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Upstate scribbler for NYT, after Albany + SF buro chief, culture, features, clerkdom. KC native. Tips, comments, complaints: Jemcki @nytimes .com. 212-556-4181.

Albany, NY
Joined August 2008
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Jesse McKinley
5 years
BREAKING: The New York state legislature has passed a bill to allow the state tax commission to provide @realDonaldTrump 's state tax returns to three Congressional committees. Returns could have much of the same info as contested federal returns.
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BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo will send 1,000 NY National Guard troops to DC to assist with security.
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NEW/BREAKING: NY will receive 170000 doses of vaccine by 12/15.
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BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo announces a 1 PM presser after a dozen Congressional Dems call for his resignation.
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4 years
Per @WhiteHouse press pool, @realDonaldTrump has arrived at Trump National Golf Club in Sterling, VA. " @Potus wearing white Maga cap, windbreaker, dark slacks, non-dress shirt, shoes that look appropriate for golfing, per photog in our van."
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"He's doing nothing," @NYGovCuomo in broadside to @realDonaldTrump . "He's saying its up to the states."
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EXCLUSIVE/BREAKING: A 25-year-old former aide to @NYGovCuomo told the @nytimes the Governor sexually harassed her, asking if she had had sex with older men, among other claims. Cuomo says was a mentor, "never made advances," or acted inappropriately.
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NEW/BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo offers another statement on sex harassment allegations. "I now understand that my interactions may have been insensitive or too personal and that some of my comments, given my position, made others feel in ways I never intended."
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4 years
BREAKING/NEW: NYC antibody tests showed roughly 1 in 5 residents in city were positive for antibodies.
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4 years
"Luckily, he won't be here," @NYGovCuomo says of @realDonaldTrump threat to not distribute vaccine in NY (when/if it arrives in 2021, due to be the first year of @joebiden 's administration)
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From @maggieNYT : "A large group of former Trump Organization employees is sending texts quietly cheering the latest developments, a reminder of how many people have felt burned in various ways by Trump over the years." Live @nytimes coverage here:
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4 years
"There's no value in" watching @realDonaldTrump 's press briefings, @NYGovCuomo says. "It could be a comedy skit..."
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. @CynthiaNixon , holding a wire hanger at Union Square rally for abortion rights advocates, says her mother underwent an illegal abortion
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Jesse McKinley
4 years
BREAKING BOOZE NEWS: State liquor authority will allow TAKEOUT LIQUOR SALES from bars, restaurants, distilleries, @NYGovCuomo
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4 years
BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo announces almost-immediate closing of Broadway, the city's largest tourist industry. 5 PM tonight.
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BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo will call for @AGSchneiderman resignation, per source.
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BREAKING/NEW: @NYGovCuomo announces all schools STATEWIDE to be closed FOR REST OF ACADEMIC YEAR.
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4 years
BREAKING: @BilldeBlasio says that the city now 923 cases of #coronavirus , up from 644 THIS MORNING. Also, now 10 deaths in the city.
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4 years
BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo announces almost-immediate closing of Broadway, the city's largest tourist industry.
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3 years
BREAKING: @aoc / @JamaalBowmanNY issue joint statement calling on @NYGovCuomo to resign. “We believe these women, we believe the reporting, we believe the Attorney General, and we believe the fifty-five members of the New York State legislature."
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Jesse McKinley
6 years
1.1 million votes in 2018 Dem primary so far. About 570,000 in 2014. That would seem to signal an energized electorate.
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4 years
NEW: @NYGovCuomo says Chinese government is sending 1000 ventilators, arriving at JFK today.
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3 years
NEW: @NYGovCuomo sending an additional 250 NY National Guard troops to DC for Inauguration, after req. from Sec of Army.
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BREAKING/NEW: @NYGovCuomo says NYers over 30 can get vaccinated starting tomorrow. NYers over 16 can start on 4/6.
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NEW: A source says @TishJames is committed to continuing her investigation of @NYGovCuomo , regardless of whether or not he resigns.
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4 years
"Vicious," @NYGovCuomo on @senatemajldr calling it "blue state bailouts." "How ugly a thought," he says.
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4 years
BREAKING/NEW: NY, CT and NJ to impose quarantine-style restrictions on some visitors from FL and other high-infection #coronavirus states, per @NYGovCuomo
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Jesse McKinley
4 years
NEW: @NYGovCuomo says drug trials in the hospitals of hydroxychloroquine and Zithromax have has positive results, anecdotally, but not conclusive.
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4 years
"1000 people a day are dying from federal negligence," @NYGovCuomo says of @realDonaldTrump
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4 years
READ THIS NOW: At a Queens hospital 13 people have died in the last 24 hours. A refrigerated truck has been stationed outside to hold the bodies of the dead. by @mrothfeld , @JoeKGoldstein , @SominiSengupta , @brianmrosenthal
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2 years
The best Oscar speech I ever heard was never spoken. #CODA
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3 years
"The president is unfit to remain in office for the next 14 days. Every second he retains the vast powers of the presidency is a threat to public order and national security." -- @washingtonpost Editorial Board
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3 years
. @washingtonpost Editorial Board saying @realDonaldTrump "should be removed."
