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Zack Fink

@ZackFinkNews

3 years

NEW: New York State Senate passes bill legalizing recreational marijuana by a vote of 40 - 23

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6 years

. @CynthiaNixon refers to ICE as a “terrorist organization” while calling for its abolition. Full story at 7p on @InsideCityHall

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4 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo is expected to issue an Executive Order allowing all registered voters to vote by mail in the special elections and primaries set for June 23. The Governor recently expanded absentee voting, but voters had to apply. Now, ballots will automatically be mailed out

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5 years

Dream Act passes New York State Senate 40 - 20.

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4 years

. @NYCMayor announces reforms of NYPD: -Shift funding from NYPD to youth and social services -Repeal of 50-a ( making disciplinary records of NYPD public ) -Move vendor enforcement out of NYPD -Bring community voices into NYPD leadership

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4 years

NEW: New York State Assembly has voted to repeal 50-a, the law that shields police disciplinary records from public view. Senate voted for the bill earlier, It now goes to @NYGovCuomo for signature 50-a has been on the books for 40 years. Protests in NY changed the conversation

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2 years

Something is happening

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2 years

Biggest rally of the NY governor’s race thus far. Long Island turning out for this Zeldin-DeSantis event.

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo makes it official...he will issue an Executive Order to mail ballots to every New Yorker who wants to vote by absentee on June 23.

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6 years

NEW: @CynthiaNixon responds to @andrewcuomo comment that “America was never that great.” Nixon: “I think this is just another example of Andrew Cuomo trying to figure out what a progressive sounds like and missing by a mile.”

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5 years

Spotted on the NYC subway:

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3 years

NEW: Bombshell. ⁦ @AndreaSCousins ⁩ calls on ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ to RESIGN.

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3 years

NEW: ⁦ @melissadderosa ⁩ resigns as Secretary for ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩. Her statement:

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5 years

NEW: Congressman Chris Collins has resigned his seat. He is expected to plead guilty to insider trading in Federal Court tomorrow.

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1 year

Members of @nydems state committee have drafted a letter to @GovKathyHochul urging her to change the leadership of state party by replacing @JayJacobs28 Hundreds have signed onto the letter including sitting elected’s in both houses of the legislature

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4 years

On quarantine, ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ like:

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3 years

🚨NEW: @TishJames is filing a lawsuit today against the NYPD seeking to install a federal monitor to oversee the department. The suit stems from the #BlackLivesMatter protests over the Summer. The AG’s office found widespread civil rights abuses by police against protesters.

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4 years

NEW: The New York State Legislature will hold public hearings on how @NYGovCuomo Administration handled State-regulated nursing homes during the outbreak. More than 6,000 seniors died from #coronavirus . The hearings will be held August 3 & 10 Part of series of Covid hearings.

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3 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo announces the elimination of state mandated capacity restrictions in New York City on Wednesday, May 19th. That means restaurants, bars, retail, salons and live performances including Broadway can all reopen.

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo defends statues of Christopher Columbus, which he says have come to symbolize Italian American pride. Some have called for the removal of Columbus statues because they represent genocide and oppression of native peoples.

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3 years

Legislative source on @NYGovCuomo ’s mounting problems: “The Governor is rapidly losing support in both houses and it is getting harder to imagine him being able to continue serving.”

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4 years

NEW: As he was leaving @ABetterNY event, @NYGovCuomo came across an accident on the BQE, and he cut a passenger out of his seatbelt and helped pull him out of the wreck. Video⬇️

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2 years

NEW: @TishJames is suspending her campaign for Governor.

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3 years

Sources say @NYGovCuomo is calling around to New York pols asking them not to issue statements against him after @AndreaSCousins and @CarlHeastie called for his resignation.

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1 year

BREAKING: New York State Senate Judiciary Committee votes down Hector LaSalle, ⁦ @GovKathyHochul ⁩’s nominee for Chief Judge

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3 years

Sources say after holding a late afternoon conference, a majority of members within @NYSenDems favor rescinding @NYGovCuomo ’s emergency powers granted last year to manage the pandemic. Adds one observer, “I don’t see how it can’t happen at this point.”

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2 years

. @NYCMayor says he will organize busloads of New Yorkers to door knock and help get out the vote against @GovAbbott Says Abbott “has got to go.” The two leaders are at loggerheads over migrants who cross the border into Texas being bussed up to New York City for services.

