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Hochul may launch a ‘Regionalism Prize’ to incentivize mergers of local governments
(DECEMBER 19, 2021) — Governor Kathy Hochul is considering a new set of intergovernmental transfer payments that are designed to encourage the merger and consolidation of local municipal governments — and she…
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Kathy Hochul wants to earmark $1 billion for NYC gondola projects
Sources close to Governor Kathy Hochul say that she is considering an innovative new addition to New York City’s mass transit network: a slew of river-spaning gondolas (often called cable cars) linking…
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Hochul’s emergency order imposes insurer restrictions sought by hospital group
BY BILL HAMMOND Buried in Governor Hochul’s emergency order on health-care staffing is a temporary bar against insurance companies challenging claims submitted by hospitals–and an influential hospital association is taking credit. Hochul signed…
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Hochul expected to use Mahoney Building for gubernatorial office when in Buffalo
Upon taking office on August 24th, Governor Kathy Hochul is expected to set up an Executive Chamber office inside the Mahoney State Office Building on Niagara Square at Court Street, which she…
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Critics worry that Cuomo will move to Italy to escape criminal prosecution
Sources inside the Executive Chamber are worried that Governor Andrew Cuomo has retained the assistance of a real estate leasing agent based in the Italian city of Pompeii, near his paternal grandparents’…
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Hochul confidants ask university leaders to begin preparing ‘UB 2030’ legislation
Confidants of incoming Governor Kathy Hochul have asked University at Buffalo officials to begin preparing legislation that designates it the flagship campus of the State University of New York system. The legislation…
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Only three of 62 requested COVID data sets made available through FOIL
Just three COVID data sets have been made fully available in the month since the Empire Center officially submitted a total of 62 Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) requests for coronavirus-related records from…
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Cuomo is considering three sites to accommodate mass vaccination of Canadians
Governor Andrew Cuomo is planning to make Canadian nationals and permanent residents eligible to receive COVID vaccines at three new State-run mass vaccination sites at the Niagara Falls Airforce Base, Fort Drum,…
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Camille Brandon to lead Hochul’s gubernatorial campaign
Sources tell The Chronicle that longtime Western New York political operative and Bolton St. Johns lobbyist Camille Brandon is likely to lead Kathy Hochul‘s gubernatorial campaign in the increasingly likely event that Governor…
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Heastie, Stewart-Cousins are open to impeaching Cuomo over falsified COVID death numbers
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins are open to impeaching Governor Andrew Cuomo if it’s discovered that his administration intentionally falsified the reporting of COVID-related nursing home deaths…
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Cuomo delays releasing nursing home data for two more months
The Cuomo administration is refusing to release a full count of coronavirus deaths in New York nursing homes for another two months, until March 22. In a letter to the Empire Center on Wednesday,…
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Cuomo administration resists sharing records of its vaccine review
BY BILL HAMMOND After second-guessing the FDA with its own vaccine task force, the Cuomo administration is declining to share even basic information about that panel’s approval process until mid-February. Replying to…
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Cambria, Aldinger architect sweeping legal strategy against Cuomo’s COVID restrictions
Western New York’s leading legal mind — a civil rights lawyer who is widely considered to be among the top five or ten criminal defense attorneys in North America — and his…
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Cuomo operatives: “It’s not Gay if you’re Italian”
Sources familiar with Governor Andrew Cuomo‘s thinking explain to The Chronicle that — if he were to come out as ‘openly bisexual’ as many Albany politicos have been rumoring for weeks — it…
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Cuomo administration ducks important questions on nursing homes
BY BILL HAMMOND A new report from the state Health Department tries to deflect blame for thousands of coronavirus deaths in the state’s nursing homes—but undermines its own case by withholding data…
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Cuomo orders Hochul to lead ‘Tiger Task Force’ on Amazon distribution center
Governor Andrew Cuomo ordered Lt. Governor Kathy Hochul late this evening to lead what is being colloquially referred to as a ‘tiger task force’ of civic leaders that will be tasked with…
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Senate Republicans demand subpoena power to get answers on nursing home deaths
ALBANY, NY – NYS Senate Republican Leader Robert Ortt and members of the Senate Republican Conference today demanded that the Senate Majority leverage its subpoena power to compel Governor Andrew Cuomo, Commissioner…
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Cuomo must deal fairly with the Seneca Nation for Niagara Falls to thrive
Everyone in the business community agrees: Governor Andrew Cuomo must begin to deal fairly with the Seneca Nation of Indians in order for Niagara Falls to thrive as a global destination. For too long,…
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Cuomo’s threat to seize medical equipment Upstate sparks renewed demands for statehood
When word spread that Governor Andrew Cuomo had ordered the National Gaurd to seize ventilators and other medical equipment from hospitals across Upstate New York, it sparked an immediate backlash from both…
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Big Tobacco unleashes on Cuomo, threatening loss of State Senate on proposed cigarette ban
After reports swirled across the State late Friday night that senior public health officials in the administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo were actively drafting a temporary six-week ban on the sale of…
