Crain's New York Business21h
On Politics: Letitia James has found a bigger job than mayor
If James decided to run for mayor tomorrow, she could very well win. She’s a Brooklynite who is well-known throughout the city and popular with Democrats. A former city councilwoman and public ...
7 competitive primaries to watch in 2026
Primary battles are already underway in key Senate and gubernatorial races ahead of the 2026 midterms, an election that will determine not only control of Congress but also the governorships in ...
Rival Dem Ritchie Torres blasts NY Gov. Kathy Hochul as critics charged up over Con Ed’s proposed rate hikes
The utility giant is asking the state’s utilities regulator to jack up average electric bills by 11.4% and send gas bills soaring 13.3%.
Times Union6d
Hochul: ‘Every family deserves more money’
Gov. Kathy Hochul delivers her 2025 State of the State Address on Tuesday in the Hart Theater at Empire State Plaza in Albany. Chief Judge of the Court of Appeals Rowan D. Wilson, left ...
Hochul's spending plan takes another swing at government efficiency
Proposed Office of Innovation and Efficiency billed as way to untangle the large, complicated bureaucracy that is New York ...
City & State New York8d
Poll: Voters back Hochul’s budget proposals, still don’t like Hochul
New York voters support Gov. Kathy Hochul's budget proposals like universal school meals but would prefer someone else as ...
New York Post15d
NY Rep. Ritchie Torres rips Gov. Hochul for running country’s ‘worst early intervention program’ for disabled toddlers in scathing letter
Bronx Rep. Ritchie Torres has accused Gov. Kathy Hochul of bungling oversight of New York’s early intervention program for toddlers with developmental disabilities such as autism and Down syndrome.
Bronx Times-Reporter15d
South Bronx shelter plan sparks outrage as residents and officials push back
Ritchie Torres, who said the plan for 322 Bruckner Boulevard is ... In a Jan. 16 letter to Adams and Gov. Kathy Hochul opposing the shelter, he said the city will spend $250,000 to $340,000 to ...
Wall Street Journal17d
Ritchie Torres: ‘We Should Break That Cycle of Insanity’
If that’s true, Rep. Ritchie Torres has a ticker. In 2016 he was a delegate for Bernie Sanders at the Democratic National Convention. Today, he’s a third-term representative from the Bronx and ...
Politico17d
Ritchie Torres’ deportation flip-flop
TORRES’ IMMIGRATION SHIFT ... His ramping up of rhetoric on immigration comes as Gov. Kathy Hochul — whom he’d be trying to unseat if he enters the race — has also embraced calls to ...
nysfocus20d
After a Catastrophic Fire in The Bronx, Nearly $400,000 in Donations Remains Unspent
Both Mayor Eric Adams and Governor Kathy Hochul’s offices promoted the foundation ... politicians representing the area where the fire took place: Representative Ritchie Torres, Borough President ...
The Hill21d
Hochul orders flags to full staff for Trump inauguration
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) has ordered all flags in New York state to be risen from half-staff to full staff on Monday for President Donald Trump’s inauguration. Flags across the country are ...