The Abandonment of Andrew Cuomo: Unions, Party Leaders and Deep Allies
The governor has suffered consequential defections from core constituencies, including labor, white suburban lawmakers and Black political leaders.
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo with Hazel N. Dukes of the N.A.A.C.P. in Queens in April. On Wednesday she said, “I’m not defending him at this point.”Credit.Pool photo by Brendan Mcdermid
Aug. 4, 2021
Five weeks ago, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s most stalwart supporters paid $10,000 a head to mingle with him on the 32nd floor of a luxury skyscraper in Rockefeller Center, in the heart of Manhattan.
Vaccine mandated for some N.Y. state employees, others can opt for testing | The Daily Gazette
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ALBANY With COVID infections on the upswing in much of New York, all state employees will be mandated to vaccinate by Labor Day or start being tested weekly.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced the order Wednesday and urged local governments to mandate vaccination for their employees, as well. He also said employees at state-owned hospitals who interact with non-employees will not have the option of testing all of them must get the vaccine.
Many public employees are unionized, and Cuomo said his administration is working with their unions to implement his order quickly and fairly.
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SUNY, Unions Reach Agreement on Testing
July 2, 4:25 a.m. The State University of New York has reached agreements with four unions in the system United University Professions, New York State Public Employees Federation, New York State Correctional Officers and Police Benevolent Association, and the Police Benevolent Association of New York State to continue COVID-19 testing through the rest of 2021.
But the agreements differentiate between those who have been vaccinated and those who have not. Those who have not been vaccinated will be required to be tested weekly. Fully vaccinated employees who voluntarily provide confirmation of vaccination shall be tested much less frequently and on a sampling basis to monitor for breakthrough infections. Frequency of testing for fully vaccinated employees shall be determined at the campus-level, after consultation with local union representatives, the university said.
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“Who are your top five?” With weeks until voting starts in New York City’s primary election, it’s a question every major endorsement should answer – and so should the candidates.
New York City is about to run the largest ranked-choice voting election in U.S. history, but you wouldn’t know it from the way the campaigns are playing out so far. With rare exceptions, advocacy organizations and candidates alike have been running as if the only thing that matters is a voter’s top choice. And that leaves a lot of political power untapped.
Voters adopted ranked-choice, also known as instant-runoff, voting in city primaries in 2019. It will be used citywide for the first time this June. (Early voting starts June 12 and primary day is June 22.) Rather than choosing one candidate, voters rank up to five candidates in order of preference. Once the ballots are tallied, the candidate with the fewest first-choice rankings is eliminated, and voters who picked that candidate f