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4 years

Inbox: ⁦ @ManhattanDA ⁩ to charge Amy Cooper, the Central Park “Karen” who allegedly made a false claim of assault in a previously undisclosed second 911 call.

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3 years

When @POTUS calls on a sitting Governor from his own party to resign, you have to wonder whether @NYGovCuomo can hang on much longer.

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5 years

New York State Assembly passes Bill to make ⁦ @realDonaldTrump ⁩ State tax returns available to Congress. It has already passed the State Senate and will head to ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo says if aid from Washington does not come through in next stimulus, New Yorkers can expect higher fares on mass transit and higher tolls. “The money needs to come from somewhere,” Cuomo says. Puts the onus directly on @SenSchumer and @SenGillibrand

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo tells protestors outside Sate Capitol who want to return to work, “OK, then go get a job as an essential worker” on frontlines of #COVID19 crisis.

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4 years

NEW: New York State Legislative leaders have reached a deal to pass the Automatic Voter Registration Bill. The Legislation was shelved in the final days of the 2019 session, but is now expected to pass this week.

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3 years

NEW: @TishJames releases scathing report on New York State Nursing Homes. Among the findings is that @HealthNYGov UNDERREPORTED nursing home deaths due to Covid by 50%. 20 facilities remain under investigation. Big development here is James taking aim squarely at @NYGovCuomo

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3 years

.⁦ @AOC ⁩ calls for full investigation of ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ and nursing home deaths.

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2 years

BREAKING: New York State Assembly to pass Adult Survivors Act, allowing survivors to sue their past abusers. It has already passed @NYSenate “It appears there is enough support to take this up before the end of session.” - @mwhyland speaking for @NYSA_Majority

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4 years

Asked if a tax on the state’s 100 plus billionaire’s would produce enough revenue to make up current budget shortfall in New York State, @NYGovCuomo says it wouldn’t enough...”You’d have to tax each of them a half billion dollars, and then you’d have no billionaires left.”

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3 years

. @NYGovCuomo calls directly on private employers to bring employees back to work in-person by Labor Day “Everyone has to be back in the office,” Cuomo says This requirement would seem to align closely with the interests of commercial real estate in New York City facing big hit

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3 years

. @NYGovCuomo about to wrap up his press conference where his office selects who gets to ask questions. Not a single person chosen asked about his book deal or preferential Covid testing for his family and friends.

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3 years

In light of the latest revelations about @NYGovCuomo , first reported in the @timesunion & @washingtonpost , Cuomo’s conduct of supplying scarce Covid testing for friends and family appears to be a clear violation of New York State Public Officers Law Part 74, Public Standards:

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo responds to @realDonaldTrump “The fact is, my office called to ask for a meeting I wanted to talk to him about the Trusted Traveler Program and we’re waiting to hear. I didn’t cancel any meeting. I’m waiting to find out when we can meet.”

Donald J. Trump

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Governor Cuomo wanted to see me this weekend. He just canceled. Very hard to work with New York - So stupid. All they do is sue me all the time!

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. @NYGovCuomo urges @realDonaldTrump to apologize for tweet about Buffalo man who was seen on video being shoved to the ground by police during protest. Calls President’s remarks “reprehensible and dumb.”

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo says “why don’t NYPD officers wear masks?! What kind of message does that send?”

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4 years

View of @BlueAngels flyover from Manhattan’s Upper West Side.

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4 years

This is from @nycDSA questionnaire for 2021 City Council candidates. It asks them to pledge not to travel to Israel.

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5 years

Spotted in Manhattan. H/T ⁦ @Van_Tieu ⁩

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3 years

Quite the statement from @NYGovCuomo on how he interacts with women in his office.

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4 years

Statement from ⁦ @AILAnyc ⁩ in response to ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ remarks about Christopher Columbus statues being a source of Italian American pride

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3 years

Already under investigation for underreporting Covid deaths in nursing homes, ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ is once again accused of manipulating data on Covid.

New York reports lower COVID-19 death toll than federal data shows

Zack Fink has more on the report.

ny1.com

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4 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo reverses March 25 directive forcing nursing homes to readmit residents who were treated at a hospital for #Covid_19 Those residents can only come back if the test negative for the virus.

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3 years

NEW: ⁦ @TishJames ⁩ rejects ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ proposal for investigating sexual harassment allegations against him.

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3 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo says Staten Island now represents 25% of all Covid fatalities in New York City, even though island residents make up just 5% of the City’s population.

