Jason Beeferman

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NY Politics Reporter at POLITICO

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Cuomo for Israel, Mamdani for Palestine

1 week ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman |Cris Seda Chabrier

With help from Cris Seda ChabrierAndrew Cuomo joined the legal team defending Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu from war crime charges. Zohran Mandani vowed to arrest Netanyahu if he stepped foot in New York City.
Elise Stefanik may run for New York governor. That's bad news for Mike Lawler.

1 week ago | politico.com | Nick Reisman |Jason Beeferman |Jeff Coltin

NEW YORK — Upstate Republican Rep. Elise Stefanik is eyeing the New York State Executive Mansion — a move that stands to deepen her rift with fellow New York GOPer, Rep. Mike Lawler. The MAGA diehard is considering running for governor next year, POLITICO reported earlier today, just weeks after her hopes of becoming U.N. ambassador were dashed over fears leaving her North Country seat vacant would upend the slim Republican House majority.
A Lawler ally’s attempted coup

1 week ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

Democrat and MTA finance committee chair Neal Zuckerman is fending off an inside campaign for him to resign from a key ally of Republican Rep. Mike Lawler. | Don Pollard/Office of Governor Kathy Hochul DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 15GET BYRNED: A key ally of Republican Rep. Mike Lawler is acting behind the scenes to oust a potential Democratic challenger to Lawler’s seat — even though Lawler is considering abandoning the seat to challenge Gov.
Hochul says NYers ‘don’t care’ about late budget

1 week ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 14SAD BUT TRUE: Gov. Kathy Hochul is doubling down on her laissez-faire attitude about the quarter-trillion-dollar state spending plan, telling reporters today the average Joe really doesn’t care that the state budget is already two weeks late. “I have yet to be asked by a regular New Yorker, who’s not a member of the press corps, why the budget is taking so long,” Hochul snipped at a press conference in Manhattan.
Kathy Hochul debates herself

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 10ROLL THE TAPE: In honor of the state budget being late — and the governor’s approach to it — we thought it might be nice to take a trip down memory lane. When Gov. Kathy Hochul served as the state’s lieutenant governor, she had a lot to say about getting a budget done on time. “On-time budgets are a bigger deal than people realize,” Hochul said on X while campaigning for reelection in 2014, a year when the budget was passed two days early.
Late budget blaming continues

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 9THE BUCK STOPS WITH HER: Legislative leaders are sharpening their attacks against Gov. Kathy Hochul over the budget — which is now 9 days late and appears far from the finish line. Earlier this morning, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie introduced a bill attacking Hochul for putting policy measures in the spending plan — a tactic lawmakers say has bogged down negotiations.
Help, we’re stuck!

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

State Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins blamed Gov. Kathy Hochul's policy proposals for the late budget. | NYS Senate Photo DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 8BUDGET STANDSTILL: Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins says state budget negotiations are completely “stuck” — and she’s blaming Gov. Kathy Hochul. “I really wish that I could say we’re further along, but I think we are stuck about where we were last week,” Stewart-Cousins said while speaking with reporters today.
Hochul vs. the Caucus

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

Assemblymember Michaelle Solages, chair of the Black, Puerto Rican, Hispanic and Asian Legislative Caucus, is leading the charge against Gov. Kathy Hochul's proposed discovery changes. | New York State Assembly Photo DAYS THE BUDGET IS LATE: 7WHAT ALBANY’S READING: Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to change how governors and lieutenant governors run in separate primaries — a move to guarantee she’ll have a political ally as her No. 2, our colleagues Nick Reisman and Bill Mahoney report in POLITICO Pro.
Mask face-off

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman |Jeff Coltin |Nick Reisman |Emily Ngo

With help from Cris Seda Chabrier Gov. Kathy Hochul's push for a "mask ban” is upending what had been a relatively peaceful budget negotiations process. | Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images Gov. Kathy Hochul’s push to crack down on face masks is dividing her fellow Democrats as they weigh concerns about pro-Palestinian demonstrators, aggressive policing and basic freedoms. Civil rights advocates say the proposed restriction would interfere with peoples’ right to mask up.
New York’s push to restrict masks is dividing Democrats

2 weeks ago | politico.com | Jason Beeferman

“A lot of members who represent the Jewish community, this is important to them, and the members understand that,” Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters last week.