SUNY Downstate’s financial crisis made state headlines and led to massive rallies to save the Brooklyn hospital. The hospital in a worse financial position? Nassau University Medical Center.

A Suffolk County ballot proposition says it’s intended to preserve term limits here — except the state law already explicitly does that. Behind the measure the former Suffolk County legislature counsel described as “illegal.” https://t.co/oqjRWlbqHQ

Citizens Union on Suffolk County Ballot Prop:

A Suffolk County ballot proposition in response to the state’s even-year election law has left election attorneys confounded. A municipal attorney described it as “illegal.” “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” election expert Martin Connor said. https://t.co/oqjRWlbqHQ

Five years after the state sought to “save the department in lawsuits” with body worn cameras, it’s facing public scrutiny and lawsuits over the alleged deadly conduct of its correction officers when they apparently believed they were not being recorded. https://t.co/lspLqxRG7f

DOCCS commissioner promised state lawmakers at public hearings a review into what went wrong in the deaths of Nantwi and Brooks, and at large in the system. The contract with Wilmer Cutler is valued at $9.4 million, nearly twice as much as the original body camera contract.

DOCCS added a $90 million contract with Axon for body cameras to 2030. The contract — worth more than twice the amount it’s taken the state to equip all COs with body cameras — likely will serve as a backup contract, in case the state needs more cameras.

The state pushed through a $2 million purchase for 800 more cameras. The change, the state comptroller’s office asked? “At this point, all staff regardless of security level are required to wear body cameras.”

Four years later, the state was responding to the death of inmate Robert Brooks, an incident captured on the body cameras, apparently unbeknownst to the correctional officers involved.

In December 2020, months after the state agreed to pay the family of Karl Taylor $5 million, NYS embarked in a $5 million purchase of body cameras. The plan, in part, was to “save the department in lawsuits,” according to records obtained by Newsday through FOIL.

“Save the department in lawsuits,” read part of a reasoning of why the state decided to purchase body cameras, according to documents obtained by Newsday. Five years later, the intent faces a realty: a lawsuit over the unrecorded death of Messiah Nantwi. https://t.co/lspLqxRG7f

Potholes and rough patches are a constant complaint of Long Island drivers. And the poor road conditions aren’t their imagination. Long Island’s local roads are in worse condition than many other areas in the state — with 42% in “poor” or “fair” condition, compared to about 35%

“We think there’s a moment,” said WFP co-chair Ana Maria Archila, who ran against Delgado in 2022 for LG. “We think Delgado is appropriately reading that moment well.” https://t.co/CFVgZOKWa0

Part of LG Delgado’s path to success in a Democratic gubernatorial primary, political insiders said, is turnout in New York’s cities. More Democrats voted in the NYC mayoral primary this year than did Democrats statewide vote in the 2022 gubernatorial primary.

Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado said Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani’s mayoral primary win has served as a “proof of concept” for his gubernatorial campaign. https://t.co/CFVgZOKWa0

1/8 The authoritarian government of China is using the tools of Western democracy to influence elections in America’s largest city #NYC @PekingMike @biancapallaro @Fahrenthold and I got receipts A Thread 🧵 https://t.co/tkbJG8KqlA

We got our hands on hundreds of state records, including voicemails — many of them violent and threatening — left for NY environmental enforcers after they seized Peanut the squirrel. They help tell the story of how an internet culture war has had a lasting effect on your gov’t.

On Gov. Hochul’s right, they see any acceptance of a potential Mayor Mamdani’s policies as an opening. On Hochul’s left, they see a potential rejection of Mamdani policies in the upcoming budget cycle as an opening to primary her. https://t.co/97ZzJ4dcNZ

“The governor is not going to allow the city of New York to go socialist or to raise taxes on the rich,” NYS Democratic Party chairman Jay Jacobs said about Gov. Hochul. https://t.co/97ZzJ4dKDx

Thrilled to join Newsday as a DC reporter covering fed gov't & congressional actions, personalities, direct impacts, on Long Islanders & other NY state residents. It's been nearly 11 yrs with great Bloomberg colleagues. But incredibly excited by this opportunity...1/2