Albany County DA David Soares has announced a write-in campaign after losing the Democratic Primary this June to Lee Kindlon

Ended a call with a source earlier today by saying goodnight and am questioning my value to society

Pat… Ryne? Rian? And is there a Hokel on the November ballot? Bizarre tweet, that was quickly deleted, from #NY18 GOP nominee Alison Esposito. Screenshot sent by Ryan campaign. Esposito spox says he doesn’t know what happened, but says it didn’t come from the candidate herself.

FAST FACTS ABOUT KAMALA HARRIS' RUNNING MATE - Celebrated musician and actor - Multiple collaborations with Jim Jarmusch - His song "Downtown Train" was covered by Bob Seger and Rod Stewart - Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2011

City & State NY talked to Democratic and Republican candidates in competitive House races about their parties' VP picks. Democrats are excited about Walz. Republicans would prefer not to talk about Vance. cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/…

Where’s Gov. Hochul on Middle Eastern, North African state identity bill? buff.ly/3M92bPf

The Court of Appeals has sided with Democrats in Stefanik's lawsuit challenging the new vote-by-mail system

The hell kind of email...

I, like many in this state, stand with Ivy

Mondaire Jones is ready for a tough campaign in NY-17 and takes issue with politicians, and reporters, who he feels don't understand him or the district. cityandstateny.com/personality/20…

Hochul pets German Shepard pups at the state fair. An event so cute it's easy to forget there's a high stakes election underway.

do you think you are capable of love despite lying about reading The Power Broker?

The 2025 musical chairs continues! State Sen. Kevin Parker appears to have shifted his interest in running for Brooklyn borough president to running for comptroller. cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/…

Everyone is sharing screenshots of the Linda Sun indictment. But City & State NY just uploaded it so now you can read the whole thing for yourself: documentcloud.org/documents/2508…

Pro-Palestine protester interrupts Rep. Tom Suozzi's reelection campaign launch. She was immediately booed, and one supporter began yelling at her and calling her a terrorist. Suozzi tells the protester to get in touch with him afterwards

Some personal news, as they say: I will be joining City & State NY as an associate editor starting Sept. 16! I am absolutely thrilled to become a member of this incredible team and am excited to get started!! (More info on how to contact me there going forward TK.)

Gov. Kathy Hochul suggested to reporters this week that she rarely interacted with her former, recently indicted aide Linda Sun outside of seeing her at parades. Hochul's public schedules tell a slightly different story cityandstateny.com/politics/2024/…

The shift from "presidential debate watch party" to "we're a nightclub" is both hilarious and jarring