ILLUSTRATIVE REPORTING IN 2019 LEGISLATIVE SESSION
& ON STATE BUDGET

January 15, 2019
"Cuomo unveils a new budget for a new Democratic era"
City & State (Zach Williams)

January 18, 2019
"15 Notable Proposals Not in the Governor

January 19, 2019
"NY adds 5 elected judges after scrutiny of appointment practice"
Newsday (Michael Gormley)

January 23, 2019 ***
"Think lawmakers have a say in the state budget?  Think again"
City & State (Zach Williams)

March 4, 2019
"Senate Dem Leader Say Cuomo used pay raise to gain leverage in budget talks"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan) 

March 7, 2019
"Seatbelts Required in the Back Seat? 
This and Other Surprises in Cuomo's Budget"
New York Times (Vivian Wang)

March 10, 2019
"State Legislature pushing to revamp embattled ethics board"
Newsday (Mike Gormley)

March 10, 2019
"Clock ticking for state lawmakers to reach budget deal"
AP (Chris Carola)

March 14, 2019
"State Comptroller on Bullying, Billionnaires & the Budget"
(Max & Murphy

March 14, 2019
"Why Governor Cuomo didn't take questions from reporters during two recent trips"
WKBW (Ali Touhey)

March 14, 2019
"Outside income report signals tough choice for some state legislators"
Legislative Gazette (Ben Goldman)

March 15, 2019 
Legislative Gazette #1911

March 15, 2019
"Inside the NY budget 'mothership'"
Oswegeo County News Now (Seth Wallace)

March 16, 2019
"How to Challenge Albany's Corrupt Culture"
New York Times (editorial)

March 16, 2019
"Capitol Watch: Will state budget be late?"
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal  AP  (David Klepper)

March 17, 2019
"Push comes to budge: Cuomo must hold the line
on spending in budget talks with Assembly and Senate"
Insurance newsnet (editorial)

March 18, 2019
"3 Young Lawmakers Share a Progressive Vision, and a 7-Room Apartment"
New york Times (Vivian Wang)

March 29, 2019
"The Budget New York Needs" 
New York Times (editorial)

March 31, 2019
"New York State Budget Deal Brings Congestion Pricing,
Plastic Bag Ban and Mansion Tax"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Vivian Wang)

March 17, 2019
"Push comes to budge:
Daily News (editorial)

March 18, 2019
"Capitol Watch: Will State Budget Be Late?"
Associated Press   US News & World Report  (David Klepper)

March 18, 2019
"Making sense of the legislative pecking order"
City & State (Zach Williams)

March 18, 2019
"Pass this one, too"
The Leader-Herald

March 18, 2019
"Three Young Lawmakers Share a Progressive Vision, and a 7-Room Apartment"
New York Times (Vivian Wang)

March 18, 2019
"Making sense of the legislative pecking order"
City & State (Zach Williams)

March 18, 2019
"Sunshine Week in America, but Still Darkness in Albany"
WAMC (Blair Horner)

March 19, 2019
"Budget process wrong place for policy"
Niagara Gazette (editorial)

March 20, 2019
"Joseph Griffo appointed to budget conference committee, process remains rocky"
Watertown Daily Times (Abraham Kenmore)

March 20, 2019
"New York lawmakers open to campaign finance reform
and limiting influence of big money"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)

March 27, 2019
"New York State Budget Deadline" What May Be Included"
CNY.COM (Parker Tully)

March 27, 2019
"NY state lawmakers slam Cuomo over fancy Fifth Ave.
fundraiser weeks before the budget"
NY Post (Denis Slattery)

March 27, 2019
"A budget must-do list"
Albany Times Union (editorial)

March 27, 2019
"Budget process painfully familiar"
Daily Gazette (Sara Foss)

March 27, 2019
"Budget concensus take shape as details are hammered out"
Albany Times Union (David Lombardo)

March 27, 2019
"The downstate-upstate divide, Budget Edition"
The Public (Zach Williams)

March 28, 2019
"Cuomo's Budget Priority Balancing Act"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)

March 28, 2019
"In Albany, 'timely' is a matter of debate"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)

March 28, 2019
"New deal emerges in state budget talks as big-ticket items await resolution"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)

