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Rebecca C. Lewis

@rebeccaclewis.bsky.social
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State politics at @CityandStateNY.bsky.social. She/her. Mom to Ivy the Capitol Dog. Pitches and dog pics to rlewis@cityandstateny.com. rfclewis.38 on Signal

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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 07/02/2026
Is the WFP backing Hochul or Delgado for governor? Neither. @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social reports from the WFP convention: www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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WFP declines to nominate Hochul or Delgado for governor
The progressive third party avoided endorsing either candidate by nominating placeholder candidates for both governor and comptroller, who will later be replaced by whoever wins the Democratic nominat...
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
NEW: The NY WFP has endorsed placeholder candidates for both governor and comptroller. That means no to both Hochul and Delgado for guv, and DiNapoli for comptroller. I exclusively spoke with party leaders after the vote about the outcome www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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WFP declines to nominate Hochul or Delgado for governor
The progressive third party avoided endorsing either candidate by nominating placeholder candidates for both governor and comptroller, who will later be replaced by whoever wins the Democratic nominat...
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
New Democratic LG candidate Adrienne Adams takes the stage at NAN. "This, I didn't see coming... This is the only thing that could have pulled me out of my four-week semi retirement back into politics." Adds she was "shocked" and "humbled" to get the call from Gov. Hochul
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 07/02/2026
The WFP is holding its statewide nominating convention today -- but press isn't allowed. The progressive third party has been particularly secretive this year. Even trying to figure out its location was a trial, and the WFP put out no advisory that the convention was happening
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Second Ave. Sagas @2avesag.as · 07/02/2026
Tish James announces NY/NJ have won a TRO preventing Trump from shutting down the Gateway project. Details TK.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Inbox: 1199SEIU has endorsed Assembly Member Jessica Gonzalez-Rojas in her primary challenge to state Sen. Jessica Ramos. But the union stayed out of the race to replace JGR in the Assembly in its first round of endorsements
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 06/02/2026
Construction on the Hudson River Tunnel Project has officially been suspended after the federal government failed to release promises funding. Both the Gateway Development Corporation and New York state are suing the feds to get the funding back
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 05/02/2026
Mayor Mamdani endorsed Gov. Hochul today. One of the socialist state lawmakers who already backed Antonio Delgado told me "even Zohran makes mistakes sometimes," while the other opined on having faith in the mayor www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Socialists not thrilled with Mamdani’s guv endorsement: ‘Even Zohran gets it wrong sometimes’
NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani is now at odds with some of his fellow DSA electeds after throwing his support behind Gov. Kathy Hochul for reelection
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
State Democratic Committee members will vote on a resolution condemning and calling for the "comprehensive" overhaul of ICE, tho it stops short of calling for abolition. Reiterates call for NY4All as well. Chair Jay Jacobs will introduce www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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The state Democratic Party will formally condemn ICE at its convention
Members of the state Democratic Committee will vote on a resolution calling for restructuring, though not fully abolishing, federal immigration enforcement.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
NEW: Gov. Hochul announces former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate to form a historic all-female majority party ticket in NY. Rare city and state joint byline with @anniemcdonough.bsky.social www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Hochul taps former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams as her running mate
Gov. Kathy Hochul picked Adrienne Adams to be her lieutenant governor for an all-female ticket.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Antonio Delgado officially announced India Walton as his running mate. He takes direct aim at proud Buffalonian and "New York's first mom governor" Kathy Hochul with the messaging "a mom from Buffalo" for Walton
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
The state Senate will pass the pre-chapter amendments to the Medical Aid in Dying Act tomorrow. Approving the agreed upon changes, including a later effective date, will pave the way for Gov. Hochul to sign the original bill from last year, which she must do by EOD Friday
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NEW: Former Assembly Member @yuhline Niou tells me she is officially running for state Senate to replace Brian Kavanagh. "Democrats can't keep compromising in the face of government-sponsored violence and creeping totalitarianism," she says in a statement.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
The Investigative Post reports that Antonio Delgado has tapped India Walton as his LG running mate. Walton very nearly became the socialist mayor of Buffalo after beating then-Mayor Byron Brown in the Democratic primary (tho not the general) www.investigativepost.org/2026/02/03/d...
