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New York City Mayor

1. Protesters Disrupt Mayor Adams's Speech to Business Leaders - The New York Times, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
2. Protestors storm within inches of Mayor Adams during speech boosting NYC - New York Daily News, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
3. Protesters get close to Mayor Adams as he discusses NYC skyline's future - CBS News, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
4. New York Mayor Eric Adams Visits Scene Outside Donald Trump’s Trial, Says “Our City Is A Fair City” - Deadline, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
5. Spotted: NYC mayor Eric Adams chats with reporters outside Trump trial courthouse - POLITICO, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
6. Adams defense fund spending tops $743K on legal fees amid FBI Turkey probe - New York Daily News, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
7. City Operations Commissioner Resigns in Latest Adams Departure - THE CITY, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
8. NYC Council to scrutinize Mayor Adams' online form for agency requests at hearing - Gothamist, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
9. Eric Adams Announces He’s Matured Into a Mayor Who Is Above Police Accountability - Hell Gate, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
10. 'Horrified' advocates call for action after NYPD brass accused of leaking rape case details in smear campaign - New York Post, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
11. Eric Adams celebrated his 60th birthday at home of Chinese billionaire accused of making straw donations - Daily Mail, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
12. Mayor Adams Unveils new Details of Skyline-Shaping Office Tower, Bolsters Ongoing Resurgence of Midt - nyc.gov, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
13. Adams touts state budget for delivering on NYC priorities and 'every piece of the housing agenda' - City & State New York, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
14. Vornado, Citadel's long-planned Park Avenue tower will be built, Eric Adams says - Crain's New York Business, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
15. Adams Bum-Rushed By Protesters Shouting We Need A New Mayor - Patch, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
16. Mayor Adams Pushes to Hire Ex-Giuliani Deputy as New York's Top Lawyer - The New York Times, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
17. Eric Adams: The Billionaire Who Threw Me a Birthday Party and Made Illegal Donations to My Campaign? I Don't ... - Hell Gate, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
18. Video: Speech by N.Y.C. Mayor Eric Adams Is Disrupted by Protesters - The New York Times, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
19. NYC's AI chatbot was caught telling businesses to break the law. The city isn't taking it down - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
20. State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag - THE CITY, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
21. Migrants swarm New York City Hall during hearing about 'integrating newcomers' into NYC - The National Desk, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
22. Opinion: Mayor Should Halt 60-Day Shelter Limits & Protect Vulnerable Families - City Limits, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
23. 'Glass half-full' for Mayor Adams on likely state budget deal that fell short on some of his top priorities - PoliticsNY, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
24. Mayor weighs in on war against rats across NYC - News 12 Bronx, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
25. Protesters storm within inches of Mayor Adams during his speech touting NYC's progress - Bozeman Daily Chronicle, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
26. ‘Glass half full’ for Mayor Adams on likely state budget deal that fell short on some of his top priorities - amNY, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
27. Adams could get surprise win on mayoral control in $237B NY state budget deal - New York Post, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
28. Serbia Extends Expo 2027 Invite To NYC: Mayor Adams And Consul General Bozovic Talk Serbian-American ... - The Pavlovic Today, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
29. Protesters storm within inches of Mayor Adams during speech boosting NYC - MSN, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
30. Rat czar tasks city agencies to work together to combat infestations - News 12 Long Island, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
31. Does It Matter That AI Doesn't Work? - Defector, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
32. Protestors get within inches of Mayor Adams during speech boosting NYC - MSN, (Eric Adams), April 16, 2024
33. Transcript: Mayor Adams Holds In-Person Media Availability, New York City Mayor: Press Releases, April 16, 2024
34. Mayor Adams Unveils new Details of Skyline-Shaping Office Tower, Bolsters Ongoing Resurgence of Midtown Manhattan, New York City Mayor: Press Releases, April 16, 2024
35. Mayor Adams' Statement in Response to Fruitful New York State Budget Agreement, New York City Mayor: Press Releases, April 16, 2024
36. Transcript: Mayor Adams Launches Pilot To Rapidly Connect Families Fleeing Domestic Violence With Permanent Housing, New York City Mayor: Press Releases, April 16, 2024