March 29, 2019
"Key Issues to Watch as New State Budget if Finalized"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)

March 29, 2019
"All Eyes On Albany As Democrats' State Budget Comes Together"
Gothamist

March 29, 2019
"The Budget New York Needs"
New York Times (editorial)

March 29, 2019
"New York Lawmakers Say Budget Deal Is Near"
WAMC  (Karen DeWitt)

March 30, 2019
"Albany lawmakers finalizing last-minute deals for on-time budget"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)

March 30, 2019
"Tensions simmer in New York's ruling party"
Niagara Gazette (Joe Mahoney)

March 30, 2019
"Commentary: Fusion voting a threat to independent judges"
Albany Times Union (Sol Wachtler)

March 31, 2019 Governor's Press Release

March 31, 2019
"Cuomo and state lawmakers reach last-minute agreement on budget plan"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)

March 31, 2019
"Cuomo, lawmakers reach $175.5 billion budget deal"
City & State (Zach Williams)

March 31, 2019
"Cuomo, legislative leaders reach agreement on $175 B NY state budget"
The Citizen-Auburnpub.com (Robert Harding)

March 31, 2019
"New York State Budget Deal Reached"
WAMC  (Lucas Willard)

March 31, 2019
"New York Agrees to Congestion Pricing, Mansion Tax,
and Plastic Bag Ban in $175B Budget Deal"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Vivian Wang)  & here

March 31, 2019
"New York State budget deal reached: Everything you need to know"
Democrat & Chronicle-Gannett (Joseph Spector)

April 1, 2019
"Broadest, most sweeping state plan': New York lawmakers pass $175B budget'
AP

April 1, 2019
"Democratic Rift over NY Budget as Progressive Backlash Grows"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Vivian Wang)

April 1, 2019
"A Budget With Real Wins for New Yorkers"
New York Times (editorial board)

April 1, 2019
"Legislative session, innovative, familiar"
Times Herald-Record (editorial)

March 31, 2019
"Cuomo, legislative leaders reach agreement on state budget"
Newsday  (Yancey Roy, Michael Gormley)

April 1, 2019
"Cha-ching! Cuomo to become highest paid governor in the nation"
New York Daily News (Denis Slattery)

April 1, 2019
"Cuomo, Stewart-Cousins, and Heastie big winners
after passage of progressive New York budget"
Daily News (editorial)

April 1, 2019
"State lawmakers give Andrew Cuomo a big pay raise"
New York Post (Mark Moore)

April 1, 2019
"Cuomo, Legislative Leaders Agree to $175.5 Billion Budget with Congestion Pricing, Criminal Justice Reform, and Commitment to Public Campaign Financing"
Gotham Gazette (Ben Max)

April 1, 2019
"Cuomo, lawmakers secure raises in the budget process"
Times Union (David Lombardo)

April 1, 2019
"Cuomo scores big pay hike in state budget package"
Press-Repubican (Joe Mahoney)

April 1, 2019
"No joke.  Legislature agrees to give Cuomo a 40 percent salary bump"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
 
April 1, 2019
"North Country state senators critical of the state budget"
North Country NOW

April 1, 2019
"Cuomo to become nation's highest paid governor"
WNYT.com/Channel 13  AP    FOX

April 1, 2019
"Cuomo Gets Big Pay Raise In Special Midnight Session By State Legislature"
Harrison Daily Voice (Zak Failla)

April 1, 2019
"Andrew Cuomo in line to become highest paid governor in the country"
Gannett (Jon Campbell)

April 1, 2019
"How The New York Budget Sausage Got Made"
WNYC-Gothamist  (Fred Mogul)

April 1, 2019
"Barclay criticizes state spending plan"
press release

April 1, 2019
"Local officials react to state budget"
Observer Dispatch (Samantha Madison)

April 1, 2019
"State budget, winners and losers"
Crains (Will Bredderman)

April 1, 2019
"The new state budget, some progress, some compromise"
Rochester City Paper  (Karen DeWitt)

April 2, 2019
"In State Budget, More on Voting, Little on Ethics, and Half-Baked Campaign Finance Reform"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)

April 2, 2019
"Cuomo wrong to OK his own hike in salary"
Oneonta Daily Star (editorial)

