Cam Macdonald

Offshore wind developers, citing changing market conditions, are demanding what could be billions of dollars in additional subsidies—but refusing to let the public see how much or explain their reasoning. Read More

Former President Trump’s indictment and arraignment renewed interest in New York’s prohibition on televising state court proceedings. Read More

As the Legislature prepares to authorize new downstate casinos, some voters who supported the amendment are discovering they came up snake-eyes. Read More

In her own transparency plan, Hochul committed to expanding public participation in government, strengthening public integrity compliance, and changing the way the Executive Chamber handles its records and records requests.  Read More

Governor Hochul may be getting ready to take the confirmation battle for her Court of Appeals chief judge nominee, Hector LaSalle, to the courts. Read More

New York legislators yesterday voted to raise their salary to $142,000 in a lame-duck special session. Read More

New York’s part-time senators and assemblymembers are poised to give themselves a 29 percent pay increase that would make them, by far, the highest paid state Legislature. Read More

The Governor says Micron is a great deal despite the price it will exact from the state’s taxpayers. But we haven’t seen the data and analysis explaining why. Read More