Former State Reporter
David Howard King
Articles
- Lobbying Cuomo: How to Get the Governor on Your Side
- In Wake of Charges, Cuomo Promises Change, Offers Few Details
- How Jeff Klein Became New York’s New Power Broker
- Federal Corruption Charges Confirm Systemic Flaws in State Economic Development System
- IDC Housekeeping Account Raises Questions, May Not Be Challenged
- Keith Wright Weighs Options Amid Uptown Power Shifts
- Super PAC’s Big Primary Spending Mostly Comes Up Short
- Board of Elections to Consider Emergency Regulations for Independent Expenditures
- New York’s Other Water Crisis
- Crowded Assembly Field Looks to Quickly Unseat Silver Replacement
- Education-Focused Super PAC Spends on Additional Legislative Races
- Cuomo’s Minimum Wage Nonprofit Through the Lens of His New Regulatory Scheme
- 5 Things to Watch For at State ‘Water Contamination’ Hearings
- In Race to Replace Espaillat, Ramifications for Senate Control, His Power, and More
- Cuomo Seeks to Undermine Comptroller’s Check on His Power
- Trump Could Tip Key Races for State Senate Control
- For Cuomo, Passing Ethics Bill was Urgent, Signing It is Not
- Cuomo Cabinet Boat Trip Highlights Campaign Finance Law Concerns
- Current Providers Welcome Addition of Coming City Bail Fund
- With Proposal, Advocates Attempt to Jumpstart State Affordable Housing Spending
- 2016 A Far Different Election Year for Independent Democrats
- Super PAC Begins Flyering Bronx Senate Race
- Senate Republicans Face Departures with Battle for Control Looming
- Former Informant, Out; Candidate Indicted on Voter Fraud, In
- Cuomo is Keeping New York from Emulating California, De Blasio Says
- Assembly to Begin Implementation of Technology-Based Reforms
- Rangel’s Replacement Decided, Other Uptown Races Take Shape
- Assessing the Aftermath: Top Takeaways for NYC from 2016 Albany Session
- Two Months On, Buffalo Billion Investigator’s Contract Remains a Mystery
- Cuomo Appears to Give Up on Legislature Closing LLC Loophole
- Advocates, Providers Keep Pressure on Cuomo Over Housing Funds
- In Extended Session, Lawmakers Vote Through Variety of Bills with Little Public Review
- Deals Emerge as Albany Legislative Session Moves Toward Conclusion
- Much Undecided, Last-Minute Frenzy Starts in Albany
- Fate of $2 Billion in State Housing Funds Unclear as Session Nears End
- Espaillat Unveils Plan to Address Child Care Costs
- Bronx Council Member Preparing to Again Challenge Incumbent State Senator
- Cuomo Launches End-of-Session Addition to Stagnant Ethics Agenda
- Former Government Informant to Run for Old Assembly Seat
- For Review, Cuomo Chooses Outside Agent Over Existing State Investigators
- End of Session Menu Previews Next ‘Big Ugly’ in Albany
- Role of Cuomo’s ‘Independent Investigator’ Remains Unclear
- IBM Hired Influential Lobbyist Months Before Securing Buffalo Billion Deal
- Players in 2009 Mayoral Control Fight Take Different Positions in 2016
- Citing Cronyism, Tenant Members Resign from Westchester Rent Board
- Concerns Over Proceedings as De Blasio Administration Faces Second Mayoral Control Hearing
- Should Everything Silver and Skelos Touched Be Reviewed?
- Wright Runs for Congress as Tenants Champion, to Mixed Reviews
- Buffalo Billion Probe: Bad Apples or Broken System?