April 2, 2019
"Freshman Legislator in Albany Criticizes Budget Process"
WNYC (Jamie Floyd)

April 2, 2019
"Cops, DAs decry budget's criminal justice overhaul"
Oneonta Daily Star (Joe Mahoney)

April 3, 2019
"Three Men and a State Budget: Albany's March Madness"
Syracuse New Times (Luke Parsnow)

April 3, 2019
"North Country Assembly D. Billy Jones Discusses Passage Of New State Budget"
WAMC  (Pat Bradley)

April 3, 2019
"Strip Gov. Cuomo of his power over NY state budget,
Queens assemblyman says"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)

April 3, 2019
"Mixed results for organized labor in the state budget"
City & State (Zach Williams)

April 3, 2019
"Three men outside the room: Assemblyman Barclay,
Manktelow, Walczyk talk Albany dysfunction"
Oswego County News Now (Eddie Valasquez, Seth Wallace)

April 3, 2019
"Why New York is relying on commissions to make policy"
City & State (Annie McDonough)

April 3, 2019
"Governor's pay raise poorly timed, costly to New Yorkers"
Press-Republican

April 3, 2019
"How the state budget will impact your wallet, for better or for worse"
Gannett (Joseph Spector)

April 4, 2019
"Albany's other big raise"
Empire Center for Public Policy (Ken Girardin)

April 4, 2019
"Hits and Misses in the NY state budget"
Syracuse.com (editorial)

April 4, 2019
"NYS Budget Debrief: Ethics and Elections"
WNYC-Brian Lehrer

April 4, 2019
"The Real Reason NY State Courts Have Reduced Backlogs"
New York Law Journal (Michael Friedman)

April 4, 2019
"Hochul defends big salary increase"
WGRZ.com

April 4, 2019
"This weeks biggest Winners & Losers"
City & State

April 4, 2019
"Raises for state pols add insult to injury"
Niagara Gazette

April 5, 2019
"Republican lawmakers calling new budget 'criminal, a monstrosity, and a joke"
Legislative Gazette (Katherine Borchert)

April 5, 2019
"Governor Cuomo sees 2020 budget as a 'strong progressive statement'"
Legislative Gazette (Tom McCarthy)

April 5, 2019
"State budget strikes a positive balance"
Post Star (editorial) 

April 5, 2019
"Albany should focus on budget at budget time"
Lake Placid News (editorial)

April 5, 2019
"Cuomo Temper: Tactical or Beyond His Control?"
The Chief  (Richard Steier)

"CUNY, SUNY Unions: State Shortchanges Us"
The Chief (Crystal Lewis)

April 5, 2019
"Cuomo got his way with the new budget"
Troy Record (Alan Chartock)

April 5, 2019
"O'Mara, Palmesano speak out on budget"
The Leader

April 5, 2019
"Barclay takes compensation committee to court"
Oswego County Today  (Randy Pellis)

April 5, 2019
"Barclay on Capital Pressroom: 'More money should come to my school districts" 
Oswego County News

April 5, 2019
"Legislature takes step back on transparency"
Daily Gazette (editorial)

April 5, 2019
"Fringe Political Parties Should Not Pick Our Judges"
NYLJ (Sol Wachtler)

April 6, 2019  Colin Schmitt

April 6, 2019
"NY Lawmakers OK Pay Raises for Governor, Lt. Governor"
Patch (Michael Woyton)

April 7, 2019
"Finally, fix flawed budget process"
Daily Gazette (editorial)

April 7, 2019
"Budget some time to change"
Riverdale Press

April 7, 2019 ***
"State budget battle is over, but has war just begun?"
Riverdale Press (Michael Hinman)

April 7, 2019
"GUEST APPEARANCE: The worst state budget in recent history"
Finger Lake Times  (Assemblyman Brian Manktelow)

April 7, 2019
"Assemblyman John Salka Frustrated with NYS budget"
WIBX950-AM  John Salka

April 7, 2019
"Governor's pay raise has broader implications"
Post-Star (Ken Tingley)

April 8, 2019
"VIDEO: Breaking down the 2020 NY state budget"
City Limits  (Jarrett Murphy)

