Alongside Bernie Sanders, N.Y.’s Gov. Andrew Cuomo Announces First-in-Nation Free Tuition Plan

By Deirdre Fulton / Common Dreams Jan 4, 2017 "Our job is to encourage every person in this country to get all of the education they can, not to punish them for getting that education," Sanders says at the announcement with Cuomo, pictured at right. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Code Pink Activist Kicked Out of Democratic Convention (Video)

BLANK Jul 29, 2016 Medea Benjamin explains how Ariel Gold, a Code Pink activist, was kicked out of the convention hall for protesting New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's opposition to the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement against the Israeli occupation of Palestine. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Israel-First McCarthyism: Andrew Cuomo’s Vow to Spy On and Punish BDS Activists (Video)

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 6, 2016 After New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo issued an executive order directing the state to monitor activists in the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement (BDS) against the Israeli occupation of the West Bank and Gaza, critics called the order McCarthyism. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

New York Governor Ends Public Funding for Sanctions Campaign Against Israel

By Common Dreams staff Jun 6, 2016 "What Israel and its thuggish lobby can't achieve by persuasion, they obtain via repression and coercion," says one prominent campaigner for Palestinian rights. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New York State Assembly Passes ‘Most Ambitious’ Climate Bill in the Nation

Staff / Truthdig Jun 3, 2016 The bill would require New York to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from major sources to zero by 2050. But with dire predictions by climate scientists, is it ambitious enough? Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

‘I Will Be the Nominee for My Party,’ Hillary Clinton Declares (Video)

Staff / Truthdig May 21, 2016 In an interview with CNN, the former secretary of state also discussed party unification and noted that she and Bernie Sanders have followed “the same rules.” Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York State Approves $15 Minimum Wage for Fast-Food Workers

Donald Kaufman / Truthdig Sep 11, 2015 On Thursday, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his administration approved legislation that will gradually raise the minimum wage for fast-food workers to $15 an hour. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

New York’s Fast-Food Workers to Be Paid $15 Minimum Wage by 2021

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 23, 2015 Fast-food workers throughout the state won a hard-fought and important victory Wednesday: a $15 minimum wage. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Test Mutiny: Tens of Thousands of N.Y. Parents Protest Standardized Exams

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Apr 17, 2015 Tens of thousands of parents took a stand against the education agenda of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and standardized tests nationwide by having their children boycott one such exam in mid-April. In some districts, abstention levels reached 80 percent. (Pictured: Jack Bierwirth, the superintendent of Herricks Public Schools in Long Island.) Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Technology Does Not Guarantee Transparency

David Sirota / Truthdig Mar 8, 2015 In theory, the changeover from paper to email should make government more transparent. But two New York politicos are showing that the era of Big Data does not necessarily mean the public gets a better view of its government. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

New York State Bans Fracking

Staff / Truthdig Dec 18, 2014 When natural gas companies first pressed into New York in 2008, state environmental regulators barely understood the process of "hydraulic fracturing." Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Why Is the Cuomo Administration Automatically Deleting State Employees’ Emails?

Staff / Truthdig Aug 13, 2014 A previously unpublished memo raises new questions about New York state’s policy of purging emails after 90 days. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )