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Schumer is planning a $2.1 trillion mass transit bill during the lame duck congress

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

If Schumer vacates his Senate seat following midterm losses, who would Hochul appoint to replace him?

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

Redstone to shake up CBS line-up, expand ‘CBS Mornings’ program into daytime

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,

Pandemic drove largest New York population loss ever

BY E.J. McMAHON Thanks mainly to a pandemic-driven boost in its already high outflows to other states, New York has just suffered its largest single-year population loss ever—and the worst, in percentage terms, of any

Following controversy in Florida, Hochul invites Disney to build a theme park in Niagara Falls

Governor Kathy Hochul has privately reached out to senior executives and board members of the Walt Disney Company, headquartered in Burbank, California, to extend an invitation to open a new theme park in Niagara Falls, New

NYPA is willing to establish a special fund to revive downtown Niagara Falls

Libertarian Party condemns State actions freezing Seneca Nation bank accounts

M&T Bank CEO Rene Jones is considering a plan to take Kodak private

New York on track to experience energy deficits of 10% or more

ALBANY, NY – (May, 20, 2022) – The Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act (CLCPA) places New York communities at risk of devastating blackouts due to insufficient electricity levels, according to Cold & Dark, a new Empire Center study. The

Hochul asks MTA to consider taking over Amtrak’s upstate service lines

Governor Kathy Hochul is asking the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Chairman and CEO Janno Lieber to evaluate whether or not the agency (which runs the State’s two commuter rail systems, Metro North and the Long Island Railroad) should take over the

Hochul will fund construction of ten new Thruway exits — including at least two in Western New York

(December 22, 2021) — Sources close to Governor Kathy Hochul say that she will include money in next year’s Thruway Authority budget to construct at least ten new exit interchanges on the Interstate 90, between the Pennsylvania and Massachusetts state

Republicans float Langworthy as a viable ‘unity candidate’ for Speaker

Rep. Nicholas Langworthy is being widely floated as a viable ‘unity candidate’ for the Speakership of the House of Representatives. At age 42 years old, Langworthy would become the youngest Speaker of the House since James G. Blaine was elected

At Schumer’s urging, Amtrak will accommodate cannabis users on slow-moving routes

Amtrak is planning to accommodate cannabis users on its traditional regular-speed routes across the country, including on trains that run between Buffalo and New York City. The move is at the urging of Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, who believes

Judicial Watch sues CIA for communications with Gen. Mark Milley targeting President Trump

(January 17, 2022) — Judicial Watch announced today that it filed a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) lawsuit against the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) for records of communications and meetings between then-CIA Director Gina Haspel and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of

Biden slammed by indigenous groups for selection of Ambassador to Canada

Indigenous groups are slamming President Joe Biden for his selection of David Cohen as the United States Ambassador to Canada. Cohen served as the CEO of Comcast and as the Chairman of the University of Pennsylvania‘s Board of Trustees —

House reconciliation bill struggles with Biden’s flawed $400,000 tax pledge

By Alan D. Viard During his successful presidential campaign last year, Joe Biden made a sweeping and misguided pledge about his tax plan: “Nobody making under 400,000 bucks would have their taxes raised, period, bingo.” The pledge’s flaws, which I have previously discussed,

CIA has video footage of Putin engaging in oral, anal sex with his Judo instructor

The Central Intelligence Agency is in possession of more than five-and-a-half hours of video footage of Russian President Vladamir Putin engaging in a range of sexual activities with his late mentor and judo instructor, the billionaire Anatoly Rakhlin and others.

Putin’s gay lover was awarded a $4 billion drilling contract in deal with China

A Russian oligarch, who is known to the CIA as President Vladimir Putin‘s long-time gay lover, was awarded a contract with the Russian Federation worth more than $4 billion. That contract is part of a broader agreement on arctic drilling

Sinaloa cartel ring busted 1,400 miles from its Mexican headquarters

(January 17, 2022) — The large-scale drug trafficking operation of an infamous cartel just got busted in a mountain state some 1,400 miles from its Mexican headquarters and only one U.S. official, a local prosecutor, has dared to acknowledge the

Editorial Board: Poloncarz should give old stadium to the Senecas, rather than fund $40 million demolition

THE EDITORIAL BOARD Rather than funding a $40 million demolition of the old Buffalo Bills stadium — to accommodate a surface parking lot that will only be used eight days a year — Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz should instead gift

Amicus Briefs filed to uphold the Indian Child Welfare Act in Brackeen v. Haaland

On Friday, 180 tribal nations and 35 Native organizations, 25 states and the District of Columbia, and Casey Family Programs and 10 child welfare and adoption organizations filed briefs to protect the Indian Child Welfare Act (ICWA) before the United

NCAI and NARF congratulate Lauren King on confirmation to the U.S. District Court

The National Congress of American Indians (NCAI) and the Native American Rights Fund (NARF) congratulate Lauren J. King, a citizen of the Muscogee Nation, on her confirmation as a federal judge in the U.S. District Court of Washington, Western District.