Illustrative Press Reporting/Editorializing
on NYS
budget & Three Gov't Branches
January 7, 2020
"Cuomo's
winning hand at the 2020 State of the State"
City & State (Zach Williams)
January 8, 2020
"Job
one in Albany: Tackle budget problems with guts and
pragmatism"
New York Daily News (editorial)
"Job
three in Albany: Cap NY legislators' outside income"
New York Daily News (editorial)
January 8, 2020
"5
Things to Watch in Cuomo's State of the State Speech"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)
January 8, 2020
"Marajuana
Will Be Legalized in New York in 2020, Cuomo Vows"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Luis Ferre-Sadurni)
January 9, 2020
"Cuomo
needs to be honest about the budget gap"
Crains
New York Business (Greg
David)
January 9, 2020
"Cuomo's
State of the State & & What's Next with Sen. Liz Krueger"
Gotham Gazette (Ben Max)
January 9, 2020
"State
of the State: What Your Bronx State Reps Had to Say"
Norwood News (David Cruz)
January 9, 2020
"Cuomo
Speech Sets the Table, But It's Not Yet Clear What He's
Serving"
City Limits (Jarret Murphy)
January 9, 2020
"Cuomo
stirs confusion over budget gap and medicaid spending"
NY360 (Massarah Mikati)
January 10, 2020
"16
Notable Cuomo Proposals Not in His State of the State
Speech"
(Samar Khurshid)
January 10, 2020
"Reactions
Roundup: Elected Officials, Advocates & Others
on Cuomo's State of the State Speech"
Gotham
Gazette (Katie
January 10, 2020
"Change
is hard"
HV1 (Geddy Sveikauskus)
January 10, 2020
"Local
concerns mount over reducing NY's 6 billion budget gap"
WWNY 7 (Keir Chapman)
January 10, 2020
"William
Barclay's new year's promotion"
City & State
(Zach Williams)
January 10, 2020
"Albany's
self-inflicted Medicaid Crisis"
City Journal (Bill Hammond)
January 10, 2020
"Massive
Budget Deficit Will Dominate 2020 Session"
Little Falls (Assemblyman Robert Smullen)
January 11, 2020
"Facing
the facts about New York's budget hole"
New
York Post (editorial)
January 12, 2020
"Don't
pass NY's state deficit buck to the counties"
Auburn Citizen (editorial)
January 16, 2020
"How
Cuomo Closes Budget Gap and May Approach Largest Deficit
Since His First Year"
Gotham Gazette (Samar
Khurshid)
January 17, 2020
"Final
Signature Allows Implementation of Cuomo-DiNapoli
to Restore Certain Contract Oversight Powers "
Gotham Gazette (Ethan Geringer-Sameth)
January 17, 2020
"Assembly
primary challengers who are raising big money"
City and State (Zach Williams)
Nov. 15, 2019 "Whose
facing a 2020 primary challenge in the state
Legislature?"
City & State (Zach
Williams)
January 19, 2020
"Albany
gets ready to fill its shopping cart -- using your money"
Lockport Union Sun & Journal (Joe Mahoney)
January 19, 2020
"Gov.
Cuomo's 10th state budget to detail how to fil $6.1 billion
deficit"
Newsday (Michael Gormley)
January 20, 2020
"Three
questions for Cuomo's budget address"
City & State (Zach Williams)
January 21, 2020
"What
You Need to Decode Gov. Cuomo's $175
Billion-Plus State Budget Speech"
The City (Josefa Velasquez)
January 21, 2020
"Cuomo's
executive budget, by the numbers"
City & State (Jeff Coltin)
January 21, 2020
"How
to Fix a $6.1 Billion Budget Hole? Attack Medicaid
Spending"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley, Luis
Ferre-Sadurni)
January 21, 2020
"Federal
appeals court dismisses three counts against Sheldon Silver"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)
January 21, 2020
"Sheldon
Silver's corruption conviction is partly overturned"
New York Times (Benjamin Weiser)
January 21, 2020
"Cuomo
hinges gap closing plan on past maneuvers"
Politico (Anna Gronewald, Shannon Young, Joe Anuta, Bill
Mahoney)
January 22, 2020
"Citizens
Budget Commission responds to Cuomo's spending plan"
Albany Times Union (Brendan Lyons)
January 23, 2020
"What's
the date point 7 days: Budget Season begins,
with
Citizens Budget Commission President Andrew Rein"
Gotham Gazette (Ben Max)
January 26, 2020
"State
Conservative Party conference begins in Latham"
Albany Times Union (Steve Hughes)
"Tedisco,
Santabarabara want bail reform changes done
outside of the state budget"
Albany
Times Union (Amanda Fries)
February 28, 2020
"Keep
the Cap?"
February 29, 2020
"Cuomo
says no budget without changes to bail reform"
Democrat & Chronicle/Gannett (Ryan Tarinelli-AP)
February 29, 2020
"Albany
enters the last month of budget talks"
AP (Marina Villeneuve)
March 1, 2020
"Andrew
Cuomo's latest power grab will let him ram
through wind farms"
New York Post
(editorial)
March 3, 2020
"Legislature
gives $40M, broad powers to Cuomo during
coronavirus"
Times Union (Cayla
Harris)
March 3, 2020
"Coronavirus
in New York: Cuomo administration gets $40M,
more power to respond"
Democrat &
Chronicle/Gannett (Jon Campbell)
“What harm would be done if we waited until
Wednesday and get some time to speak to some
experts and the constituents we represent?" said
Assemblyman Kieran Michael Lalor, R-Fishkill,
Dutchess County. "What is the harm in waiting?”
