O Albany -- isn't the governance of New York as corrupt and unresponsive as any other state's?

Feel free to discuss our next female celebrity senator, Gov Paterson's bootlicking of the rich, satanic crook Joe Bruno's career "change" to lobbyist, etc.

WA may not be as corrupt, but it's probably far more unresponsive than NY.

I hear from ex non west coasters all the time "corrupt governors get shit done"

also thread title --> morbzissey

1 louisiana
2 Illinois
3 new york

yeah, we've all seen the post-Blago convicted officials per capita charts. It's a rhetorical question.

http://www.danielsquadron.org/images/Front-Page-Portrait.jpg

btw i sort of know this 27 y/o guy who just got elected to the state senate from downtown brooklyn and lower manhattan

Feel free to discuss our next female celebrity senator, Gov Paterson's bootlicking of the rich, satanic crook Joe Bruno's career "change" to lobbyist, etc.

or not

good job shoehorning in a shit reference tho

I'd "stfu" but as you've sunk to incoherent babbling, let me see if I have a quarter.

tough times

dude kind of looks ti4rn4n/i know, right?

xpost

http://yglesias.thinkprogress.org/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/corruption.png

the least hysterical tabloid coverage of Gov Dave's budget proposal:

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/politics/ny-libudg1217,0,3468917.story

http://www.newsday.com/services/newspaper/printedition/wednesday/longisland/ny-lijani175967917dec17,0,1006688.story

"This is not shared sacrifice," fumed the Working Families Party's Dan Cantor. "The governor proposes to balance the budget in an imbalanced way - by raising taxes on the middle class while simultaneously reducing the services we all rely on."

The WFP favors an income tax surcharge on upper-income state residents, as backed by Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan). Some observers strongly suspected yesterday that Paterson laid out a less populistic array of tax and fee hikes knowing that he could end up trading them for just this kind of broader-based tax hike.

downloads tax, oh noes

Paterson's a really sharp dude

"a restructuring of the Empire Zones economic development program to boost job creation" - good, this program is so messed up. okay, it did bring a bunch of part-time retail jobs to my area, but that's...really low standards for economic improvement.

Paterson's a really sharp dude

fucking asshole Paterson appoints conservative upstate gun-nut congresswoman to Senate.

http://www.newsday.com/news/local/state/ny-pocaro236009107jan23,0,7517130.story

like any of the other possible candidates were so great. i was glad he at least picked someone from upstate as it is actually part of the state

uh o fite

lol politics

i maintain i wouldve been an amzing senator for new york and shouldve been chosen

Nydia Velazquez woulda been fine.

yah or ME

too many incriminating photos

i will just sell myself as the first facebook generation politician

Well this can cheer Morbz up:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/01/23/bruno-faces-mail-and-wire-fraud-charges/

(Yes, too little too late, etc.)

lol epic scumbag

such a gangster

re gillibrand, gun issues are low on my list of pressing concerns, so i don't care too much about that. but i went to check the "issues" part of her website and found this:

All individuals, families and businesses deserve to have the ability to buy into a health care plan at a rate that they can afford. Competition in the private insurance industry is critical to reign in health care costs and improve quality of care for the patient.

people who confuse "reign" and "rein" should not be in the senate.

tbf she prob didnt write that

and tbh i wouldnt care at all if my senator confused the two

rein v reign = way worse than having gay sex w 17-yr-olds, IMO

^^^^
otm.

I'm off today, so I watched the majority of the press conference. My first thought was that she looked like Renee Zellwegger, but when she opened her mouth, she actually sounds like her too!

how does NRA rate Zellweger?

so Kirsten interned for D'Amato and her lawyer father is "politically connected."... to Joe Bruno, among others.

What a breath of fresh air.

Tom Robbins on the machine-made sen.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-01-28/columns/david-paterson-and-kirsten-gillibrand-new-senator-new-scandal/

polls show Paterson-lol at 40% approval, he shakes up staff:

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/02/25/paterson-reorganizes-staff-from-top-dow/

peace out rockefeller drug laws

how did what just happened happen?

two real winners

the guy for sale, with the girlfriend-beater in tow

ugh

i thought nj state politics were retarded

yeah can someone explain this to me?

some retards were less retarded than other retards in the short run

the fuck happened in albany?

what happened are you guys ok

i literally thought my newspaper was trolling me this morning when i read it - i had to check to make sure it wasnt an april fools issue or some shit

WHAT HAPPENED

ARE MAX & DR MORBIUS OK

WHY WERE THEY IN ALBANY IN THE FIRST PLACE

long story short i think, our senators tried to have a coup and now the repubs are saying they have control of state senate. i'm really dumbing this down tho

yes.

on the bright side... nothing has really changed?

golisano is a fuckin trip

a trip to Florida

the circus whirls on

http://gothamist.com/2009/06/15/hiram_monserrate_tells_daily_news_h.php

favorite part of this clown show so far is the prospect of a 31-31 split senate with no lt. gov. to break the tie (because of course the lt. gov. had to become gov). and the corollary claim by espada that that means he now gets two votes.

someone needs to take out tom golisano

I agree. and the answer to the poll question is an unqualified yes. If these idiots paid as much attention to governance as they did to these ridiculous parliamentary and partisan shenanigans, then NY might not be in the position it's in. NJ's not much better, unfortunately.

seriously though i thought the douchebag was moving to florida

It takes time to get residency in Fla so it wouldnt do him any good in the short term for tax purposes. So i guess he feels it's worth his time to pull a Berlusconi and fuck up the NY legislature. Does he still own the Sabres?

good reading:

http://www.villagevoice.com/2009-07-01/columns/senate-coup-plotters-hidden-agenda/

Paterson's a really sharp dude

― the higgs bosun (gabbneb), Thursday, December 18, 2008 12:43 PM

Joe Bruno, ladies & germs

go away harold ford

he isn't that much worse than Gillibrand, though.

1) gillibrands tacked to the left since being in the senate 2) shes got a much better pro-choice gay-rights record than HF 3) if were going to have a primary challenge why on earth would we want to see two moderate democrats going up against one another

why is new york the state where people move to if they want to run for senate

3) if were going to have a primary challenge why on earth would we want to see two moderate democrats going up against one another

see the obama v. hillary 2008 primary.

anyway, as long as neither of them come over to NJ & try to replace either Lautenberg or Menendez i don't really care.

not really the same is it, as the US on the whole is more conservative than new york?

not rlly Albany is it, just more sucky hacks wanting to go to DC for us

fair enough

as the US on the whole is more conservative than new york?

NYC, yes, NYS, maybe not.

I thought the revive was going to be about Alex Paterson.

gillibrand is more than moderate enough to win reelection from upstate. i was just responding to eisbaers thing about obama and clinton being two moderate democrats fighting out a primary--which to me is like, duh, what did you expect

feelin pretty bad for david paterson

poor guy cant catch a break

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/25/nyregion/25paterson.html?hp

The cabinet official who supervises the State Police has resigned in the wake of reports of intervention by the State Police and Gov. David A. Paterson into a domestic-assault case against a senior Paterson aide.

The official, Denise E. O’Donnell, commissioner of the state Division of Criminal Justice Services, issued a statement Thursday after inquiries from The New York Times.

“The fact that the governor and members of the State Police have acknowledged direct contact with a woman who had filed for an order of protection against a senior member of the governor’s staff is a very serious matter,” she wrote. “These actions are unacceptable regardless of their intent.”

