Budget Reconciliation package of tax and spending cuts for Fiscal Year 2024-2025. And oh, what an insane package it is. The destructive potential of the Republican’s agenda is astonishing, both in the harm to ordinary people from cuts to…