- In Albany, De Blasio Argues for Mayoral Control Extension
- 5 Things State Lawmakers Can Do To Prevent Another Silver
- Vance Has Ties to Several in De Blasio Probe
- Conflict of Interest, Leaked Memo Cloud De Blasio Accusations
- Despite Concerns, BOE Commissioners Call De Blasio Referral Valid
- Will for Water Contamination Hearings Nearly Vanishes
- Special Election Results Buoy Hopes for Reform
- A Post-Budget Test of the Governor’s Commitment to a Constitutional Convention
- Legislative Days Quickly Dwindle, Intensifying Worry Over Ethics
- Cuomo’s 2016 Wins Shaped by Progressive Forces, Electoral Lessons
- Major City Issues at Play in Politically Charged, Post-Budget Legislative Session
- Budget Leaves Cuomo's Affordable Housing Plan A Mystery
- State Budget Agreement: By the Numbers
- For State Budget, Leaders Choose 'On Time' Over Open
- Criminal Justice Reform Again Given Little Attention in Budget Negotiations
- Confusion, Concern Remain as Cuomo Promises Full CUNY Funding
- Oft-Criticized Ethics Watchdog Names Cuomo Aide as Executive Director
- Cuomo's Public Schedules Offer Little Information
- Assembly Announces Internal Reform Plan to Mixed Reviews
- New York City Interests Given Varied Priority in Three Albany Budget Plans
- In Albany, Sunshine Week Starts with Darkness
- Democrats and Republicans Run Parallel Races in Special Elections Created by Corruption
- Heastie Outlines Assembly Ethics Plan
- Key to Vision of Closing Rikers, City Council Bail Fund Moves Through State Process
- Several Significant Questions About The Governor's Budget
- Housing Groups Defend Homelessness Report After Pushback from Cuomo Administration
- Private Sector Retirement Security Plans Become Next Progressive Cause
- Caucus Members Cheerful But Cautious as Cuomo Embraces Their Agenda
- Assembly Reform Group Nears Release of 49-Recommendation Report
- Heastie Takes to Twitter to Respond to Cuomo on Tax Plan
- In Albany, Bharara Challenges Lawmakers to Act, Not Enable
- Bharara Visits Capital He Upended
- Everyone's Talking About Paid Family Leave, Only Compromise Will Yield a Deal
- Calls for Public Discussion of New Affordable Housing Incentive Program
- In Albany, State Senators Ambush De Blasio on Property Tax Reform
- 'Dangerousness' Aspect of Cuomo's Bail Plan Troubles Reformers
- Good Government Groups Rate Cuomo's Ethics Package
- Once Rife with Problems, City Budget Process Now a Model for State System in Need of Reform
- Cuomo Outlines $144 Billion Budget
- Cuomo Unveils Ethics Plan to Questions of Follow Through
- Assembly Democrats Reject Republican Rules Changes, Promise Own Proposals Soon
- Good Government Groups Want Legislators to Pledge to Fight for Reform
- Corruption, Elections Loom Over Lengthy 2016 Legislative Agenda
- Rift Between De Blasio and Diaz Jr Grows, with Implications for the Bronx
- Assembly Reform Group Will Miss Own Deadline
- Cuomo's FOIL Order Has More Limited Scope Than Vetoed Bills
- Negotiations to Extend Important Affordable Housing Tax Break Said to Reach Impasse
- Vetoing FOIL Bills, Cuomo Points Finger at Legislature, Issues Executive Order
- Skelos Conviction Greeted With Calls for Immediate Action on Reform
- Tenant Activists Trace Road to Corruption Trials, Eye Elusive Reform
- Cuomo Urged to Sign Executive Transparency Bills Before Looming Deadline
- Cuomo Increasingly Uses State Power to Undermine De Blasio
- Will Silver Conviction Be Tipping Point for 'Real' Reform?
- Top Ten Corruption Quotes from Silver, Skelos Trials
- Boards to Offer Peek Into New Ways to Access Campaign Finance Data
- Pressure Shifts to Cuomo as De Blasio Announces Supportive Housing Plan
- Warnings Cuomo Must Not Declare Premature Victory on Women's Equality
- East Harlem Tenants Group Rejects De Blasio Housing Plan, Offers Its Own
- Citing 'A Violence Problem,' Cuomo Calls on New Yorkers to 'Respect the Police'
- As Sheldon Silver Heads to Trial, A Democratic Challenger is Poised to Run
- As Cuomo Pushes for Federal Action on Guns, New York Measures Await His Support
- One 'Raise the Age' Story at Center of Push for Legislative Action
- Spurred by Buffalo Billion, Reformers Look to Fix State Business Subsidies
- Klein's 'Newspaper' Touts His Ability to Bring Home the Bacon
- Buffalo Billion Boss Offers, Cancels Interview; Claims 'Threat of Jail'
- Progressive Critics Largely Convinced by Cuomo's Wage Push
- Will New York Be Last to 'Raise the Age'?
- Alain Kaloyeros, Powerful Centerpiece of Buffalo Billion, Could Become Household Name
- Cuomo Takes Additional Executive Action on Criminal Justice
- Newest Prison Sentences Remind of Limited Movement on Even Agreed Upon Reforms
- Rumored Scheme Brings Scrutiny to Bronx Political Machine
- Did Bill De Blasio's Tirade Help Andrew Cuomo Get His Groove Back?
