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New York and Washington state on Monday vowed to sue President Donald Trump if he scraps a program shielding from deportation immigrants who came to the United States illegally as children. The Trump administration is expected to announce on Tuesday that he will end the so-called Dreamers program but give the US Congress six months to craft legislation to replace it, according to sources familiar with the situation.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ready to sue President Trump if the DACA decision goes in a direction he and his attorney general don't like. Cuomo, along with Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman, said in a statement Monday that should Trump go through with this "cruel" decision to end DACA, it would devastate tens of thousands of New Yorkers.
A hedge-fund manager who just used the most insensitive words imaginable to insult a state legislative leader, and trivialized America's history of racial terrorism to boot, should step away from his role leading the city's largest charter-school network. Every day that Daniel Loeb remains atop the board of directors of Success Academy Charter Schools, he harms its hard-earned credibility as a true ticket to equal opportunity for thousands of African-American kids.
In this April 27, 2015, file photo, Senate Democratic Conference Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, D-Yonkers, speaks during a news conference in Albany, N.Y. Billionaire hedge fund executive Daniel Loeb has apologized for an online post saying Stewart-Cousins has done "more damage to people of color than anyone who has ever donned a hood."
A national Republican group unleashed its fury on Gov. Cuomo Wednesday with a new campaign blaming the governor for the city's ongoing transit woes. In a pre-emptive strike on the governor's 2018 reelection campaign and his still-unannounced 2020 presidential ambitions, the GOP-oriented America Rising PAC launched its "Andrew Cuomo Initiative" with a website, video and Snapchat filter - all of which place blame for the so-called Summer of Hell on the governor's mismanagement of the transit system.
If Cuomo runs for president, he already has opposition A national GOP group is already trying to derail Gov. Andrew Cuomo's presidential ambitions, if there are any. Check out this story on pressconnects.com: http://press.sn/2u0lGjc New York Governor Andrew Cuomo speaks during a rally in support of the Affordable Care Act and against the Senate replacement bill, Monday, July 17, 2017, in New York.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to file a lawsuit Tuesday if Congress passes pro-Second Amendment legislation that would roll back the state's major 2013 gun control law known as the SAFE Act. "If they try to overrule the State of New York we will sue because this state has rights too," Cuomo told reporters.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Tuesday appointed new leaders for the agency that controls the region's airports, bridges and tunnels. Kevin O'Toole, a Republican former New Jersey state senator, was named chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey.
Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner, a one-time ally and now political foe of Gov. Cuomo, said she's been approached about the possibility of running a Democratic primary against him in 2018 - and hasn't ruled it out. Miner, who is term-limited out of her current office at the end of the year, said she's been approached by different people about running for governor, Congress or state Senate.
Good morning and happy Monday! Did you catch a glimpse of the Aurora Borealis last night? Today's forecast looks just like every day last week: Maybe thunderstorms, maybe hail, maybe rain, maybe not. Here's a suggestion for Mother Nature: Just rain already.
The assault rifle used by a doctor to kill one and injure several others in a New York City hospital last Friday was "lawfully transferred" to the shooter from a gun shop in upstate New York, according to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Law enforcement sources said Dr. Henry Bello hid the gun -- identified by law enforcement sources as an AR-15 -- under his white lab coat and then opened fire in Bronx-Lebanon Hospital, where he used to work.
Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel has a piece in the NY Times today, in which you would have though that someone at the New York City based paper would have said "hey, wait a minute, he's slurring us as New Yorkers!" as Rahm punches NYC and Governor Cuomo in the face On Thursday, in the wake of a subway derailment and an epidemic of train delays, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest mass transit system in America. That same day, the nation's third-busiest system - the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - handed out coupons for free coffee to riders stuck in the second year of slowdowns caused by repairs to prevent chronic fires.
On Thursday, in the wake of a subway derailment and an epidemic of train delays, Gov. Andrew Cuomo of New York declared a state of emergency for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest mass transit system in America. That same day, the nation's third-busiest system - the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority - handed out coupons for free coffee to riders stuck in the second year of slowdowns caused by repairs to prevent chronic fires.
14, 2016, file photo, actress Michelle Rodriguez attends the " Assignment" premiere on day 7 of the Toronto International Film Festival at the Ryerson Theatre in Toronto. Rodriguez wro... Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's asked the new leader of New York City's troubled public transit system to do a series of urgent reviews of the agency's management and aging infrastructure.
Two House Democrats want to compel the Air Force to detail how much has been spent on trips that President Donald Tr... Gov. Andrew Cuomo says he's asked the new leader of New York City's troubled public transit system to do a series of urgent reviews of the agency's management and aging infrastructure. The endangered killer whales that frequent the inland waters of Washington state are having pregnancy problems because they can't find enough to eat.
NATO defense ministers meet on Thursday to discuss, among other issues, the situation in Af... . NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg speaks during a media conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels on Wednesday, June 28, 2017.
Tens of thousands of people waving rainbow flags lined streets for gay pride parades Sunday in coast-to-coast events that took both celebratory and political tones, the latter a reaction to what some see as new threats to gay rights in the Trump era. In San Francisco, revelers wearing rainbow tutus and boas held signs that read "No Ban, No Wall, Welcome Sisters and Brothers" while they danced to electronic music at a rally outside City Hall.
A former ground zero worker fighting deportation to Colombia for a 1990 drug conviction received a pardon from Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday and will use it to challenge his removal from the country. Cuomo, a Democrat, said that if Carlos Cardona is deported he might not be able to receive adequate health treatments for ailments he suffers after working in the Sept.
Good morning! Gov. Andrew Cuomo will be in Albany today. Monday's storms knocked out the power to a few thousand Capital Region residents; more rain is possible today, but the humidity's breaking so you won't catch me complaining.
A Puerto Rican nationalist, vilified for his alleged links to a deadly bombing campaign, decided on his own to pass up a special award that Puerto Rican Day Parade organizers wanted to give him, hoping to dispel the rancor that had enveloped the New York event, an official said. Even so, Oscar Lopez Rivera still wanted to march in the annual celebration of Puerto Rican heritage, said Louis Maldonado, a member of the parade's board.