New York State Political News Sample

NEW YORK ELECTION NEWS

New York City Mayor

1. What is Melbourne’s ‘secret sauce’? Former New York mayor’s challenge to our growing city - The Age, (Bill de Blasio), August 3, 2026
2. Former NYC mayor Eric Adams advocates for Wisconsin data center proposal - wtmj.com, (Eric Adams), August 3, 2026
3. Former NYC Mayor Eric Adams is now pitching data centers to residents in rural Wisconsin - Civic Media, (Eric Adams), August 3, 2026
4. Two Years After Federal Raids, an Eric Adams Power Couple Seeks Podcast Fame - The City Reporter, (Eric Adams), August 3, 2026

1. Bus-fare evasion is just the start of Kathy Hochul’s looming MTA cash woes - New York Post, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
2. Albany policy heavyweight heading to Congress - - The Capitol Pressroom, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
3. Lawsuit challenges NY's permit process for planned Micron facility - Times Union, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
4. Hochul announces statewide speed week 2 enforcement campaign - Niagara Frontier Publications, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
5. Exclusive | Gov. Who-chul? Long Island Dems don’t mention Hochul on election websites - New York Post, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
6. Hochul wants another NY Olympics. Here's what she's doing about it - Lohud, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
7. Trump & Co. slam NY over Kalshi kerfuffle - Newsday, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
8. State Of New York Sues Kalshi, Frames Company As "Illegal" - Hip-Hop Wired, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
9. Speeding Crackdown Starts Monday - Shawangunk Journal, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026
10. Rep. Tenney Calls on Governor to Address SNAP Payment Errors - Finger Lakes Daily News, (Kathy Hochul), August 3, 2026

1. Chuck Schumer Erectile Dysfunction - View jKqRPikko - fcbayern.com, (Chuck Schumer), August 3, 2026
2. Senate Minority Leader Schumer Criticizes Attorney General Nominee Todd Blanche and Trump's Pardons - C-SPAN, (Chuck Schumer), August 3, 2026
3. Chuck Schumer Backs Bipartisan Stopgap Spending Bill: 'We Want to Fund the Government' - Benzinga, (Chuck Schumer), August 3, 2026
4. Democrats blink as Schumer helps GOP clear key shutdown hurdle - Fox News, (Chuck Schumer), August 3, 2026
5. Senate leaders reach funding deal to avoid shutdown during campaign season - WPLG Local 10, (Chuck Schumer), August 3, 2026

1. Exclusive | NYC subway riders push AG Letitia James to probe OMNY cards after claims of extra charges, phantom fines - New York Post, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
2. States sue to block feds from sharing personal data of millions who receive social service benefits - News4JAX, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
3. 25 states sue over Trump administration's latest tariffs, citing Supreme Court ruling - KSAT, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
4. 25 states sue over Trump administration’s latest tariffs, citing Supreme Court ruling - Sun Sentinel, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
5. States sue to block feds from sharing personal data of millions who receive social service benefits - KARK, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
6. FILE PHOTO: FILE PHOTO: New York Attorney General Letitia James at U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia - The Lufkin Daily News, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
7. States, groups sue over Trump policy of sharing benefits data with immigration authorities - Reuters, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026
8. Edwin Raymond sworn in as New York City’s first Haitian American sheriff - The Haitian Times, (Letitia James), August 3, 2026

1. State Comptroller Tom DiNapoli on homelessness in the city - Spectrum News NY1, (Tom DiNapoli), August 3, 2026

1. Press Release: Meeks and Garbarino Introduce Bipartisan Community Flood Resilience Act - quiverquant.com, (Andrew Garbarino), August 3, 2026
2. Reps. Liccardo and Garbarino Introduce Bipartisan SUPPLY Act to Address America’s Housing Crisis - liccardo.house.gov, (Andrew Garbarino), August 3, 2026

1. Alex Schrøder Joins Rep. Malliotakis' Office as Senior Policy Adviser - Legis1, (Nicole Malliotakis), August 3, 2026
2. DeCillis pushes Social Security overhaul, veterans issues at Staten Island town hall - SILive.com, (Nicole Malliotakis), August 3, 2026

1. Average Democrat is in a 'state of panic,' GOP rep says - Fox Business, (Claudia Tenney), August 3, 2026
2. Rep. Tenney Calls on Governor to Address SNAP Payment Errors - Finger Lakes Daily News, (Claudia Tenney), August 3, 2026

TRI-STATE: CT CONGRESS POST-ELECTION NEWS

U. S. Senate (Murphy)

1. Sen. Blumenthal calls for Taylor Farms investigation amid deadly cyclospora outbreak - Connecticut Public, (Richard Blumenthal), August 3, 2026
2. Blumenthal calls for answers from FDA on cyclosporiasis outbreak - fox61.com, (Richard Blumenthal), August 3, 2026
3. Senate Judiciary Courts Subcommittee Democrats Blast Cruz’s Hearing Targeting the Muslim Community - U.S. Senate (.gov), (Richard Blumenthal), August 3, 2026
4. 'Insane Corruption': GOP Senators Ripped for Deal to Confirm Trump Lackey Todd Blanche - Common Dreams, (Richard Blumenthal), August 3, 2026
5. Tennessee Senator Marsha Blackburn sends cease and desist letter over political ad - KVII, (Richard Blumenthal), August 3, 2026

FROM THE BLOGS

Election Law Blog

1. “A Democracy Funder’s Confession: We May Be Making Things Worse”, August 3, 2026
2. “For Trump, the Year Is Always 2020”, August 3, 2026
3. California files its brief in USPS absentee ballot dispute, August 3, 2026
4. “Silicon Valley Donors Pour $194 Million into California Politics. Now Comes the Wealth Tax Fight”, August 3, 2026
5. I Spoke to Leah Litman and Kate Shaw for “Strict Scrutiny” about the Supreme Court’s Review of the Trump Mail-Balloting Order, August 3, 2026
6. “California could require voter ID. Both sides say voters are being misled”, August 3, 2026
7. “Election Certification Processes and Guardrails”, August 3, 2026
8. “Kansas Supreme Court declines to take emergency appeal of election law”, August 3, 2026
9. “Trump’s mail voting appeal tests Supreme Court’s anti-chaos election rule”, August 3, 2026
10. “NJ GOP sees momentum for voter ID law after governor’s comments in favor”, August 3, 2026
11. “The Struggle of Being a No-Corporate-PAC-Money Democrat”, August 3, 2026