March 4, 2020
"Lt
Governor delivers budget presentation at MVCC"
WIBX (Jim Rondenelli)
March 4, 2020
"Fiscal
watchdogs, conservatives resist Cuomo's budget
power grab"
Albany Times Union
(Amanda Fries)
March 5, 2020
"NYPD
provides hard proof that no-bail law is causing
a crime spike"
New York Post
(editorial)
March 7, 2020
"In
the weeds on pot legalization"
Newsday (editorial)
March 9, 2020
"The
2020 Law Power 100"
City & State
March 9, 2020
"Virus
looms over NY's financial health, budget talks"
Orleans Times Herald (Cayla Harris-Albany TU)
March 10, 2020
"The
Governor and the $6 Billion Budget Gap"
New York Times (Jesse McKinley)
March 10, 2020
"Funding
for Public Financing is Essential for Fight for
Equality in NY"
City Limits (Rick
Silver, Tara Herman)
March 10, 2020
"Save
or spend? State lawmakers eye budget
amid economic uncertainty"
Buffalo
News (Tom Precious)
March 14, 2020
"State
lawmakers aim to pass an early state budget"
City & State (Zach Williams)
January 27, 2020
"New
York State Conservatives call for reforms to
budget process"
Troy Record (Michael
Gwizdala)
January 27, 2020
"Lawmakers
across the aisle call for more power in budget
process"
Albany Times Union (Cayla
Harris)
January 28, 2020
"NYS
Senator Skoufis Has Some Concerns About The
State Budget Plan"
WAMC (Alison
Dunne)
January 29, 2020
"Both
Ends Of New York's Political Spectrum Uneasy
With State Budget Process"
WSHU
(Karen DeWitt)
February 3, 2020
"Stewart-Cousins
to visit Hearst Media Center on Feb. 26"
Albany Times Union (Casey Seiler)
February 3, 2020
"Cohoes
judge issues an order challenging the state's
bail reform law"
Albany Times Union
(Brendan Lyons)
February 3, 2020
"Majority,
Minority in Assembly reveal picks for
independent redistricting commission"
Albany Times Union (Amanda Fries)
February 3, 2020
"2020
redistricting games"
Albany Times
Union (editorial)
February 4, 2020
"Our
Medicaid fix makes sense: NYS' Budget Director
defends Gov. Cuomo's plan"
Daily
News (Robert Mujica)
February 7, 2020
"How
can legislation be passed through the budget
process?"
CNY (Shalon Stevens)
February 13, 2020
"A
Busy First Term for Assemblyman Nader Sayeghb"
Yonkers Times
February 24, 2020
"Cuomo
could make bail reform changes in state budget"
New York Post (Bernadette Hogan)
February 25, 2020
"McDonald
announces re-election campaign for the Assembly"
The Saratogian
February 26, 2020
"Gov.
Cuomo says changes to N.Y. bail laws must happen
in budget"
Daily News (Denis
Slattery)
February 27, 2020
"Local
representatives demand tax hike
for wealthy New Yorkers to prevent state budget
cuts"
Columbia Daily Spectator
(Sofia Kwon)
February 27, 2020
"An
Albany Tradition that Cuomo can't change"
Politico (Anna Grunewald, Nick Niedzwiadek)
February 28, 2020
March 14, 2020
"Coronavirus
concerns accelerate budget talks in Albany"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
March 15, 2020
"New
York weighs impact of virus outbreak on state budget"
AP (Marina Villeneuve)
March 15, 2020
"Gov
Cuomo to pols: Do your job in Albany despite
coronavirus"
New York Post
(Bernadette Hogan)
March 15, 2020
"Even
amid coronavirus, Cuomo is trying to play budget
politics"
New York Post (E.J.
McMahon)
March 16, 2020
"NY
Gov. Cuomo says budget priorities remain the
same: legal weed, bail changes"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
March 16, 2020
"Don't
rush state budget"
Albany Times
Union (editorial)
March 16, 2020
Capitol Pressroom
"Governor's
expanded powers during public health emergency"
March 17, 2020
Capitol Pressroom
"Coronavirus
impact on state budget"
David
Friedfel/David Lombardo
March 18, 2020
"Cuomo's
national profile gives him leverage in budget
talks"
Politico (Nick Niedzwiadek,
Marie French)
March 18, 2020
"With
Two Lawmakers Sick, the Rest Take Turns Voting
in an Empty Chamber"
New York Times
(Jesse McKinley, Luis Ferre-Sadurni)
March 18, 2020
"Heavy
lifting on NY state budget will have to wait"
Auburnpub/The Citizen (editorial)
March 18, 2020
"Watchdog
groups, Republican lawmakers make plea for a
transparent
and policy-free budget this year"
Legislative Gazette (Emma Misiaszek)
March 18, 2020
"New
York's coronavirus budget challenge:
balance the books without doing more harm"
New York Post (editorial)
March 18, 2020
"Critics
don't want Cuomo to add bail, marijuana to state
budget"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
March 19, 2020
"NY
Assemblyman Proposes Creating a Covid-19 State
Budget"
WCBS-88 Radio (Mack
Rosenberg)
March 20, 2020
"State
Budget Talks Are Now More Complicated"
Post-Journal (John Whittaker)
March 21, 2020
"Gov.
Andrew Cuomo has 40 years of government
experience.
