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Zeldin hopes to end a two-decade drought for Republicans seeking statewide office in New York. “New Yorkers are ready,” Zeldin said. Her support in a primary for an upstate congressional district of right-wing political activist Carl Paladino who lost to the state Republican chair drew the ire of some in the state party. While there are about 3 million unaffiliated voters in New York, a successful Republican candidate has to make inroads with registered Democrats. “When I got elected they were saying the same things about me that they’re saying about Zeldin,” Pataki said.

☆ Republican Nick LaLota faces off against Democratic state Rep. Bridget Fleming in New York's 1st Congressional District election
▼ + stars: | 2022-11-02 | by ( Hanna Kang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +3 min

Republican Nick LaLota is running against Democrat Bridget Fleming in New York's 1st Congressional District. The 1st District is located in the North Shore of Long Island. New York's 1st Congressional District candidatesLaLota is the chief of staff to the Suffolk County Legislature. Voting history for New York's 1st Congressional DistrictNew York's 1st Congressional District covers the North Shore of Suffolk County along with the Hamptons. His opponent, Fleming, has raised more than $2.4 million, spent $2.2 million, and has about $230,000 cash on hand.

☆ New York governor's race tightening as election day approaches
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-28 | by ( ) www.cnbc.com time to read: 1 min

Share Share Article via Facebook Share Article via Twitter Share Article via LinkedIn Share Article via EmailNew York governor's race tightening as election day approachesCNBC’s Valerie Castro joins Kayla Tausche and ‘The News with Shepard Smith’ to discuss the race for governor in New York, and whether the Republican nominee Lee Zeldin can become the first Republican to win that office since 2002.

☆ New York police say extremists could pose threat as election nears
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Tyler Clifford | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

[1/2] FILE PHOTO - A worker loads Board of Elections voting booths onto a truck, in New York, U.S., August 29, 2022. Rising crime rates have become a top election issue for voters in New York and across the country. Public safety took center stage this week at a debate between New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, and U.S. Representative Lee Zeldin, her Republican challenger. In July, Zeldin was giving a campaign speech when a man climbed on stage and tried to stab him. Reporting by Tyler Clifford in New York; Editing by Cynthia Osterman and Deepa BabingtonOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ New York Post website hacked, with racist and sexist headlines targeting politicians
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-27 | by ( Lillian Rizzo | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +2 min

The New York Post's website and Twitter account were hacked Thursday, as racist and sexually explicit headlines about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and President Joe Biden were published. A New York Post spokesperson confirmed in an email to CNBC that the posts resulted from a hack. Representatives for the president, Ocasio-Cortez and Adams didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. Content management system Wordpress, which enables publishing to the New York Post site, didn't immediately respond to comment, either. The company, which also uses WordPress, suspended its website immediately.

☆ New York gubernatorial debate expected to focus on crime as race tightens
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( Julia Harte | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

FILE PHOTO: New York Lieutenant Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference at the New York State Capitol, in Albany, New York, U.S., August 11, 2021. REUTERS/Cindy Schultz/File PhotoNEW YORK (Reuters) - New York Governor Kathy Hochul will square off on Tuesday night in her only debate against Republican challenger Lee Zeldin, who has hammered the Democratic incumbent over crime in a race that public opinion polls show is tightening. The state’s majority Democratic electorate has not chosen a Republican governor since 2002. But recent polling suggests Zeldin is gaining on Hochul, prompting the governor to put new focus on public safety in the final weeks of her campaign. She released an ad on Friday that pledged “a safer New York for every child” and touted legislation she backed that toughened gun laws and bail restrictions.

☆ New York City man dragged and killed after clothes catch in subway train
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-25 | by ( ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

A 20-year-old man was killed on Monday after his clothes caught in a New York City subway car, which dragged him onto the tracks in front of an oncoming train, police said, the latest grim episode in the nation’s largest transit system. The violence in New York City’s subways has left residents on edge amid a surge in crime. In January, 40-year-old Michelle Go was killed after she was pushed in front of a train at the Times Square Station. Her murder was seen as part of a surge in hate crimes against Asian Americans in New York and other major cities. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has said it would install cameras in all New York City subway cars at a cost of some $3.5 million.