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2 years

NEW: more than 75 State Senate staffers have signed cards to form a union. They have retained counsel, and sent this letter to @AndreaSCousins ⬇️ Legislative staff are notoriously underpaid for the massive amount of work they do.

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Zack Fink

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4 years

Already a line around the block to vote at PS 87 in Manhattan shortly after polls open at 6a.

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4 years

“We have the wrong President, we have the wrong Governor and we have the wrong Mayor for the times we are living in right now.” - @JumaaneWilliams Cadman Plaza Memorial Service for George Floyd

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3 years

. @NYGovCuomo says “harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable.” Oh, wow. Cant wait to see the cleanup on this one.

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2 years

NEW: @NYCMayor announces $100 incentive for every New Yorker who gets the Covid Booster between now and December 31.

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3 years

. @NYGovCuomo responds: “I saw the video. Covid conga lines are not smart. That is my official position. Why you would do an unmasked Covid conga line in the middle of a pandemic defies logical explanation.”

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4 years

Honking horns and cheering on the sidewalks for a full 15 minutes now on UWS

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3 years

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1 year

Sources say @GovKathyHochul revoked Mahoney’s RSVP for State of the State tomorrow, after his fiery words about the LaSalle nomination from the Capitol earlier today

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1 year

Many labor union leaders are here and they’re angry. Jimmy Mahoney, Iron Workers union general VP, says they “were team @GovKathyHochul ” and helped her get elected “when the phone rang,” & she needed more money. “This is not good for organized labor,” he says.

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3 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo steps aside as Governor

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3 years

The reason I’ve been off @NY1 is that I suffered a pretty nasty bout of Covid. And while I’m pulling clear, I still have trouble speaking without coughing I’m on a powerful steroid now, so hopefully that helps. ( I also can’t wait to have a drink with these drugs in my system )

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3 years

NEW: The New York State Senate is expected to repeal a handful of @NYGovCuomo Covid restrictions, including requiring the sale of food with drinks at bars restaurants. The Assembly is expected to follow suit. This particular mandate has been widely criticized as arbitrary.

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4 years

In conference call with @GovNedLamont & @GovMurphy , @NYGovCuomo announces deal with New Jersey and Connecticut to close gyms, movie theaters, bars, restaurants and casinos at 8p tonight. Cuomo says, “We have agreed to a common set of rules that will pertain in all of our states.”

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2 years

Chris Cuomo: “I would never do oppo research on anybody alleging anything like this. I'm not in the oppo research business” Another transcript: “This is a text message from Chris Cuomo forwarding a purported set of documents concerning Charlotte Bennett from her time in college”

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3 years

. @NYSA_Majority expected to hold a conference this morning to discuss rescinding the emergency powers granted to @NYGovCuomo last year to manage the pandemic. Republicans have been calling for revocation, and now a growing chorus of Democrats agree including @NYCMayor

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2 years

Direct mail to a Manhattan household from ⁦ @leezeldin ⁩

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4 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo overrules @NYCMayor on school closures. Says Mayor cannot make a decision on closing New York City schools on his own. “It’s his opinion,” says Cuomo. “There has been no decision on schools.”

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3 years

Is it time to invoke that old wisdom which is that if you empower the mob, eventually they come for you too.

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6 years

. @Ocasio2018 endorses @ZephyrTeachout for New York Attorney General in Lower Manhattan

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2 years

. @BillClinton says this entire election between @KathyHochul and @leezeldin could come down to how many people vote in Brooklyn. See? Bill Clinton gets it

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3 years

1/3) NEW: A combined 59 members of @NYSenDems and @NYSA_Majority are now calling on @NYGovCuomo to resign, saying in a new letter “he has lost the confidence of the public and the state legislature.” With 40 signatories in the Assembly, that number now surpasses a...

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5 years

The view from 72nd street looking West. No power in any of the buildings from 71st street south.

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4 years

“Mom told me I had to.” - @NYGovCuomo to @ChrisCuomo when younger brother thanks him for coming on show

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3 years

This is the first time in New York State history that a sitting AG has sued the NYPD.

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3 years

Statement from @NYSAPF on @timesunion story about @NYGovCuomo leaving his dog Captain at the mansion after moving out:

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3 years

Albany right now

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3 years

.⁦ @NYWFP ⁩ calls on legislature to impeach ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ if he refuses to resign:

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4 years

NEW: @NYGovCuomo announces “3 strikes and you are closed” initiative which will shut down bars and restaurants with three or more violations for failing to enforce social distancing. In addition, restaurants will no longer be able to serve alcohol to those not ordering food.