He's facing his biggest test yet"
Gannett (Joseph Spector)
March 22, 2020
"Pass
a simple budget so real work can start"
Times Herald-Record (editorial)
March 22, 2020
"Cuomo's
popularity is skyrocketing, but not with
everyone"
City & State (Zach
Williams)
March 23, 2020
"Poll:
What New York political insiders thought before
the pandemic"
City & State (Zach
Williams)
March 23, 2020
"New
York Governor Says State Will Still Pursue
Marijuana Legalization Despite Coronavirus"
Marijuana Moment (Kyle Jaeger)
March 24, 2020
"Borrello
Calls For Policy Removal"
Post
Journal (John Whittaker)
March 24, 2020
"The
State Legislature in a State of Emergency"
Gotham Gazette (Ethan Geringer-Sameth)
March 24, 2020
"Griffo
Urges Cuomo to Remove Controversial Items
From the State Budget"
News Channel 2
March 24, 2020
"Will
the New York State Budget Be Cuomo's Big
Buzzkill?"
Spectrum (Susan Arbetter)
March 24, 2020
"Budget
too vital to rush through and pass in secret"
Daily Gazette (editorial)
March 24, 2020
"Leave
policy out of the state budget"
Union Sun & Journal (Brian Manktelow)
March 24, 2020
"Legislators
say state budget may still be on time, but may
be bare bones"
Post Star (Michael
Goot)
March 24, 2020
"Can
State Government Work From Home During Covid-19
Outbreak?"
Spectrum News (Nick
Reisman)
March 24, 2020
"Griffo
calls for 'bare-bones' NY budget"
Utica Observer Dispatch
March 24, 2020
"Push
To Legalize Pot In New York Still On"
Plattsburgh Press Republican (Joe Mahoney)
March 24, 2020
"Serving
constituents during coronavirus outbreak"
City & State (Zach Williams)
March 24, 2020
"Virus
Brings States to a Standstill.
Sessions Halt,
Budgets Crater, Plans Wait"
New York
Times (Michael Powell, John Eligan)
March 24, 2020
"How
Cuomo, Once on Sidelines, Became the Politician
of the Moment"
New York Times (Jesse
McKinley, Shane Goldmacher)
March 24, 2020
Capitol Pressroom
"Coronavirus
and its impact on the budget"
E.J.
McMahon/David Lombardo
March 25, 2020
"America's
Crisis Daddy Andrew Cuomo Exploits Coronavirus
Panic
to Push Bail Reform Roll-Back in New York"
The Intercept (Nick Pinto)
March 25, 2020
"Giglio
asks Cuomo to keep 'policy items' out of 2020
budget"
New Orleans Times Herald
March 25, 2020
Capitol Pressroom
"Assembly
Minority Leader on Coronavirus response"
Assembly Minority Leader Barclay/David Lombardo
March 25, 2020
Capitol Pressroom
"Proposed
actions to address state budget crunch"
David Lombardo
March 25, 2020
"Gig
worker reforms won't be included in the budget"
City & State (Annie McDonough)
March 25, 2020
"Coronavirus
Won't Stop New York From Trying to Legalize
Marijuana"
Observer (Chris Roberts)
March 26, 2020
"Coronavirus
cash crunch: State and city budgets must find
savings"
Daily News
(editorial)
March 26, 2020
"Cuomo
wants to reduce size of new state budget amid
pandemic"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
March 26, 2020
"Cuomo
seizing control of NY state budget amid
coronavirus' economic crunch"
NY
Post (Bernadette Hogan, Aaron Feis)
“It would be done by the Division of the
Budget,” he continued. “I don’t believe the
legislature is going to want to come up here
every quarter and go through numbers. At this
rate, with the spread of the virus, I don’t even
know that it would be responsible to ask for a
convening of the legislature.”
March 26, 2020
"Cuomo
proposes 'adjustable' budget, as NY prjected to
lose $10-15 billion in taxable revenue"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
"Both Cuomo and Senate Majority Leader
Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) said
Thursday that they believe talks are on
track to pass a budget before the end of
the fiscal year next week.
It remains unclear when lawmakers will
return to Albany ahead of the
approaching April 1 deadline and how
they will sort out the logistics of
discussing policy proposals and the
budget bill and vote on the measures.
Stewart-Cousins said she’s OK with
granting the executive a little wiggle
room given the severity of the
situation, but she doesn’t believe the
governor’s power should go unchecked."
March 26, 2020
Capitol Pressroom
"Senate
Leader on budget process on a coronavirus
response"
Senate Majority Leader
Andrea Stewart-Cousins/David Lombardo
March 26, 2020
"Cuomo:
NY needs flexible budget amid coronavirus
uncertainty"
Albany Times Union
(Cayla Harris)
March 26, 2020
"Outbreak
ravages N.Y. budget; Governor Call Aid Deal
'Terrible' for the State"
New York
Times (Luis Ferre-Sadurni, Jeffrey Mays)
March 26, 2020
"Cuomo:
Uncertain Economy May Lead To Cuts In NYS Budget"
WAMC (Karen DeWitt)
March 26, 2020
"The
final stretch of budget negotiations begins"
City & State (Zach Williams)
March 27, 2020
"Upstate
NY lawmaker in hospital after testing positive
for coronavirus"
Aurburnpub.com
(Robert Harding)
March 27, 2020
"Morinello,
NYSUT urge budget caution"
Niagara
Frontier Publications
March 27, 2020
"Cuomo
says spending cuts are inevitable
as stakeholders push back"
Buffalo
News (Tom Precious)
March 27, 2020
"Cuomo
floats public financing in N.Y. state budget
despite judge scuttling controversial commission"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
March 27, 2020
"American
Taxpayers Shouldn't Pay for Cuomo's Budget
Deficit"
Newsmax (Tom Basile)
March 27, 2020
"Let's
'Kick Coronavirus's Ass'"
New York
Times (Maureen Dowd)
March 27, 2020
"Why
Cuomo's good at this: Explaining the governor's
strength
at handling the coronavirus crisis"
Daily News (Maggie Moran)
March 27, 2020
"Cuomo
wants to try something never done before as
budget deadline looms"
WBFO (Karen
DeWitt)
"Cuomo said he still wants to include additional
unrelated items into the budget, like making
some changes to the state’s bail reform laws
that ended most forms of cash bail on Jan. 1 and
legalizing recreational marijuana for adults. He
said the budget may be “it” and, after early
April, the Legislature may not convene again
this year."