1. Trump faces Alvin Bragg's sham NYC trial: Letters to the Editor — April 17, 2024 - New York Post, (Lee Zeldin), April 16, 2024
2. Kathy Hochul Is Leaving a Climate Law Off the NY Budget - Jacobin magazine, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
3. Governor Hochul Announces Agreement on FY 2025 State Budget - ny.gov, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
4. Speaker Carl Heastie agrees 'conceptual' budget deal - Spectrum News, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
5. 'Parameters of a conceptual agreement'? Not so fast. - POLITICO, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
6. Energy, environment: What's in, what's out of the New York state budget - E&E News by POLITICO, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
7. Reactions to Hochul's preliminary budget deal - City & State New York, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
8. Gov. Hochul hashes out N.Y. budget priorities - WCAX, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
9. How the State Budget Could Crack Down on Bad Business Practices - New York Focus, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
10. Hochul says 'parameters of a conceptual agreement' reached on NYS budget - WXXI News, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
11. Handing Taxpayers The Climate Cleanup Bill - The Lever, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
12. $22M now available to help vulnerable New Yorkers stay cool - Sun Community News & Printing, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
13. Popular home care Medicaid program faces cuts as Hochul decries fraud - Times Union, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
14. Hochul touts state budget deal, legislators say not so fast - Buffalo News, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
15. State Budget Deal Buoys Adams — But It Comes With High Price Tag - THE CITY, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
16. Hochul announces the framework of a budget deal - City & State New York, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
17. Hochul, New York lawmakers, agree to tentative budget deal - The Center Square, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
18. Hochul, lawmakers still working on details as state budget talks continue - Newsday, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
19. Hochul unveils ‘conceptual’ $237B state budget deal focused on housing, retail theft, illicit weed shops - amNY, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
20. Hochul announces preliminary budget agreement - Mid Hudson News Website, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
21. New York lawmakers, Hochul agree on $237 billion state budget, 15 days after deadline - The Livingston County News, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
22. Governor Hochul: "Parameter of conceptual budget agreement" in place - WRGB, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
23. Gov. Hochul, State Leaders Have Preliminary Agreement on State Budget - WRFA Jamestown, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
24. Hochul budget announcement | | thedailynewsonline.com - The Daily News Online, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
25. Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details - Bozeman Daily Chronicle, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
26. Hochul Announces New York Housing Deal in Budget - The Real Deal, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024
27. Hochul announces budget outline as lawmakers continue to hash out details - Hopkinsville Kentucky New Era, (Kathy Hochul), April 16, 2024

1. Insulin affordability: Chuck Schumer's broken promise - STAT, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
2. Chuck Schumer Must Fulfill His Constitutional Duty And Hold An Impeachment Trial For DHS Secretary Mayorkas - GOP.gov, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
3. Uncertainty surrounds US Republicans' plan for separate Ukraine, Israel aid bills - Reuters, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
4. Messy intel fight comes to Senate with Friday deadline - POLITICO, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
5. Conservative Senate GOP targets House-passed warrantless surveillance bill - The Hill, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
6. Schumer Carries Water for Crypto - The American Prospect, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
7. Renewal of warrantless surveillance powers is in Senate's hands - The Record from Recorded Future News, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
8. Senate Dems unveil $79M campaign ad plan - The Hill, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
9. Tuberville slams Chuck Schumer for threatening to table the impeachment articles against DHS Secretary - Yellowhammer News, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
10. House delivers Mayorkas impeachment articles to Schumer, setting up trial proceedings - Fox News, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
11. Schumer: CBP agrees to hold a public hearing on its controversial new facility - WWNY, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
12. Schumer faces Senate time crunch on Mayorkas and FISA - Colorado Springs Gazette, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
13. Senate trial on Mayorkas set to start, but Democrats are likely to dispose of charges - Oregon Public Broadcasting, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
14. House to send Mayorkas impeachment articles to the Senate, forcing a trial - WSLS 10, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
15. Front-runners in New York's U.S. Senate race face potential primary challengers - Newsday, (Kirsten Gillibrand), April 16, 2024
16. House Speaker Mike Johnson pushes towards vote on aid for Israel, Ukraine & Taiwan - KATV, (Chuck Schumer), April 16, 2024
17. Vt. senators push for federal funding to support Lake Champlain Basin - WCAX, (Kirsten Gillibrand), April 16, 2024
18. Bill aims to protect service members from shockwave TBIs - Sun Community News & Printing, (Kirsten Gillibrand), April 16, 2024
19. Objection alleges nearly 30,000 petition signatures from US Senate candidate are invalid - WBNG, (Kirsten Gillibrand), April 16, 2024

