Jimmy Vielkind
Articles by Jimmy Vielkind
Jimmy Vielkind covers how state government and politics affect people throughout New York. He has covered Albany since 2008, most recently as a reporter for The Wall Street Journal. Jimmy led a team of reporters that won a New York Press Club award for coverage of Andrew Cuomo’s downfall and was on a team that won a Gerald Loeb Award for coverage of Amazon’s HQ2 process. A native of the Capitol Region, Jimmy has two degrees in urban planning. His position is funded by a grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. Reach Jimmy at [email protected].
The good news: The budget is passed. The bad news: It was due two months ago.
More than 8 million people in the state are set to receive checks.
The state bill includes sweeteners for public workers, which unions said were necessary to recruit and retain talent.
A key lawmaker said the delayed state budget is to blame.
Aggressive roundups of immigrants have pushed state leaders like Hochul to stand up to ICE policies.
A homegrown candidate and fractures in the GOP are giving Democrats hope of picking up an upstate seat in a red district.
A look at the races where Hochul has and hasn't made an endorsement.
Republicans argued the Democratic appointees on a state board acted in a partisan manner.
Lobbyists, major labor unions and others are backing James in her ongoing legal fights.
Gov. Kathy Hochul says the pied-à-terre tax's implementation is still being figured out.
It will be the most delayed state budget since 2010.
“We're going to flood the zone. You're going to see more ICE agents than you've ever seen before,” Border czar Tom Homan said.
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