March 27, 202-
"Amid
crisis, New York set to hike pay"
Auburnpub.com (Ken Giradin)
March 27, 2020
"How
lawmakers could vote remotely on the state
budget"
City & State (Zach Williams)
March 27, 2020
"Glowing
coverage of Cuomo also raises difficult
questions"
Columbia Journalism
Review (Ross Barkan)
March 29, 2020
"Critics
Saying New York Budget Being Crafted With
'Unprecedented Secrecy'"
Wall Street
Journal (Jimmy Vielkind)
March 29, 2020
"Cuomo
and 2020: In another era, New York's Governor
would be his party's nominee"
Daily
News (editorial)
March 29, 2020
"First
things first: This year, the state budget should
focus
on the coronavirus emergency; other
policy can wait"
Daily News
(editorial)
March 29, 2020
"'My
eggs are priceless': NY lawmaker donated to
fertility clinic 5 times"
New York
Post (Carl Campanile)
March 29, 2020
"Not
for first time, a governor named Cuomo
casts an election year shadow"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)
March 29, 2020
"Cuomo
deserves praise -- and some words of caution"
Albany Times Union (Richard Brodsky)
March 30, 2020
"State
Budget Negotiations are Focused on the Wrong
Priorities;
We Need an Emergency Coronavirus
Package"
Gotham Gazette (Robert
Carroll)
March 30, 2020
"How
to Craft the Bare Bones State Budget New York
Needs"
Gotham Gazette (Carol
Kellerman)
March 30, 2020
"With
big spending cuts eyed, lawmakers head back to
Albany for fiscal dealmaking"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
March 30, 2020
"New
York state budget: 9 issues to watch for as the
deadline looms for an on-time deal"
Democrat & Chronicle/Ganett (Joseph
Spector)
March 30, 2020
"State
budget should be about emergency response,
funding priorities"
The Evening
Tribune (Phil Palmesano)
March 30, 2020
"Tedisco
Calls For a Policy-Free Barebone State Budget"
My Little Falls
March 29, 2020
"Cuomo
warns of 'drastic' budget cuts
as lawmakers prepare to vote remotely"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
March 30, 2020
"New
York Budget Down To The Wire"
WAMC
(Karen DeWitt)
March 30, 2020
"Local
lawmakers feeling pressures as state budget
deadline looms during pandemic"
Channel 7 (Natalie Kucko)
March 30, 2020
"Cuomo
Helped New York Get Into This Mess"
The Nation (Ross Barkan)
March 30, 2020
"Fog
descends on Albany as Covid uncertainties
weigh heavily on state budget talks"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
March 31, 2020
"Cuomo
could be the leader that the Democratic Party
and nation desperately need"
Washington Post (Katrina vanden Hueval)
March 31, 2020
"Legislators
still hashing out budget details as deadline
looms"
Albany Times Union (Cayla
Harris)
March 30, 2020
"Lawmakers
Feel 'Impotent' 'Concerned" Over State Budget"
Spectrum News (Susan Arbetter)
March 30, 2020
"Keep
It Simple, Albany. This Is No Time for
Albany Games"
New York Times
(editorial)
March 30, 2020
"New
York Hospitals Face $400 Million in Cuts Even as
Virus Battle Rages On"
New York Times (Luis
Ferre-Sadurni,
Jesse McKinley)
March 30, 2020
"Lots
of unanswered question with budget questions a
day away"
Politico (Bill
Mahoney, Shannon Young, Marie French)
March 31, 2020 -- Politico e-mail "New York
Playbook" --
"IT'S TUESDAY and
THE STATE BUDGET IS DUE.
Got tips,
suggestions or thoughts? Let us know ... By
email:
EDurkin@politico.com and
agronewold@politico.com, or on Twitter:
@erinmdurkin and
@annagronewold
WE MIGHT ACTUALLY GET A BUDGET
THIS WEEK: Two bills were
sent to the printers early this morning. One is
the Public Protection and General Government
Article VII bill,
S.B. 7505. The other is
the Revenue Bill,
S.B. 7509. Typically the Revenue bill is a
catch all and the final bill to roll out. This
year, it however, it has big gaps, seemingly
waiting on actual language for some forthcoming
legislation.
INTERESTING:
The
summary indicates a marijuana program will be
included in Part AA, but the actual language is
currently "intentionally omitted." There are
usually 10 budget bills. The only other released
in its vote-able form is the Debt Service
appropriation bill, which has been passed by the
Senate."
