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Jon Campbell at the USA Today Network profiles the New York years of Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang. |
Only a handful of New York City’s selective schools are posting or releasing their admissions criteria. |
New Jersey’s minimum wage next year is set to increase by $1. |
New Yorkers are divided along party lines when it comes to impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office, a Siena College poll released Tuesday found. |
The poll also found a majority of New Yorkers would support college athletes receive some sort of payment for the use of their likenesses or endorsements. |
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has officially filed suit against the International Joint Commission. |
General Motors CEO Mary Barra joined negotiators at the bargaining table, an indication that a deal may be near to end a month-long strike by members of the United Auto Workers union that has paralyzed the company’s factories. |
An off-duty NYPD sergeant died Tuesday from a self-inflicted gunshot to the head, the police department confirmed, the tenth currently-employed member of the department to take their own life this year. |
It’s been 95 years since passenger trains rumbled down the tracks of the Bay Ridge Branch. Now, it’s a freight line. |
Newburgh police and firefighters listened to a budget presentation proposing several layoffs in both their departments and other departments Tuesday evening. |
In Albany Tuesday night, community members appeared — once again — to talk about ways to keep their neighborhoods safer. |
Rensselaer will be the lead agency in the environmental review of the proposed Capital Gondola project, coordinating with Albany. |
Through a lawsuit filed Tuesday morning in federal court, the New York state Nurses Association is claiming Albany Medical Center’s Filipino recruitment program violates human trafficking laws. |
About 350 seniors in Buffalo will be receiving some property tax exemptions as officials consider expanding the criteria to include more people. |
Erie County Legislative Chair April Baskin called for more information Tuesday in the recent death of Erie County Holding Center inmate, Robert Ingalsbe. |
Synacor is cutting 14 jobs in western New York after losing a contract to manage AT&T’s web portal. |
A measure meant to create an assessment “bill of rights” which would have included 24-hour-a-day operators answering assessment questions died in the Nassau County Legislature. |
The candidates for Nassau County district attorney squared off in a debate. |
In national news: |
Elizabeth Warren’s rivals repeatedly jabbed at her during Tuesday night’s Democratic presidential debate, accusing the Massachusetts senator of ducking questions about the costs of Medicare for All universal health insurance and her signature “wealth tax” plan. |
The attacks on Warren, who is emerging as the race’s frontrunner, should not come as a surprise. |
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has, for now, held off on a vote to formally launch an impeachment inquiry of President Trump. |
Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance is turning to “confidential informants” in his investigation of President Trump’s finances. |
The men indicted last week on campaign finance charges were spotted dining with former Mayor Rudy Giuliani at a Miami night spot. |
New York prosecutors have subpoenaed a former House lawmaker from Texas in the criminal investigation of Giuliani’s overseas work. |
From the editorial pages: |
The Daily News says the New York City Council must support the plan to close Rikers Island jail. |
The Buffalo News cheered the installation of stop-arm cameras on school buses, but added the fines for passing a stopped bus are too low. |
The Times Union says a project to construct a gondola between Rensselaer and Albany should be proven to be viable for taxpayer money is committed to it. |
From the sports pages: |
The Washington Nationals, once the lowly Montreal Expos, have won the National League pennant. |
The Yankees dropped the first game of the ALCS at Yankee Stadium to the Astros. |
NY-15: Torres Endorsed By The Arena PAC |
Democratic congressional candidate Ritchie Torres was endorsed Tuesday by The Arena PAC in the crowded primary for the 15th district House seat. |
“Arena — through its Five Borough Future initiative — is proud to support Councilman Ritchie Torres for the 15th Congressional seat,” said Ravi Gupta, the former Obama administration who co-founded the group. |
“We need more innovative and energetic voices in Congress. Most importantly, we need stronger voices for federal investment in public housing. Ritchie can be such a voice. And if progressives don’t begin to come together and invest in the 15th, we will likely find ourselves with a member of the NYC congressional delega... |