The resignation, at 2 p.m., came on a day when New York’s political establishment reeled at the news of Mr. Paterson’s involvement, with some of the beleaguered governor’s few remaining allies publicly suggesting that he should end his campaign for election.

Ms. O’Donnell, a former federal prosecutor and social worker, wrote that she found the breach “particularly distressing” in an administration “that prides itself on its record of combating domestic violence.

“The behavior alleged here is the antithesis of what many of us have spent our entire careers working to build,” she added, “a legal system that protects victims of domestic violence and brings offenders to justice.”

it's so over for this dude.

this state police thing is something that happens in 24 tbh

this guy is sketchy as all hell in the polls already and the whole situation has the leadership shook

"After all you have heard, there's one rumor I will confirm, I am running for governor this year," Paterson said to a crowd of about 400 at Hofstra University. "They haven't knocked us down yet and they never will."
Feb 20, 2010

Two weeks ago, Paterson beat back speculation that he wouldn't seek reelection, or that he might step down: "The only way I'm not gonna be governor next year is at the ballot box, and the only way that I'll be leaving office before is in a box"

ice cold

who mourns for David Paterson?!?

is Cuomo fils crazy? this chair is cursed

totally sets him up for a 2018 presidential run.

er, 2016. or 2020. whatever.

the end seems to be near

A leading women’s rights group that had once praised Gov. David A. Paterson for his work on violence against women is now seeking his resignation, saying his intervention in a domestic violence case involving a top adviser was inappropriate and disappointing.

The New York chapter of the National Organization for Women issued the call for Mr. Paterson’s resignation on Tuesday morning, after The New York Times reported that the governor had directed two state officials to reach out to a woman who had accused Mr. Paterson’ senior adviser, David W. Johnson, of assaulting her.

“This latest news is very disappointing for those of us who believed the governor was a strong advocate for women’s equality and for ending violence against women,” said Marcia A. Pappas, the group’s president. “We at the National Organization for Women-New York State believe that in spite of the governor’s heretofore excellent record on women’s issues, it is now time for the governor to step down.”

The New York National Organization for Women, an influential player in the Democratic Party, had previously expressed concern only about Mr. Paterson’s involvement in the case, but it had stopped short of asking him to leave office.

NEW YORK -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand says Gov. David Paterson would have to resign if allegations that he abused his power are proven true.

Associated PressDemocratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who was appointed by Gov. Paterson, says the governor should step down if power was abused. Paterson's role in a domestic abuse case against a top aide is being investigated by state Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. The New York Times on Tuesday reported that the governor had personally directed two state employees to contact the woman who made the complaint.

Paterson supporters say there is more to the story.

Gillibrand told NY1 that if the allegations are true, then the governor will be unable to govern and will have to step down.

Paterson appointed Gillibrand to her Senate seat more than a year ago when Hillary Rodham Clinton became secretary of state.

jeezus, Richard Ravitch really IS the Lt Gov??? didn't a court throw that appointment out?? he's like 85 years old.

lol dave, can't catch a break huh?

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson, trying to hold onto office in the face of one scandal, was accused Wednesday of violating state ethics laws when he sought and obtained free Yankees tickets for the 2009 World Series and then may have lied about his intention to pay for them, according to a state report.

He faces penalties of nearly $100,000, and the case was referred to the Albany County prosecutor's office and the state attorney general for possible criminal investigation into whether Paterson — "or anyone else" — gave false answers to commission questions or backdated a check to pay for the tickets.

The charge isn't directly related to the scandal now plaguing Paterson over contact he and others in his adminstration had with a woman who accused a top Paterson aide of domestic violence. But the Public Integrity Commission said the aide in the scandal, David Johnson, was one of Paterson's four guests getting tickets for the Oct. 28 World Series game provided by the Yankees.

Four days later, also in the Bronx, Johnson was accused of domestic violence by his then-girlfriend, a case that now threatens Paterson's job and administration.

Paterson could face a penalty of $80,000 for violating the state gift ban for elected officials. The commission's investigation also charged that Paterson violated a provision prohibiting the governor from using his official position to secure unwarranted privileges. That could cost another $10,000.

There was no immediate comment from the governor's office.

sometimes a dude just wants to go see the yanks

resisting urge to go for cheap blind man joke there

Gov. David A. Paterson will be governor on Friday. After that? He will not say.

As Mr. Paterson ducked out of a side entrance to the Yale Club in Midtown Manhattan on Thursday afternoon, he offered a simple “yes” when asked if he would still be governor on Friday.

But when asked whether he would be governor next week, the governor was silent. He ignored other questions posed by a group of reporters who trailed him as a small coterie of his aides hustled him into a waiting Chevrolet Suburban.

The vehicle then drove off, heading east on 44th Street.

Mr. Paterson was at the Yale Club on Thursday having lunch in the rooftop dining room with former Mayor David N. Dinkins and a 13-year-old boy who is blind.

Mr. Dinkins said as he was leaving the club that he does not believe Mr. Paterson should resign. “What’s to be served by trying to force him from office now?”

Outside the Yale Club’s rarefied air, however, it was another day of difficult news for the governor.

Mr. Paterson’s communications director, Peter E. Kauffmann, announced his resignation on Thursday, saying that he could not “in good conscience” continue in his job. He has been with the governor for just over a year.

A report issued on Wednesday by the New York State Commission on Public Integrity concluded that Mr. Paterson lied under oath while testifying about his acceptance of free tickets to the first game of the World Series last fall. The report also stated that while Mr. Paterson testified that he always planned to pay for the tickets and had taken a check with him to the game for that purpose, he told Mr. Kauffmann the opposite.

In his testimony, Mr. Kauffmann stated that the governor said he did not have to pay for the tickets because he was attending the game in his official capacity as governor.

what kind of a jackass do you have to be to not even get PETTY GRAFT right?!? shaking down sports teams for tix is like Corruption 101 for small-time outerborough hacks.

I'm no Paterson fan, but how much did Giuliani pay for his Yankee tix all those years?

didn't they GIVE him a WORLD SERIES RING?

i've wondered about that myself, morbz.

i mean, either these ethics rules that Paterson allegedly ran afoul of are post-Giuliani, or not applicable to mayors, or no-one bothered to go after Giuliani (oh, the Pataki days).

good thing that this jackass isn't running for re-election, because this horseshit certainly isn't going to boost his popularity.

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/07/03/nyregion/03frisk.html?_r=1&adxnnl=1&hpw=&adxnnlx=1278180081-tmIHYWi4/67mHVz/h4W0sA

bearing in mind that this is still NEW YORK, it's kinda heartwarming to see that this is gonna pass, and to see the bad guys reduced to their lame talking points but with ultimately no power to block or dilute the bill

Maybe this is the best thread for paper-ballot debutante screwups.

Polling places opening 3 hours late, poll workers hovering behind voters...

http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/14/problems-reported-with-new-voting-machines/

ok, I'm assuming all you voters vote in the evening.

This should lighten your heart, Morbs: The FBI has been investigating Cuyahoga County (i.e., Cleveland and environs) for years. Last week our 13-year County Auditor, Frank Russo, resigned in the face of a 21-count Federal indictment charging him with bribery and corruption from nearly his first day in office. Today in culminated in the arrest of one of our County Commissioners, Jimmy Dimora, a longtime Democratic machine politician and scumbag, along with two county judges and five other people: http://www.cleveland.com/countyincrisis/index.ssf/2010/09/county_commissioner_jimmy_dimo_1.html

So hey, things are tough all over!

saw abt 5 mins of Paladino speech last night, what a feeble figure.