- In Battle with Local Bronx Media, Klein Publishes Own Newspaper
- Candidates Allege Wright Unfairly Influences Elections
- Advocates Rally to Keep Solitary Confinement in Spotlight
- State Constitutional Convention: Holy Grail or Pandora's Box?
- Assembly Transparency Group Operates in Secret
- What is Flanagan Looking for From De Blasio on Mayoral Control?
- Executive Order Shifts Cuomo-Schneiderman Dynamic
- Republicans Face Moment of Truth After Conviction of Senate Deputy Leader
- Despite Unprecedented Scandal, Calls for Special Ethics Session Fall on Deaf Ears
- Cuomo Waves Left with Executive Actions, Is Met with Shrugs
- Black, Hispanic & Asian Caucus Faces Growing Pains, Tense Relationship with Cuomo
- Language in Rushed Rent Regulations May Hold Tenant-Friendly Surprise
- Prison Escape Allows Critics to Attack Cuomo on Prior Source of Strength
- Cuomo's Executive Action on 'Raise the Age' Prompts Questions
- The Week Ahead in New York Politics, July 6
- License to Carry: New York's Gun Permit Laws
- Albany Lawmakers Putter Past Deadlines, Surprising No One
- Landlord Harassment, Neglect Continue Despite State Monitor, Tenants Say
- With Negotiations Down to the Wire, Many Demand Assembly Hold Out For Stronger Rent Laws
- Cuomo Tenant Protection Unit an Overlooked Part of Rent Regulation Debate
- Resetting the End of Session Agenda in Albany
- Schneiderman's Evolution on Ethics
- Would Expired Rent Regs, Mayoral School Control Spell Doomsday for New York City?
- With Legislative Package, Schneiderman Challenges Lawmakers to Act on Ethics
- Does 2015 Offer Return of the Albany Big Ugly?
- Cuomo Seizes on Wage Issue as Legislature Sits Paralyzed by Scandal, Partisanship
- As He Campaigns for Top Priorities, Many Wonder Where Cuomo is on DREAM
- Mostly Questions and Criticism Ahead of Cuomo Email Summit
- SAFE Act Haunts Movement on Gun Safety Legislation
- At Chaotic Time, Cuomo Hires Weprin to Assist in Deal-making
- Overwhelmingly Passed Again by Assembly, Bill to Close LLC Loophole Appears Iced by Senate
- The Flanagan Effect: What the New Senate Leader Means for the De Blasio Agenda
- Tenant Advocates Seize on Scandal in Push for Stronger Rent Laws
- Amid Further Ethics Scandal, What Can Cuomo Do Now?
- Dean Skelos Thwarted Reform and Maintained Power, Despite the Odds
- Strategy Meetings Signal Coming Flurry of Rent Law Lobbying
- Even After Reforms, Albany Committee System Remains 'Undemocratic' Labyrinth
- Quiet Before the Storm in New Phase of Mayoral Control Debate
- With Another LLC Loophole Vote Coming, Dwindling Optimism About Any Campaign Finance Reform
- Criminal Justice Reformers Look to Impact Albany as Legislators Return to Session
- State Senate Democrats Poised to Ride Hillary Clinton Wave
- Left Out of Ethics Deal, LLC Loophole Faces Renewed Scrutiny
- Scott Shooting May Help Reignite New York Criminal Justice Debate
- Advocates: Cuomo, Legislature Squandered Moment for True Reform
- With New Budget, Key Issues Championed by City Officials Left for Later
- Frustrated and Confused, Legislators Vote on Largely Unseen Budget
- Democrats Frustrated by Governor Backing Off Party's Issues
- Hurting Homeowners Say Bank Settlement Funds Belong with Them
- Albany Sunshine Week Looked Like an Eclipse to Advocates
- New York's Unique Campaign Finance Ecosystem
- Warning: Top Medical Researchers Leaving New York at Unhealthy Rates
- Three Different Budgets with Two Weeks To Go
- On Minimum Wage, Cuomo Again Finds the Not-So-Happy Middle
- Assembly Budget Champions De Blasio Agenda
- Fight for MMA Legalization Sees New Life After Silver KO
- Outside Experts, Inside Employees Agree: Cuomo's Email Purge Misguided
- State Legislators Strain Under Cuomo's Budget Yoke
- Tenant Protection Bill Appears Hostage in Women's Equality Standoff
- As De Blasio Heads to Albany, Policy Rifts with Cuomo are Clear
- Bronx Program Serves as Inspiration for Mark-Viverito's City-Wide Bail Fund Proposal
- With 'Raise the Age,' Cuomo Continues Push to Reform Juvenile Justice
- Amid Assembly Shake-Up, Cuomo Attempts to Capture Ethics High Ground
- Denying Donor Influence, Heastie Reaps Rewards for Bill Sponsorship
- Is Heastie, Assembly Speaker Favorite, Ready to Hold the New York City Mantle?