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3 years
NEW/BREAKING: @NewYorkStateAG says State Dept of Health undercounted nursing homes deaths by as much as 50%, as a result of not reporting deaths at hospitals.
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3 years
Judge thanks Chauvin jury for "heavy-duty jury service."
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Jesse McKinley
4 years
. @cnn reporting sharp increase CV cases in states w/o stay-at-home orders, citing @JohnsHopkins : "Oklahoma saw a 53% increase in cases over the past week...Over same time, cases jumped 60% in Arkansas, 74% in Nebraska, and 82% in Iowa. South Dakota saw a whopping 205% spike."
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4 years
NEW/BREAKING: 84 deaths in last 24-hours per @NYGovCuomo . DOWN from 109 reported by governor on Friday. This is the first time the death toll has been under 100 in MANY WEEKS.
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NEW: @NYGovCuomo declares state of emergency in #NY .
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4 years
This is chilling...an Italian resident flipping pages of paid obituaries, from last month (1.5) to now.... Page after page after page....
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David Carretta
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Bergamo daily newspaper
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"He should apologize for that tweet," @NYGovCuomo on @realDonaldTrump tweet about Buffalo protester. "Show some humanity."
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It sounds like spy fiction but it is not: the F.B.I. was investigating the president of the United States to see if he was working for the Russians. @nytimes scoop here:
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Live footage of fern transfer in @NYSenate as Dems take their foliage to bigger offices as they take over the majority...
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BREAKING/NEW: Leader of @NYSenDems / @NYSenate says @NYGovCuomo "must resign," for "the good of the state."
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4 years
. @espn reporting that Major League Baseball is suspending operations.
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BREAKING: @CarlHeastie , leader of @NYSA_Majority , confirms: "I am authorizing the Assembly Judiciary Committee to begin an impeachment investigation, led by Chair Charles D. Lavine, to examine allegations of misconduct against Governor Cuomo."
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4 years
"NY has a lower infection rate than the @WhiteHouse ," @NYGovCuomo in a retort to @realDonaldTrump calling NYC "a ghost town."
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4 years
Quick observation: It is a sign of how terrible this plague is when reports that nearly 600 people a day have died in #NY , for two days running, is considered good news.
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Jesse McKinley
3 years
Nothing says "New York Tough" like a series of CLOSED PRESS news conferences.
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Joseph Spector
3 years
"When you get knocked down, what do you do?" Cuomo says, talking about COVID but certainly relevant to the scandals surrounding him and calls for his resignation. "It's a question of what you're made of"
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Jesse McKinley
6 years
NEW: State police saying 20 dead now in wedding limo crash in Schoharie.
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4 years
BREAKING/NEW: @NYGovCuomo says preliminary data form 3,000 antibody tests conducted across the state. NUMBER is 13.9% positive for antibodies.
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4 years
NEW: @NYSenate passes repeal of 50-a, which shielded police disciplinary records from public view.
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Jesse McKinley
3 years
BREAKING: @TishJames chooses former Acting U.S Attorney for the Southern District of New York Joon H. Kim and employment discrimination attorney Anne L. Clark as the two attorneys who will lead an independent investigation into @nygovcuomo .
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BREAKING/NEW: @NYGovCuomo says that bars and restaurants in NY with liquor licenses will have to close at 10 PM.
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4 years
. @nytimes obtained an audio recording from @NYGovCuomo 's conversation with Orthodox leaders last week in which he said he'd allow 50% occupancy before announcing that he was dropping it to 25% hours later. They called it "duplicitous." Read here:
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4 years
"Texas will become the first state in the country to reimpose a lockdown that had previously been lifted."
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TX @GregAbbott_TX says bars will CLOSE down AGAIN now, a day after saying such measures wouldn't be necessary to "corral the spread." @thehill here:
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. @NYGovCuomo says grocery store workers are "heroes," for keeping shelves stocked, mentioning in same breath as police, first responders.
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"Santa's going to be very good to me, I can tell," @NYGovCuomo , saying he worked "very hard this year."
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NEW: "I'm not going to resign," @NYGovCuomo says, saying he won't bow to "cancel culture."
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BREAKING/NEW: @NYGovCuomo says private parties inside of residences will be capped at 10 people.
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BREAKING: @NYGovCuomo announced closing of large public gethering of 500 or more in NYC because of #coronavirus fears
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NEW: Only 35 deaths in last 24 hours, in NY, per @NYGovCuomo Lowest level since early days of crisis.
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"The tweet was a very nasty political tweet," @NYGovCuomo on @realDonaldTrump tweet telling the governor to "stop talking!" "You're not going to bully NY," the governor says.
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NEW: New, wider-net antibody results show that 1-in-5 New York City residents have had #coronavirus , per @NYGovCuomo . Roughly in line with previous results.