1. Ken Jenkins Endorses George Latimer for Congress -NY-16 - Yonkers Times, (George Latimer (D)), April 16, 2024
2. Pro-Israel Dem Challengers Rake In More Cash Than 'Squad' Members In First Fundraising Quarter Of 2024 - Daily Caller, (George Latimer (D)), April 16, 2024

1. Letitia James Is Hunting for Evidence of Trump Perjury - Newsweek, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
2. N.Y. AG Tish James, Diocese of Brooklyn reach settlement on clergy sex abuse reforms - New York Daily News, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
3. Far-Right Operatives Owe for Threatening Calls to Black Voters - The Root, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
4. NY Attorney General Letitia James, Diocese of Brooklyn reach settlement on clergy sex abuse reforms - Yahoo! Voices, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
5. Coalition of states defends voting rights act in redistricting case - Brooklyn Daily Eagle, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
6. Judge rejects lawsuit that tried to stop Letitia James from defending trans athletes - LGBTQ Nation, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
7. Brooklyn Diocese reaches sexual abuse settlement with Attorney General Letitia James • Brooklyn Paper - Brooklyn Paper, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
8. NY Attorney General Letitia James, Diocese of Brooklyn reach settlement on clergy sex abuse reforms - Yahoo New Zealand News, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
9. ‘Not the only evidence of justification’: Trump lawyers acknowledge civil fraud bond was issued without ‘certificate of qualification’ but say AG’s complaint ‘should be set aside’ anyway - Law & Crime, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
10. Trump challenges Letitia James' objection to his $175M bond - Raw Story, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
11. Attorney General James Leads Multistate Coalition to Defend the Voting Rights Act - URBAN CNY, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024
12. Trump's Bond Provider to James: 'We're Financially Credible' - Newsmax, (Letitia James), April 16, 2024

1. Harckham and Over 200 State Municipal Retirees Call for Healthcare Benefit Protections - The New York State Senate, (Peter Harckham (D)), April 16, 2024

1. Hochul Announces $237 Billion Budget, Including a Housing Deal - The New York Times, (Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) - Yonkers), April 16, 2024
2. Hochul announces $237B budget agreement - Sun Community News & Printing, (Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) - Yonkers), April 16, 2024
3. Hochul unveils ‘conceptual’ $237B state budget deal focused on housing, retail theft, illicit weed shops - amNY, (Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D) - Yonkers), April 16, 2024

1. Soft-on-crime NY Speaker Heastie finally caves on increased penalties for assaulting retail workers - New York Post, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024
2. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie: There's light at the end of the budget tunnel - City & State New York, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024
3. Is there really a NYS budget deal? Assembly speaker says not so fast - North Country Public Radio, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024
4. Hochul, lawmakers still working on details as state budget talks continue - Newsday, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024
5. Speaker Carl Heastie agrees 'conceptual' budget deal - Spectrum News, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024
6. New York housing deal hangs in balance as tenant protections face criticism - Crain's New York Business, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024
7. Hochul announces a New York state budget deal – sort of - Gothamist, (Carl Heastie), April 16, 2024

1. Anti-Israel protesters wave Hezbollah banner, set American flags on fire during NYC unrest - New York Post, (Nicole Malliotakis), April 16, 2024

1. SCOTUS Justice Neil Gorsuch draws comparison between Jan. 6 rioters and Rep. Jamaal Bowman pulling a fire alarm. - Yahoo! Voices, (Jamaal Bowman), April 16, 2024
2. Pro-Israel Dem Challengers Rake In More Cash Than 'Squad' Members In First Fundraising Quarter Of 2024 - Daily Caller, (Jamaal Bowman), April 16, 2024

FROM THE BLOGS

Election Law Blog

1. “Ex-congressman asks 11th Circuit to toss six-figure campaign finance penalty”, April 16, 2024
2. “Democracy Dies in Primaries”, April 16, 2024
3. “Why Biden Has a Narrower Path to the Presidency Than Trump, in 11 Maps”, April 16, 2024
4. “Justices to Hear Obstruction Case That Could Bar Charges Against Trump”, April 16, 2024
5. “New research finds Arizona GOP [voters] rejected Trump and MAGA candidates”, April 16, 2024
6. “California sues Huntington Beach over ‘blatantly and flatly illegal’ voter ID law”, April 16, 2024