A vote for Scneiderman as AG was relatively meaningful given less-than-20,000 win margin, now let's see him come through.

peace out to espada

looks like Andy Cuomo is actually gonna hafta start speaking now so the knuckledragger doesnt become gov

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BKL9TRaePww

so that's basically it for him, right?

is there video online of the entire "debate"?

and where did Paladino get the Chicago accent? tho i guess they talk fynny upstate too.

He totally has a Buffalo accent! He talks just like my uncle.

How did those other people get on the ballot?

The Deomocrats didn't feel like bullying them off this time?

speaking of accents, how did howie hawkins get a southern one?

I think he stole it from Springsteen.

totally voting HH btw

Here's the full debate:

http://capitalregion.ynn.com/content/top_stories/520896/decision-2010---debate-for-governor/

so glad i voted for this schmuck

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/11/AR2010111103674.html

Nader on Governor Andy's blade:

During his campaign for Governor, Mr. Cuomo refused to even contemplate keeping the $14 billion (some estimate higher amounts) a year that the state collects from a century-old stock transfer tax, but instantly rebates, what is really a sales tax, back to the stock brokers. New York used to keep this tax revenue until the early Eighties, when Wall Street pressure finally prevailed. Green Party candidate for Governor, Howie Hawkins, during a public debate argued that keeping these revenues would eliminate the deficit and prevent the reduction of necessary programs. On that stage, Mr. Cuomo refused to engage. Mum's the word on Wall Street's fair share.

Cuomo calls himself "a progressive Democrat who's broke." A progressive Democrat would push for sacrifice at the wealthy top and work down if necessary. Many of the wealthy derived their billions and millions from many favored policies like tax leniency and other privileges and immunities including violation of the law (some of whom Cuomo pursued as Attorney General.)

http://www.counterpunch.org/nader04132011.html

I sort of detest Eric Alterman, but he is mostly OTM on Cuomo:

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2011/06/26/andrew-cuomo-s-flawed-liberalism.html

eating dinner at the table adjacent to my asshole state senator, tom libous

I found out 2 weeks ago I've been carved out of Yvette Clarke's House district and into Jerry Nadler's. Haven't followed him closely in awhile, but surely less hacktastic than Clarke.

My new state senator, Simcha fucking Felder. At least give me credit for bypassing him on the ballot.

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/11/simcha-felder-to-caucus-with-ny-senate-gop-dean-skelos-pretty-happy-with-that

fuck him & fuck cuomo too

yup this state has such horrible politics

the Dems don't have a 'secret plan' for a majority? not that it much matters.

Felder gained popularity among his conservative Jewish constituents for advocating strongly on their behalf, including in matters relating to Israel.[3] Although personally opposed to homosexuality as being against Judaism, he backed Christine Quinn for City Council Speaker in what was seen as a political move to gain allies.[4] Although Felder claims to support Quinn, he says he cannot actually vote for her because of religious reasons.[5] When the time came to vote Quinn for Council Speaker, Felder did not cast a vote and took a trip to the restroom.[6]

I will give you a pass for not voting for this guy

wowwww wtf this guy

what is his district like? how the hell was this guy the dem nom in a district that includes brooklyn?

his district is mostly orthodox jews

+ morbs

and some Ukrainian goyim

it is easy to spot the fundamentalist pols in Brooklyn, at least.

borough park is a horrible and scary place

And to think I came all the way to NYC to escape religious zealots/bigots.

“The Assembly will pick a leader, and the Senate will pick a leader. And I have no intention of getting involved in either situation,” Cuomo said at a press conference last week, while underscoring that he thought Democrats learned a lesson the last time they were in control of the Senate. “I think they learned the hard way. The Democrats were in power. The Democrats then lost power because of the dysfunction and I think they learned that lesson the hard way.”

http://www.salon.com/2012/11/19/andrew_cuomo_fake_democrat/

fuck cuomo obv

Rally at Governor Cuomo's birthday fundraiser

Governor Cuomo is hosting a fundraiser to celebrate his birthday. We'll rally outside the fundraiser to protest his plan to frack New York. Then, on Wednesday, you can ride the bus to Albany for a rally at Governor Cuomo's State of the State address. RSVP here:

http://act.foodandwaterwatch.org/site/Calendar/667299190?view=Detail&id=101382

When: 07 Jan, 6:00 PM
Where: The Waldorf Astoria
301 Park Avenue at East 49th Street
New York, NY 10022

via p4reene

NY lawmakers mandate massive tax breaks for millionaires’ Manhattan apartments

Developers of four of the projects, their relatives and affiliated companies gave $1.5 million to various state campaign committees from 2008 to 2012

the Assembly sponsor, Keith Wright (D-Manhattan), said he knew little about the tax breaks.
“These five properties — it was important that they benefit from the piece of legislation probably, and I don’t know why, because some of the folks in the Senate wanted them to be included.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/uptown/big-tax-breaks-mandated-millionaires-nyc-digs-article-1.1375297

If you got a survey email from the WFP, I hope you told them to run a progressive against Cuomo.

Shame on de Blasio, NY unions, and motherfucking professional liberals. The WFP is a scam.

http://www.slate.com/blogs/weigel/2014/06/03/why_did_progressives_lose_to_andrew_cuomo.html

Marie Andytoinette

With Albany rocked by a seemingly endless barrage of scandals and arrests, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo set up a high-powered commission last summer to root out corruption in state politics. It was barely two months old when its investigators, hunting for violations of campaign-finance laws, issued a subpoena to a media-buying firm that had placed millions of dollars’ worth of advertisements for the New York State Democratic Party.

The investigators did not realize that the firm, Buying Time, also counted Mr. Cuomo among its clients, having bought the airtime for his campaign when he ran for governor in 2010.

Word that the subpoena had been served quickly reached Mr. Cuomo’s most senior aide, Lawrence S. Schwartz. He called one of the commission’s three co-chairs, William J. Fitzpatrick, the district attorney in Syracuse.

“This is wrong,” Mr. Schwartz said, according to Mr. Fitzpatrick, whose account was corroborated by three other people told about the call at the time. He said the firm worked for the governor, and issued a simple directive:

“Pull it back.”

...In a 13-page statement responding to The Times’s questions, Mr. Cuomo’s office defended its handling of the commission. It said the commission was created by and reported to the governor, and therefore he could not be accused of interfering with it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/07/23/nyregion/governor-andrew-cuomo-and-the-short-life-of-the-moreland-commission.html

www.TimeToGoCuomo.com

The state Democratic Party opened its war chest for an ad blitz promoting Gov. Cuomo to blunt a blistering report detailing how his administration meddled with an anti-corruption panel, records show.
The state Democratic Campaign Committee spent $281,655 for ads that began airing July 19, one day after the governor’s office learned The New York Times was going to print a lengthy story about how Cuomo aides compromised the workings of the Moreland Commission panel.

http://nypost.com/2014/07/30/pro-cuomo-ad-blitz-to-soften-anti-corruption-panel-scandals-hit/

hey it's my own private thread

guess i'm voting for Teachout in September and Hawkins in November

http://www.thenation.com/article/181289/how-zephyr-teachout-became-contender

who thinks Zephyr has a shot at 20%?