Previously supported candidates have included Democrats Alessandra Biaggi, Zellnor Myrie, Lauren Underwood and Stacey Abrams. |
The PAC was also one of the main funders and strategists for the No IDC movement, which opposed the re-election of lawmakers aligned with the now defunct Independent Democratic Conference. |
“The Arena’s proven track record of helping to elect young, energetic progressive candidates will inject a new force into the NY-15 race, and I’m proud to receive their endorsement,” Torres said. “We are running a modern, sophisticated campaign to prevent a Trump Republican masquerading as a Democrat from winning this ... |
Heastie Doesn’t Take Offense At Cuomo Quoting N-Word, Williams Calls It White Privilege |
Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie in a statement on Tuesday said he did not take offense with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s quoting of the n-word in a radio interview earlier in the morning. |
Cuomo quoted The New York Times in the interview while discussing discrimination, quoting a slur used against Italians that included the n-word. |
“The Governor was quoting a New York Times story and was using it for context,” Heastie said in a statement. “I didn’t take any offense at his comments.” |
Heastie is the first black lawmaker to hold the speakership in the Assembly. |
New York City Public Advocate Jumaane Williams, who ran for lieutenant governor on an unofficial progressive ticket countering Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Lt. Gov. Kathy Hochul last year, took a dimmer view. |
Williams tweeted a link to a story about Cuomo’s remarks and added: “This headline brought to you by the 1940s and empowered white privilege.” |
James Defends Asylum Access In Court Brief |
Attorney General Letitia James in a court brief with fellow attorneys general on Tuesday pushed back against a rule change that would limit immigrants receiving access to the legal asylum process. |
The rule would, with some exceptions, hinder the ability of immigrants entering the country at the southern border from applying for asylum protection in the United States. |
“America has always stood as a beacon of hope for those seeking refuge from war and terror at home, and, under our watch, we will fight to ensure that we stay true to who we are as a nation,” James said. |
“While children and families flee persecution, the Trump Administration continues to use them as pawns in their game of political chess. The message embodied by the Statue of Liberty is clear: ‘from her beacon-hand glows world-wide welcome.’ This country is open to all, not just those the president and his Administrati... |
The brief came after 18 attorneys general from around the country, including New York, wrote a letter in August opposing the new rule. |
The brief argues the rule change is in violation of federal law and would force those seeking asylum to go through an ultimately fruitless process. |
Carson To Headline New York GOP Fundraiser |
carsonHousing Secretary Ben Carson next month will headline a fundraiser for the New York Republican Committee. |
Carson, a former presidential candidate, radio host and surgeon, will be the featured speaker at the Nov. 6 event, where tickets range from $100 for young professionals to $5,000 for a full table. |
Nick Langworthy became the state party’s new chairman in July, succeeding Ed Cox. Langworthy has sought to broaden the party’s fundraising base as well as increase GOP enrollment. |
Decrying Italian Discrimination, Cuomo Quotes N-Word In Radio Interview |
Gov. Andrew Cuomo in a radio interview on Tuesday with WAMC’s Alan Chartock said the n-word while quoting a New York Times article and talking about anti-Italian discrimination. |
The interview began with the governor and Chartock discussing the controversy over a New York City project promoting prominent women not including a statue of the famed Catholic nun and saint Mother Cabrini. |
Cuomo had announced Monday at the Columbus Day parade in New York City the state would fund and commission the statue. |
During that portion of the interview, Cuomo discussed discrimination toward Italians in the United States, pointing to a New York Post front page that depicted him, his father and his brother as characters from The Godfather. He once again took issue with a column in The Times Union that disputed the etymology of the I... |
Later in the interview, Chartock asked Cuomo about the state’s Medicaid spending. Cuomo pivoted back to Italian discrimination. |
Here’s the full transcript: |
Alan Chartock: An article in The New York Times says that you’ve been delaying payments by a few days to push them into the next budget year. Is that kosher? Will there be a repeat of the practice next year? |
Gov. Cuomo: To tell you the truth, I don’t even — I don’t understand that fully. |
Chartock: Well, if the Times said it so, it must be so, right? |