- First Steps Taken to Convert Closed Bronx Prison to Re-entry Hub
- Assembly Democrats Move to Oust Silver, Establish Replacement Plan
- Albany Power Dynamics Allow Immense Power, Little Reform
- Cuomo's State of the State: What's in it for NYC?
- Cuomo Continues Rollout of 2015 Agenda, Still Much to Say as Major Speech Looms
- Four Years of Cuomo State of the States: Hits, Misses & Themes
- Advocates Expect 'More Professional,' Unified 2015 Push For Transgender Rights
- De Blasio Faces Uphill Trip to Albany
- Partisan, with a Chance of Compromise: Forecasting the 2015 Albany Legislative Session
- Three Years In, New York Ethics Commission Still Looking to Find Footing
- Small Town Ethics Could Have Big-Time Fracking Impact
- Democrats Begin Push for Criminal Justice Reforms Ahead of Legislative Session
- Amid Heightened Tension, Advocates Push Cuomo to Veto Police Discipline Bill
- The Commission Question: Would One Work for Legislative Pay Raises?
- Legislators, Advocates: Dream Act On Cuomo's Shoulders Now
- New York's Part-Time Legislators Look for a Raise
- Is New York Campaign Finance Reform Dead?
- Governor Fusion: Cuomo and His Many Ballot Lines
- The Cuomo Record: Budget
- The Cuomo Record: Economy
- The Cuomo Record: Government Reform
- The Cuomo Record: Transparency
- The Cuomo Record: Immigration and Civil Rights
- Cuomo and De Blasio Making Presence Felt in Battle for Senate Control
- The Complicated Role of the Attorney General - and This Year's Race to Fill It
- Gouging Begins in Latest Battle Over Rent Laws
- WFP & Its Defeated Primary Candidates Face Tough General Question
- Koppell Promises IDC Death Sentence If Elected
- Veteran Democrats Avella, Liu Vie for Senate Seat, Party Soul
- Senate Democrats Feel Governor Campaigns For Them...Via Kathy Hochul
- Why Cleaning Up Albany Keeps Being Left to Bharara
- New State Re-Entry Council Takes Aim at Recidivism
- Schneiderman's Share of the Moreland Mess
- State Rules on Use of Campaign Cash Remain Unclear, Unenforced
- Stonewall Democrats to Make Endorsements, Give Indication of Cuomo LGBT Support
- As Clubs Endorse, LGBTQ Support for Cuomo Uncertain
- Cabrera's Conservative Credentials Appear At Odds With Klein's Litmus Test
- Advocates, Legislators Wary of IDC Realignment
- 'Failure' of State Legislature: Acting on Women's Equality
- Today’s Lead: Albany Legislative Session Enters Final Hours
- Today’s Lead: Mistrial Up to Jurors in Malcolm Smith Bribery Case
- Advocates Ready Last-Minute GENDA Blitz
- Today’s Lead: Rangel Drops Out of Third Televised Debate
- Today’s Lead: Congressional Debate Shifts to Policy and Records
- Filling the Progressive Void: Hawkins' 2014 Mission
- Today's Lead:
- Today's Lead: Labor Groups Pressure IDC to Rejoin Democrats
- WFP-Cuomo Deal Puts New York Transactional Politics on Full Display
- Today’s Lead: State Eliminates Political Donation Limits For Individuals
- As Party Fractures, Cuomo Ascends
- Solitary Confinement Scrutiny Grows
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Pauses 9-1-1 System Overhaul
- When Part Time Work Doesn't Pay: New York's Unemployment Rules
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Plans Rental Subsidy For Homeless
- Education Tax Credit Back From the Dead
- Today’s Lead: De Blasio’s Budget Questioned on Two Fronts
- Why Campaign Finance Reform Makes Political Sense For Cuomo, Now
- Today’s Lead: The Incumbent Governor’s Base
- Equality Bills Await Senate Action
- Today's Lead: De Blasio's Affordable Housing Plan
- Today's Lead: Service Returns to Normal as Investigation Into Derailment Continues
- Today's Lead: Council Speaker Set to Introduce New Rules
- Today's Lead:Grimm Expected to Surrender to FBI as Indictment Nears
- Legislature Closing In On Medical Marijuana Deal
- Possible Primary Mess in The Bronx
- A Post-Budget 'Big Ugly'?