26%?

http://www.msnbc.com/steve-kornacki/zephyr-teachout-likely-wont-exceed-expectations-polls

did you vote for her

of course, anything to put a bug up Andy's Clintonite ass

wait -- you're a democrat?

it's the only way to vote here, chief

ZT running at 35.5%

chiefed in a teachout beef

I voted

I smell a potential Stop HilRod movement

Cuomo is under 60% in Westchester, where he lives

lmfao

Teachout won a ton of upstate counties while losing every borough of NYC

http://blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2014/09/10/liberal-teachout-won-over-democrats-in-new-yorks-conservative-heartland/

hoping Howie Hawkins kicks ass in tonight's debate

http://buffalo.twcnews.com/content/news/779058/howie-hawkins-claims-gov--cuomo-edited-usgs-fracking-report/

So Cuomo bankrolled this Women's Equality Party solely to drain votes from the WFP and maybe get them off the ballot for good, as far as i can tell. AND THEY STILL ENDORSED HIM! "Please hit me on the head with a 2x4 again, governor." Green Green Green.

http://www.howiehawkins.org/why_howie_hawkins_deserves_your_vote_and_the_wfp_does_not

He played the "WEP" card well after the endorsement though, and if they withdrew their endorsement or violated the terms of the agreement by appearing unsupportive of Reptile Face, he could retract his commitment to pass the Women's Equality Agenda, the NYS DREAM Act, raise the minimum wage, etc, AND bring the IDC back. The WFP leadership weighed how many people's lives that would change and decided if they could hold him accountable to those commitments it would be worth it.

Basically now that he agreed to all those progressive issues he's trying to break them so they CAN'T hold him accountable, ie having his cake for free and ordering a hit on the baker he ordered it from.

yeah I know it was after. Withdrawal of the endorsement would be the honorable way out.

Celeb enthusiasts about the "WEP" are the usual gang of tourists, oh hello Lena Dunham.

Ugh unfortunately I live right on the edge of Cornegy's council district and while my own city council person is terrible, I'm glad she's just crazy and not "centrist" or whatever Cornegy thinks he is. He's publicly supporting BOTH the WEP **and** Prop 1. Why why why why

If anyone can defend a No vote on ballot proposals 2 and 3, i'm all ears. (All I can detect: legislators won't read electronic bills; the tech money is better spent elsewhere on schools, and only public ones.)

I think Prop 2 is just a bit of house keeping, something about how the countdown for how long they have to read a proposed bill before it comes to a vote will start from when the email is sent instead of when paper copies are distro'ed. Will prob result in legislators assigning a staffer to print it out for them as soon as the email comes through and that's assuming anyone was reading proposed legislation anyway.

A frustrated labor union source said that in the end, Cuomo is just being Cuomo.

“The mayor arranged a forced marriage between the base and him,” said the union source, who has helped with the Democratic effort to win the Senate. “This is what happens when you get into an arranged marriage. It doesn’t always work out.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/gov-cuomo-closing-campaign-strategy-left-democrats-scratching-heads-blog-entry-1.1996812

Fuck Cuomo so much. Gonna protest vote tomorrow.

Me too. He's been shitting on teachers so goddamn relentlessly. I'm voting Hawkins/Jones.

I would be delighted if the Greens outpolled the WFP, not sure it's gonna happen.

My state senator is this unopposed asshole

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simcha_Felder

so I wrote in myself.

Cuomo's statewide total from last night is currently 52.78%, lol

5% for Hawkins, I guess that's something

Slightly more than Working Families and "Women's Equality Party" combined.

since they're both effectively the Dem ticket it's probably not an accurate comparison

well State Senate solidly back in Republican hands, they don't even need scumbag "Democrat" Felder anymore.

ie excellent crutch for Cuomo, another WFP negotiating triumph.

since they're both effectively the Dem ticket it's probably not an accurate comparison

― Nhex, Wednesday, November 5, 2014 2:57 PM Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

That's actually why it's marginally meaningful, because Working Families is supposed to be this *insider progressive* party that works with the dems to make sure progressive issues get pushed (or just uses false promises to keep progressives from defecting away from the dems entirely, depending on how you look at it).

I mean with Cuomo winning 52-39, it's not of enormous significance, but in a closer D-R race, the number of progressives who vote for the dem on the Working Families line vs vote for a third party candidate could make the difference.

Cuomo's raw vote total is the lowest for a NY gov winner since FDR in 1930. (When we had a lot less people, if more voters.)

Shelly Silver -- what took so long?

http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150122/BLOGS04/150129937/charges-against-silver-point-to-leonard-litwin

http://justice.gawker.com/tweets-sum-up-relationship-between-andrew-cuomo-and-bil-1683531638

Wayne Barrett, who wrote fine muckraking columns for the Voice when it was a newspaper, on Dean Skelos et al:

With all the focus on Shelly Silver and his Assembly apparatchiks, let’s not forget New York’s state Senate, where four of the last five majority leaders have been indicted and the fifth, Dean Skelos, is reportedly under investigation....

The swamp is so deeply bi-partisan that Democrat (Malcolm) Smith was bribing Republican county leaders to get the Republican line, Democrat (Pedro) Espada was initially installed as leader by Republicans, and (Joe) Bruno, who claimed years ago that Silver’s outside income inspired his own consulting career, just derided Silver’s prosecutors as “out of control.”

...It is comforting to note that local comedian Al Sharpton hosted new speaker Heastie at his National Action Network over the weekend and declared that any attempt to change the three-men-in-a-room nirvana in Albany would now be seen as racist. Along with a prayer blessing for Heastie, Sharpton issued a threat: “If you mess with Carl, you’re messing with us.”

“Don’t talk about breaking up the trio now. We just got into the trio,” Sharpton said, forgetting that Smith, Sampson and ex-governor David Paterson were recently part of the three, actually outnumbering white men at one point. It’s hard to believe Sharpton might’ve forgotten Paterson, Smith and (John) Sampson, since all were involved with him in the Aqueduct scandal, with Sharpton collecting $100,000 in NAN contributions from bidders on the $3 billion, 30-year racino contract, the richest in state history.

We haven’t heard from the Greeks yet about what they will do if they lose their man in the room, Dean Skelos, the state senator from Rockville Centre in Long Island who succeeded Bruno. Hemlock is always an option. Jonathan Dienst, the Emmy-Award winning WNBC reporter who broke the Skelos story, says Bharara is investigating the majority leader’s ties to the real estate industry....

http://cityandstateny.com/2/politics/new-york-state-articles/new-york-state-senate/the-dean-of-the-senate.html#.VN4gPPnF9yy

as rumored, Skelos & Son

http://www.nytimes.com/2015/05/05/nyregion/dean-skelos-new-york-senate-leader-and-son-are-arrested-on-corruption-charges.html

deBlasio unloads on Cuomo! (and all the right people are appalled, it seems)

http://gothamist.com/2015/06/30/mayor_de_blasio_is_sick_tired_of_go.php

kinda wish Silver trial was on TV

along w/ $50 M in de facto bribes, yesterday's testimony covered "gifts of handmade matzo"

shelly shelly bo belly

http://gawker.com/sheldon-silver-longtime-titan-of-new-york-politics-gu-1745361552

please Preet, go get Andy now

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2015/12/dean-skelos-and-son-found-guilty-on-all-counts.html

right up there with not thinking abt Ted Cruz having affairs...

http://gawker.com/feds-former-state-assembly-speaker-sheldon-silver-had-1771176455

Josh Dawsey ‏@jdawsey1
De Blasio encourages media to look into "fascinating interconnections" and the "cast of characters" around Cuomo and state ethics agency.

