Dan Janison

2 days ago | newsday.com | Dan Janison

The morning-after story of New York City’s dramatic mayoral primary rightly remained about former Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Considering the onetime heavy-handed boss threatened with impeachment by his own party was pronounced politically dead only four years ago, Cuomo did quite well with 36.4% against Assemb. Zohran Mamdani’s 43.5% in election-night counting.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Dan Janison

The state Court of Appeals on Wednesday finally decided against retired municipal employees who for years have agitated to keep New York City from forcing a change in the terms of their health care coverage. Coming on the cusp of Tuesday’s city primary elections, reaction to the top court’s ruling could shift a potentially crucial number of votes, in an 11-way mayoral race with ranked choice voting.

1 week ago | newsday.com | Dan Janison

The main “No Kings” messages echoed across Long Island by thousands of rain-dampened demonstrators on Saturday were remarkably far from divisive. Rather, the crowd’s objections to the actions of the current White House were fueled by facts on many fronts and authentic concern for traditional and legal norms. From the White House these days emanates a scent of the regal — or at least a showbiz simulation of it — a style shunned in previous American centuries.

2 weeks ago | newsday.com | Dan Janison

Tensions driven by the federal program to deport millions of immigrants here illegally were displayed in Westbury Tuesday when an angry group surrounded a car crash involving a federal agent in an unmarked vehicle. Close to 100 people shouted at police and federal officials to leave their community. Quickly, Nassau County Police Department vehicles, ambulances and cops on horseback materialized. The group dispersed. Clearly, the county was anticipating trouble from the ongoing immigration crackdown.

3 weeks ago | newsday.com | Dan Janison

The latest in a long record of alienations between New York governors and their elected lieutenants has reached the final breaking point. Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, as expected, declared his candidacy Monday against Gov. Kathy Hochul for next year’s Democratic nomination for the top spot. Delgado’s governmental record can best be judged by his two terms in Congress representing the upstate 19th District, starting with the 2018 midterms when Democrats recaptured the House.