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The retirement crisis is here trib.al/lh9SXm5

And, just a couple weeks into bill passage, NYS has its first new law of 2023. Chapter 1, Laws of 2023 - Relates to terms and conditions of employment of certain nonjudicial officers and employees of the unified court system; repealer. nysenate.gov/legislation/bi…

We’ve worked hard to build a populist, people-first brand and ran a persuasion campaign that left no voter behind, including Republicans. Over 7000 Zeldin voters crossed over for us. If Dems want to reclaim the NYS ‘burbs, we need to stop talking exclusively amongst ourselves.

The SAFE Banking Act, legislation that would create a federal safe harbor for financial institutions and insurers to serve state-legal #cannabis businesses, could get a vote in the Senate. Read more on the progress and challenges at: lnkd.in/ey_TE4Bd #SAFEBANKINGACT

In the 50th state Senate district (Onondaga, Oswego counties) incumbent Dem @Mannionfor50 says his race is too close to call. He’s down several hundred votes to GOP challenger, Rebecca Shiroff.

Democrats had an excellent night in Monroe County and statewide in New York. I can't find a single pick up by the Republicans. Lee Zeldin underperformed, and absentee votes seem to have easily saved Joe Morelle, Jeremy Cooney and Jen Lunsford. This wave wasn't red.

If Peter Abbate the longtime Assemblymember loses in Brooklyn organized labor will lose a strong ally

We knew it was always going to be a battle in a deep-red district that every other Dem struggled in. BUT WE WON thanks to our thousands of bipartisan supporters. More to come tomorrow but, in the meantime, it continues to be a privilege serving OC in the NYS Senate.

BREAKING: Democrat Kathy Hochul wins reelection for governor in New York. #APracecall at 12:52 a.m. EST. apnews.com/hub/2022-midte…

BREAKING: Attorney General Letitia James, Comptroller Tom DiNapoli cruise to reelection. #Election2022 trib.al/xqsxnbj

With 60 of 123 precincts reporting in the open 17th Senate District, Democrat I Wen Chu has 4,155 votes and Republican Vito LaBella has 3,935 votes. This is one of the few seats @nysendems are hoping to pick up this year.

Hackers take responsibility for Suffolk cyber attack on the dark web, threaten to release county data newsday.com/long-island/po…

BREAKING: Chief Judge DiFiore was under investigation by state ethics watchdog when she resigned. @Law360 exclusive. law360.com/articles/15105…

BREAKING… Martucci announces he is not seeking re-election midhudsonnews.com/2022/05/31/mar…

NY lost a great citizen & I lost a friend! Anthony “Tony” Garvey passed away. Tony led quite a life, a decorated Vietnam vet, police officer, superior labor leader @lbanypd, executive director of police pension plan, great family man & one of funniest people I ever met! RIP TONY

In the epicenter of global history. Bono from @U2 on the metro station in Kyiv singing for Ukraine. Such a historical moments to show solidarity and pay global attention on putin’s invasion. Please repost and stand with Ukraine by pushing your govts to help us with weapons/money

Adams to use bail reform rollbacks to show 'America how we can police correctly' subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2022/0…

For those frantically hitting reload on LATFOR's website this week: The maps aren't uploaded yet, but it sure looks like these are the splash pages that they'll eventually be on latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=2022… latfor.state.ny.us/maps/?sec=2022…

NEW: NY SD3 (Suffolk County) is set to become a plurality Hispanic district by including all of Brentwood in new boundary included in redistricting bill, am told. A first on Long Island.