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Martin Golden

Martin Golden

  • Cuomo Begins Push to Flip State Senate and House of Representatives

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    Cuomo & Long Island candidates (photo: @andrewcuomo)


    Having resoundingly won the Democratic Party nomination for a third term last month, Governor Andrew Cuomo is now directing the enormous campaign and party machinery that propelled his victory to focus its efforts on the New York State Senate and the U.S. House of Representatives. In a break from past cycles when he has been criticized for doing too little for his party and its candidates, Cuomo has pledged to leverage the significant resources, financial and human, at his fingertips to help

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  • Democrats Target Previously Ignored Brooklyn Shot at State Senate Majority

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    (Photo: @agounardes)


    As Democrats eye majority control of the New York State Senate that has effectively eluded them for a decade, party leaders and a coalition of progressive activists are descending on Southern Brooklyn’s District 22, where Democrat Andrew Gounardes is challenging Republican Senator Marty Golden and where registered Democrats outnumber Republicans more than two-to-one.

    The Senate Democratic conference currently holds 31 seats and needs just one more for a majority in the 63-seat upper chamber of the state Legislature, while their party-mates

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  • Cuomo Faces Another Decision on MTA Funding ‘Lockbox’

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    Gov. Cuomo at an MTA-related event (photo: Don Pollard/Governor's Office)


    A bill to create a “transit lockbox” passed both houses of the state Legislature at the end of the session last month, setting up a showdown between the Legislature and Governor Andrew Cuomo, who has presided over hundreds of millions of dollars in diverted MTA funds and has been hesitant to lose flexibility to use money allocated to MTA operations and improvements for other purposes, such as debt service. Cuomo vetoed an identical bill in 2013.

    The legislation would

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  • On the Bus to Albany for Better New York Voting Laws

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    One Vote Better NY lobbyist (photo: @NYCVotes)


    Two charter buses idling in downtown Manhattan in the early hours of the morning on a weekday would usually be full of mismatched tourists from far-flung states and countries, waiting to gape at the Wall Street bull and his recently-placed female antagonist.

    That was not the case for the buses that departed Church Street this past Tuesday morning, which,

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  • With Chamber Control at Stake, No Democratic Challenger to Republican Senator from Brooklyn

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    Sen. Marty Golden (photo: @NYPDAuxilary)


    With a great deal on the line for New York City, Democrats are trying to flip the State Senate and a handful of races across the state will make the difference. One Brooklyn district has a significant Democratic voter registration advantage and an incumbent Republican, yet no one is challenging Senator Martin Golden. In 2012, a Democratic challenger won 42% of the vote against Golden.

    In the overwhelmingly Blue state of New York, and an even Bluer New York City, a Democratic challenge to an incumbent

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