☆ New York governor signs bill expanding assistance for LGBTQ seniors
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( Zachary Schermele | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +4 min

Access to physical and mental health care, free or discounted meal deliveries, caregivers and other forms of support are now easier for LGBTQ seniors in New York state to get. The legislation requires the state’s Office for the Aging to consider gender identity and expression, sexual orientation and HIV status when it calculates which seniors need the most help. “This legislation is an important step in addressing those inequities while helping ensure LGBTQ older New Yorkers receive the same respect and support as anyone else in the state,” Hochul, a Democrat, said in a statement Monday. To address the disparities,Massachusetts, California and a number of other states have enacted laws in recent years expanding their interpretations of those with the “greatest social need” to include LGBTQ seniors and elders living with HIV. Tax said SAGE, which runs LGBTQ senior centers in New York City, has long been fighting for the change in New York.

☆ In New York Governor’s Race, Lee Zeldin Sneaks Up on Kathy Hochul
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-19 | by ( The Editorial Board | ) www.wsj.com time to read: 1 min

How bad is one-party progressive rule in New York? Bad enough that it’s becoming conceivable that a disaffected Democratic electorate might rebel on Nov. 8 by picking a Republican for Governor. With three weeks to go, the GOP’s Lee Zeldin trails incumbent Gov. New York is among the nation’s most Democratic states, and President Biden took 60% of the vote in 2020. The fact that Mr. Zeldin appears competitive is a sign of frustration with Democratic policy excesses and their demonstrable damage to the city and state.

☆ Fact Check-Monkeypox, polio and new COVID variants are not ‘planned’ as ‘scare tactics’ to affect the U.S. midterms
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-18 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +7 min

Monkeypox and polio outbreaks, or new COVID-19 variants, have not been “planned” or orchestrated as “scare tactics” to manipulate the Nov. 8 midterm elections in the United States. As laid out in a Reuters explainer (here), experts agree that the major driver behind both vaccine-derived and wild polio outbreaks remains an under-vaccinated population. “Monkeypox is nothing more than a scare tactic to make you stay home and not vote in the November elections. Experts contacted by Reuters dismissed claims that these disease outbreaks are connected to election cycles and said they would not disrupt the upcoming electoral process. There is no evidence that monkeypox and polio outbreaks or new COVID-19 variants have been orchestrated as “scare tactics” to manipulate the U.S. midterm elections.

☆ U.S. Rep. Lee Zeldin says daughters ‘shaken’ after shooting outside home
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( Chantal Da Silva | Chantal Da Silva Is A Breaking News Editor For Nbc News Digital Based In London. | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +2 min

“After my daughters heard the gunshots and the screaming, they ran upstairs, locked themselves in the bathroom and immediately called 911," Zeldin said. "They acted very swiftly and smartly every step of the way and Diana and I are extremely proud of them.”Police officers near the home of Rep. Lee Zeldin after a shooting in Long Island, N.Y., on Sunday. NBC 4 New YorkSuffolk County police said Sunday they were investigating a shooting outside a residence in Shirley, New York, at around 2 p.m. that left two people injured. There was also no indication that the shooting was connected to Zeldin or his family. Zeldin said his daughters were "shaken, but ok," after the incident.

☆ Two shot outside New York Congressman Lee Zeldin's home
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-10 | by ( ) www.reuters.com time to read: +1 min

Oct 9 (Reuters) - Two people were shot on Sunday outside the home of New York congressman and Republican New York gubernatorial candidate Lee Zeldin, who has made addressing crime and violence a key point of his campaign, he said in a statement. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterZeldin said only his two daughters were at home at the time of the shooting. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, against whom Zeldin is running, said she had been briefed on the shooting. Zeldin was attacked at a July campaign event by a New York man who now faces federal charges of assaulting a member of Congress using a deadly weapon. Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com RegisterReporting by Kanishka Singh and Julia Harte; Editing by Stephen CoatesOur Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles.

☆ Trump blamed his supporters in 'the radical right' as the reason he didn't get the credit he thought he deserved for COVID vaccines while advising politicians not to 'make a big deal' out of the pande
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-29 | by ( Taiyler Simone Mitchell | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

A new book reveals that former President Donald Trump told his aides not to wear masks in his presence. The book, by reporter Maggie Haberman, also said Trump told aides to avoid discussing the pandemic on TV. Haberman's book also reported that he told then-Gov. The Post, pointing to Haberman's book, added that Trump did so because he believed the virus was "a political loser for him." "Don't talk about it on TV," Trump reportedly told Republican National Committee's chairwoman, Ronna McDaniel, the Post said quoting Haberman's book.

