The Lincoln Project and Andrew Cuomo Are Media-Created Monsters
The media made the Lincoln Project and New York governor Andrew Cuomo into heroes of 2020. Now they’re both engulfed in scandal, and it’s time to hold them accountable.
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Cuomo’s Class-Warrior Act
Andrew Cuomo is battling a major corporation in a bid to get reelected. In the process, he's accidentally showing the Left how to use the state to battle capital.
Andrew Cuomo: Remote Work for Me but Not for Thee
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has shut down in-person press conferences — but workers are stuck in offices as the state refuses to take action against employers and compel remote work.
Why Did New York’s Senate Appoint a Cuomo Hack to the Court of Appeals?
It’s not surprising that New York’s centrist governor, Andrew Cuomo, would nominate a vocal opponent of criminal justice reform to the state’s powerful court of appeals. But why is a supposedly progressive state senate confirming her?
Clinton’s Endorsement of Cuomo Is Grotesque but Predictable
Bill Clinton’s last-minute endorsement of Andrew Cuomo in New York City’s mayoral race is all too fitting: both men represent the corporate Democratic establishment, opposed by socialist candidate Zohran Mamdani, that has abandoned the working class.
Cuomo’s “Carceral Humanism”
Andrew Cuomo is being touted as a 2020 presidential contender. But his juvenile justice reform law does more to shore up the carceral state than attack it.
Andrew Cuomo and Health Care Execs Just Got Dealt a Setback
New York state legislators just passed a bill limiting Governor Andrew Cuomo’s attempt to shield his big donors from COVID-related lawsuits. But nursing home CEOs are still protected for negligence or wrongdoing that took place earlier this year.
Andrew Cuomo’s $4 Billion Problem
For 25 years, Andrew Cuomo's Democratic Party has been blocking billions of dollars owed to New York schools. It's time to cough it up.
We’re in a Plague — Yet Andrew Cuomo Just Passed an Absolutely Brutal Austerity Budget
The media is fawning over Andrew Cuomo’s performance on the national stage in response to the coronavirus pandemic. They’re ignoring the devastating austerity budget that he just rammed down the state of New York’s throat.
A Challenge to Cuomo
“My name is Brian Jones, and I am seeking the Green Party’s nomination for Lieutenant Governor of the state of New York.”
New York’s Left Looks to the Post-Cuomo Era
The Left faces a tough road in any challenge to New York governor Kathy Hochul, who is now in position to win the primary in this year’s gubernatorial race. But the lieutenant governor’s race holds promise for the state’s progressives.
Andrew Cuomo Is Still Blocking Hundreds of Thousands of New York Workers From Receiving COVID-19 Relief
Even as New York bore the brunt of the pandemic in its early days, hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers were excluded from state COVID-19 relief programs because of their immigration status or incarceration. Now a coalition of organizations is demanding a $3.5 billion fund to help the excluded — but New York’s scandal-plagued governor, Andrew Cuomo, stands in their way.
State Sen. Julia Salazar on How Socialist Legislators Are Standing Up to Andrew Cuomo
Socialist New York State Sen. Julia Salazar has some harsh words for Andrew Cuomo’s botched handling of COVID-19, his “power grab” at the pandemic’s beginning, and his refusal to tax the rich: “It is dangerous for Gov. Cuomo to continue to be the most powerful person in our state.”
Outsmarting Governor 1%
New York governor Andrew Cuomo’s minimum-wage and paid-leave concessions are signs he feels threatened from the left.
The False Debate on Homelessness
Homelessness is the natural result of a system that makes some fantastically wealthy and others desperately poor.
Senate GOP Copied and Pasted Andrew Cuomo’s COVID-19 Corporate Immunity Law
While raking in cash from health care industry donors, Beltway Republicans copied language from an Andrew Cuomo law meant to shield negligent nursing home execs into their new COVID-19 relief package, word for word.
The New York Times Is Wrong on Zohran Mamdani
There is so much off base in yesterday’s New York Times editorial on New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani and disgraced former governor Andrew Cuomo. Let us count the ways.
Andrew Cuomo to New York Construction Workers: Your Money or Your Life
New York governor Andrew Cuomo has issued an executive order requiring all nonessential workers to stay home. But construction workers are still being forced to build luxury condos — more evidence that for capital, high-priced real estate is more important than workers’ lives.
Divide and Conquer
The primary election in New York provided socialists with some hints about how they might split the Democratic Party's working-class base from its elite leadership.
Zohran Mamdani’s Canvassing Operation Is What Democracy Looks Like
The kind of mass volunteer door-knocking operation that New York City mayoral campaign for Zohran Mamdani has built is the way to fight rising authoritarianism and the erosion of democracy.