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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 the Department of Health and other state agencies.

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, and the Plattsburg International Airport, beginning as early

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 Andrew Cuomo is removed from office. Observers say

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 earlier this year.  Each chamber is contemplating committee

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, the Health Department claimed that it needs a

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 a Freedom of Information Law request from the

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 exemplar legal sidekick are the architects of a

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 would be a more nuanced announcement.  “Italian-Americans don’t

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 and engaging in tendentious analysis. Most glaringly, it

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 the objective of landing the world’s largest logistics

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 of Health Dr. Howard Zucker, and any state

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, his hostile posture has destroyed countless opportunities for

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 ends of the political spectrum, even prompting harsh

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 combustible cigarettes, the Altria Group (which owns Phillip

Cuomo is also considering the suspension of sales taxes on nicotine patches and lozenges and plans to ask executives at Altria to significantly reduce prices on those products for the same six week period. 

Governor Andrew Cuomo is considering a temporary six-week ban on the sale of combustible cigarettes in order to reduce the State’s Coronavirus death count, a source familiar with his thinking tells The Chronicle.  The ban could come as soon as Monday

Bill would have added accountability, increased fiscal disclosure, and addressed deceptive and anti-competitive practices Governor Andrew Cuomo this evening vetoed legislation to increase oversight, transparency, and accountability of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). PBMs are companies that manage prescription drug benefits for

BY BILL HAMMOND Federal officials are reviewing the state’s expropriation of $2 billion from the sale of Fidelis Care health plan, potentially throwing a wrench into the plans of administration of Governor Andrew Cuomo for using the money. An Aug. 21 letter