- Today's Lead: Federal Life Support to Brooklyn Hospitals Official
- Today’s Lead: Moreland Lingers For Cuomo
- Kill Fee: The Price of Silencing Moreland
- Today's Lead: Grading De Blasio's First 100 Days
- Today's Lead:Comptroller to Opt Out of Public Financing System
- Push To Reform NYPD Crisis Response May Lead To State-Wide Program
- Today's Lead: The Mayor, Post Budget
- Today's Lead: $140 Billion State Budget Finalized, With Complaints
- Today's Lead: Legislators Set to Vote on Controversial Budget Deal
- Compromise Yields Minimal Reform in On-Time Budget
- Legislature Will Have Hard Time Silencing Moreland
- Today's Lead:Late Push For Homeless Rent Subsidies Looks Doomed
- Beyond Pre-K: What Else is at Stake for NYC in the State Budget
- Today’s Lead: State Senate Rejects Dream Act
- Today’s Lead: Cuomo Pressed For Less Pre-K Funding in Senate Budget
- Letting the Sun In: The State of New York Government Transparency
- Today’s Lead: De Blasio’s Push For City’s Own Minimum Wage Stalls
- College Behind Bars: Cuomo Proposal Sparks Debate
- DREAM Act Could Advance Via Espaillat Campaign
- Latino Lawmakers: Budget Could Hinge on DREAM Act
- Today’s Lead: De Blasio Goes to Albany
- Todays Lead: City Details After-School Expansion
- Assembly Passes DREAM Act, de Blasio Prods Senate
- Today’s Lead: City’s Sandy Response Under Scrutiny
- Today’s Lead: Cuomo Says He Will Sign DREAM Act if it Passes
- De Blasio Allies Continue to Dog Cuomo on Pre-K
- Today’s Lead: Cuomo Offers Plan to Provide College Courses to Inmates
- Caucus to Mobilize Progressive Allies
- Assembly Passes Early Voting Bill
- Today’s Lead: Republican Leader Pledges to Block Vote on De Blasio Pre-K Tax
- Today’s Lead: State of The City
- WEA Advocates Bank on Election-Year Leverage
- Today’s Lead: Bridge Scandal Expands
- Today’s Lead: Cuomo’s State of the State
- De Blasio Embraces Cuomo Speech That Offers Little For The City
- Groups Fear Cuomo Won't Highlight Campaign Finance Reform In Annual Address
- While Governor Calls For Tax Relief, De Blasio Pushes For Pre-K Tax
- Is New York's Women’s Equality Act Dead?
- Today’s Lead: Council Bids Farewell to Quinn
- Today’s Lead: De Blasio Ally Declares Victory in Council Speaker Race
- SUNY Expected to Move On Sale Of Struggling Brooklyn Hospital
- A Strategy For Paving The Way To Fewer Traffic Fatalities
- Today’s Lead: Feds Order Sweeping Safety Review of Metro-North
- Today’s Lead: De Blasio to Live in Gracie Mansion
- Liu Praises Krueger For Marijuana Bill
- Did Moreland Report Help or Hurt Supporters of Public Financing?
- Did Moreland Investigate Gov Cuomo Or Not?
- Today’s Lead: Driver Lapse Could Have Caused Derailment
- Moreland Can’t Reach Consensus on Public Financing of Campaigns
- Why The Legislature Is Fighting The Governor’s Anti-Corruption Commission
- NYPIRG To Moreland: Reform State Ethics Panel
- Today’s Lead: Bloomberg Promises Balanced Budget
- Source: Don’t Expect Moreland Report on December 1st
- Today’s Lead: The Battle For Council Speaker
- Have the Stars Aligned For Supporters of Driver’s Licenses For the Undocumented?
