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Benjamin Oreskes

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NY Statehouse Correspondent at The New York Times

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  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Rebecca Elliott |Benjamin Oreskes |Brad Plumer

    Williams, a pipeline company, said it was reviving pipelines that had been blocked on environmental grounds, as the Trump administration pushes states to accept more fossil fuel projects. A pipeline company is reviving plans to build two natural gas pipelines into New York State, a major reversal that amounts to a bet that the Trump administration will be able to strong-arm states into signing off on energy projects.

  • 1 week ago | nytimes.com | Grace Ashford |Benjamin Oreskes

    In Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani's four-plus years in the New York State Capitol, only three of his bills have become law. His influence is comparatively greater. During his whirlwind rise in the New York City mayoral race, Assemblyman Zohran K. Mamdani has put forth a wish list of big, expensive ideas. Rents for stabilized apartments will be frozen. Buses will be free. Taxes on the wealthy will rise and the cost of child care will fall - to zero.

  • 2 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Brad Plumer |Benjamin Oreskes

    The Trump administration had issued a highly unusual stop-work order on the Empire Wind project last month, leading to intense pushback from officials in New York. The Trump administration on Monday allowed construction to restart on a huge wind farm off the coast of Long Island, a month after federal officials had issued a highly unusual stop-work order that had pushed the $5 billion project to the brink of collapse. In a statement, Gov.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Benjamin Oreskes

    House Republicans, mostly from New York, have gone to war with party leadership over their push to raise or abolish the $10,000 cap on the so-called SALT deduction. A year ago, as New York Democratic groups strategized about how to connect with voters in an up-for-grabs special House election on Long Island, they expected Israel to be a major talking point and prepared accordingly. But all voters wanted to talk about was their high tax bills. The pivot came quickly.

  • 3 weeks ago | nytimes.com | Grace Ashford |Benjamin Oreskes

    Gov. Kathy Hochul of New York, a moderate Democrat, used Fox News to amplify a message that her policies are "giving kids their childhoods back."When Gov. Kathy Hochul first took office in 2021, she was a relative unknown. Few New Yorkers knew how to pronounce her name, let alone what Ms. Hochul, Andrew M. Cuomo's seldom-seen lieutenant governor, stood for. Since then, she has honed an executive style that is equal parts practical and protective.

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