@DougHenwood
oh this is a prime spectator sport

charged with fraud, kills himself, wins primary

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/story/news/2016/09/13/bill-nojay-rochester-election-milne/90329448/

a path to victory, but with a catch

certainly fits the "unresponsive" part of the thread title

Cuomo, positive political calculus:

http://www.nytimes.com/2017/01/03/nyregion/free-tuition-new-york-colleges-plan.html?_r=0

Cuomo, standard POS:

http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a52009/cuomo-legal-services-veto/

to put further emphasis on Andy's game

http://theslot.jezebel.com/andrew-cuomo-is-a-fucking-snake-1790712955

Biggus Dickus: Prince Andy saves plastic bags in NYC

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/n-y-lawmakers-urge-cuomo-compromise-disposable-bag-fee-article-1.2972351

@ZackFinkNews
Sources say 421a proposal being discussed by State Leaders includes money for certain Brooklyn neighborhoods as gift to @NYSenatorFelder

https://www.citylab.com/housing/2017/03/can-andrew-cuomo-really-deliver-on-his-housing-promises/521076/

Simcha Felder, such a shit

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C8l_mOIXoAE_Pqf.jpg:small

NY constitutional convention on the ballot this fall.

http://gothamist.com/2017/06/06/ny_constitutional_convention.php

about the only thing i am looking forward to in 2020 is voting against this schmuck in the democratic primary https://t.co/76KTXrg94v

— Max Read (@max_read) June 22, 2017

Shelly Silver's conviction is vacated

I think we can all agree what America needs most now is a narrow definition of what legally constitutes corruption pic.twitter.com/ilDS5xcBx5

— David Klion (@DavidKlion) July 13, 2017

Every year it gets harder to understand why Spitzer resigned

— slackbot (@pareene) July 21, 2017

can't blame the guy

http://gothamist.com/2017/08/09/daniel_squadron_resign_state_senate.php

yo that name can't be real

that's my district; maybe i should run

clean up Albany, mook

good thread

Andrew Cuomo has now officially decided not to call special elections in time for newly elected Senators (likely Democrats) to be part of the 2018 budget.

That means he has chosen to maintain a Republican veto over all New York legislation. 1/

— Zephyr Teachout (@ZephyrTeachout) January 22, 2018

this Percocco trial is some farcical shit

Last night @NYGovCuomo did two interviews, one on @CNN the other with @MSNBC. The Governor’s team released a transcript of CNN interview but NOT the one on MSNBC. Perhaps because @AriMelber asked him about Joe Percoco at about :56 here: https://t.co/R1FNKVp9sn

— Zack Fink (@ZackFinkNews) February 16, 2018

LOL. Wayne LaPierre just said Andrew Cuomo was a "European-style socialist."

— andrew kaczynski🤔 (@KFILE) February 22, 2018

i'd settle for Vermont-style

New York’s governor, Andrew Cuomo, has been taking donations from people he appointed to state-affiliated boards & other positions despite a state order barring the practice https://t.co/kdQjtxoPqy

— Emily Flitter (@FlitterOnFraud) February 24, 2018

the best phrase there is that Prince Andy has "quietly reinterpreted" the ethics order.

Nixon Now, More than Ever

always with the minimalist posts, mook

http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/03/cynthia-nixon-could-mount-a-primary-challenge-to-cuomo.html

noted Stalinist breeding ground...Sex and the City pic.twitter.com/iD0JI2XRHw

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 7, 2018

"the activist left brought us all Donald Trump"? lol does anyone believe that horsepiss

you'd be surprised

Hi Friend,

The Big Blue Tide is rising. The more Trump acts, the stronger we get. We will take our country back.

SIGN UP HERE TO BE A PART OF OUR EFFORT!

We are targeting every Republican-held Congressional seat in the state this year, with an unprecedented unified, coordinated effort. Victories in New York can help us retake the House - a much needed check on Trump’s extreme agenda in Washington.

And, in the New York State Senate, we are less than 50 days away from D-Day - "Declare Day” - April 24th. On that day, there are two State Senate special elections to fill empty seats, and Democrats will win both. At that point, Democrats will constitute a majority of the State Senate.

Once that happens, the Governor has said that the IDC members must join the Democratic Caucus. If the IDC members do not join the Democratic Caucus and form a majority, the Democratic Party will lead an aggressive primary against every IDC member and assure we have a True Blue State Senate. Unity has to be our goal.

I urge you to join today and be part of our efforts this Spring.

And stay tuned. Our first "Make America, America Again" rally hosted by Governor Cuomo will be in Congressional District 1 in late April. We will announce a time and place soon.

Together, we will win.

Geoff Berman
Executive Director, New York State Democratic Committee

nice

I'm online friends with the head of No IDC. I want to ask her her take on that.

Cuomo has worked to keep the Dems in the minority in the legislature, what a joker

the problem isn't the power of the republicans. its the weakness of the democrats

BREAKING: Former top @NYGovCuomo aide, campaign manager and family friend Joseph #Percoco found GUILTY of three counts in federal corruption trial.

— erica orden (@eorden) March 13, 2018

well this got ugly in a day

"Despite not having a single segment on Yemen thus far in 2018, MSNBC did manage 143 segments on Stormy Daniels...A story to be sure, but perhaps not one worth 143 more reports than 1000s being bombed with the help of US weapons sales and military support" https://t.co/oZu9FJsLwM

— Adam H. Johnson (@adamjohnsonNYC) March 20, 2018

http://theweek.com/speedreads/762018/cuomo-ally-christine-quinn-calls-cynthia-nixon-unqualified-lesbian

aaargh, wrong tweet. meant this:

Christine Quinn is a vice chair of the New York State Democratic Party — which is supposed to remain neutral in a primary. @geoffberman, what say you? https://t.co/tWqGOugUht

— Nomiki Konst 🐴🦄🐴 (@NomikiKonst) March 20, 2018

um, "yemen" doesn't have big boobs, next

unerring political instincts

https://splinternews.com/heres-non-jew-andrew-cuomo-making-a-very-bad-joke-about-1824075629

I'm also hearing the #nybudget will include a https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/978746421477367808.75 fee on ride-hail trips starting and ending in Manhattan below 96th Street, and perhaps a https://twitter.com/JimmyVielkind/status/978746421477367808.50 fee on taxi trips in the same zone. https://t.co/obQpY7i6uq

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) March 27, 2018

Basically everyone is expecting budget shortfalls for next year once federal support numbers come in lower, based on the new tax plan, and trying to find ways to propose filling the gaps.

And congestion pricing is one of the ideas being thrown around. I was in Albany the other day w people who work at other schools in my district, trying to talk to electeds about this stuff, and the people around me disapproved of congestion pricing more than they cared about the budget (because they're all from South Brooklyn where everyone drives everywhere and they mistrust public transit because a) Manhattan is far away from here, and b) dirty, poor, and non-white people take the MTA so obv it's not good enough for this group). Our only local Democratic elected official was caught off guard trying to defend a policy that isn't even HIS to a bunch of ppl who are supposed to be asking questions about schools and education funding. lol/sob

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DaV0OL5UMAAT0BX.jpg:small

nixxxon!

BREAKING: Big unions — SEIU and CWA — quit Working Families Party on eve of now-likely Cynthia Nixon endorsement.

Cuomo pushing for MORE: Wants unions to defund liberal groups backing her.

LOTS of details with @jessemckinley here: https://t.co/MM6ThUen1d

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) April 13, 2018

nice

the WFP announced the Nixon endorsement

he's on war footing

https://theintercept.com/2018/04/14/andrew-cuomo-sees-whats-coming-he-doesnt-know-whether-to-run-join-it-or-destroy-it/

It’s wrong that 79 percent of 4-year olds outside of New York City still lack full-day Pre-K. Under the Cuomo budget, at the funding levels he has given, it will take nearly 57 YEARS to fund full-day universal Pre-K in this state. New York is ready for change.