Cuomo: Oh, well, yeah. Oh, the Times also said in an article the other day, appropo of nothing, they were talking about, going back to the Italian Americans because you now have me — |
Chartock: I read the article, yeah. |
Cuomo: They used an expression that southern Italians were called, I believe southern Italians, Sicilians, I’m half Sicilian, were called quote-unquote and pardon my language I’m just quoting the Times, n***** wops. N-word wops as a derogatory comment. When I said that wop was a derogatory comment that’s when the Times... |
Cuomo has made verbal misfires over the years. Most recently, he told a woman reporter her question about sexual harassment does a “disservice to women.” He walked back a statement that America was “never all that great.” |
State Dems To Consider Amendment Aimed At Inclusivity For Non-Binary Member |
From the Morning Memo: |
New York Democrats today will consider a resolution aimed at amending its rules to alter gender-based language in order to be more inclusive of transgender and non-binary members. |
The amendment, introduced by the committee’s first openly transgender member Emilia Decaudin, will change language meant to provide gender balance in leadership and officer posts, but can exclude non-binary people. |
For instance, the current Democratic committee rules make references to the “opposite” gender and gender “balance” when it coms to references for men and women. The language was included in order to provide for men and women to hold an equal number of leadership posts at the state park. |
The amendment, supporters said Monday, is aimed at retaining gender diversity at the leadership level while making its rules more inclusive, such as changing the term “different genders.” |
“If passed, the New York State Democratic Committee would place itself at the forefront of non-binary and gender non-conforming inclusion across the nation,” supporters said. |
“Changes that are similarly comprehensive have only been passed by the Democratic National Committee, and only apply to their committee structure.” |
State Democrats are meeting at the Hilton Long Island/Huntington on Long Island for their meeting. |
Siena Poll: Warren And Biden Tied, NYers Back Impeachment And Removal |
New Yorkers are divided along party lines when it comes to impeaching and removing President Donald Trump from office, a Siena College poll released Tuesday found. |
Meanwhile, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren is gaining ground on former Vice President Joe Biden among Democratic voters, according to the poll. |
The poll comes amid multiple crosscurrents in national politics as 12 Democrats in Ohio will appear in the next televised debate this evening and Trump faces an impeachment inquiry by Democratic lawmakers in the House of Representatives stemming from his efforts to have Ukraine investigate Biden and his son Hunter. |
The poll found New Yorkers, in a heavily Democratic state, support impeaching and removing the president 55 percent to 38 percent. Democrats back the process by 79 percent; Republicans oppose it by 81 percent. |
Independents are more closely divided, however: 49 percent oppose impeachment and removal, 47 percent do not. |
The swirling and fast moving events around impeachment, with the former vice president’s son at the epicenter, comes as Warren has gained steady ground. |
A Siena College poll last month found Biden leading Warren by 5 percentage points. The poll released Tuesday found them tied at 21 percentage points each. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders draws 16 percent of support. All other candidates are in single digits among Democratic voters, the poll found. |
Still, a plurality of Democratic voters, 30 percent, said Biden is the most likely candidate to defeat Trump. |
Other findings in the poll: |
• Allowing undocumented immigrants to obtain a driver’s licenses has gained support among voters. It is now narrowly supported by 48 percent of voters and 47 percent view it unfavorably. It’s an increase from a 45 percent to 50 percent disapproval in September. |
• Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s favorable rating is at 49 percent favorable, 47 percent unfavorable, virtually no change from the previous month. |
• Providing college athletes with some form of compensation for the use of their name or image is supported 63 percent to 29 percent. A similar margin, 60 percent to 30 percent, back requiring colleges to take 15 percent of revenue from ticket sales and divide the revenue among student athletes. |
• Forty percent of New Yorkers polled say they spend half an hour watching one of the 24-hour cable channels. CNN is the most trusted at 35 percent, Fox News by 22 percent and MSNBC by 21 percent. One in seven do not trust the cable news channels. |
The poll of 742 registered voters was conducted from Oct. 6 to Oct. 10. It has a margin of error of 4.3 percentage points. |
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