April 8, 2019
"Gounardes: Legislature 'not a co-equal' in budget process"
Brooklyn Reporter (Paula Katinas)

April 8, 2019
"Midnight Confirmations and Bad Governance"
Washington Square News (Cole Stallone)

April 8, 2019
"New York just perfected the recipe for bad citizenship"
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal (Bob Confer)

April 8, 2019
"Lawmakers declare an 'on-time' budget for pay raises"
Reclaim New York

April 8, 2019
"North Country lawmakers weigh in on $175B budget"
NBC-5 (Lee Anne Denyer)

April 9, 2019
"Cuomo Call Primary Threat 'Destructive'"
State of Politics (Nick Reisman)

April 9, 2019
Cuomo on Chartock's "roundtable"

April 9, 2019
"Senator on Cuomo pay raise: Bathroom break was 'in protest''"
Gannett (Jon Campbell)

April 10, 2019
"State assemblyman expected to run for Manhattan DA
pushes bill to limit forfeiture fund budget"
New York Daily News (Shayna Jacobs)

April 10, 2019
"Manktelow: The worst state budget in recent history"
Auburnpub.com

April 11, 2019
"Top GOP Senator accuses Dem of bending to AirBNB after donations"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)

April 11, 2019
"State Senate probes local authorites"
Albany Times Union  (Dave Lombardo)

April 11, 2019
"A Shouting Match, Nasty Personal Attacks, and a Growing Rift Among N.Y. Democrats"
(Vivian Wang)

April 11, 2019
"No way to run elections in NY"
Newsday (column - William F.B. O'Reilly)

April 12, 2019
"Cuomo cuts $44M in potential pork from budget"
Albany Times Union (Dave Lombardo)

April 12, 2019
"How the State Budget Could Potentially Harm City Dwellers"
Brooklyn Paper (Bob Capano)

April 12, 2019
"New York state budget is alarming for upstate, Palmesano says"
Star Gazette (guest column)

April 14, 2019
"Upstate's political influence has declined. but does it show in the budget?"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)

April 14, 2019
"Hooray for (blank) idiots living in an apartment"
Riverdale Press (Richard L. Stein)

April 15, 2019
"Albany progressives learn hard lesson in state budget process"
Newsday (Mike Gormley)

April 16, 2019
"Remember The Pay Raises When It's Time to Go Vote"
Jamestown Journal (editorial)

April 15, 2019
"New York Senate Passes Budget, Includes News Taxes and Fees"
Cornell Daily Sun (Grace Lu)

April 15, 2019
"Skoufis Committee probe includes Orange and Ulster nonprofits"
Times Herald-Record (Daniel Axelrod)

April 15, 2019
"Cuomo's never-ending civil war"
City & State (Zach Williams)

April 16, 2019
"New Yorkers not happy about Cuomo raise,
have mixed feelings about majority of measures in state budget: new poll"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)

April 16, 2019
"NYers Overwhelmingly Opposed Pay Raise That Will Make Cuomo Nation's Highest Paid Governor"
Daily Voice (Zak Failla)

April 16, 2019
"New poll shows New Yorkers strongly favor tax cap, plastic bag ban"
WXXI (Alex Crichton)

April 16, 2019
"Voters back plastic bag ban, tax cap, not Cuomo raise"
News 10 (AP)

April 16, 2019
"Holding the Purse Strings in Fight with Democrats, Cuomo May Have the Last Laugh"
NY1 (Zach Fink)

"Senator Jessica Ramos on the The Adopted State Budget & Upcoming Albany Agenda"
Gotham Gazette (Ben Max)

April 19, 2019
"Former NY Senator: 'States has an enormous amount of power'"
WXXI  (Ryan Kalaith)

April 19, 2019
"Skoufis seeks tips for Senate committee investigations"
Times Herald-Record (Chris McKenna)

April 21, 2019
"Will NYers pay for political campaigns?  Panel weighs the options"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)

April 23, 2019
"Public campaign finance could take a while in New York"
WXXI (Karen DeWitt)

April 26, 2019
"'Enough Is Enough': Lawmakers Seek To Break Cuomo's Grip on NY's Budget"
Gothamist (Ross Barkan)