March 31, 2020
"Cuomo
gets power in NY budget to close prisons"
Auburnpub.com (Robert Harding)
March 31, 2020
"Where
things stand with the New York State budget"
City & State (Zach Williams)
March 31, 2020
"Cuomo:
Need for big budget cuts is 'ugly and painful
truth'"
Syracuse.com (AP) &
here
“They have cloaked this as thoroughly as I’ve
ever seen in 30 or 40 years. Nobody has any idea
what’s going on,′ said E.J. McMahon, research
director for the Empire Center, a fiscally
conservative think tank."
March 31, 2020
"With
looming budget deadline of April 1 and the
cronavirus crisis,
N.Y. budget remains uncertain"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
March 31, 2020
"Legislators
still hashing out budget details as deadline
looms"
Albany Times Union (Cayla
Harris)
March 31, 2020
"Cuomo:
No legal weed for New York in state budget, but
reforming bail is"
NY Post
(Bernadette Hogan)
April 1, 2020
"NY
lawmakers letting Cuomo make all tough budget
decisions --
when he gets to it"
New York Post (E.J. McMahon)
April 1, 2020
"Lerner:
Legislators Must Stay in Session Post Budget"
Spectrum News (Susan Arbetter)
April 1, 2020
"All
eyes on state budget"
Politico (Nick
Niedzwiadek, Madina Toure)
April 1, 2020
"Cuomo's
plan to merge Bridge Authority, Thruway defeated"
Times Herald-Record (Judy Rife)
April 1, 2020
"Abinanti
Calls for 'Covid-19 State Budget"
Yonkers Times
April 1, 2020
"Cuomo's
Bail Reform Reversal Risks
Explosive
Coronavirus Spread in Jails"
Slate
(Jonathan Ben Menachim)
April 1, 2020
"New
York state budget deal includes
overhaul of bail reform: sources"
NY
Post (Bernadette Hogan, Nolan Hicks)
April 1, 2020
"Budget
details trickle out as talks continue"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
April 1, 2020
"Previously
Struck Down in Court, New State Campaign Finance
System
and Political Party Thresholds Pass
in Budget"
Gotham Gazette (Samar
Khurshid)
April 1, 2020
"Albany
has a budget deal but virus' impact still
unclear"
Newsday (Yancy Roy)
April 1, 2020
"NY
Lawmakers Stay Up Late Trying to Pass Overdue
Budget"
WAMC (Karen DeWitt)
April 1, 2020
"Cuomo,
Legislators reach 'conceptual agreement' on
budget"
Albany Times Union (Cayla
Harris)
April 1, 2020
"Media
need to scrutinize Andrew Cuomo's record, not
crush on his words"
Nation of Change
(Julia Hollar)
April 2, 2020
"N.Y.
budget gives Cuomo spending and borrowing
control
as coronavirus clouds states fiscal
future"
Daily News (Denis Slattery)
April 2, 2020
"NY
Legislators from Mid-Hudson Valley say state
budget process difficult"
Daily
Freeman (Paul Kirby)
April 2, 2020
"Harckham:
Some Silver Linings in State's 2020-21 Budget"
Patch (Tom Staudter)
April 2, 2020
"Albany
budget close to the finish line"
AP
(Marina Villeneuve)
April 2, 2020
"Legislature
moves toward completing budget"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)
April 2, 2020
"'We
Can't Spend What We Don't Have': Virus Strikes
NY Budget"
New York Times (Luis
Ferre-Sadurni,
Jesse McKinley)
April 2, 2020
"New
York's State Budget Nearly Complete"
WSKG (Karen DeWitt)
April 2, 2020
"Final
deals on new coronavirus-slammed state budget
come together in Albany"
Buffalo
News (Tom Precious)
April 2, 2020
"After
the budget, then what?
Good government groups hope lawmakers can work
remotely"
Legislative Gazette (Emma
Misiaszek)
April 2, 20200
"Cuomo
Calls New State Budget 'Robust',
Progressives Call It 'Republican Austerity
Warfare'"
Gothamist (Chris Robbins)
April 3, 2020
"Paid
sick leave, prevailing wage, and more:
what's in the state budget (and what's not) that
could affect your business"
Albany
Business Review (Chelsea Diana)
April 3, 2020
"Paid
sick leave, flavored e-cig ban, bail changes in
state budget"
Cayla Harris, Chris
Bragg, Amanda Fries)
April 3,
2020
"Some
Capital Region legislators
against 'policy' provisions in state budget"
Daily Gazette (Jeff Wilkin)
April 3, 2020
"Barclay
on the Budget: Thought It'd Be More Transparent"
Spectrum News (Susan Albetter)
April 3, 2020
"Giglio,
Borrello blast policy items in Cuomo's budget"
New Orleans Times (Rick Miller)
April 3, 2020
"Assembly
Minority Leader Will Barclay Comments On Public
Campaign Financing"
Oswego County
Today
April 3, 2020
"How
legislators lost control of the budget"
City & State (Zach Williams)
April 3, 2020
"NYS
Minor Parties Say They Will
Be Weakened By Provision in New State Budget"
WAER (Karen DeWitt)
April 3, 2020
"Cuomo
tucks controverial campaign finance overhaul
into sprawling state budget"
New
York Post (Bernadette Hogan, Nolan Hicks)
April 3, 2020
"Coronavirus
worsens and state passes later budget"
City & State (Rebecca Lewis)
April 3, 2020
"New
York approves $177B budget: 10 things to know"
Times Telegram/Gannett (Jon Campbell)
April 3, 2020
"Amid
Cronovirus Crisis, Andrew Cuomo Held New York's
Health Care Hostage
To Undo Criminal Justice
Reforms"
The Intercept (Nick Pinto)
[April 7, 2020: "The
Shock Doctrine Came for Bail Reform" New Republic,
linking to article]
"New
York's new budget is all about denial"
New York Post (editorial)
April 4, 2020
"Coronavirus
in NY: Cuomo says 2020 legislative session
effectively over"
NewYorkupstate.com
(Teri Weaver)
April 4, 2020
"New
York Legal Marijuana Push 'Effectively Over' for
2020, Governor Says"
Forbes (Tom
Angell)
April 5, 2020
"Faces
in the
News: Andrew Cuomo"
Inquirer.net
April 5, 2020
"Will
the state legislature actually go virtual?"
