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Andrew Cuomo
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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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Amid Cuomo’s fulminations, New York’s budget gap keeps shrinking
BY E.J. McMAHON State tax receipts in the month of December came in $1.4 billion above the latest projection by Governor Cuomo’s Division of the Budget (DOB), according to a cash report…
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Seeking bigger federal handout, Cuomo proposes record budget
BY E.J. McMAHON Somewhere within that vast fog bank of a FY 2022 Executive Budget that Governor Cuomo began to roll out today is a structural budget gap, opened during the pandemic recession and…
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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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State tax receipts strong again in November, but jobs recovery remains slow
BY E.J. McMAHON New York State’s tax receipts in November were a whopping $800 million above Governor Andrew Cuomo’s projections for the month—further evidence that the current-year budget gap is probably much…
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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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Source: Cuomo may be willing to come out as bisexual for a Cabinet position
Sources close to Andrew Cuomo tell The Chronicle that the Governor may be willing to come out as ‘openly bisexual’ if he happens to be offered a Cabinet position in President-elect Joe Biden‘s administration…
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Schumer to include Upstate New York and Puerto Rico in statehood legislation
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, who is enduring criticism inside his caucus for a string of election losses under his leadership, is unlikely to gain a majority in the chamber this year.…
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Biden taps Cuomo to serve as Secretary of State, as Hochul plans a gubernatorial transition
Sources close to former Vice President Joe Biden are telling The Chronicle that he has tapped Governor Andrew Cuomo to serve as Secretary of State in his administration. We are told Cuomo…
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Cuomo hits snooze on pay raises as local governments get squeezed
BY KEN GIRARDIN Governor Andrew Cuomo is again postponing pay raises for state employees—giving himself a little more budgetary breathing room without providing similar relief for local governments or school districts. According…
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Top construction official’s charges are an indictment of Cuomo’s policies
BY KEN GIRARDIN Yesterday’s indictment of New York’s top construction union official on federal corruption charges raises a big question: if private companies are paying bribes to avoid having to work with certain construction…
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The numbers debunk Cuomo’s SALT gripes
BY E.J. McMAHON For the better part of three years now, Governor Andrew Cuomo has been pounding SALT — the federal income-tax deduction for state and local taxes. After President Donald Trump…
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State forces school districts to give raises—and layoffs
BY KEN GIRARDIN Months of bad decisions and inaction by New York state officials have put school districts in the awkward position of having to give pay raises to most teachers while…
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Even after aid cut, New York will spend most on education
BY IAN KINGSBURY Governor Andrew Cuomo is withholding 20 percent of state school aid allocations pending federal bailout negotiations. The decision has been met with alarm and objection from district leaders and New York teachers unions.…
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Reservoir State Park should be sold to accommodate ‘Disney Tesla Adventure’, planners argue
Local urban planners are arguing that New York’s Reservoir State Park — located just outside of Niagara Falls in Lewiston, NY, along Interstate-190 and adjacent to the Niagara Power Project — should…
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Health Department stalls a FOIL request for the full COVID death toll in nursing homes
The state Health Department is offering a new explanation for why it won’t provide the full death toll of coronavirus in nursing homes: it can’t find the records. Early last month, the…
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Cuomo wants Caroline Kennedy, Aaron Sorkin to serve with him at State Department
Sources close to Governor Andrew Cuomo tell The Chronicle that he is so confident that he will be named Secretary of State in Joe Biden‘s administration that he is already contemplating who…
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Cuomo is considering a tax credit for performance venues in Niagara Falls
Governor Andrew Cuomo and economic development officials in his administration are considering a Niagara Falls-specific tax credit that would fund 40% of the construction cost of performance venues ranging from 150 to…
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Reed slams Cuomo for refusing to work with FEMA on enhanced unemployment benefits
CORNING, NY — Today, Rep. Tom Reed called out New York Governor Andrew Cuomo for prioritizing political optics over the financial needs of New Yorkers. Earlier this week, Governor Cuomo stated New York…
