Ross Barkan

The all-day hearing was the first of several being staged across the state before the commission, known as the New York Campaign Financing Commission, makes its full recommendations in December.

The practice—where inmates can spend 23 hours a day locked in a tiny cell—can take an extreme psychic toll on prisoners, including sparking panic attacks and hallucinations.

A 1911 ruling that eliminating cross-party endorsements 'would be destructive of fair elections' is at the heart of lawsuits against the state Public Campaign Financing Commission by the Working Families Party and Conservative Party.

Tensions between Gulino and elected officials reached a boiling point last year when the party failed to get two Democratic State Supreme Court candidates on the ballot, handing the seats to Republicans.

'This effort is not about being against the machine as much as showing people what democracy actually looks like.'

'I'm so happy to be in this position,' Judge Gibbons said last night. 'One door closes and another door opens.'

Frank Bolz and Michael Reich are working free of charge for Katz, a service they've provided for decades to any candidates endorsed by the Queens Democratic Party, according to longtime Queens political observers.

The city Department of Transportation has offered neither timeline for a renewal of the project nor an official explanation for the delays.

'Repairs, something landlords always have to do, are part of the warranty of habitability. You have to provide good working appliances, fix windows, and have to provide clean living conditions.'

With donation limits sky high, incumbent politicians and candidates in New York are motivated to hunt for a few wealthy individuals, corporations, or political action committees to fuel their campaigns.

For eight years, the Republican-controlled State Senate was Cuomo's salvation.

As it stands now, voters in New York must change their party registration by October 11th, 2019 to participate in the 2020 primaries.