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Antonio Delgado picks India Walton to be his lieutenant governor
India Walton, a celebrity among progressive Democrats, helps underscore the differences between Delgado and centrist incumbent Kathy Hochul.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
NEW: State Sen. Brian Kavanagh of lower Manhattan has announced he will not seek reelection. "I believe that all of us in elected office owe it to our constituents to recognize when... they would be well served by electing someone new." Full statement here www.nysenate.gov/newsroom/pre...
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 03/02/2026
From last night: The Gateway Development Corporation is suing the federal government for breach of contract by freezing promised funding for the Hudson River Tunnel. Construction will shut down on Friday if the feds don't release the money
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 02/02/2026
Them's fighting words. Upstate debate jumpscare in the book I'm reading
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 31/01/2026
Speaking at the launch party for Darializa Avila Chevalier in Harlem, former Rep. Jamaal Bowman calls Rep. Adriano Espaillat a "coward," charging Espaillat avoided him on the House floor after Bowman asked for his endorsement "because he has been in the pocket of AIPAC"
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
While she has now proposed banning 287(g) agreements in New York, Gov. Hochul today still declined to offer her support to the "abolish ICE" movement. "ICE desperately needs to be reformed and retrained. But we also have to have borders that are protected," she said
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
NEW: Gov. Hochul proposing outlawing 287(g) agreements, which are formal agreements between local law enforcement and federal immigration officials. This is a significant shift for the governor, who has largely shied away from supporting restricting local sovereignty here
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 30/01/2026
Gov. Hochul is flanked by the NYPD and Albany police commissioners, as well as four of the five NYC district attorneys as she prepares to announce new immigrant protections
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Talking to reporters, Hochul says she will announce her LG pick "right before" next week's convention, but did not comment on any specific person under consideration. “We cast a wide net for pre-vetting, and we are in the pre-vetting stage," she said
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Gov. Hochul receives a warm welcome from HTC members at her first campaign rally of the year. "This is the very first union that threw their support behind me when I was running for governor four years ago"
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
LG Antonio Delgado says he's seeking support at next week's convention to get a place on the ballot, but still plans to petition. "We're going to try to get as many as we can get, and then we're going to petition." Can he hit 25%? "That will speak for itself when the time comes"
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Per sources familiar, Gov. Hochul approached Brooklyn DA Eric Gonzalez about being LG a few weeks ago, requesting he submit vetting materials. Sources say he has not made a decision on what he would do yet. Bernadette Hogan reported Jamaal Bailey and Donovan Richards said no to Hochul
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Unsurprisingly, the state GOP is jumping on the news from Bernadette Hogan that Jamaal Bailey and Donovan Richards have turned down Gov. Hochul's request they be her running mate. "Why would anyone else give up their career to play second banana?"
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 28/01/2026
Speaking at a CBC breakfast, Andy Byford, heading the Penn Station redesign project, suggests he's not fully informed on the prospect Hudson River Tunnel construction could halt Friday. "I'm aware of the sort of current talk of Gateway. I need to fully come up to speed with that"
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Inbox: The commission overseeing the Gateway Program says that construction on the crucial Hudson River tunnel will pause if the feds don't restore funding
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Gov. Hochul said she spoke with NYC Mayor Mamdani this morning about the major winter storm coming. "He's ready to go," she said. Mamdani's handling of this weather emergency will be his first big test, and Hochul made it clear the state is ready to step in to help if needed
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
*THREE special elections in NYC, my bad. There is not a weird circumstance where one borough will vote and another will not. So all the races for AD 36 and 74, and SD 47, will have NO early voting Sunday
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Although Hochul mistakenly said early voting was set to start Sunday, the first day of early voting is still Saturday. So if you planned to go to the polls tomorrow, you still can. And for voters in Buffalo, early voting days remain unaffected as the city is expecting less snow
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
New: Gov. Hochul announced that early voting for NYC's two special elections coming up on Feb. 3 will be CANCELED on Sunday due to dangerous weather conditions. Monday may get canceled too, though still on for now. Hochul says extra hours will get added to make up for lost days
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Hochul warning New Yorkers about the impending winter storm
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
I spoke with Rana Abdelhamid, who is running against the pick of Democrats, the WFP, DSA and Mayor Mamdani himself to replace the mayor in the Assembly. She had some thoughts about how she got here and laid out her plan to beat the odds with a victory www.cityandstateny.com/personality/...
