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Sheldon Silver, the Legislature’s top Democrat, opposes Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s insistence on penalizing New York City schools over a teacher-evaluation impasse.
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s administration has pointed to the increase in New York’s private-sector jobs, yet the state lagged behind the nation during Mr. Cuomo’s time in office.
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Like many high-profile politicians, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives few on-the-record interviews. But there may be one person who questions him publicly more than anyone else—Andrew Cuomo.
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By Tom Precious ALBANY -– The Cuomo administration is shooting down a story today in the New York Post that reported Gov. Andrew Cuomo and top aides were working over the weekend on a plan to lead a coup against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver. The Post story, which interestingly said Cuomo's move to oust Silver comes at the same time he is dangling a pay raise for...
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was quick with the retorts when reporters sought his perception of the effects of corruption charges filed recently against state lawmakers.
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said he was “cautiously optimistic” of winning an overhaul, but he sounded uncertain about legislative support for establishing a financing system for state candidates.
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s favorability rating would be the envy of most governors, but it is at the lowest point of his tenure, according to a new survey.
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ALBANY – If Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was hoping a report that he’s working on a coup attempt against Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver would start a fire, he was correct.But the fire has been lit under the governor.While the Governor’s Office denied that it is working to oust Silver, as the New York Post reported Monday, lawmakers in Silver’s conference were quickly rallying to...
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I have received hundreds, maybe thousands, of questions related to silver over the years. I try to answer them to the best of my ability but I don't have the answers to many of them. In this...
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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is on the cover of the latest New York magazine, was recently on the front of The Nation and was featured in The New Republic, with his head receiving outsized attention each time.
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