- Today’s Lead: De Blasio Begins Transition
- Post-Election Day Reads
- Cuomo Wins Big With Casino Ballot Measure
- De Blasio's Election Could Mean A Paradigm Shift In Albany
- Complaints About Tiny Type On Ballots, Broken Machines On Election Day
- Today’s Lead: Court Blocks Stop-And-Frisk Ruling
- Today’s Lead: The Final Debate
- Things Get Heated Between State Democratic Committee and IDC
- Moreland Tangles With Senate Republicans
- Another Albany Arrest May Mean Trouble For Senate Democrats
- Ex-Cuomo Aide to Head JCOPE
- Moreland Stomps on State Board Of Elections
- Moreland Ready to Focus on State Board of Elections
- Moreland Commission Looks To Rebuild Credibility At 3rd Hearing
- Free MTA Rides For Residents of Areas Hardest Hit by Sandy
- Today’s Lead: Court Rules in Favor of Lhota PAC
- Today’s Lead: Municipal ID Cards For Undocumented
- Coney Island Library Reopens Nearly A Year After Sandy
- It Ain’t Easy Being Green
- Today's Lead: Soda Ban Goes Before State's Highest Court
- Today's Lead: Judge Rejects Lawsuit Over Casino Proposal
- Moreland Commission Shakes Fist at Legislature
- 6 Proposals On November's Ballot And What They Mean
- Today's Lead: Liu Supporters Are Sentenced
- Housing Activists’ Hopes For Moreland Commission Fade
- Today's Lead: TV Execs Donate Big to Pols Who Give Them Tax Breaks
- Bronx State Sen. Klein Gets 'Oil Slick' Award From Environmentalists
- GothamVotes: Adolfo Carrión On His Independent Bid For Mayor
- Baruch to Host Conference on Ballot Measures
- Today's Lead: Poll Shows Major Support For De Blasio
- Today's Lead: Cuomo's Corruption Panel Kills Investigation of Democratic Party
- Lawyer Says State Is Playing Word Games With Casino Proposal
- How Old Is Too Old To Judge In NY? Voters Will Decide
- As Term Nears End, Bloomberg Devotees Head to Cuomoland
- Today's Lead: State Board of Election Backs Off Collections Effort
- Today's Lead: Lhota Backers Sue to Challenge Spending Cap
- Moreland Commission Looks Past Legislature For Answers
- Moreland Hearing Moved After Criticism
- A Tainted Outcome In Bronx Assembly Race?
- Today's Lead: De Blasio Would Fire Taxi Commissioner
- Today's Lead: NYPD Focuses on Youth Gangs
- Samuels: Moreland Should Focus On Cuomo's Corporate Donors
- Who Is Afraid Of The Moreland Commission?
- Cuomo Enters Mayoral Race as Thompson Drops
- Today's Lead: De Blasio, Lhota Spar as Thompson Refuses to Concede
- Today's Lead: Thompson Faces Pressure to Bow Out
- Election Results: More City Council Races
- Albany Exodus Is Largely A Success
- Recount Likely In Race For Bronx Assembly Seat
- Vito Lopez Ally Wins His Old Assembly Seat
- Prepare For Old-School Voting
- Today's Lead: Business Group Pours Cash Into Council Races
- Today's Lead: Cuomo Won't Endorse in Mayoral Race
- Cuomo Avoids NYC Mayoral Primary
- Mysterious Forces At Work In the 2013 Elections? They’re Everywhere
- A Great Year To Get Out of Albany
- The Castro Legacy: Corruption Haunts Assembly District Race
- De Blasio Tackles Brooklyn Hospital Crisis — And Cuomo
- Squadron Calls in a Beastie Boy
- Forgotten Coney Island: A Post Hurricane Sandy Tour
- Gillibrand Doesn't Like Screw-Ups
- Eliot Spitzer In Albany: Good at Making Enemies
- Investigating the NY Legislature Isn’t Easy. Just Ask Mario Cuomo
- Allies Clash Over Campaign Finance Reform
- Star-Powered Push To Expand NY Farmworkers' Rights
- A Culture Of Sexual Harassment In Albany?
- 53rd State Assembly District
- 86th State Assembly District
- AG Says Charity Law Reform Will Help Curb Abuses Of Nonprofits
- In Albany, Campaign Finance Reform Becomes Just Another Political Game
- Hurricane Sandy Buyouts Cause Storm Of Confusion, Worry From Politicians
- Can Empty Prisons Be Repurposed To Help Ex-Cons Reintegrate Into Society?
- Can Anything Be Done About Corruption In Albany?
