New York State Team
ALBANY - Two people were stabbed outside the state Capitol on Wednesday after a fight broke out between supporters and opponents of President Donald Trump, State Police said.
Multiple people were arrested after the scuffle between what appears to have been a confrontation between people who associated themselves with the Proud Boys, known as an extreme right-wing group, and Antifa, the extreme left-wing anti-fascist movement, according to the Times Union of Albany.
Just hours before a pro-Trump protest at the U.S. Capitol turned violent and led to a riot through the hallowed halls, State Police in Albany said troopers responded to a stabbing during a small pro-Trump rally in the East Capitol Park.
New York State Team
ALBANY - Rep. Elise Stefanik, a Republican from Saratoga, said she plans to object to some electors on Wednesday as Congress meets to certify the Electoral College vote for President-elect Joe Biden, saying, I am acting to protect our democratic process.
And new Rep. Nicole Malliotakis of Staten Island said she will probably do the same, telling a radio show Monday her goal is ensuring every vote that is counted is a legal one.
But other House GOP members in New York are either planning to vote to certify Biden’s electoral college victory over President Donald Trump or are mum on their plans, showing the divide among Republicans in the state and the nation over unfounded allegations of electoral fraud.
New York State Team
ALBANY – On Nov. 23, Sen. Chuck Schumer completed his 22nd year in a row of visiting all 62 counties in New York every year since he was first took office in 1998.
He stopped in the small county of Greene in the Catskills with a population of 49,000.
Now Schumer, who started his political career at age 23 in the state Assembly, is inching closer to becoming the first Senate majority leader from New York after Democrats picked up a win in one Georgia Senate race Tuesday and a lead in the other.
It will be the culmination of a lifelong career in politics, one that the Brooklyn native has navigated with deft and experience focusing both on small-town issues in New York and national policy in Washington.
The state Legislature on Monday will pass a bill that would extend an eviction moratorium until May 1 and strengthen a variety of laws for renters and homeowners