2026 elections
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Once a data center booster, Mike Lawler now backs local moratoriums
The Hudson Valley Republican now champions hometown moratoriums. His record includes promoting Rockland as a data center magnet and backing federal measures to curtail states’ power to regulate the industry.
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Jeanine Driscoll downplays gas prices as Long Islanders pay 44% more
The Republican challenging Rep. Laura Gillen told Newsmax that gas prices barely come up on the campaign trail, even as Long Island drivers pay $1.32 more per gallon than they did a year ago.
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Did Bruce Blakeman check the news before attacking Hochul on firefighters?
Gov. Kathy Hochul had signed a bipartisan bill quadrupling the tax credit for volunteer firefighters two days before Blakeman accused her of failing to act on it—at a fire station in his own Nassau County.
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Mike LiPetri’s ‘pro-choice Republican’ pitch collides with his Assembly record
The Republican challenging Rep. Tom Suozzi now calls himself pro-choice, yet in 2019 he voted against New York’s law codifying Roe v. Wade, and called it “radical and horrific.”
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NY-17 voters say Mike Lawler’s Planned Parenthood vote hits home
Rep. Mike Lawler says he opposes a national abortion ban, but Hudson Valley voters who rely on Planned Parenthood say his 2025 vote to defund the provider tells them more.
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5 takeaways from New York’s only governor’s debate
With early voting less than two weeks away, Hochul kept the spotlight trained on Trump, while her Republican challenger struggled to make Zohran Mamdani the centerpiece of the night.
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Trump-linked super PAC spends nearly $8 million to unseat Tom Suozzi
A newly formed group bankrolled by MAGA Inc. is saturating Long Island airwaves and mailboxes with stock-trading attacks ahead of the Suozzi–LiPetri rematch.
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Mike Lawler’s Iran war votes are costing Hudson Valley drivers at the pump
Drivers in Lawler’s district are paying about $1.30 more per gallon than they were a year ago, and the Republican has repeatedly voted against ending the war that pushed prices up.
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Tom Suozzi holds his line against the SAVE Act as Republicans attach it as a poison pill
Tom Suozzi has repeatedly voted against the SAVE Act, even when Republicans packaged it with measures designed to put Democrats on the defensive.
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Rep Mike Lawler’s vote for a nearly $1 trillion Medicaid cut puts New Yorkers’ coverage at risk
Nearly 14,000 NY-17 enrollees lost eligibility for New York’s expanded Essential Plan this summer, and state officials estimate at least 475,000 New Yorkers could lose Medicaid when work requirements begin in January.
