Cuomo Cleanup

Randall Enos, Cagle Cartoons Jul 28, 2014 Dig deeper

Who Advised Cuomo on Mortgage Industry Investigation? A Mortgage Lobbyist

Staff / Truthdig Jul 17, 2014 Howard Glaser was brought on to help then-Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on his mortgage industry investigation. Glaser was working for the industry at the same time. Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

After Pledge of Sunlight, Gov. Cuomo Staffers Keep Their Email in the Shadows

Staff / Truthdig May 6, 2014 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo entered office promising unprecedented transparency, but his aides’ use of email offers quite a different picture. Dig deeper ( 6 Min. Read )

Jon Stewart, Nathan Lane and More Ask Sean Hannity to Stay in New York

Staff / Truthdig Jan 28, 2014 The Fox News host is feeling so unwelcome in his home state of New York due to Gov. Andrew Cuomo's comments about extreme-right Republicans that he's decided to leave. But "The Daily Show" won't let such a valuable taxpayer simply slip away. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

As Goes Colorado, So Goes the Nation?

BLANK Jan 5, 2014 New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, formerly opposed, now reportedly backs loosening some restrictions on marijuana use by medical patients, as support for legalizing pot grows like, well, a weed. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Howard Dean, Andrew Cuomo Join Speculative List of 2016 Candidates

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jun 22, 2013 Although at least one super PAC has already formed to oppose Hillary Clinton's unannounced 2016 presidential campaign, the Democratic Party is not without other talented politicians, some of whom are also considering a run. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Obama’s Immigration Plan Leaked, Krugman on the Minimum Wage, and More

Tracy Bloom / Truthdig Feb 18, 2013 A look at the day's political happenings, including a congresswoman's attempt to criminalize public female nipple exposure and "Saturday Night Live" pokes fun at Marco Rubio's State of the Union response. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

NRA Calls New York’s New Gun Law ‘Draconian’

Peter Z. Scheer / Truthdig Jan 16, 2013 New York legislators took just two days to pass a new gun control law, making it the first state in the union to do so in response to the school massacre in Connecticut last month. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Frack Fight

By Ellen Cantarow, TomDispatch Nov 20, 2012 In small hamlets in upstate New York, a loose network of activists is waging a guerrilla campaign not with improvised explosive devices or rocket-propelled grenades, but with zoning ordinances and petitions. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

Hurricane Sandy Blows Away Political Pretense and Ideological Nonsense

Joe Conason / Truthdig Nov 2, 2012 When the superstorm destroyed swaths of the Northeast, darkened our largest city and plunged a huge section of the nation into crisis, the anti-government ideology of the tea party Republicans -- and its panderers like Mitt Romney -- was exposed for what it is. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Atlantic Coast Wakes Up to the Nightmare

Staff / Truthdig Oct 30, 2012 Hurricane Sandy ripped through the Eastern Seaboard on Monday, killing at least 33, leaving millions without power, destroying homes, causing rampant flooding, impacting air travel and bringing several major cities to a grinding halt. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

High Time to Decriminalize in New York

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Jun 5, 2012 In response to an inflated arrest rate under the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk practice, Mayor Michael Bloomberg and the police chief have endorsed legislation put forward by Gov. Andrew Cuomo that would ease the penalty for possessing small amounts of marijuana in public. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )