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By Timothy Knight on Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2016 - 2:17 pm
With only weeks left until election day, Democratic New York State Senate candidate Jermaine Bagnall-Graham is flying under the radar in his bid to unseat incumbent Republican State Senator James Seward in New York's 51st Senate District.
Seward is... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Jul. 18, 2016 - 12:43 pm
Above: New York State Sen. James Seward on the floor of the New York State Senate. Photo via the Seward re-election campaign.
New York State Sen. James Seward announced on Monday, July 11, that he will be seeking his 16th term in office this November.... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Monday, Jul. 11, 2016 - 1:37 pm
Above: Close to 500 bags of heroin were found in a car headed from the Bronx to the Delaware County village of Sidney last summer, according to a police report. Photo via the Delaware County Sheriff's Office.
Besieged by a worsening heroin and opioid... Read more
By Timothy Knight on Thursday, Jun. 16, 2016 - 10:33 am
Above: Finkle Road in the Delaware County town of Andes. Photo by Denick Herrin, entered in the 2016 Catskills Outdoor Guide Photo Contest.
With the 2016 legislative session drawing to an end in Albany, state lawmakers are pushing for the creation of two... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Friday, Apr. 1, 2016 - 5:13 pm
Above: Rick Roberts, the president of the Catskill Mountain Club, advocating for dedicated funding for the Catskill Park in the 2016-2017 New York state budget in Rep. Kevin Cahill's office on Feb. 9, 2016. Photo by Julia Reischel.
Despite months of... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 10, 2015 - 12:35 am
The Ulster County town of Olive has a lot to celebrate this week.
On Tuesday, Sept. 8, State Senator James L. Seward announced that the town will receive $150,000 in grants to buy new police equipment and to replace the roof of the town highway garage.... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Jun. 25, 2015 - 10:33 am
Above: The Roxbury Motel, one of Delaware County's largest hotels, will be affected by the proposed new two percent bed tax. Photo via the Roxbury.
A bill that will establish a two percent occupancy tax on room and hotel rentals in Delaware County... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Tuesday, Jan. 15, 2013 - 11:50 am
A new package of gun laws that includes a stricter definition of banned "assault weapons" and new provisions on gun ownership and mental illness is making its way through the New York State Legislature. Late on Monday night, the Republican-controlled... Read more
By Julia Reischel on Thursday, Sep. 20, 2012 - 10:09 am
The following is a press release from Jim Blake, one of the Republican primary candidates for the 51st District of the New York State Senate. Blake lost his primary bid last week to James L. Seward, the seat's incumbent. We are running the press release... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Thursday, Jul. 1, 2010 - 8:08 pm
The state budget is still in scandalous limbo -- and though the New York state Senate has washed its hands of the people's business and gone on Fourth of July vacation, the watchful PACs who lurk in the underbrush of the New York political landscape are... Read more