A high-ranking member of the far-right Oath Keepers organization who has been charged in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol exchanged messages in November 2020 with former Trump White House aide Andrew Giuliani about election issues. That text message went to a White House switchboard line, so it could not be delivered. Andrew Giuliani told NBC News that the last contact with SoRelle on his phone was on Nov. 10, 2020. “None of that was like ‘Hey, we should go storm the Capitol,’” SoRelle told NBC News. The panel will hold its next public hearing on Wednesday, the second day of jury selection in the Oath Keeper's trial.

☆ New York to install security cameras on every subway car
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-20 | by ( Jonathan Allen | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +3 min

REUTERS/Lucas JacksonNEW YORK, Sept 20 (Reuters) - The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is installing security cameras in all of New York City's subway cars, officials announced on Tuesday. New York Governor Kathy Hochul, a Democrat, said the cameras would make riders more confident in the safety of the transit system. The plan is to install two cameras in each of 6,355 subway cars, building on a pilot program that saw cameras installed in 100 cars. There are already security cameras in the subway system's more than 470 stations, though they do not always work. All survived their injuries, but the police search for the shooter was hampered by problems with the security cameras in the station.

☆ The GOP's American psychosis didn't start with Trump. It won't end with him, either.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-18 | by ( David Corn | David Corn Is A Veteran Washington Journalist | Political Commentator. He Is The Washington Bureau Chief For Mother Jones Magazine | ) www.nbcnews.com time to read: +15 min

This piece has been adapted from "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy,” by David Corn. Some reporters feared Goldwater supporters were about to storm the stage and physically attack the governor. The Republican Party — those then in control of it — thought otherwise. They were guided by what Trump adviser Kellyanne Conway once called “alternative facts.” For many of the Capitol Hill assailants, Trump and his paranoia had become a theology. Excerpted from "American Psychosis: A Historical Investigation of How the Republican Party Went Crazy."

☆ Time to get your Omicron booster shot. Here's everything you need to know about the 2 vaccines offered, and when to get it.
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-09 | by ( Hilary Brueck | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

New, reformulated COVID-19 booster shots are out from Pfizer and Moderna. These may be the last free COVID-19 vaccines you'll getThis fall booster campaign is likely the last chance you'll get to have free COVID-19 shots from the US government. Epidemiologist Katelyn Jetelina recommends waiting at least two months after a COVID-19 infection, the same as you would after any previous COVID-19 shot. "One COVID-19 shot, once a year, each fall," he said on Tuesday in a statement. Many are hoping that new kinds of COVID-19 vaccines being developed could be better long-term solutions than the shots we have now.

Police said there was no immediate indication of a motive for the attack that left Rushdie severely injured and on a ventilator after surgery. "I'm not aware that he's ever asked us to provide additional security, and I'm also not aware that he ever brought a security detail with him," she said. Pilar Pintagro/via REUTERSFor Rushdie's event, Chautauqua had requested and received security assistance from the New York State Police and the Chautauqua County sheriff's department, Hill said. Fisher said safety, diversity and differences of opinion had long been part of the fabric of the Chautauqua community. "Not only was he (Rushdie) a victim, but I think that open community is going to be a victim as well," Fisher said.

☆ Cannabis companies are racing to cash in on New York's legal marijuana market, but illicit weed vans and galleries are posing a surprising threat
▼ + stars: | 2022-03-28 | by ( Yeji Jesse Lee | Jeremy Berke | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

These "gray market" sellers aren't paying taxes like regulated cannabis companies. On the streets of New York City, it feels as if the cannabis market is already in full swing. While cannabis is legal to possess and consume in New York, businesses need licenses to sell cannabis in the state. Unlicensed cannabis sales continue to compete with regulated cannabis companiesIn states and countries that have already legalized cannabis for recreational use, regulated cannabis companies have struggled to compete against their illicit counterparts. In Canada, which legalized cannabis in 2018, the rollout of the legal market was plagued by supply-chain issues and persistent illicit sales, as Insider reported.

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