New Yorkers have a diverse group of candidates to choose from when they vote for governor this year: a Democratic incumbent who’s pragmatic but often progressive, a conservative Republican, a center-left independent, a Libertarian, and a Green who’s well to the left of everyone. And their positions on state issue are so different that this […]
Howie Hawkins
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Cuomo says fracking report due by year’s end
There was a moment in last’s night’s gubernatorial debate when Governor Andrew Cuomo broke some fracking news. In response to a question about fracking, Cuomo said that he expects a long-awaited report from the Department of Environmental Conservation and the Department of Health by the end of the year. Previously, he’d only said that the […]
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Hawkins, to protest and push progressive ideas
Our editorial staff is usually able to reach consensus on political endorsements, but in this year’s governor’s race, we weren’t, so we’re giving you the arguments of both sides. As the majority of our editorial staff spells out this week, Andrew Cuomo has done many good things for New York. Neither of his two third-party […]