City & State (Annie McDonough)
April 5, 2020
"Andrew
Cuomo's not your boyfriend -- and Joe Biden is
definitely not your dad"
Salon
(Andrew O'Hehir)
April 5, 2020
"State
lawmakers pledge to reconvene as COVID-19 upends
session"
Albany Times Union (Cayla
Harris)
April 5, 2020
"Of
lives, leadership, and laying blame: Coronavirus
in New York"
Daily News (Harry
Siegel)
April 6, 2020
"New
York Retreats On Bail Reform Amid Coronavirus
Outbreak"
The
Appeal (Byrce Covert)
April 6, 2020
"Albany's
balance of power tilts back to the governor"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)
April 6, 2020
"Campaign-Finance
Bill, Small-Party Hardball Wind-Up in Budget"
The Chief (Richard Steier)
April 6, 2020
"State
Budget Update from Senator Stewart-Cousins"
River Journal
April 6, 2020
"Lawmakers
pass $177B budget: See what Island state pols
have to say"
SIlive.com
(Sydney Kashiwagi)
April 6, 2020
"New
York's New Budget: No Legal Weed, No Fracking,
No Flavored Vapes, No Police Transparency.
But You Get E-Scooter"
Reason (Scott
Schackford)
April 6, 2020
"Ten
Major Proposals Not Included in New State Budget"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)
April 7, 2020
"The
Shock Doctrine Came for Bail Reform"
The New Republic (Melissa Gira Grant)
April 8, 2020
"Stavisky
on NYS FY budget"
Queens Gazette
April 8, 2020
"New
York State Legislature Grants Unprecedented
Powers to Executive
To Maintain
Balanced Budget"
National Law
Journal
April 9, 2020
"Richard
Brodsky, the Legislature's brashest champion"
Politico (Bill Mahoney)
April 9, 2020
State Budget Information from Senate
Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins
Hudson Independent
April 9, 2020
"Capital
Region State Lawmakers
Host Virtual Town Hall On The State Budget"
WAMC (Dave Lucas)
April 9, 2020
"Tough
times, tough choices on the budget"
Queens
Chronicle (Michael Gannon)
April 9, 2020
"'Unconscienable':
New York Senators"
The Appeal
April 9, 2020
"Not
a Budget Anybody Should Be Celebrating':
Democratic Legislators Displeased With
Albany Compromise"
Gotham Gazette
(Samar Khurshid)
April 9, 2020
"New
York defers raises to state employees amide
fiscal stress of pandemic"
Albany
Times Union (Amanda Fries)
April 9, 2020
"NY
deferring workforce pay raises: 'We,
frankly,don't have the money'"
Newsday (Yancey Roy)
April 10, 2020
"Democrats
want to drop Joe Biden for Cuomo, poll finds"
New York Post (Steve Nelson)
April 10, 2020
"Analyzing
Andrew Cuomo's state budget"
Troy
Record (Alan Chartock)
"Cuomo's
Budget is Brilliant"
April 11, 2020
"11
issues the state legislature could still take up
this year"
City & State (Julia Agos)
April 11, 2020
OUR VIEW: Transparency
takes another hit in New York
Lockport Journal
April 11, 2020
"Cuomo's
star yet to shine"
Albany Times
Union (Fred LeBrun)
April 12, 2020
"New
York's Smaller Political Parties
Must Quickly Meet New Ballot Thresholds"
Gotham Gazette (Samar Khurshid)
April 13 2020
"Change
in State Budget Impacts Minor Political Parties"
Post-Journal (Dennis Phillips)
April 13, 2020
Brian Lehrer -- WNYC
Andrea Stewart-Cousins on State Response and
Budget
April 14, 2020
"Cuomo's
budget legerdemain"
The Berkshire
Edge (Alan Chartock)
April 14, 2020
"State
Public Finance Is a Big Deal. Let's Treat
It As Such"
Kings County Politics
(Martin Samoylov)
April 15, 2020
"Common
Cause NY Wants Session To Resume Remotely"
WAMC (Lucas Willard)
April 17, 2020
"Cuomo
issues 57 vetoes to legislative additions to
budget
due to exhausted funding, 'unconstitutional'
changes"
Albany Times-Union (Amanda
Fries)
April 19, 2020
"A
good news nugget: Child welfare reforms quietly
enacted in state budget"
Daily News
(editorial)
April 21, 2020
"State
Lawmakers Push Consumer Relief Measures"
State of Politics (Nick Reisman)
April 23, 2020
"State
lawmakers plan to return 'shortly'"
Albany Times Union (Cayla Harris)
April 28, 2020
"How
NY's Gov. Andrew Cuomo
Is Using The Pandemic To Consolidate Power"
The Intercept (Akea Lacey)
May 1, 2020
"Fact
Check: New York legislators did not just vote
themselves a pay raise
during the coronavirus shutdown"
USA
Today (Doug Stranglin, Jon Campbell)
May 1, 2020
"Andrew
Cuomo may be the single most popular politician
right now"
CNN (Chris Cillizza)
May 3, 2020
"NY
lawmakers pitch coronavirus bills,
hold hearings during stalled legislative session"
NY Daily News (Denis Slattery)
May 4, 2020
"State
Legislature To Hold Hearings On Covid-19's
Impact"
Spectrum (Nick Reisman)
May 4, 2020
"With
Legislature idle, Cuomo chages 262 laws in 55
days"
Albany Times Union
May 5, 2020
"NYS
Senator Wants To Keep Legislation Out Of The
Budget"
WAMC (Allison Dunne)
May 5, 2020
"Trump
'will have failed and the nation will suffer',
if he doesn't pass relief for the states"
Center Square (David Lemery)
He argued that his
own track record as governor of New York
provided a possible template, pointing to the
many years when he had to work with a
Republican-controlled state Senate in order to
get priorities accomplished.