April 28, 2019
"It's not too late to reign in government corruption"
Albany Times Union (Frank Anerchiarico, Thomas Bass)

May 1, 2019
"Now, fix NY's Legislature: Albany is still a boss-driven 'democracy'"
Daily News (Seymour Lachman)

May 2, 2019
WAMC -- Capitol Connection/Alan Chartok interview with Senator Skoufis

June 5, 2019
"New script in Albany needs a new ending"
Times Herald Record (editorial)

June 5, 2019
"The little-known budget weapon that Cuomo could deploy this season"
City & State (Zach Williams)

June 9, 2019
"When Albany plays Santa, hold on to your wallet"
New York Post

June 12, 2019
"New York Conservatives will sue to block fusion voting threat"
Buffalo News (Robert McCarthy)

June 13, 2019
"Will James Skoufis investigate Andrew Cuomo?"
City & State  (Zach Williams)

June 13, 2019
"'Pork' bill hangs over other issues in Albany"
Wall Street Journal (James Vielkind)

June 22, 2019
"A Profound Democratic Shift in New York: 'We Seized the Moment'"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Vivian Wang)

June 22, 2019
"Moderate Democrats just gave New York a host of disasterous new laws"
New York Post (editorial)

June 23, 2019
"Albany's marathon sessions aren't good goverenment"
Auburn.pub  (editorial)

June 24, 2019
"Bill that made it to the finish line in the frenzied last days of the legislative session"
Riverhead Local  (Denise Civiletti)

June 24, 2019
"NY's progressive legislative session: lots to like for Demos, GOP not so much"
NPR  (Karen DeWitt)

June 24, 2019
"As progresives remake Albany and NY State, growing tension in North Country"
NCPR (Brian Mann, Martha Foley)

June 24, 2019
"The Sacking of Albany"
City Journal (Bob McManus)

June 24, 2019
"New York Lawmakers Showed How to Get Things Done"
New York Times (editorial)

June 24, 2019
"In 'Most Historic and Productive' Session,
Albany Democrats Move Extensive Agenda to Transform New York"
Gotham Gazette (Caitlin Rosen, Ben Max)

June 25, 2019
"A Big Mistake Atop New York GOP"
Gotham Gazette (John William Schiffbauer)

June 25, 2019
"New York Just Proved That a Better Democratic Party is Possible"
New York Magazine (Eric Levitz)

June 25, 2019
"Watching state government is like watching a game of chess"
Legislative Gazette (Alan Chartock)

June 25, 2019
"Advocate Dedicated to Uncovering Government Secrets Is Fired for Sexual Harassment"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)

June 26, 2019
"New York Politicians Write More Laws Than Anyone Else, and Late Nights Yield Mistakes"
Lawmakers passed nearly 1,000 bills in the last six months
Wall Street Journal (Jimmy Vielkind)

June 26, 2019
"In End of Session Deals, Cuomo and Legislators Pass Capital Budget,
with New SAM Money"
Gotham Gazette (Andrew Millman)

June 27, 2019
"Senator Liz Krueger & Zellnor Myrie on the Year in Albany"
Max & Murphy

June 29, 2019
"Tale of two CNY senators: Antonacci, May wrap of first legislative session"
Auburn Pub (Robert Harding)

June 29, 2019
"Reader's View: Walsh reflects on 2019 legislative session"
The Sarotogian (Walsh)

June 29, 2019
"Capitol Watch: Session by the numbers; Gov's full desk"
Localsyr.com

June 30, 2019
"Readers sound off on Albany..."
Daily News  (David Siffert)

June 30, 2019
"Conservative

July 3, 2019
Gov's press release:
"Governor Cuomo and Legislative Leaders Announce
Members of the Public Campaign Financing Commission"

July 3, 2019
"Cuomo, Legislative Leaders announce picks for campaign finance panel"
Daily News  (Denis Slattery)

July 4, 2019
"North Country Sen Griffo disappointed in state Legislature's performance"
 North Country Now

"NY May Have Just Taken A Step Toward Reform"
WAMC Radio (Blair Horner)

July 9, 2019
"Cuomo's law-writing commissions are a cancer on New York's democracy"
NY Post (editorial)

