NY Senate Win Gives Democrats A Lock On Albany. So Now What?

... finally give New Yorkers the progressive leadership they have been demanding," said Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, who stands to lead the Senate in January. If that comes to pass, she will be the first woman and first African-American to ...

‘Blue Wave’ Threatens GOP’s Last Bastion In NY Politics

... Senate that will protect New Yorkers - not simply bury their heads in the sand," said Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, who now leads the Democratic conference and stands to lead the entire Senate if her party prevails on Tuesday. Republicans ...

‘Blue wave’ threatens GOP’s last bastion in NY Senate

... Senate that will protect New Yorkers - not simply bury their heads in the sand," said Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers, who now leads the Democratic conference and stands to lead the entire Senate if her party prevails on Tuesday. Republicans ...

How New York Gov. Cuomo was able to crush Cynthia Nixon in the Democratic primary

... it clear that this is a new day and politics as usual are no longer acceptable," said Sen. Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, who heads the mainline Democratic Conference and brokered a unity deal with Klein in April that didn't stave off IDC ...

Finding Repose in New York City’s Hidden Spaces

... West Village and went to more than 30 open houses. Feeling dejected, the couple started looking in Westchester and Yonkers but did not like the idea of an arduous commute. Then Ms. Vandenberg saw the listing for a Pomander Walk apartment: a small, ...

School budget voting dwindles

... annually. Enrollment outside of New York City and the other "Big 5" districts of Buffalo, Syracuse, Rochester, and Yonkers has dropped steadily over the years. This year it is 1,475,094 down from 1,477,203 the year before, according to the CBC and ...

Where is Upstate New York? The debate rages on

... & Chronicle , "We're at least three hours away from the upstate-downstate border, which for me is once you're past Yonkers (heading north), you're in upstate." Actor William Shatner also caused an uproar when he visited Syracuse's Dinosaur Bar-B-Que ...

Two parties bring balance

The news that Democrats in the state Senate are unifying behind Andrea Stewart-Cousins of Yonkers is the very definition of putting the fox in charge of the henhouse. Reunification puts to an end a faction of senators from the Democratic Party who called themselves the Independent Democratic Caucus, a group that sided with Republicans and gave Republicans de-facto control of the chamber.