“I understand the polarization,” Cuomo said. “I
dealt with it year after year after year. But we
got the job done. We passed a budget on time
every year. And that doesn’t happen by playing
to the politics. It happens when you rise above
the politics.”
May 6, 2020
"What
Sanders Supporters Hope To Gain From Resumed
Presidential Primary"
Spectrum
(Morgan McKay)
May 7, 2020
"New
York Democratic Election commissioners file
appeal to stop Democratic primary"
AP
May 7, 2020
"Amid
coronavirus bailout talk, Cuomo and state
lawmakers have kept 40 and 60 percent pay raises"
Center Square (Bethany Blankley)
May 8, 2020
"New
York State Tries To Suspend Democracy; NYT and
WaPo Shrug"
FAIR (Julie Hollar)
May 11, 2020
"Barclay to Governor: 'Restore Legislative
Authority'"
Genessee
Sun.com
May 11, 2020
"The
Legislature May Be Starting Up"
WAMC
(Blair Horner)
May 11, 2020
"As
Cuomo's billionare panel seeks to 'reimagine'
NY, critics flag concerns"
Newsday
(Michael Gormley)
May 11, 2020
"Speaker
Heastie Warns State Needs Stimulus Funds"
State of Politics (Susan Arbetter)
May 11, 2020
"'Dictatorial
power': Andrew Cuomo took massive
executive authority to deal with the
coronavirus. Some state lawmakers feel sidelined"
Business Insider (Jake
Lahut)
jlahut@businessinsider.com
The legislator recalled being explicitly
threatened with an emboldened primary challenger
if they did not vote for the executive powers,
but they voted against them anyway.
"You're literally told that if you vote this way
against what they want, that you'll lose your
race — you will lose your seat and suffer the
consequences of 'you're not voting for COVID
relief' or for things that were in the budget,"
they said.
"That's kind of the warning shot in the air."
Governor Cuomo's office did not return requests
for comment.
May 13, 2020
"GOP:
Time To End Cuomo's Emergency Powers"
Post-Journal (John Whittaker)
May 13, 2020
"Nursing
Homes Are Hotspots in the Crisis. But
Don't Try Suing Them"
New York Times
(Amy Julia Harris, Kim Barker, Jesse McKinley)
May 14, 2020
"Emergency
Responder"
New York Review of Books
(Michael Greenberg)
May 17, 2020
"Andrew
Cuomo's budget secrecy means added trouble for
NY's local governments"
NY Post
(editorial)
May 18, 2020
"NY
Firm Sues Cuomo Over Covid-19 Closure Orders"
360
May 25, 2020
"Top
earning public officials should cut their pay
amid NY's fiscal crisis"
NY Post
(editorial)
May 28, 2020
"Albany
Shows its Work, and Eyes Deeper Reforms"
City Limits (Jarret Murphy)
Sen. Gustavo Rivera:
“We need to change the
parameters of power of the governor around the
budget and that requires a constitutional
amendment,” he said. “It’ll be a couple of years
but it is absolutely necessary that we get that
done this year for next year because then we
pass it next year and then it goes to the
public.”
