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Political operatives with close ties to Senator Chuck Schumer expect the Majority Leader to introduce a $2.1 trillion spending bill during the lame duck Congress dedicated to mass transit construction projects — whether or not the Democrats are ousted from

Even if Senator Chuck Schumer wins his personal reelection effort in November, the Democrats are likely to lose control of the Senate and oust Schumer as Leader of the Democratic Party caucus in the chamber.  That has young and aspiring

Billionaire Shari Redstone, the controlling shareholder of Paramount Global, the parent company of CBS, has big plans to generate more advertising revenue from the network’s flagship CBS Mornings program. Redstone plans to expand the two-hour morning program to five hours,

Governor Kathy Hochul is lobbying President Joe Biden and his administration to invest a jaw dropping $20 billion to vastly expand research and development facilities at the Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL) campus, located on the eastern end of Long Island. BNL is

Governor Kathy Hochul is instructing Janno Lieber, the Chairman of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, to market the agency’s vast real estate holdings for large-scale real estate development.  The MTA owns expansive rail yards inside every borough of New York City,

Jim Fouratt, a prominent gay rights activist who ran against a powerful incumbent in a primary election for State Assembly on Manhattan’s West Side in 2016, has accused Emily Giske, the Vice Chair of the New York State Democratic Party of

Before it was known as Delaware North, the global Buffalo-based concessioner called itself Emprise. A reporter at the time who relentlessly investigated the company and its business practices, Don Bolles, was murdered in a car bombing in 1976. In 1972, the House

Buffalo Bills owner and hydrofracker Terry Pegula is worth more than $5.8 billion and is the proud owner of a new $75 million yacht. The uncommon luxury has been riling New York taxpayers on social media this week, who learned

Governor Kathy Hochul will lead a delegation of defense contractors on a trade mission to Berlin later this month and is expected to meet with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz to discuss federal procurement plans for weapons systems — just weeks

(January 26, 2022) — The New York Lotto‘s most famous personality is retiring after 32 years of captivating millions of New Yorkers with a dollar and dream.  Now she is planning to run for Congress, as hundreds of past Lotto

Oprah Winfrey‘s production company, Harpo Productions, Inc., is interested in taking over the production of six hours of morning programing on CBS from 7:00 am to 1:00pm, Monday through Sunday — including the network’s flagship CBS Mornings program hosted by Gayle King.

Rep. Tom Reed, who is not seeking reelection at the end of his current term but may seek office in the future, plans to introduce a bill in the current session of Congress that would ban free pornography from websites that

(December 26, 2021) — Governor Kathy Hochul is looking to pitch Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary on locating the discount European carrier’s North American headquarters at Long Island’s MacArthur International Airport.  The airline is ranked among the busiest in Europe and

(December 22, 2021) — Sources close to Andrew Cuomo say that the disgraced former Governor is secretly planning a political comeback — with the passive help of Rep. Tom Suozzi.  Suozzi plans to run for Governor next year in order

CNN’s head honcho, Jeff Zucker, is rumored to be planning a major pivot to the right in the first and second quarters of next year, presumably out of concern for the network’s badly tarnished brand in light of years of

Vice President Kamala Harris is open to the idea of returning to the United States Senate to serve the remainder of Senator Dianne Feinstein‘s term, a White House staffer tells The Chronicle. Feinstein, now 89, is not in good health

By Alan D. Viard The budget reconciliation bill recently assembled by the House Budget Committee includes a long-overdue provision (section 137704) that would allow students with drug felony convictions to claim a key education tax credit on the same basis as other

By Daniel Lyons Last week, House Democrats introduced another bill designed to alter social media companies’ business practices — this time by punishing “personalized algorithms.” This is the latest in a yearlong bipartisan assault on Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, the