— Cynthia Nixon (@CynthiaNixon) April 17, 2018

WE LOVE YOU, SHADOW GOVERNOR CYNTHIA NIXON https://t.co/YNTwBMhhQa

— free kellyanne (@DearSplenda) April 18, 2018

When you only read the first half of The Power Broker https://t.co/CrtNWhBXhn

— Good Idea Dave (@DaveCoIon) June 14, 2018

Gov. Cuomo is in Brooklyn right now for another campaign rally - er, government announcement. Got a rousing introduction from Assemblymember Walker. "Is Brooklyn in the house?" Cuomo says, before asking audience if it loves different electeds who are there, then "Do you love me?"

— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) July 5, 2018

please clap

I realize state politics is not the hottest topic right now, but the description of the Cuomo admin – widely driven by fear (& in some cases personal profit) & rife with sycophancy – as alleged in these 2 federal corruption trials is worth your attention.https://t.co/hfPW3B0CIZ

— erica orden (@eorden) July 6, 2018

Andy makes his happy-hour move

This small-dollar Cuomo event flagged by @CaseySeiler, on the eve of campaign filing deadline seems a pretty clear effort to have some small donors on his upcoming report https://t.co/f8mXkCfS2q

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) July 9, 2018

1) Not throwing public money at private businesses
2) Not relying on a convicted felon/lobbyist to be your 'eyes & ears' at a state agency
3) Not accepting campaign donations from contractors and bidders
4) See No. 1 https://t.co/n58vspCzA2

— Bill Hammond (@NYHammond) July 13, 2018

oopsie

https://www.timesunion.com/local/article/State-resources-went-to-Cuomo-campaign-effort-13073450.php

The defining feature of every oafish thing Andrew Cuomo ever says is that he seems to have genuinely never thought about what you might say to an ordinary person to convince them you should have the job of being governor

— Tom Scocca (@tomscocca) July 14, 2018

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DiU0K03UwAAjo6y.jpg:small

. . . nice

re-convicted! NYT:

Dean G. Skelos, once one of the most powerful political figures in New York State, was found guilty of bribery, extortion and conspiracy on Tuesday, marking the fourth time in five months that a major federal case targeting corruption in Albany has ended in a conviction.

The jury in Federal District Court in Manhattan deliberated for three days before finding Mr. Skelos and his son, Adam, guilty; prosecutors said the elder Mr. Skelos, the former leader of the State Senate’s Republican majority, had wielded his political clout to pressure business executives to send his son around $300,000 for a patchwork of no-show or low-show jobs.

Both Mr. Skelos and his son were convicted on those charges in 2015, but their convictions were overturned last year after the Supreme Court limited the definition of public corruption.

'Best' part of this is that when an over-the-limit corporate donor is revealed, campaign says it was actually an LLC of same name, so no violation. State campaign finance laws are an incredible joke. https://t.co/UA7m0oJhx3

— Ben Max (@TweetBenMax) July 30, 2018

Pareene: the Prince vs the press

Spectrum News is one of the largest strictly local news outlets in the state, and its coverage of Albany in particular is vital and important. It is the primary place where millions of New Yorkers learn what is happening in the notoriously corrupt and opaque statehouse (it's worth noting that Spectrum's NY1 has scheduled a Democratic gubernatorial primary debate this month, which Cuomo has not committed to attending despite his apparent promise in May to debate progressive challenger Cynthia Nixon). Andrew Cuomo is threatening to blow it up, either because he doesn't care about the collateral damage of his war against Charter, or because blowing it up is the point of that war. In Spectrum's newsrooms, many journalists believe it's the latter.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-talks-about-a-war-on-the-press-andrew-cuomo-is-waging-one

I'm all about making memes today
https://i.imgflip.com/2g117k.jpg

Zephyr Teachout for NY AG

On Monday, I asked Tish James about the AG's office and state corruption, and this was her answer https://t.co/hjysqfD1Zz pic.twitter.com/H1Lv4rFJe5

— Christopher Robbins (@ChristRobbins) August 22, 2018

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/24/nyregion/queens-candidates-nominated-without-knowing.html

probably could have posted in the democratic party and/or queens threads but it's remarkable how much worse this gets with every paragraph

As a Jew in August, I have to say: I'm with Cuomo on this one. https://t.co/WTN4oBQtjm

— corey robin (@CoreyRobin) August 28, 2018

I'm glad she directly called him a liar a couple times. Might've been to Nixon's advantage to interrupt a little bit less, don't want to seem like "a pushy woman."

Cuomo being obsessed with proving that Nixon was "a corporation" bigger than the Koch Brothers was a weird tactic.

In fact, the MTA has not been declining for decades. For much of the first 10 years of the 2000s it was improving and rapidly. There's something that happened in New York in 2010 that started the decline. If only I could put my finger on it.

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) August 29, 2018

lol

he's keith hernandez!

https://deadspin.com/ny-state-senate-candidate-julia-salazar-was-once-involv-1828859119

NYT showing buyer's remorse over the Prince

https://splinternews.com/after-endorsement-the-new-york-times-furiously-backped-1828926405

LETTER from state to contractor: “The authority will not hold T.Z.C. responsible for any traffic incidents(s) or damage to the work that results from shifting traffic on the bridge while all elements are not fully complete as permitted by this letter.” https://t.co/IdnEJJ99Z5

— Shane Goldmacher (@ShaneGoldmacher) September 11, 2018

You know it's almost as if New York voting laws are designed to depress turnout and hand elections to shitty incumbents https://t.co/Z0kviouYM9

— Katie McDonough (@kmcdonovgh) September 12, 2018

Evergreen tweet

‼️‼️‼️New Yorkers & all NYCHA residents its time to get JUSTICE, VOTE Thur. Sept. 13 for Gov. Cuomo, Lt. Gov. Hochul & Tish James. They know how to work for the people to make NY even GREATER. Spread the word. See you at the Polls‼️‼️‼️

— QUEEN (@NICKIMINAJ) September 12, 2018

can i shamefully admit here i'm a bit torn about the Cuomo vs. Nixon primary

I don't have a vote and I don't think Nixon will win, but I think she is worth voting for

same

"experience"

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/nyregion/cuomo-anti-semitism-nixon-flier.html

Nhex, Prince Andy has actively assisted in keeping the legislature from going Dem (if that helps)

I am not a NYer and know close to nothing about Cuomo’s administration but what I know is enough to convince me he is a machine politician of the most destructive sort and deserves a primary thrashing.

Like Charles Foster Kane would probably be a better choice than him

trouble with the rolls

https://splinternews.com/people-are-sharing-a-whole-slew-of-horror-stories-about-1829039353

rollin' with the cuomies

Cuomo: the 6 Senate IDC primary challenger wins last night were just "rearranging the deck chairs"

— Karen DeWitt (@kdewitt7) September 14, 2018

Whose deck chairs, exactly

http://www.mod16.org/imagemacros/emot-iiam.gif

so here's comparing the state to the Titanic? cool

The story isn't Cuomo, it's that Nixon turned out enough to crush the "blue dog" faction in the State Senate that gave Republicans control. There are a lot of bills coming Cuomo won't like. Either he fights and blows it all up or gives over and goes further left.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) September 14, 2018

I am disappointed that Nixon did not win. Also, in an empty office you can tell where the women sit because there are always sweaters or wraps on the back of the chair. It's freezing in the offices.

i sit with a fan on me at work all day. i wish it were freezing in the offices

.@NYGovCuomo on @amazon #HQ2:

"I’ll change my name to Amazon Cuomo if that’s what it takes."