July 11, 2019
"Rushing Through Bills Leads To Subpar Legislation In Albany"
Post-Journal  (editorial)

July 15, 2019
"NYS Senator Skoufis Discusses Investigations, End of Session"
WAMC  (Allison Dunne)

July 20, 2019
"NY campaign finance panel already tainted"
Auburnpub.com  (editorial)

July 21, 2019
"Capitol Watch: Stewart-Cousins' national profile rises"
AP  (David Klepper)

July 21, 2019
"New Political Party Wants Solutions, Not Partisan Fighting"
Wall Street Journal (Jimmy Vielkind)

July 22, 2019
"Cuomo Says Progressives Have It All wrong: 'I Am the Left'"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)

July 23, 2019
"WFP, State Lawmakers File Suit To Protect Fusion Voting"
Spectrum News (Nick Reisman)

July 23, 2019
"Two Opposing Political Parties, Fighting For Survival, Sue Cuomo"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)

July 23, 2019
"NY 'Public Financing' Commission Called Threat to Fusion Voting"
Courthouse News (Adam Klasfeld)

July 23, 2019
"Political parties and state lawmakers file lawsuit against elections commission
that could end fusion voting in New York State"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)

July 23, 2019
"Local voters, officials sue for fusion voting"
Niagara Gazette (Tim Fenster)

July 23, 2019
"Publishers Corner: Campaign finance reform has the 'old guard' in a tight spot"
Legislative Gazette (Alan Chartock)

July 23, 2019
"Putting the pieces in place"
Newsday (Mark Chiusano)

August 1, 2019
"Still No Arrangement for New York Comptroller To Audit State Contracts"
WSHU (Karen DeWitt)  and here-WAMC

August 1, 2019
"Cuomo optimized July news hole with regular bill signings"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)

August 6, 2019
"A Bid-Rigging Scandal Rocked Albany, But Cuomo and the Comptroller
Have Yet to Deliver Reforms"
NY1 (Zack Fink)

August 6, 2019
"In new Siena poll, voters say most recent legislative session put New York on the 'right track'"
Legislative Gazette (James Gormley)

August 7, 2019
"Cuomo to restore comptroller's audit powers after 'Buffalo Billion' scandal"
New York Post (Carl Campanile, Bernadette Hogan)

August 9, 2019
"Legislators want the state to study state studies"
Politico (City & State)

August 11, 2019
"Antonacci needs to address his future"
Auburn.pub  (editorial)

August 11, 2019
"Cuomo's still dodging accountability, restoring DiNapoli's power"
New York Post (editorial)

August 11, 2019
"New room, new rules"
City & State (Zach Williams)

August 12, 2019
Capitol Pressroom -- Susan Arbetter -- Bill Mahoney

August 12, 2019
'The demise of 'three men in a room'"
City & State  (Zach Williams)

August 12, 2019
"Will Albany Strenthen Independent Oversight of Government Contracting"
WAMC (Blair Horner) *

August 13, 2019
"How much do judges make in 2019?"
The Street (Eric Reed)

August 14, 2019
"Male legislators earn much more from outside jobs than their femaile colleagues"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)

August 13, 2019
"State budgets primarily on auto-pilot, new analysis shows"
The Center Square (Bethany Blankley)

August 15, 2019
"Lawmakers approve potential salary hike for some 'double dippers'"
Albany Times Union (Dave Lombardo)

August 16, 2019
"Editorial unfair, biased against Antonacci"
Auburn.pub  (ltr to the editor)

August 19, 2019
"'I Can Still Smell Him': For 4 Legislators This Law Is Personal"
New York Times (Corina Knoll)

August 29, 2019
"Cuomo slams critics of controversial license plate fee,
while DMV offers to tap brakes on the plan"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)

August 30, 2019
"Heastie makes his mark on the Assembly"
Niagara Gazette (CNHI Joe Mahoney)

September 2, 2019
"Senate Democrats to hold hearings and address concerns
about new evidence sharing laws"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)

September 4, 2019
"Senator updates county on state budget, mandates"
Oneonta Daily Star (Greg Klein)

September 19, 2019
"Don't shorten legislative session"
Daily Gazette (editorial)

September 24, 2019
"Watchdog gives New York State's finances an 'F'"
Crain's (Will Bredderman)

