From Bill Clinton swearing in Bill de Blasio on the steps of City Hall as 2014 began
to U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara looking at Andrew Cuomo as 2014 ended
we have a photo gallery of 2014 in New York Politics.
Click here to view it. Continue reading 2014 – Year In Photos
The New York Post recently published an allegation that New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman used cocaine on a specific occasion approximately nine years ago. (Schneiderman was a state senator at that time.) Today I asked Schneiderman for his reaction to that allegation.
We’ve asked both candidates for attorney general, Democratic incumbent Eric Schneiderman and Republican challenger John Cahill, for their positions on each of the three ballot propositions on the November ballot. If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives’ district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of “improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students”, including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing “high-tech security features.”
Schneiderman declined to give a position on any of the the propositions, citing his office’s role in drafting them. Cahill opposes the first and third propositions, creating a redistricting commission and approving the bond issue, but has not yet taken a position on the second proposition, allowing electronic bills in the legislature. We spoke with Schneiderman today in White Plains as he left a Schneiderman/DiNapoli campaign rally. We spoke with Cahill in Poughkeepsie on Tuesday.
Gubernatorial candidate positions are here. Comptroller candidate positions are here. One lieutenant governor candidate’s position is here.
We asked Republican candidate for attorney general John Cahill for his position on each of the three ballot propositions on the November ballot. If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives’ district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of “improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students”, including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing “high-tech security features.”
Cahill opposes the first and third propositions, creating a redistricting commission and approving the bond issue, but has not yet taken a position on the second proposition, allowing electronic bills in the legislature.
Be sure to see the ballot proposition positions of the gubernatorial candidates, the comptroller candidates and LG candidate Kathy Hochul.
We asked Republican candidate for attorney general John Cahill for his reaction to the news report alleging that Attorney General Eric Schneiderman used cocaine in 2005.