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Thousands of people took to the streets of New York City on Sunday to celebrate LGBT Pride Month and rally in support of the LGBT community following a mass shooting at gay nightclub Pulse in Orlando, Florida this month which left 49 victims dead . According to A.M. New York , this year's 46th annual Pride March was the largest in New York history, with some 32,000 marchers.
The New York City Pride Parade began Sunday with a moment of silence for victims of the mass shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub and honored them with a flag for each person killed in the attack. The parade was led by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Mayor Bill de Blasio with presidential nominee Hillary Clinton, Rev.
New York's governor demanded an investigation Tuesday into allegations that a lane in one of the traffic-clogged tunnels connecting Manhattan to New Jersey was shut down as a special favor to a politically connected businessman accused of paying bribes to police commanders. Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed the inspector generals for both the state and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey to conduct investigations to figure out what role, if any, the Port Authority played in allowing the closure at the Lincoln Tunnel.
Democrats Colleen Deacon, Eric Kingson and Steve Williams found common ground on almost every issue, especially the need for Washington to focus on helping the middle class, and each candidate brought their own pesonal story to the conversation. "I actually had to quit my job a few days before my son was born and go on WIC and food stamps to keep us healthy," said Colleen Deacon, a former staffer in Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand's office.
It was nearly a year ago that the New York State political map was thrown for a loop. A special election for the New York 52nd State Senate seat would be needed, as Tom Libous would lose his trial, and with it his decades old position.
The New York State Senate Wednesday confirmed Gov. Andrew Cuomo's nominee to regulate the state's more than 1,500 insurance companies and nearly 1,600 banking and other financial institutions. Maria Vullo has served as Acting Superintendent of the Department of Financial Services since February, when she was nominated by Cuomo to lead the agency he created in 2011 in response to the banking crisis.
Vigils, rallies and marches are being held around the country Monday and later this week for the victims of the deadly attack at a gay nightclub in Orlando. Police in many areas have promised heightened security for the events, which come during Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month.
New York lawmakers are nearing the end of their 2016 session and it's looking like they will once again fail to address, in any significant way, the wave of corruption that has made Albany one of the nation's most crooked state capitals. So many lawmakers have been forced from office for alleged misconduct or crimes - including the former Assembly speaker and Senate leader in just the past year - that government reform advocates have taken to calling this Albany's "Watergate moment."
New York, NY, June 10, 2016 -- -- Policy makers, elected officials, advocates and community activists gathered for the 3rd Annual Legislative Breakfast on Friday morning, April 15th. This event strove to acknowledge the breadth of services and the impact OHEL makes in various communities and further break down various stigmas that often impede the decision to get help, most acutely in the area of mental illness.
Governor Andrew M. Cuomo signs a first-in-the-nation Executive Order directing the divestment of public funds supporting the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions campaign against Israel during a breakfast meeting at the Harvard Club. Afterwards, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo stirred the immediate ire of human rights campaigners around the world on Sunday by signing an executive order calling for the creation of a "blacklist" that would track groups and individuals who support Palestinian rights through the international Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions movement known as BDS.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Sunday that the state will be taking firm stance against the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestments and Sanctions movement. Rather than pursuing legislation, Cuomo signed an executive order directing state agencies to cease doing business with any group that associates itself with BDS protesters.
Appearing Friday morning on Long Island, Gov. Andrew Cuomo was asked for his response to New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's refusal to apologize for his tacit allegation that Board of Elections Enforcement Counsel Risa Sugarman might have been behind the leak of investigative documents concerning de Blasio's fundraising efforts on behalf of state Senate Democrats. On Tuesday, the state Inspector General's office released a report concluding that the BOE's Republican spokesman, John Conklin, leaked the report to Ken Lovett of the Daily News as well as Senate Republican spokesman Scott Reif, who often does double duty as the spokesman for the conference's campaign arm.
Hillary Clinton took part in a Memorial Day parade with Bill Clinton and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, right, in Chappaqua, New York. WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton is one of the best-known political figures in America.
Clinton waved and smiled from the procession in Chappaqua, accompanied by husband Bill Clinton and New York's Democratic governor, Andrew Cuomo. A friendly crowd cheered and many waved Clinton campaign signs.
It's not easy being New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio these days in Albany. The mayor faces five investigations into his political spending, which has complicated his efforts to receive an extension of mayoral control of New York City schools.