Bruce Blakeman

Trump rallied supporters in Syracuse with a sweeping celebration of his administration's economic and immigration agenda, pledging to help New Yorkers secure lower taxes, cheaper energy and safer streets by electing Republicans up and down the ballot

Cheap AI ‘deepfakes’ give new twist to US political attack ads

Today’s presidential visit to Syracuse has some Republicans wishing he’d stay away — even as some expect it’ll stir the GOP base

Democrats enter the final weeks of the 2026 midterms with favorable tailwinds as voters sour on President Donald Trump, but polls suggest the party may not be matching its national momentum in New York, the state that experienced the nation’s largest rightward shift in 2024

New York Governor Kathy Hochul warned ‘Anyone who goes in or near the water this weekend is literally gambling with their life’

U.S. Vice President JD Vance attended the annual remembrance ceremony, along with four former presidents: Bill Clinton, George W. Bush, Barack Obama and Joe Biden

Terry Strada, whose husband Tom was killed in the 9/11 attacks, criticized Saudi Arabia and successive U.S. administrations during the 25th anniversary memorial at Ground Zero on Friday

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez captured during a 9/11 ceremony is sparking controversy online

President Donald Trump ’s administration is also suing over the law, approved earlier this year in response to the federal government’s aggressive deportation campaign and after an enforcement effort in Minneapolis left two U.S. citizens dead

Over the decades, the holders of those respective offices have typically feuded with each other — a clash of titanic egos that often had little to do with policy

Hochul herself had a closer-than-expected election in 2022, defeating then-Representative Lee Zeldin by only about 6 points

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman is not just running against the unintended and accidental Governor Kathy Hochul

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But the most eye-popping number might not be the $43 million Hochul’s committees have in the bank, but how she raised it

The proposal flew in the face of his own 2025 campaign pledge to keep police staffing flat

In a Newsmax interview Wednesday, Blakeman called Lander, who won Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York’s 10th Congressional District, antisemitic

In today’s edition, Adam Edelman explains why Wisconsin is set to serve as a major test of the extent of democratic socialists’ newfound clout

Less than five months remain before the United States holds its midterm elections, which are key to determining control of Congress — and the success of President Donald Trump’s final two years in office

From a Brooklyn rally to Park Slope street corners to Upper West Side synagogues, New Yorkers on the campaign trail tell Haaretz whether, and how much, their candidate's position on Israel is shaping their support in these Democratic primaries

Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, the Republican nominee, has sought to capitalize on voter frustration over affordability, taxes, public safety and the state's overall direction

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani notably skipped the annual parade honoring Israel on Sunday, a decision that breaks with decades of political tradition and underscores his vocal support for Palestinian rights

Congressional Hispanic Caucus chair Adriano Espaillat (D-N.Y.) is in what fellow House Democrats and other sources familiar with his race describe as an "existential" battle for reelection

Ethics experts are calling President Donald Trump’s so-called “anti-weaponization” fund a corrupt scheme unlike anything that has been seen in American history

As New York opens its workweek, widespread transport disruption is expected as key negotiators struggle to end a strike that has shut down the busiest commuter rail service in North America

But for Hochul, taking on this paradigm has posed a vexing political dilemma: a more forceful approach — while perhaps more effective — triggered a revolt in parts of the state like Long Island where it remains increasingly difficult for Democrats to make gains

The shutdown of the Long Island Rail Road, North America’s largest commuter rail system, continued into a second day on Sunday after unionized workers went on strike for the first time in three decades a day earlier

The Long Island Rail Road that serves the city's eastern suburbs ceased operations early Saturday morning after five unions representing about half its workforce walked off the job

The spending plan, which is still subject to change before the City Council ratifies it by a June 30 deadline, comes amid a lackluster job market and an uncertain economic forecast made hazier by the war with Iran

As the six-person group of documentarians and journalists joined Mamdani in City Hall, they were tasked with making some of the least sexy parts of municipal government — the sanitation department, rats, rent guidelines — resonate with New Yorkers

Fair Fares currently charges New Yorkers who make less than 150 percent of the federal poverty level half price — or $1.50 — to take bus, subway and paratransit rides

However, Boylan’s chances of overtaking Wilson are minuscule, a reality that delivered an immediate tarnish to the Mamdani brand and raised questions about how strongly other candidates he has endorsed in upcoming congressional primaries can bank on the power of his nod

Similar ideas have been floated before, most recently in 2019, after Kenneth C. Griffin, a hedge fund billionaire, purchased a $238 million apartment on Central Park South

The result marked a 7-point tightening from February, as independents shifted toward Blakeman even as Hochul's favorability and job approval ratings held steady

Blakeman, who currently serves as Nassau County's chief executive, trails Hochul by 9 points — 52 percent to 43 percent — among 800 voters polled during an internal survey conducted in early March by Republican pollster John McLaughlin

The Democratic governor filmed a tongue-in-cheek video promoting her car insurance reforms in the style of a no-credit-no-problem automobile dealer — complete with an inflatable tube man and hokey sound effects

Advocates for years have called for New York officials to approve sanctuary-like measures meant to block local coordination with federal immigration enforcement

New York, long viewed as one of the most Democratic states in the nation, has become increasingly competitive over the last few years

New York, long viewed as one of the most Democratic states in the nation, has become increasingly competitive over the last few years

James Talarico, Democratic nominee for the U.S. Senate in Texas, faces Republican criticism online for a post he made on X in 2020 after the murder of Ahmaud Arbery

During his successful campaign for mayor, Zohran Mamdani rallied support by portraying himself as the target of big-money interests

But while she was out in the ‘burbs of Deer Park, the two men serving as the main obstacles to her biggest goals in 2026 — one political, one governmental — were laying the groundwork to stop her in her tracks

Bruce Blakeman, the likely Republican candidate for governor of New York, had decided on his running mate, but things quickly got complicated

Kathy Hochul has warded off most serious challenges to her re-election, but still faces a primary contest against her lieutenant governor, Antonio Delgado

NY’s Hochul Taps Former City Council Speaker as Running Mate

Democratic Governor Kathy Hochul held a lead over her Republican rival, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman, in a new poll of the New York gubernatorial race released on Tuesday

But his new initiative requiring each agency to designate a chief savings officer has similar goals of DOGE around cutting government waste and ending programs that may not be useful