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In swing district, Cait Conley bets on ‘battle-tested’ contrast to Mike Lawler
After 16 years in the Army and six overseas deployments, Conley tells Courier she’s not interested in politics as usual—nor, she says, are NY-17 voters.
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Rochester man sues DHS after agents tracked him for criticizing ICE
David Streever fired off an angry email in January comparing US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s former leader to a Nazi official. Five months later, federal agents showed up at his home and followed him to a hotel while he was traveling with his 7-year-old daughter.
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450,000 New Yorkers lost their health insurance today. Here’s what to know
President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act just eliminated health coverage for hundreds of thousands of low-income New Yorkers. Find out where to get care, how to find a new plan, and what comes next.
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101 lawyers and judges file complaint to disbar acting AG Todd Blanche in New York
The coalition says Trump’s former personal attorney is illegally withholding Epstein files and running the DOJ to protect the president.
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Families demand accountability as Trump admin pushes NYC hospitals to abandon trans youth
NYU Langone, Mount Sinai, and New York-Presbyterian cut gender-affirming care for trans youth under federal pressure. When prosecutors subpoenaed patients’ medical records, families and LGBTQ+ allies fought back.
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United Nations calls NYC’s 24-hour home care workday ‘torture’ as New York’s officials stall to act
Immigrant women home care workers say they’ve been exploited for decades. Now the United Nations agrees.
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Democratic socialist wave sweeps New York’s primaries
From the ‘Commie Corridor’ to the Catskills, progressive and insurgent candidates swept New York’s Democratic primaries Tuesday, delivering a string of victories for allies of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and putting the party establishment on notice.
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These congressional races could decide the House majority
From Long Island’s South Shore to the Catskill Mountains, a handful of New York congressional districts could help decide whether Democrats win back the House majority in November.
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Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman won’t give Juneteenth off unless union workers give up another holiday
Workers and civil rights advocates push back as Republican gubernatorial candidate Bruce Blakeman blocks paid time off for the holiday for the fourth time.
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Hudson Valley Tenants Union launches with rent stabilization in Kingston on the line
Kingston tenants won the first rent reduction ever secured through a rent stabilization process in US history. After years of sham nonprofit deals, manipulated vacancy data, and retaliatory evictions, they are building a regional union to protect it.