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo says “we are looking at Brooklyn Bridge Park” as possible location for Ruth Bader Ginsburg statue, announced over the weekend because it overlooks the Statue of Liberty. #RBG

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2 years

The proposed new 10th District, currently held by ⁦ @JerryNadler ⁩ Extends from Manhattan’s West Side down into Borough Park in Brooklyn, and takes a pretty windy path to get there

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo says he will sign the police reform bills expected to be passed by the legislature this week. -Repeal of 50-a -Statewide ban in chokeholds -Automatic appointment of special prosecutor in questionable shootings -A crime to make racially biased 911 call

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3 years

. @TishJames says attempts were made by @NYGovCuomo to undermine and politicize this investigation, and “I find that offensive.”

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3 years

“I am conceding this race,” says @AndrewYang before Ranked Choice Votes are even tallied. Yang had an even worse than expected showing in the first round with less than 13% of the vote.

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4 years

“Folks, I’m a Democrat. But I will govern as an American.” - @JoeBiden 11/7/20

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo specifically names Manhattan and the Hamptons as areas leading the State with complaints about violations of social distancing protocols.

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3 years

. @NYGovCuomo says New York State’s advisory review panel of COVID vaccine to verify its safety will be “simultaneously concurrent” with @realDonaldTrump Administration’s ability to roll it out.

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3 years

. @NYPDShea tells @patkiernan that they are investigating the possibility that at least one NYPD officer may have taken part in last week’s riot at the US Capitol. Declines to name that person.

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4 years

In a moment of candor, @NYGovCuomo says of his Covid response that “I should have done a mask mandate much earlier. That would have made a dramatic difference.”

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1 year

BREAKING: @NYSenateDems vote down Hector LaSalle during full floor vote in @NYSenate LaSalle was @GovKathyHochul ’s nominee for Chief Judge. He was rejected by a Committee last month, but after initially refusing to hold a full floor vote, @AndreaSCousins acquiesced today

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3 years

Restlessness building among fellow Democrats to challenge the emergency authority of ⁦ @NYGovCuomo ⁩ now that questions have been raised by ⁦about his management of the Covid crisis. ⁦ @SenatorBiaggi ⁩ ⁦ @JaniceDean ⁩ ⁦ @CarlHeastie ⁩

Another Democrat Calls on Legislature to Rescind Cuomo’s Emergency Powers

Zack Fink has the exclusive report.

ny1.com

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@ZackFinkNews

1 year

Asked if ⁦ @GovKathyHochul ⁩ should withdraw her embattled nomination for Chief Judge, Hector LaSalle, ⁦ @AndreaSCousins ⁩ says, “That would clearly be easier.”

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4 years

. @NYGovCuomo says New York State will be working with @gatesfoundation to develop a blueprint to “reimagine education” in New York State in post-COVID19 world.

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6 years

. @NomikiKonst enters the Public Advocate race ( first reported by @ChrisBragg1 ) into what will likely be a very crowded field. However, Konst will be running as a proud member of @DemSocialists

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3 years

. @NYGovCuomo says he only made $3 million from book he wrote on fighting COVID crisis, based on his tax return from this year. Right, but he’s due another $2 million over next two years, which Cuomo omits in his explanation.

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2 years

She shoots, she scores! @GovKathyHochul lands the basket shortly after @NYCMayor shot twice and missed.

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6 years

The mailer from @nydems accusing @CynthiaNixon of anti-semitism is reminiscent of this mailer below used against Ed Koch in the 1977 Democratic Primary. Many blamed @andrewcuomo for that, although he has denied it. We shall see today if Cuomo calls for @geoffberman resignation

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3 years

As some Democrats question the need for a $2.1 Billion excluded workers fund in the state budget, 13 unions send letter to @NYGovCuomo @AndreaSCousins and @CarlHeastie expressing their support. Unions that signed on below ⬇️

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Zack Fink

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10 months

Very grateful for 11 years as the State House Reporter for @NY1 And thank you all for the well wishes Announcement coming soon on next steps

Spectrum News NY1

@NY1

10 months

Today is our Albany reporter @ZackFinkNews ’ last day at NY1. He joined @errollouis on “Inside City Hall” to reflect on his time covering the state Capitol.

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