The Buffalo Democrat s $1.5-million war-chest dwarfs all other state lawmakers in Western New York. Author: Steve Brown, Joseph O Rourke Published: 7:28 PM EDT July 19, 2021 Updated: 7:28 PM EDT July 19, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. For a political campaign, votes are the goal. Money is viewed as critical for candidates to get votes.
And while recent media attention has focused on the fundraising of India Walton and Byron Brown in the Buffalo mayoral race, State Senator Tim Kennedy has had a much better year.
With no election for him this year, the Buffalo Democrat raised $607,000 since January.
By comparison, the State Senate President Andrea-Stewart Cousins collected $222,000 over the same time period.
Did embattled NY governor lobby lawmakers to deflect from resignation calls?
Cuomo s office has no comment on a report that the governor helped engineer a letter supporting the attorney general s probe to suppress calls for his resignation. Author: Steve Brown Updated: 6:51 PM EST March 8, 2021
BUFFALO, N.Y. Did New York’s embattled governor help engineer an effort intended to deflect calls for him to resign?
After a fourth former state government employee accused Gov. Andrew Cuomo of improper behavior, State Senate President Andrea Stewart-Cousins called for the governor to step down.
Then on Monday morning, on International Women s Day, Josefa Velasquez of the non-profit news outlet The City tweeted, Gov. Andrew Cuomo is making calls to state lawmakers asking them to say they cannot support calls for his resignation because it may stymie Attorney General Tish James independent investigation, according to several sources.