Alex Gault
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Reporting on Albany for the North Country w/ Johnson Newspapers, @wdtnews. My job is to tell you what’s happening, not what to think of it.
Albany and the North Country
Joined December 2016
RT @ragajus: Neither Senate Minority Leader Robert Ortt nor Assembly Minority Leader Will Barclay will meet with the six Texans here today….
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For those following the story, NY Conservatives Chair Gerard Kassar has formally sued Anthony Constantino, the former #NY21 special election candidate who alleges Kassar threatened to kill him and orchestrated a brake cutting an aide's car.
nny360.com
Gerard Kassar, chair of the New York state Conservative Party, has sued Anthony Constantino, the erstwhile NY-21 special election candidate vying for the GOP party line, over claims that Kassar
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“High importance” corrections request email at 5:45 PM on a Friday bickering over if 2 years is enough time to say “years” in the story. See you Monday 🙂↔️.
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RT @katie_honan: Per the Citizen app, drivers stranded in floodwaters on the Clearview Expressway —
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More north country news: Gray’s Flower Shop, owned by Assemblyman @AndrewgrayS and a century-plus long fixture in Jefferson County, is closing. Unclear exactly why it’s closing now, but Gray is soon to be held to a strict limit on outside income as a state lawmaker.
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From my colleagues @MaloneTelegram: The north country's sole state-level Democrat is stepping down - Billy Jones announced he's resigning his Assembly seat next month.
mymalonetelegram.com
PLATTSBURGH — New York Assemblyman Billy Jones, D-Chateaugay Lake, on Tuesday announced that he is stepping down from his post, and will officially end his tenure at the end of
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Constantino headed into court over the Kassar death threat allegation situation.
New York State Conservative Party Chairman Gerard Kassar shamefully filed a lawsuit in response to my efforts to bring to the public’s attention the threats he made against me in a recorded conversation. I am preparing to vigorously counter his baseless claims and will ask for.
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First from me: Sen @SenGillibrand is backing a bill to require the DoD to develop a base-by-base plan to cut PFAS contamination from firefighting foam and other sources.
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Senator Kirsten E. Gillibrand is backing a bill in Washington that would update the Department of Defense’s guidelines for managing PFAS chemical contamination in water systems at all their install...
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ICYMI: @RepStefanik is backing a bill in Congress that would roll back 'handgun rosters' and some gun safety requirements. "This legislation would ban Albany Democrats from imposing illegal handgun roster requirements meant to deter gun ownership.".
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Congresswoman Elise M. Stefanik is backing a bill that would force New York and California to roll back aspects of their state-level gun control laws and eliminate the ‘handgun rosters’
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Stefanik paying #NY19 a visit - her fundraising skills help boost Republicans when she lines up with them. This is for the Broome County Republicans.
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.@RepStefanik is backing a bill in Congress to ban state-level 'firearm rosters' and block requirements that handguns have some safety features like microprinting or magazine release mechanisms.
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Didn’t he just go to Florida unannounced? And WHY would he make a Turkey joke here??? This is bizarre.
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RT @tararosenblum: LAWLER ONE ON ONE: After deciding not to run for NY Governor, Rep. Lawler told me @EliseStefanik should get in the rac….
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As Lawler says he won’t run for NY Governor, Stefanik says she’ll announce her plans this November.
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RT @emilyngo: Zohran Mamdani is calling for city-owned grocery stores. NYC already has them. via @gothamist.
gothamist.com
The idea has broad support from progressives, while some critics warn against “radical socialism.” But New York already has city-owned grocery stores.
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Steven Holden, who ran against Claudia Tenney in 2022, sought the #NY21 Dem nom in 2024 and again this year when it looked like there'd be a special election, is running for Congress again - and he's back in #NY22.
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Steven W. Holden Sr. is running for Congress again — and he’s returning to the 24th Congressional District to compete for the seat against Congresswoman Claudia L. Tenney and at
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Canadians skip historic NNY French & Indian War reenactment. "Organizers said that trade tensions between the U.S. and Canada and issues at the border for the Canadian re-enactors were to blame for the Canadians not attending the event. ".
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OGDENSBURG — Re-enactors from Canada were not in attendance at this weekend’s Le Siège hosted by Fort De La Presentation Association.
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Across New York, thousands of people coordinate at least twice each year to run the state’s primary and general elections. From voter registration to the final certification, here’s my exhaustive explanation of the process. (free link).
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From registration to casting a ballot and after, the voting process in New York is one of checks, double checks and triple checks meant to ensure the integrity of the
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And one other thought. Some rescissions yes votes said they didn’t project the cuts would seriously damage NPR, PBS or local stations. Stefanik clearly likes that it will. I don’t think any other yes votes have openly targeted their local stations in the way she has with NCPR.
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