rc Off-cycle gerrymandering has stood out as the biggest and most controversial strategy so far for picking up House seats in this high-stakes midterm year. President Donald Trump got the ball rolling last year by having the expansive red state of Texas c... See more
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman’s still-early run for governor, and that of his newcomer ticket mates — Joseph Hernandez for state comptroller and Saritha Komatireddy for attorney general — carries a national partisan burden not of his making. Even... See more
One aide's exit spotlights the Noem mess The exit of Tricia McLaughlin as spokeswoman for the Department of Homeland Security is ultimately a trivial matter. But McLaughlin’s combative presence through the first year of the second Trump administration bec... See more
Police groups to flex their influence amid governor's race Representatives of law enforcement unions are due to gather Thursday in Queens for what organizers clearly hope will serve as a political warning to elected officials that ignoring their critiques... See more
Blakeman's Nassau swearing-in and Albany 'journey,' both The politically awkward context of Bruce Blakeman’s swearing-in Monday for a second term as Nassau County executive is crucial to the way the ceremony played out. Rather than set a fresh vision for ... See more
