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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — It was more than nine years ago that backers of a controversial end-of-life bill first proposed legislation. Just 12 months ago, the measure had nowhere near a majority of support from state legislators. Now, at some point on Monday evening, the state Senate is poised to give final passage to a bill that could make New York the 12th state to approve a statute supporters call medical aid in dying and opponents call physician-assisted suicide.
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2 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — Everyone says it can’t happen. No way a lieutenant governor can unseat an incumbent governor — of his own party — in New York. Yet Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado is going for it, running to replace his boss, Gov. Kathy Hochul, in part because Democrats can't be afraid to "call out the party" after what he called a deeply disappointing 2024 election cycle.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman on Thursday all but acknowledged that time has run out on a proposed casino project at the Nassau Coliseum, saying "we are going to pursue a different direction," or what he called "Plan B." Asked if there is any chance a Nassau-Coliseum-centered bid could be submitted by June 27, the deadline for developers to apply for one of three casino licenses in New York, Blakeman said: "I think it’s very, very unlikely." It’s the closest officials have...
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
ALBANY — The long-running battle over leadership at Nassau Community College escalated Tuesday when the State University of New York Board of Trustees that could result in preventing Maria Conzatti from continuing to serve as the school’s leader. And when the college’s leadership responded by making clear it has no intention of following SUNY’s directive.
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3 weeks ago |
newsday.com | Yancey Roy
Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said Monday he will run against his boss – Gov. Kathy Hochul – for governor in 2026, potentially becoming the first No. 2 to try to run against a sitting governor in New York in more than two decades. Delgado announced his candidacy in a video, setting up a possible Democratic primary in 12 months. Though he and Hochul were once united, Delgado has been increasingly critical of the Democratic Party’s direction and, indirectly, of the governor.
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