May 28, 2020
"New
York doesn't need federal bailout to cover"
to cover public employee salaries, pensions"
Center Square (Bethany Blankley)
"Why
New York is in Trouble"
June 20, 2020
"Pay
raises for New York state workers deferred
another 90 days"
Albany Times Union
(Brendan Lyons)
June 25, 2020
"New
GOP leader promises start contrast with
Democratic Majority"
Capitol Press
Room (David Lombardo)
July 7, 2020
"Advocates
Seek Budget Parity For The Legislature"
Spectrum (Nick Reisman)
July 7, 2020
"Cuomo's
emergency powers questioned"
WXXI
(Karen DeWitt)
July 8, 2020
"State
lawmakers plan 'robust' session for rare July
session"
Buffalo News (Tom Precious)
July 9, 2020
"DiNapoli:
Local Governments Face 'Profound' Fiscal
Challenges"
Spectrum News (Nick
Reisman)
July 16, 2020
"NY
Lawmakers Push for Equality in Budget-Making
with the Governor"
WRCR-AM
(Jeff Smith)
July 22, 2020
"Returning
Power to the People by Rebalancing the State
Budget Process"
Gotham Gazette
(Alessandra Biaggie, Richard Gottfried)
video conference of legislators & candidates
Gottfried; Biaggi;
July 22, 2020
"Fix
the balance of power in Albany"
Daily News (Susan Lerner, Adolfo Abreu)
July 24, 2020
"Efforts
to give NY legislature more budget power
unlikely to advance"
Albany Times
Union (Amanda Fries)
July 26, 2020
"Shift
could empower New York Democrats to draw their
own districts"
Albany Times Union
(Chris Bragg)
July 27, 2020
"NYC
Lawmakers Call for More Control in State Budget
Process"
Queens County Politics (Clarissa
Sosin)
"State
Lawmakers Push for Equal Say on Budgeting
Process"
Kings County Politics
(Clarissa Sosin)
July 27, 2020
"New
York State Legislature Wraps Up Rare July
Session"
Manatt, Phelps, Phillips
July 27, 2020
"As
deadline nears, legislators urge leaders to
convene to act on budget equity bill"
Albany Times Union (Amanda Fries)
July 27, 2020
"NY
legislators urge to convene to act on budget
equity bill"
Olean Times-Herald
(Amanda Fries -- Albany Times Union"
July 27, 2020
"NYC
Lawmakers Call for More Control Over State
Budget Process"
Queens Politics
(Clarissa Sosin)
July 28, 2020
"Albany
Lawmakers Wage 'Uphill Fight to Limit Immense
Power
that Governor Wields Over the Budget'"
Gothamist (Ben Brachfeld)
zoom conference-- July 27, 2020
July 28, 2020
"Political
Buzz: Andrew Cuomo's Big Takeover"
Spectrum (Bob Hardt)
July 28, 2020
"Cuomo
Looking to Bring Back Financial Control Board to
Steer NYC's Finances"
NY-1 (Zack
Fink)
July 28, 2020
"NY
Libertarian, Green Parties Sue State Officials
over New Restrictive Ballot Access Rules"
Independent Voter News (Shawn Griffiths)
August 1, 2020
"Opinion:
NY Faces Three More Years of Harmful Budget Cuts
Unless Legislative Leaders Act Now"
City Limits
(Khaleel
Anderson, Jabari Brisport, Emily Gallagher,
Jessica González-Rojas,
Chantel Jackson,
Zohran Mamdani, Marcela Mitaynes, Phara
Souffrant Forrest)
August 21, 2020
"Andrew
Cuomo's book deal And Why The Worst Rise to the
Top in Politics"
Foundation for
Economic Education (Brad Polumbo)
contact
August 28, 2020
"Local
Governments getting squeezed as Albany counts on
Federal Aid"
Politico (anna
Gronewold, Nick )
September 3, 2020
"Cuomo
Fundraises with Fingerlake Billionaires..."
Eye on the Ties (Rob Galbraith)
September 9, 2020 -- updated September 18, 2020
"How
Andrew Cuomo became 'maybe the most powerful
governor' in U.S."
Albany Times
Union (Edward McKinley)
September 24, 2020
"Cuomo
to Local Governments: No Long-Term Borrowing"
Spectrum News (Nick Reisman)
September 23, 2020
"Watchdogs
want Cuomo to get Real over Covid budget Crisis"
Backdoor (James Thompson)
September 27, 2020
"Cuomo
defers pay raises a third time for 80,000
workers"
Albany Times Union (Brendan
Lyon)
September 30, 2020
"It's
past time to pull the plug on cuomo's
distatorial pandemic powers"
New
York Post (David Marcus)
October 5, 2020
"Here
are the 46 judges being terminated by the New
York Court System"
Daily Eagle
(David Brand)
November 17, 2020
"December
NY Legislative Session Not Ruled Out"
WAMC (Karen DeWitt)
City-Rochester
November 17, 2020
"After
Cuomo book approval, ethics commissioners quash
greater scrutiny"
Albany Times Union
(Chris Bragg)
December 11, 2020
"Did
Cuomo kill in-person pressers for fear of virus
-- or Reporters?"
NY Post
(editorial)
December 15, 2020
"Ortt
unanimously re-elected as Senate Minority Leader"
Albany Times Union (Amanda Fries)
December 15, 2020
"Bad
news New Yorkers: Cuomo Says His Days As
Governor 'Nowhere Near Over'"
Hot
Air (Ed Morrissey)
December 17, 2020
"Cuomo
for A.G.? Oh, let the fun begin"
Albany Times Union (Chris Churchill)
December 21, 2020
"Assembly
extends virtual session into 2021"
Johnson newspapers-Daily News (Kata Lisa)
December 21, 2020
"New
York is Ousting Older judges to Save Money.
They're fighting Back"
New York
Times (Benjamin Weiser)
December 22, 2020
"46
judges, thousands of cases: Legal fight leaves
careers and caseloads in the balance"
Brooklyn Daily Eagle (David Brand)
December 22, 2020
"Fiscal
watchdogs want transparency from NY over
withheld Funds"
Daily News (Dennis
Slattery)
December 22, 2020
"NYS
Sen. O'Mara appointed ranking republican
on powerful Senate Finance Committee"
WHCU radio
December 22, 2020
"Andrew
Lanza Takes Deputy Leader Role in State Senate"
Spectrum (Nick Reisman)
--
July 25, 2020
"How
a Big Brooklyn Upset Unfolded"
Gotham
Gazette (Victor Porcelli)
November 13, 2020
"
"
Daily News (Michael Gartland)
December 30, 2020
"Former
Albany County Division of the Budget starting as
key Senate Finance Committee staffer"
Albany times Union (Edward McKinley)
Fiscal Policy Institute -- memo
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