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State law allows defeated candidates to keep campaign funds

January 25 | By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

Following his loss to Democrat Andrew Gounardes in November, former Republican state...

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Cuomo signs early voting bill into law, joined by Ben Stiller

January 24 | The Associated Press

New York state will soon join most other states in allowing voters...

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Cuomo’s executive budget includes money for speed cameras

January 15 | By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

After all of the noise, protests and controversy — much of it centered...

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Now former New York state Attorney General Barbara D. Underwood. AP Photo/Hans Pennink

New York’s 1st female attorney general closes her surprise tenure, passes torch to Letitia James

January 2 | By Michael R. Sisak Associated Press

For a decade, Barbara Underwood was an apolitical force in New York...

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Gov. Andrew Cuomo. AP Photo/Mary Altaffer

Cuomo lays out his agenda for 2019

December 17 | Associated Press

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has outlined his agenda for 2019, laying...

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State Sen. Diane Savino, a former member of the Independent Democratic Conference, avoided being shut out of committee assignments. She has been tapped to chair the Subcommittee on Internet and Technology. Photo courtesy of Savino’s office

With Democrats in power, Brooklyn state senators to lead committees

December 12 | By Paula Katinas Brooklyn Daily Eagle

When incoming state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins was deciding on...

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Letitia James is the first black woman elected to statewide office in New York. Holly Pickett/The New York Times via AP, Pool, File

Tish James makes history: 1st black woman to win NY-wide office

November 7 | By Michael R. Sisak Associated Press

Letitia James made history Tuesday night, becoming the first black woman elected...

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U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, left, checks in to vote at the Brunswick Fire Co. No 1 during Election Day, on Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018, in Troy, N.Y. (Paul Buckowski//The Albany Times Union via AP

Gillibrand re-elected to Senate in New York

November 7 | Associated Press

Democrat Kirsten Gillibrand, of New York, has defeated Republican challenger Chele Farley...

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AP Photo/Richard Drew

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo wins third term

November 7 | By David Klepper Associated Press

ALBANY— Democrat Andrew Cuomo easily defeated Republican challenger Marc Molinaro on Tuesday...

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Brooklyn Today

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The Lede

THE LEDE: Amazon ditches its plans to open a headquarters in Long Island City and L-Train repairs could still cause a traffic nightmare. Plus, a councilmember introduces a bill to ban plastic and social media is being used as evidence in court. Finally, the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce’s new leader looks back on his first 100 days in office and eight of the city’s best dive bars are in Brooklyn.

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