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

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