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BREAKING/NEW: Masks required on subways, public transit, busy streets, per @NYGovCuomo Takes effect on Saturday.
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4 years
Schwarzenegger sighting in CA politics; was governor from 2003 to 2011.
@CNNPolitics
CNN Politics
4 years
California Gov. Gavin Newsom announces an economic recovery committee that includes four former governors including Jerry Brown and Arnold Schwarzenegger and executives such as Apple CEO Tim Cook. It will be chaired by former presidential candidate Tom Steyer
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"Nobody knew what a contact tracing program was," @NYGovCuomo says, of program in NY. This is not true, of course. Contact tracing has been a part of epidemiology for decades.
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NEW: @NYGovCuomo is reopening indoor dining in restaurants in NYC, but much of the data is worse than when he shut that down in December, including hospitalizations and per-capita cases. From @nytimes :
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"If you can make a baby in nine months, you can redesign a police department," @NYGovCuomo
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. @NYGovCuomo unveils hundreds of masks sent to NY from concerned Americans.
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"I don't want to sugarcoat the situation," @NYGovCuomo There's been a 40 percent increase in hospitalizations since yesterday.
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"When HHS Secretary Alex Azar announced this week that the federal government would begin releasing coronavirus vaccine doses held in reserve for second shots, no such reserve existed, according to state & federal officials briefed on distribution plans."
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"It was the greatest miss of all time," @NYGovCuomo on federal government response to #coronavirus , specifically the arrival of the virus from Europe.
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NEW: @AndreaSCousins , Dem majority leader in @NYSenate , declares that @NYSenDems have won a "historic super majority" -- at least 42 of 62 -- saying her party and her conference have erased the Red Mirage of Election Night.
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Jesse McKinley
3 years
NEW: In Feb., @luisferre and I reported that @NYGovCuomo threatened to liken an adversary a “child rapist” if he compared him to a Republican. The Gov. denied it. We knew it to be true. Now, listen to the tape (17:20): 2/22:
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Jesse McKinley
2 years
NEW this morning: "Ultra MAGA" @RepStefanik predicts GOP will win 15 - count 'em 15 - seats in the House in NY as she tries to use her national profile to help her state's party candidates in midterms, pushing the political needle to the right.
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NEW: Publisher halts promotion of "American Crisis" @NYGovCuomo 's memoir of the pandemic, written and published during the pandemic. Paperback is also off, as Gov reels from nursing home scandal and others. w/ Texas-bound @jdavidgoodman :
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"Basically, we froze.” Top aide to @NYGovCuomo on recorded call about why the state stonewalled state lawmakers on nursing home data amid fears of DOJ investigation and "a giant political football." via @bern_hogan / @nypost / @ccampy :
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Jesse McKinley
3 years
This six-month old tweet from @ChrisCuomo is getting a lot of replies today, in light of the revelations of the last 24 hours about his brother @NYGovCuomo .
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Christopher C. Cuomo
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Can we trust the data from florida’s governor?
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NEW: 70 percent of 102 children that have developed the mysterious syndrome associated with #Coronavirus / #COVID19 have ended up in ICU.
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NEW: "I believe the NYC schools should be closed," @NYGovCuomo , saying that they must deal with child care and meal issues.
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. @NYGovCuomo has been spending several weeks parsing numbers to make his case for NY still being in good shape statistically vis a vis the rest of the nation. Sadly, however, NY still leads in most dire statistic, with more than 32,000 deaths.
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Jesse McKinley
2 years
Update: It currently has 95% of the vote.
@sammymaine
sammy maine
2 years
there is an “i voted” sticker competition in ulster county & i urge you to vote for this one pls
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Jesse McKinley
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. @NYGovCuomo 's defense - thus far - seems to be @LindseyBoylan was lying about being alone with Gov, an aide & a trooper. But that's actually not what she wrote: "He was seated facing me...our knees almost touched. His press aide was to my right & a state trooper behind us."
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Jesse McKinley
4 years
I asked @NYGovCuomo about this in the press conference less than an hour ago. He said he hadn't heard about this, and seemed perplexed as to whether it was even legal. "I don't even know what that means," he said.
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Donald J. Trump
4 years
I am giving consideration to a QUARANTINE of developing “hot spots”, New York, New Jersey, and Connecticut. A decision will be made, one way or another, shortly.
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Jesse McKinley
3 years
NEW: #Harvard removes @EliseStefanik from Institute of Politics's Senior Advisory Committee. "Elise has made public assertions about voter fraud in November’s presidential election that have no basis in evidence."
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Jesse McKinley
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NEW: @NYGovCuomo playing a robocall of unnamed protest organizers in Brooklyn, saying they had communicated with @realDonaldTrump campaign, asking them to make signs saying "Cuomo killed thousands" at Brooklyn protests.
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BREAKING: New York state is going "on pause" per @NYGovCuomo .
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"I believe the worst is over if we continue to be smart," @NYGovCuomo
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