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) November 5, 2018

^three-term whore

re NYC, deBlasio says vote YES on all 3 ballot questions, while Scott Stringer says YES-NO-NO. Has p4reene been heard from? anyone else?

I’m doing yes no no

this thread has me thinking yes no yes:

#flipyourballot and vote YES on Prop 3 tomorrow. Term limits for Community Boards, even if watered-down, are a step in the right direction.

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) November 5, 2018

also this Medium article really lands the case for Yes on 3:

https://medium.com/@memosalazar/its-2018-and-new-york-still-doesn-t-care-about-your-vote-e9513bc2aea0

I think people's take on the term limit question depends on the character of the neighborhood that they care about. A historically Black neighborhood that's now targeted by developers and speculators is ill served by pushing elders off the board when they know the history and work to protect their community's heritage--but a historically white neighborhood that's now refreshed by immigration but refuses to transition the power structures to represent a now-Chinese or now Arabic-majority community is unrepresentative and inequitable.

I'm getting the sense that Queens is scenario #2 and so is South Brooklyn, but Central Brooklyn (Bed-Stuy, Brownsville, ENY, Crown Heights) is the former. In short, IDK but I'm prob going yes-yes-yes.

that's an interesting analysis - i definitely think of CBs mostly in terms of old white assholes in manhattan and brooklyn, fighting against bike lanes and bus improvements and having a mixed record at best on fighting gentrification. there may be other scenarios. but i wonder how critical "elders" really are - there are surely young members of endangered communities who'd be interested in serving, and are we really imagining that they'd all be quickly captured by smooth talk from developers (and that no elders have been similarly captured)?

Yeah I also question that which is why I'm willing to vote Yes on 3 even though my loyalties are with Bed Stuy.

I don't think there's a single white person on CB3, whose meetings I went to for years, and iirc there was no shortage of women leaders either. So the district I'm most familiar with doesn't fit the assumptions. But I've noted for years that while they can hound some cocky white aspiring cocktail bar entrepreneur and make them regret botching their liquor license request, they can't stop gentrification, and new bars still keep opening and filling up with people that are disrespectful to the neighborhood. So I don't know that the "we need elders" argument is that effective.

are we really imagining that they'd all be quickly captured by smooth talk from developers (and that no elders have been similarly captured)?

No I think the "bad" scenario here is pro development puppets and bougie white ppl who can afford to pay 2.5 mil for a brownstone just taking over the community boards and erasing the work of 70 years of community-building.

that's a reasonable thing to worry about! hmmm.

i did end up yes no yes

i also skipped the judges. we shouldn't be fucking voting for judges.

went at a bad time, but that was chaotically busy

Wow. Head of NYC Board of Elections tells @azi that long lines (up to 4 hrs!) = ‘robust democracy’:
‘Instead of us looking at that as a negative, we should look at that, “Wow, look at all the people that are coming out to vote!”’ https://t.co/rHgw2KBj7d

— Andy Newman (@andylocal) November 6, 2018

gtfo

welcome to the minority caucus, Simcha Felder, you cockroach.

what a well-formed joek

As he started a gaggle with reporters a little while ago, Gov. Cuomo joked that he wanted them to take a step back: "Space. We need space. Or I'll bring you all up on charges under the Me Too movement."

This was received awkwardly.

— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) January 9, 2019

BREAKING: The New York state Senate's Democratic majority has passed a bill to finally establish early voting!

— Stephen Wolf (@PoliticsWolf) January 14, 2019

fuck you

"What happened is the greatest tragedy that I have seen since I have been in government," Andrew Cuomo says of the blown-up Amazon deal.

— Jon Campbell (@JonCampbellGAN) February 22, 2019

Anybody have an opinion on the Public Advocates?

Jumaane Williams has almost all the prog endorsements + the NYT, will be hard to beat.

The Working Families Party helped Democrats regain power in New York. Now Democrats are trying to kill it. https://t.co/DA0X8KPjb0 by @ryangrim

— Jon Schwarz (@schwarz) March 6, 2019

now i would just name the thread "laughing at Cuomo"

https://t.co/FTttlF9sUb pic.twitter.com/9SP3pQy3Ot

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) April 8, 2019

Cuomo speaking and getting a bit...weird. Paraphrasing but: “I can’t refer to a terminal as ‘sexy.’ That opens other questions. Is the terminal male or female? What’s its orientation? How do you touch the terminal?” pic.twitter.com/Hlj5159mPs

— David Slotnick (@David_Slotnick) May 15, 2019

his instincts are peerless across the board

if he doesn't think buildings can be sexy his imagination is even more impoverished than it seemed

“It seems to be that the democratic socialist wing of the Democratic Party is in full control of the state government,” Mr. Martin added. “I think this is the official declaration of that.”https://t.co/ebVxZn0Qu0

— Doug Henwood (@DougHenwood) June 13, 2019

“I think I’m sort of a laid back, cool dude in a loose mood," said Andrew Cuomo, just now.

— “loves to mouth off” nolan (@ndhapple) June 14, 2019

"I am the left. I am the left!" @NYGovCuomo said on WAMC. "What person in this state has done, accomplished, more progressive things than me?"

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) July 9, 2019

Cuomo speaking at a Syracuse jobs-related event:

"There’s a concept in life, called, foreplay…it starts with 'hello. how are you?'"

— Bernadette Hogan (@bern_hogan) October 9, 2019

smooth operator

In Year 1 of the all Democratic control of Albany: Cuomo rejected 43 more bills last night. Since Jan, he's vetoed 160 bills from a busy legislative session. That's the most - if I'm doing my math correctly via LRS bill tracking system - since becoming governor in 2011.

— Tom Precious (@TomPreciousALB) December 21, 2019

Gov. Cuomo has designed this poster as a visual representation of where he sees New York in 2020 -- both the accomplishments and the symbolic stormy sea. He's been giving it to people at the Capitol. https://t.co/4emgjy79uJ pic.twitter.com/YXAunNQepj

— Nick Reisman (@NickReisman) January 9, 2020

did he hire ben garrison?

I ... love that?

the miserable lettering renders it worthless

went to all this trouble to make an old timey broadsheet but didn't hire a letterer smdh

the bad/earnest cringe is the best cringe

he's def planning to run vs Pence in 2024

why indeed

https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-cuomo-public-financing-20200129-bwuysuixgreu7cxap5w7jueefu-story.html

seems well-intentioned and not at all ominous https://t.co/60z9JuEevI

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) March 2, 2020

awesome emergency cuomopowers

This bill gives @NYGovCuomo the power to issue directives in the event of: FIRE, FLOOD, EARTHQUAKE, HURRICANE, TORNADO, HIGH WATER, LANDSLIDE, MUDSLIDE, WIND, STORM, WAVE ACTION, VOLCANIC ACTIVITY,
EPIDEMIC, DISEASE OUTBREAK, AIR CONTAMINATION, TERRORISM, CYBER EVENT ...

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) March 3, 2020

… BLIGHT, DROUGHT, INFESTATION, EXPLOSION, RADIOLOGICAL ACCIDENT, NUCLEAR, CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL, OR BACTERIOLOGICAL RELEASE, WATER CONTAMINATION, BRIDGE FAILURE OR BRIDGE COLLAPSE. …

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) March 3, 2020

… ANY SUCH DIRECTIVE MUST BE NECESSARY TO COPE WITH THE DISASTER AND MAY PROVIDE FOR PROCEDURES REASONABLY NECESSARY TO ENFORCE SUCH DIRECTIVE.

