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COVID-19, economic recovery and social injustice were among the topics covered by Governor Andrew Cuomo in his State of the State address on Monday

SHARE: Democrats can claim many firsts among the newly elected members of the state Legislature. Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn is the first openly gay Black man elected to the state Senate. Zohran Mamdani and Jenifer Rajkumar, both of Queens, are the first South Asian Americans elected to the Assembly. Fellow freshman Khaleel Anderson of Queens, 24, is the first member of Generation Z to serve in either chamber. Two other Democratic firsts also loom large following the 2020 elections. State Sen. ...

Predecessor: Kenneth LaValle (R) Previous job: State Assembly for the past seven years, assistant district attorney for Suffolk County, private practice Twitter handle: @AnthonyHPalumbo Current residence: New Suffolk, Suffolk County Top priority in office: Help Long Island recover from the COVID-19 pandemic and the economic shutdown that has impacted so many families, small businesses and restaurants. How you will govern differently than your predecessor: I will work hard to continue his legacy...

Freshman NY State Senator Peter Oberacker, district 51, announced his committee assignments for the 2021-22 legislative session

Oberacker Signs On To “Reset NY Plan” Senator Peter Oberacker (R/C-Schenevus) today joined with members of the Senate Republican Conference at the Capitol in Albany to unveil key priorities for the upcoming legislative session. The Reset New York plan includes several components to address mounting economic and fiscal challenges facing the state -- many of which were exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic -- and to help forge a better path forward for all New Yorkers. Senator Peter Oberacker ...

For 17 elections and two primaries, the people of the 51st Senate district have placed their trust in Jim Seward. Now after 34 years, hes saying goodbye to politics. Seward made the announcement last January due to ongoing cancer treatments.

3 months ago in Community, Local, Politics jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — When 2020 ends, State Senator Jim Seward’s career will also end. He’s retiring after over 30 years in office representing the 51st Senate district. In a conversation on Ithaca’s Morning News, Seward opened up about why he chose to step down. “When I had to make my decision back in early January, I decided really for ...

Capitol Confidential By Chris Bragg on December 22, 2020 at 3:30 PM Sen. Andrew Lanza (New York Senate website) Lanza, a former assistant district attorney in Manhattan, represents a district encompassing most of Staten Island, and is one of the few elected Republicans left in New York City.  The appointments follow a Nov. 3 election that that seemed promising for Senate Republicans in the immediate aftermath, but after absentee ballots were counted over the course of weeks, r...

3 months ago in Community, Local, Politics jsalzone Photo: WHCU ITHACA, N.Y. (WHCU) — Incoming State Senator Peter Oberacker is identifying a major issue to tackle when he arrives in Albany next month: rural broadband. For him, it’s personal. “I am going to be a seated New York State Senator who does not have broadband at my house, so it is personal. And I’ve always said throughout the campaign we need ...

The Mohawk Valley Nine is calling on New York State to pull out all the stops to make sure we keep the home of Remington Arms in Ilion. The Mohawk Valley Nine is a bipartisan coalition of legislators who work together to look out for the interests of our region. In a joint statement released Wednesday the Mohawk Valley Nine called on New York State to provide incentives to Remington so that they will stay put in the Mohawk Valley. This week the group of lawmakers met with Herkimer County offici...