Westchester Political News Sample

INCUMBENTS

New York City Mayor

1. Mamdani's NYPD Gave Thousands of Criminal Bike Summonses Until Mayor Ended Adams-Era Crackdown: Stats - Streetsblog New York City, (Eric Adams), May 4, 2026

1. Governor Hochul, do the right thing. Pardon Sgt. Erik Duran | Opinion - The Journal News | lohud.com, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
2. New York State budget decision delayed for ninth time - WPTZ, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
3. Gov. Hochul deserves support for having the courage to adjust climate strategy (Your Letters) - Syracuse.com, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
4. Utility rebates in the offing as state budget debate drags on - WXXI News, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
5. Record visitation at Olympic Authority venues - Sun Community News, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
6. TRD PolicyPro: Eviction bill draws NYAA warning, Hochul revises pied-à-terre tax - The Real Deal, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
7. Hochul, Mamdani ‘Pied-à-Terre’ Tax Likely Won’t Raise $500M–and Could Cost NYC Millions: Comptroller - Realtor.com, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
8. Expert analyzes N.Y. state budget negotiations - Spectrum News, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
9. NY state budget expected to pass soon. What we know now - The Journal News | lohud.com, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
10. Reform N.Y.’s auto insurance: Hochul has the right ideas to lower costs - New York Daily News, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
11. Albany’s egregious Elder Parole bill: Letters to the Editor — May 5, 2026 - New York Post, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
12. Still no budget, but one frustrated lawmaker has a new name for Hochul: Chameleon - Buffalo News, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
13. Governor Hochul, do the right thing. Pardon Sgt. Erik Duran | Opinion - AOL.com, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
14. NY state budget delay is just the tip of Albany’s epic dysfunction - New York Post, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
15. New York State budget decision delayed for ninth time - Yahoo News Canada, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026
16. Hochul, lawmakers considering new limits for ICE collaboration in New York as budget agreement nears - Buffalo News, (Kathy Hochul), May 4, 2026

1. Senate effort builds to further curb insider trading on prediction markets - Baltimore Sun, (Kirsten Gillibrand), May 4, 2026
2. Chuck Schumer Urges House and White House to Follow Senate in Prediction-Market Ban - Time Magazine, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
3. Schumer: House, White House must ban prediction markets bets - The Hill, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
4. 'Hurts consumers': Senator Schumer pushes bill to break up meat industry monopolies - WKBW, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
5. Schumer Visits Canandaigua Amid Rising Gas Prices - Finger Lakes Daily News, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
6. Schumer bill seeks to lower meat costs by taking aim at ‘meatpacking monopolies’ - WSHU, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
7. Schumer blasts 'reckless war' in Iran as gas prices continue to rise - Spectrum News, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
8. Schumer’s relief act aims to lower grocery costs for families - Yahoo, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
9. Schumer touting new bill designed to lower meat prices - cnhi.com, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
10. The cost of meat is 'crazy.' Schumer says it's time to break up the meat monopolies - Buffalo News, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
11. Schumer, Dems launch 'free and fair' elections task force as Trump's SAVE America Act stumbles - AOL.com, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
12. Schumer touting new bill designed to lower meat prices - thedailystar.com, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
13. Schumer, Dems launch ‘free and fair’ elections task force as Trump’s SAVE America Act stumbles - Findlay News, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026
14. Trump rages at 'human garbage' Democrats fighting against his election scheme - MEXC Exchange, (Chuck Schumer), May 4, 2026

1. NYC public schools get lousy grade on protecting student privacy - New York Daily News, (Tom DiNapoli), May 4, 2026

1. Attorney General James Leads Coalition Urging Supreme Court to Protect Access to Mifepristone, Attorney General: New York, May 4, 2026

1. State Senator Peter Harckham faces challenge from Sergio Esposito - Mid Hudson News, (Peter Harckham (D)), May 4, 2026

1. NY state budget delay is just the tip of Albany’s epic dysfunction - New York Post, (Carl Heastie), May 4, 2026

FROM THE BLOGS

Election Law Blog

1. Breaking: Supreme Court Over the Dissent of At Least Justice Jackson, Breaks Its Usual Procedural Rules to Allow Louisiana to Minimize Black Voting Rights in the Middle of an Ongoing Election, May 5, 2026
2. Trump Again “Jokes” About Staying in Office Beyond the End of His Second Term, May 4, 2026
3. “DeSantis signs Florida’s new GOP-friendly congressional map into law — but lawsuits likely loom”, May 4, 2026
4. “Trump keeps saying the quiet part out loud on changes to the 2026 election”, May 4, 2026
5. Callais’s “Wrecking Ball” Makes It to SNL, May 4, 2026
6. Democrats Don’t Face a Tragic Choice, May 4, 2026
7. “The Supreme Court keeps overturning precedent. It swears that it’s not”, May 4, 2026
8. “Inside Democratic Fundraiser ActBlue’s Big Spending and Internal Drama”, May 4, 2026
9. Nick Bagley, at NYU Democracy Project, With a Critique of Public-Sector Unions, May 4, 2026
10. Norm Ornstein: “SCOTUS’s Brazen Power Grab Guts Voting Rights”, May 4, 2026
11. Latner, Charles, and Fuentes-Rohwer: “The best response to the Supreme Court’s Callais ruling: proportional representation”, May 4, 2026
12. “Redistricting war accelerates winner-take-all political combat that’s straining American democracy”, May 4, 2026
13. “Breaking down the redistricting arms race following the Supreme Court’s VRA ruling”, May 4, 2026
14. “Alito Claims to ‘Update’ Voting Rights Act Law. Kagan Says He Destroyed It.”, May 4, 2026