— Jimmy Vielkind (@JimmyVielkind) March 3, 2020

pretty sure we're having WIND

probably a CYBER EVENT too

Everybody has wind every now and again, depending on dinner.

"blight" is very old timey

Everything old is et al

Wait. Did @NYGovCuomo just announce a whole spate of 90-day #COVID19 mortgage relief policies… and NOTHING for renters?

— Seth Pollack (@sethmpk) March 19, 2020

https://t.co/EnK3oYTPSZ pic.twitter.com/tDGIU33f4U

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) March 28, 2020

via max

Sean Petty of @nynurses says NY Governor Andrew Cuomo is the "single most important person in terms of the drive to close down hospital beds in this state over the last 20 years. … We are now 20,000 beds behind where we need to be in terms of trying to scale up our capacity." pic.twitter.com/xjHjoyA6qk

— Democracy Now! (@democracynow) March 25, 2020

My accountant just sent me this breakdown for freelance folks out there:

https://www.syracuse.com/coronavirus/2020/03/coronavirus-stimulus-how-to-get-unemployment-aid-for-freelancer-contractor-part-time-workers-typically-left-out.html?outputType=amp

pull quote:

"Begin by visiting your state’s labor department or equivalent website. For New Yorkers, head to labor.ny.gov. If you are not traditionally eligible for unemployment benefits, begin the standard unemployment insurance application process, and apply for Pandemic Unemployment Assistance."

pull quote from NY LABOR site:

"Filing a new Unemployment Insurance claim? The day you should file is based on the first letter of your last name. Last names starting with A - F, file on Monday. Last names starting with G - N, file on Tuesday. Last names starting with O - Z, file on Wednesday. If you missed your filing day, file on Thursday, Friday or Saturday. Filing later in the week will not delay your payments or affect the date of your claim; all claims are effective on the Monday of the week in which they are filed"

soooo.... if today is your day, get on it.

The final part of the application process requires a phone call to an actual person, and I've seen lots of reports of people using autodialers, trying for a week, and never getting through. So this is going to be fun.

yeah i've heard the same thing. what else am i gonna do

California's Democratic Party seems to be equally full of unprincipled careerists and industry-captured lackeys as New York's but with far fewer outright saboteurs and Republican collaborators. And a higher level of basic competence. I would trade in a heartbeat!

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) April 13, 2020

There are almost 1000 people infected in NY prisons (staff and people incarcerated). These numbers are only going to get worse, and yet Gov. Cuomo hasn't given a single reprieve or commutation, even though he has the absolute authority to do it. He is responsible for this. https://t.co/XxDDWRvWi5

— Rachel Barkow (@RachelBarkow) April 18, 2020

still waitin' on Google?

https://gothamist.com/news/coronavirus-unemployment-benefits-in-ny-is-still-a-kafkaesque-mess

Of the $10.1 billion in spending cuts Andrew Cuomo will foist on New York, more than $8 billion will be for aid-to-localities. What does this mean? Everything. Public schools, mass transit, social services. The stuff New Yorkers need a budget for.

— Ross Barkan (@RossBarkan) April 26, 2020

Ah austerity, good

nycabsentee.com

to get urs absentee ballot

tyvm

I think I can write in Lupe Fiasco for the primary

I know Cuomo is still a goblin, but I can't lie, I love it when it attacks McConnell and Republicans over holding back COVID funding to New York, bringing up that we pay out way more federal money than comes in, year and year out And he reminded that we always fund hurricanes and floods and disasters (rightfully) but now that we need the money, as the hardest hit state, now there's all this bullshit. Glad that someone is actually standing up and fucking saying it.

https://t.co/pWiVrGkcT7

— 'Weird Alex' Pareene (@pareene) June 23, 2020

https://gothamist.com/news/cuomo-launches-terrible-rent-relief-measure-giving-tenants-just-two-weeks-sign-

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Edn3M1HXkAAH0MC?format=png&name=large

what a loser

cuomo blowing up decades of mutually-understood lax food service enforcement more or less due to a tantrum of his own devising is very cuomo https://t.co/4AceFNiPTh

— Nathan Bernhardt (@jonbernhardt) July 23, 2020

grandstanding nitwit

https://www.politico.com/states/new-york/city-hall/story/2020/07/28/cuomo-offers-every-mlb-team-a-home-in-new-york-1303802

https://t.co/MKKo6GK1wh

— Conrad Tao (@conradtao) July 29, 2020

Is the governor aware that the Hamptons is still New York? These folks have not actually left New York, a thing the governor, without evidence, keeps claiming will happen. https://t.co/HWikkHzsDd

— Second Ave. Sagas (@2AvSagas) August 3, 2020

https://gothamist.com/news/brooklyn-voters-receive-absentee-ballot-envelopes-wrong-voter-names-and-addresses

CHECK. YOUR. BALLOT. ENVELOPES.

Mine was incorrect; can confirm this is happening

NEW: Cuomo says he is offering National Guard ... to pick up garbage in NYC

— Zach Williams (@ZachReports) September 29, 2020

I knew there was a ny state thread just couldn’t recall the name. Anyways

buh bye

despicable lawyer strategy is to just stand there and discredit the accusers of course.

Andy Stepping down

Wow, still thought he would hang on to the bitter end.

what a beta

He sexually harassed himself right out of office.

fuck him.

i love how conservatives try to use Cuomo as a whataboutism gotcha. we hate him too u fucks

hanging on to the bitter end costs a lot more

Lasted longer than I thought he would... but he was plum out of allies

BRING BACK THE ‘TAPPAN ZEE’

A Ronan Farrow story on Cuomo's questionable tactics against Preet Bharara had been put up on The New Yorker website this morning:

Update: hours after the publication of this story, Andrew Cuomo announced his resignation, saying it will be effective in 14 days.

— Ronan Farrow (@RonanFarrow) August 10, 2021

PR Executive named Ken Sunshine has to go in the Pynchon names list.

eat shit cuomo

― STOCK FIST-PUMPER BRAD (BradNelson), Tuesday, August 3, 2021 10:47 AM (one week ago) bookmarkflaglink

Fuuuuuck Ronan Farrow. Can we be rid of him too now?

I have a strange respect for him now that I've learned his favorite snack is sardines with cottage cheese.

That's not respect, that's catharsis.

Fuuuuuck Ronan Farrow. Can we be rid of him too now?

― but also fuck you (unperson), Tuesday, August 10, 2021 2:44 PM (thirty-one minutes ago)

wait is he bad?

He just strikes me as a smarmy prick and I'm bored with his hero status.

🙄

I have to hand it to him though. His instinct for self-promotion as displayed in that tweet is keen.

I can't stand watching Ronan talk when he's interviewed, but I'm glad he's done some hard work shining a light on horrible people.

Also, lol @ dunking on a writer for self-promotion on Twitter in 2021. C'mon, that's 98% of the timeline.

I meant specifically the implication that his article led directly to Cuomo's resignation.

I could imagine Cuomo lying low for a few years, getting married, loudly acknowledging how much he learned from his mistakes, and running for office again.

Oh, haha, I didn't catch that implication at first, but yes that is telling.

Weird detail jumping out at my from that Ronan Farrow article, sorry. Lady who served as the Moreland Commission’s chief of investigations was also Michael Avenatti's lawyer at one point.

can you just fire every woman