Cuomo, Legislature start the session with high favorability ratings from New York State voters

Cuomo, Legislature start the session with high favorability ratings from New York State voters

Progressive agenda gets strong support from voters; pay raises for lawmakers and other officials is unpopular across all demographics As he lays out his legislative program and budget for the coming year, Gov. Andrew Cuomo has a 51-to-43 percent favorability rating among registered voters, up from a negative 45-49 percent favorability rating in November, according […]

Pay-raise committee recommends $50,000 salary increase for state legislators, substantial raises for other statewide officers and department heads

Pay-raise committee recommends $50,000 salary increase for state legislators, substantial raises for other statewide officers and department heads

A four-member committee has recommended substantial pay raises for members of the state Legislature, the governor, lieutenant governor, state comptroller and state attorney general. The New York State Compensation Committee — consisting of current and former New York state and New York City comptrollers — unveiled their recommendations Monday, December 10,  after months of research […]

Cuomo holds comfortable lead over Nixon in latest Quinnipiac University poll

Cuomo holds comfortable lead over Nixon in latest Quinnipiac University poll

New Yorkers don’t know enough about governor’s challengers to form an opinion Voters tell pollsters two-to-one that they want a governor with experience New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo would trounce his Democratic primary challenger Cynthia Nixon by 59-to-23 percent if the election were held today, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. Cuomo currently enjoys […]

Americans of all political stripes are worried about Big Brother and a “Deep State” that runs the country

Americans of all political stripes are worried about Big Brother and a “Deep State” that runs the country

A majority of the American public believe that the U.S. government engages in widespread monitoring of its own citizens and worry that the government could be invading their own privacy, according to a Monmouth University poll released this week. The poll of 803 adults also finds a large bipartisan majority who feel that national policy […]