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It’s a given that the 2020 Presidential election will run through the three States Donald Trump won in 2016 by a total of 77,000 votes to produce an Electoral College Majority despite his losing the nationwide Popular Vote. Those states are Pennsylvania, Michigan, and Wisconsin. The Democrats must win all three of these States, if…
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New York State and City are the gruesome public health epicenter of COVID-19, with horrific daily death tolls. The coronavirus is likely causing New York to also be the economic epicenter of the nation’s staggering job and economic loss, although those are statistics that will play catch up. New York State’s fiscal year is April…
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New York State Assemblymember Richard Brodsky, who served in the New York Assembly from 1983 to 2010, died on Wednesday, April 8th, possibly from coronavirus. His district was in Westchester County. I knew him my whole career, and we became friends while I was still an Assembly staffer when he was first elected in 1983.…
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As the pain of the pandemic spreads throughout the country and the world, pollsters are still taking the political pulse of the nation in the upcoming Presidential election. Many Americans view the Presidential election more fearfully than ever before, and its consequences more fateful. New York Times columnist Jamelle Bouie, writing a Guest Editorial Column,…
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New York State has a serious limitation on voting by mail. The State Constitution requires a ” cause ” to send in an absentee ballot by mail. If you don’t have a valid reason specified in law, you must show up in person to vote. You can apply for an absentee ballot, by showing up…
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New York State has a serious limitation on voting by mail. The State Constitution requires a ” cause ” to send in an absentee ballot by mail. If you don’t have a valid reason specified in law, you must show up in person to vote. You can apply for an absentee ballot, by showing up…
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Patrick Foye, the chair of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and therefore the leader of the city’s subway and bus systems, sent a letter to the local Congressional delegation on March 17 stating that the MTA faced financial calamity and seeking $4 billion in federal aid. The MTA’s cash reserves are small, meaning it will go broke very…
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Quinnipiac Poll, March 5-8, 1261 RV
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The New York State Division of the Budget surprised the public this past November with an announcement the State faced a $6.1 billion deficit to close for the 2021 budget due by April 1, 2020. The DOB disclosed in its Mid-Year Update that Medicaid costs were exploding — dramatically more than anticipated — in both…
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A look at eight general election polls released in January show that the major Democratic contenders lead Trump in five out of the eight polls, including Fox News and CNN. Three other polls, including ABC/Washington Post and Investors Business Daily, show a much closer election. Three pollsters used very large samples of voters, in the…
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