September 25, 2019
"New York's top judge calls for a massive court restructuring"
Newsday (Yancy Roy)

September 25, 2019
"DiFiore wants massive restructuring of NY courts"
Albany Times Union (Robert Gavin)

September 28, 2019
"Time to reform state court system"
Daily Gazette  (editorial)

September 28, 2019
"Big law firms give big money for judge races"
Albany Times Union (Robert Gavin)

September 29, 2019
"Assemblyman introduced bill pushed by firm that paid him"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

September 29, 2019
"New York State Republicans Squabble Over Political Campaign Money"
Wall Street Journal (Jimmy Vielkind)

October 1, 2019
"Albany's New Democratic Legislature Passed These 5 Progressive Bills,
But Now They Must Clear Cuomo"
Gothamist (Ross Barkan)

October 1, 2019
"Cuomo-backed lobbying disclosure law struck down"
Albany Times Union (Chris Bragg)

October 2, 2019
"New York first to roll out secure whistleblower portal"
Albany Times Union (Cayla Harris)

October 3, 2019
"Court Strikes Down Cuomo Law Targeting Non-Profits"
NY 1 (Zack Fink)

October 4, 2019
"Lawmakers Want Special Session For Limo Bills"
WAMC (Lucas Willard)

October 7, 2019
"Lawmakers To Meet 57 Days in 2020 With A Front-Loaded Calendar"
State of Politics (Nick Reisman)

October 11, 2019
"Oswego County seeking SUNY reimbursements"
NNY360 (Debra Groom)

October 12, 2019
"Capitol Watch: budget wrangling already under way in Albany"
AP (Marina Villeneuve)

 October 13, 2019
"Votes might be in Albany, but all politics are local"
Riverdale Press (Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz)

October 16, 2019
"Vacancies create challenges for some government commissions"
Albany Times Union (David Lombardo)

October 19, 2019
"Pile Of Legislation Passed By NY Democrats Await Cuomo's Attention "
WCBS-88

October 24, 2019
"The State Kind of Dumped this On Us: Early Voting Stirs Anxiety in NY "
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Mays)

October 25, 2019
"Brad Hoylman Asks Community Boards How To Use $1.5M In Funds"
Patch (Sydney Pereira)

November 3, 2019
"Albany 101 -- When a law isn't really a law -- yet"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)

November 11, 2019
"New York Goes Out With A Wimper In Its Case Against ExxonMobil"
Forbes (David Blackman)

November 17, 2019
"Cuomo increasingly turns to GOP for staff hires"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)

November 27, 2019
"Proposal Would Require Governor To Answer Legislator Questions Monthly"
Spectrum (Ryan Whalen)

November 30, 2019
"Economics aside, a soaring budget deficit takes shape in Albany"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious) 

December 4, 2019
"Touch Choices As New York Faces Budget Gap"
WAMC (Karen DeWitt)

December 7, 2019
"The tax man: Heastie thinks higher levies are the only way to close a deficit"
Daily News (editorial)

December 8, 2019
"Governor to blame for state's budget crisis"
Daily Gazette (Sara Foss)

December 15, 2019
"Gov. Cuomo needs to answer for state of NY budget"
Post-Star (editorial)

December 18, 2019
"Issues to Watch in the 2020 Legislative Session in Albany"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)

December 19, 2019
"Nyack Official Announced Run For 8th NY Senate Seat"
Patch  (Lanning Tagliaferro)

December 20, 2019
"New York Progressives Meet Immovable Object: a $6 Billion Budget Gap"
(Vivan Wang, with Jesse McKinley)

December 23, 2019
"Cuomo, Lawmakers face budget deficit in 2020"
WSHU (Karen DeWitt)

December 24, 2019
"Judiciary Chairs: Busy Session Ahead For NY Legislators"
NYLJ (Dan Clark)

December 26, 2019
"State lawmakers taken aback"
Oleans Times (Rick Miller)

----

2019 -- OUTREACH TO THE PRESS 

CJA Homepage  •  Latest News  •  Join Us  •  Site Search

Mailing Address: Post Office Box 8101, White Plains, New York 10602 Tel: 914-421-1200 e-mail: mail@judgewatch.org