Yesterday, the New York Times reported that the New York Gaming Association, a trade group that represents gambling interests, made a massive bet on Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Last December, the organization contributed $2 million to the Committee to Save New York, a lobby group that supports Cuomo’s agenda. The next month, the Gaming Association hit […]
Chlorinated Tris has been linked to cancer — and our sofas and car seats are soaked in it
Our Lobbies at the Top project finds heavy business advocacy helped derail proposed minimum wage hike
This month, the Chicago Tribune published a devastating investigation about the use of flame retardants in furniture and other common household products. Not only do flame retardants fail to prevent fires, the Tribune found, but the chemicals included in them cause cancer and threaten the development of fetuses and young children. These chemicals have subsequently […]
Dossie highlighted items by a reporter deemed “GENERALLY SNARKY”
Yesterday, the Associated Press reported on a curious development at New York’s powerful new ethics board, the Joint Commission on Public Ethics. On Feb. 2, the board had announced the appointment of Ellen Biben, a former prosecutor and longtime aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, as its executive director. The hire was decided on in a […]
Today, the Supreme Court will hear arguments about the critical centerpiece of President Obama’s healthcare reform bill: the individual mandate. Lawyers challenging the law on behalf of 26 states will argue that it is unconstitutional for the federal government to penalize individuals who do not buy health insurance; the Obama administration will maintain that the […]
Proposed congressional districts from a federal judge show significant differences from those drawn by state legislators
Yesterday, Rep. Bob Turner announced that he would seek nomination as the Republican challenger to Democratic Senator Kirsten Gillibrand for this November’s election. His entrance will raise the profile of a race in which Republicans have struggled to find a credible opponent for Gillibrand, who has amassed a campaign war chest of more than $10 […]
Redistricting splits Brooklyn’s Russian-speaking immigrants, some of whom see an attack on democracy and their own political advancement
