Alex Gault

Trump asks Stefanik to stay in Congress; White House pulls her U.N. nomination Rep. Elise M. Stefanik will not be the next ambassador to the United Nations after President Donald J. Trump said Thursday that he asked her to remain in Congress.

If you haven’t been keeping up: there will be no special election for #NY21 this year. Trump asked Rep. Elise Stefanik to stay in her seat in light of a tight GOP majority.
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Can’t imagine what it is you’re citing from me, excited to read it!

Sheriffs want to hire COs fired from state prisons after strike The organization representing New York state’s county sheriffs is hoping Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul will relax her wholesale ban on any state or local government from hiring any of the

The association that represents NY county sheriffs thinks local jails should be allowed to hire the 2k state corrections officers who were fired this week for not returning to work after a 3-week strike.
The Gov. blocked them from any NY gov job Monday.
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Albany abandons plan to change special elections timeline, for now Albany lawmakers at least temporarily abandoned their attempt to change New York’s special election timeline on Monday — and sources familiar with discussions say it’s all to do with congestion

Maybe you’ve heard about a plan in Albany to move the states special election schedule around, a plan that could’ve left #NY21 open for months?
That seems to have been abandoned, at least for now.
My latest:

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Republicans criticize NY-21 candidate Gendebien’s comments from 2013 Republicans are blasting the newly-announced Democratic nominee for NY-21, Blake Gendebien, over statements he made in an interview in 2013 speaking poorly of local schoolkids, local farm laborers and...

Blake Gendebien was announced as the #NY21 special election Dem nominee on Tuesday. Within minutes, the GOP had trotted out a 12-year-old interview he gave where he had some critical things to say about local workers, CO’s, and kids.
I got his side of things here:
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Republicans not aligned on NY-21 nominee yet, Democrats considering four names The Republican and Democratic committees are still considering their candidates for the planned special election in New York’s 21st Congressional District, but both parties have a set of apparent fron...

The Democrats and Republicans in the north country are working to find their nominees for the looming special election in #NY21, but there’s a schism in the Republican Party over who the nominee should be, and where they should come from.
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Hochul lays out $252 billion spending plan with incremental school funding changes, billions of state dollars back to taxpayers Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul laid out a $252 billion spending plan for the state’s next fiscal year — proposing cuts to taxes on the middle class, broad affordability-focused programs meant

NY Gov Kathy Hochul laid out at $252 billion spending plan in Albany on Tuesday - including tax cuts, stimulus checks and an incremental change to the state's school funding formula.

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Canada and U.S. brace for trade war “I don’t think there’s been a crisis like this since the War of 1818”

There's trouble brewing between the U.S. and its northern neighbor, as Trump threatens tariffs and the Canadians plan countermoves that could strain the close economic partnership the two countries have shared for a half-century.
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Hochul keeps focus on affordability with State of the State address, calls for tax cuts on middle-income earners Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul outlined a broad plan to make New York more affordable, safer and future-focused in her State of the State address in Albany on Tuesday.

Governor Kathy Hochul laid out her broad agenda for 2025 yesterday - here's the topline.

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Inbox: Kirsten Gillibrand will be the next chair of the DSCC, in charge of running the national campaign for Senate Democrats and getting the majority back in ‘26.

Jones says no to Congress; North country Democrat says he doesn’t want party nod in NY-21 special election Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay, will not seek the Democratic nomination for Congress in the 21st District special election that is expected soon. On Friday, Jones said he enjoys his

Billy Jones, the north country’s only elected Democrat in the legislature, announced today he doesn’t want to leave Albany yet and won’t be seeking the Dem. nomination for the #NY21 special election.

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Four-week Canada Post strike means more business for north country parcel services More than 55,000 Canada Post workers have been striking for about four weeks, leading to a near-total freeze of mail and packages — but in the north country that means

The ongoing Canada Post strike means delays and expensive private couriers for many Canadians - but many living near the US border are using U.S.-based parcel services to get their mail and packages instead.
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North Country/CNY state Senator Mark Walczyk is home after an 11-month deployment to Kuwait with the U.S. Army Reserves.
He made the announcement on Twitter earlier today.

Bomb threat leveled at Stefanik’s home, two other N.Y. Trump admin picks threatened Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik was targeted by a bomb threat on Wednesday morning, a part of a wider swath of incidents targeting people President-Elect Donald J. Trump has picked for

Congresswoman Elise Stefanik and two other New Yorkers picked for Trump's incoming admin were targeted in a wave of bomb threats and "swattings" yesterday.
Reports of who was targeted are still coming in, but it appears all the threats were unfounded.
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Anthony Constantino, running for Congress in NY-21 special election, puts Trump as the topline in his campaign A special election still hasn’t been formally called for New York’s 21st Congressional District, but that isn’t stopping Amsterdam businessman Anthony T. Constantino from starting his campaign for the...

Yesterday I met Anthony Constantino, one of the people vying for the Republican nomination for the upcoming special election in NY-21.

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Why are the only posts I see on Bluesky about Bluesky itself?

Gillibrand says Congress unlikely to pass Farm Bill this year, NDAA vote coming in December Congress has two important pieces of legislation left to complete before the session ends at the end of the year — the Farm Bill and the National Defense Authorization Act,

Congress still has two major pieces of legislation to consider before the end of the year: the National Defense Authorization Act and the Farm Bill.
But Sen. Gillibrand said only one is likely to get passed this year - the NDAA.

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Special election ahead for New York’s 21st Congressional District: What does that mean? There will be a special election in northern New York early next year, when voters will select someone to represent the 21st Congressional District in the House, as the current

Northern NYers are going to have a do-over election for their Congressional Representative early next year. What does a “special election” actually mean? Let me tell you! 🔗 www.nny360.com/news/stlawre...