- Hispanic, Black Lawmakers Say Their Issues Were Sidelined In Budget Talks
- New York City Left Behind In Quest For On-Time Budget
- Transparency in Albany? No Joke: Technology Helping To Pry Open Govt
- Advocates Demand State Restore Funds to Spinal Cord Research
- State Lawmakers Weigh Options For Hurricane Sandy Relief
- Will Cuomo’s Push To Expand Women’s Equality Hit Glass Ceiling in Albany?
- Cuomo's $142B Budget Increases Education Spending
- On Gun Control, Cuomo Trades Transparency For Results
- Cuomo's Sweeping Vision For New York
- Will Cuomo Assert A Cohesive Agenda For 2013?
- Gun Control Debate Intensifies Following Conn. School Massacre
- How Hurricane Sandy May Have Finally Killed Albany's Convention Center Boondoggle
- How Hurricane Sandy Upended Politics As Usual in Albany
- State Senate Democrats Grasp For Control Of Chamber
- New Yorkers Line Polls To Vote Despite Storm Troubles
- Democrats Hope for State Senate Win In Conservative Brooklyn
- Showdown at Howard Beach
- Rival Candidates in State Senate Race Say They Won't Toe Party Lines
- Scandals Don't Drive Turnout for Primary Election
- Guide for the Last Minute Voter
- Family Values at Play in State Senate Race in the Bronx
- How the State's Political Scandals are Reshaping the Primaries
- Campaign Committees Operate With Little Oversight, Groups Say
- Brooklyn Boss Lopez Censured, Accused of Sexual Harassment
- The Political Reality of Gun Control
- Groups Seek to Pressure Cuomo on Campaign Finance Reform
- Espaillat asks whether Board of Elections is reliable: 'I feel not'
- Guide for the last minute (primary) voter
- Analysis: Lawmakers await picture-perfect end to session
- As legislative session nears end, many city issues unresolved
- Ballot redesign, voter registration overhaul sought by lawmakers
- NYC tax break helps owners improve luxury condos, report says
- NY ethics commission to hold hearing on rules for lobbyists
- NY tenant groups gear up for another round
- Bronx senator's health quest
- Senate Dems Look to Nat'l Issues for Help
- Cuomo Proposes a New Agency to Help Disabled
- Redistricting Battle Comes to a Head
- Close to Home
- How Will Cuomo's 2012 Plans Impact the City?
- Top Stories of 2011
- Common Cause Helps the Public Get Involved in Redistricting
- When Will New York Have A Functioning Ethics Agency?
- Who Judges the Judges?
- Is the Long Wait for a New Watchdog Nearing Its End?
- Groups Split, Rumors Fly as Redistricting Reform Remains Elusive
- Connecting Cuomo to the People
- Senate Republicans in No Rush on Health Insurance Exchange
- Three Candidates Vie in a Special Special Election
- As Redistricting Hearings Begin, Many Think They Shouldn't
- With Money Tight, Will State Finally Overhaul Its Public Defender System?
- As Cuomo's Prison Closings become Reality, Some Question the Specifics
- Before Passing Marriage Bill, Senate Extended Rent Regulations and More
- Is Cuomo Losing Democratic Legislators?
- Will Albany Allow the Rent Laws to Expire? Does it Matter?
- Ethics Deal Breaks Logjam But Leaves Key Issues Behind
- Secure Communities Program: Should New York Stay or Go?
- Bloomberg Pushes For Control Of Juvenile Justice System
- Cuomo Takes His Issues to the People
- Republicans Look to Trade Payroll Tax for Bridge Tolls
- Fracking Fight Sparks Intense Lobbying
- Are Tenants Advocates Out of Leverage?
- Bloomberg Loses Budget Battle
- They Have a Budget Deal but Who Will Vote for It?
- Malpractice Cap Emerges as Key Issue in Budget Debate
- As Advocates Push for Redistricting Reform, GOP Offers A Slower Way
- Cuomo Cultivates His Media Messenger
- Uncertainty at Empire State Development Corp Continues
- Ms. Black Goes to Albany
- Seniority Fight Highlights Rift Between City, Teachers
- Promoting Pain as a Cure, Cuomo Presents His Budget
- Bloomberg Pension Plans Could Face a Big Obstacle: Albany
- Cuomo Unveils Ambitious Agenda
- Cuomo Takes Charge
- Senate Gamble Could Send Horseracing into its Final Lap
- Once Again, a New Governor Vows to Clean Up Albany
- Cuomo Could Shrink the Prison System His Father Built
- After Cuts and Firing, Can Agency Still Protect New York's Environment?
- Albany Watches, Waits and Worries
- Cuomo Puts Labor in a Headlock
- Small Staff, Lack of Funds Hamper Donovan Campaign
- Can a Comptroller -- Any Comptroller -- Fix New York State's Budget?
- Tackling Fracking
- Republicans See Opportunity to Retake the State Senate
- The Man Who Beat Espada
- Controversy Over Islam and Mosques Spreads Beyond Park 51
- Republicans Battle to Take on Heavily Favored Cuomo
- Attorney General Candidates Struggle to Break Away From the Pack
- Anger and Issues in the Bronx's 76th Assembly District
- Diaz Faces Rare Challenge in the Bronx
- Challengers Emerge to Take On Espada
- Will Angry Voters Throw Albany's Rascals Out?
- State Budget Remains in Limbo
- Council Gives Final OK on Budget
- New York Looks to Board High Speed Rail
- State Seeks to Expand DNA Database
- Paterson Ups the Pressure for a Budget Deal
- Cabbies Urge State to Make Their Drives Safer
- No-Fault Divorce Creates Strange Bedfellows
- Bill Would Change How the State Draws Districts
- A Month After the Deadline, State Budget Nowhere in Sight
- Can the Next Attorney General Fix Albany?
- Spending Freeze Deals Another Blow to Ailing Roads and Bridges
- Punching, Kicking and Wrestling for Revenue
- GOP Faces Election with Big Hopes but Few Candidates
- Bill Aims for 'Pork Equality'
- Fewer Prisoners, Fewer Prisons?
- State Budget Puts Spinal Cord Injury Research in Jeopardy
- How to Fix New York's State Police
- Now Out of Race, Can Paterson Hold On and Govern?
- Richard Ravitch's Latest, Greatest Challenge
- MTA Tries to Catch Up With Its Finances
- After Heated Closed-Door Debate, Senate Expels Monserrate
- Eminent Domain Changes Seek to Limit State's Power to Seize Property
- Paterson's Plan for CUNY and SUNY Draws Criticism
- Albany's Ethics Bill: First Step or Missed Opportunity?
- Culture of Violence Plagues New York's Juvenile Prisons
- Senate Democrats Look to Repair the Damage -- Before It's Too Late
- MTA Cuts Produce Deja Vu Along with Outrage
- Campaign Finance Laws Fill Coffers for Cars, Coffee and Court
- Cutting the Deficit Gets Ugly
- As Money Runs Out, Can Albany Avoid the 'Pain'?
- Senate Ponders What to Do About Monserrate
- Stated Meeting: Council Bans Flavored Tobacco
- Crime Falls, but Why -- and at What Cost?
- Is Anyone Willing to Cut the State Budget?
- Three Remain on Ballot to Challenge Jackson
- In Flatbush, the Campaign Turns Negative
- In East New York, an Outspoken Incumbent Faces Challengers
- Booing the Yankees in the Bronx
- The 63rd Senator
- Albany Aftershocks
- Dividing Albany's Pork Pie
- A Fractured Senate Takes on Mayoral Control of Schools
- As Time Runs Out, Paterson Tries to End the Deadlock
- Senate Turmoil Puts Everything in Doubt
- Legal Ruling Puts a Cork on the Bottle Bill
- Pedro Espada's New Clout
- New York's Gun Battle
- Bills Seek to Help Women Prisoners Rebuild Lives
- On the MTA, Leaders Will Take What They Can Get
- The Politics of Same-Sex Marriage
- Even in Hard Times, Albany Offers a Feast of Pork
- What the State Budget Means for the City
- With Clock Ticking, Senate Plan Does Little to End MTA Impasse
- In Albany, Budget Battles Behind Closed Doors
- The Tough Battle to Repeal Tough Drug Laws
- Plan to Toll Bridges Encounters More Roadblocks
- Rural Legislator, City Issue: How Upstaters Decide
- Taxing the Rich: An Idea Whose Time Has Come?
- A Call for Tighter Ethics Laws
- Trying -- Again -- to Change the Drug Laws
- Paterson's Bitter Pill
- Will the State Senate Save Rent Control?
- The Senate Looks at How It Operates
- The Democrats Take Albany
- The Democrats Take Albany
- Homeland Security Funding
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(Archives: This reporter no longer works for Gotham Gazette)