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Everyone’s against Rana Abdelhamid. She’s running anyway.
A Q&A with the Assembly candidate running in a special election against the new “establishment.”
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
Albany programming note: The state Legislature has canceled session on Monday due to inclement weather and will instead meet Tuesday-Thursday next week (instead of ending on Wednesday)
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Steven Romalewski @sromalewski.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
FYI - we added the proposed map from the lawsuit to the @thegraduatecenter.bsky.social Redistricting & You map so you can compare with the current lines and other proposals. Here's a link showing the Manhattan portion of NY11: newyork.redistrictingandyou.org?districtType... cc @petersterne.com
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NYS Redistricting 2021-2023-??
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
If you thought we were done with redistricting in the year of our lord 2026, you'd unfortunately be wrong. A judge has ruled that NY-11 must be redrawn in a likely win for Democrats www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Latest redistricting drama could knock out NYC’s only congressional Republican
A state judge ruled that the Rep. Nicole Malliotakis’ district violates the state constitution and must be redrawn.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Frehsman Assembly Member Claire Valdez, who is running for Congress with Mayor Mamdani's backing, is attending a parole reform rally this morning in Albany. She won't be speaking, but she got a special shout out for attending and supporting the parole bills
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Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · 21/01/2026
This headline was all @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social by the way www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
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Finances in MY executive budget? It’s more likely than you think
Gov. Kathy Hochul pitched a fiscally-focused spending plan that plays it safe with state money and is light on prickly policy proposals.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Inbox: Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announces Alana Sivin as his counsel. She's well known in the criminal justice reform world and is coming most recently from the Vera Institute
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
Gov. Hochul's executive budget includes a 4-year extension of mayoral control. Only mention was basically in passing during an hour-long technical briefing. Mayor Mamdani originally campaigned against mayoral control, but has since changed his mind (h/t @benmax.bsky.social)
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
"The newest, most unpredictable challenge (to the state budget) is something very different: direct attacks on states by the Trump administration," Gov. Hochul says as she starts laying out her executive budget proposal
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 20/01/2026
New: Gov. Hochul is set today to unveil a $260 billion budget. - $10.3 billion in lost federal aid, most significantly $3 billion for the Essential Plan - Three year extension of the corporate tax rate increase - Taxing nicotine pouches like Zyn the same as tobacco
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Ivy is seated for her for Albany trip of the year
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
New from me: I am told the public Velázquez/Mamdani split isn't simply because he endorsed against her preferred candidate. Per CUFFH' Rob Solano, she wanted to discuss her seat and find common ground on a candidate before endorsements. He said no. Only in First Read!
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 15/01/2026
Gov. Hochul's campaign announces she has raised nearly $5.5 million for her own reelection. She currently has a modest (/s) $20 million on hand for the start of the year
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
There was some confusion about Gov. Hochul's State of the State line about ensuring state resources aren't used to help civil ICE raids. The TLDR: she's not codifying an existing EO, but goes a little further -- just nowhere near NY4All www.cityandstateny.com/policy/2026/...
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Rather than prohibit local cooperation with ICE, Hochul targets state grants to curb it
Gov. Kathy Hochul created some confusion when she declared state resources would no longer go towards civil ICE raids, since state agencies already can’t work with immigration officials.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 14/01/2026
Gov. Hochul performed a careful balancing act in her fifth State of the State and mostly stayed upright. Will it be enough for her to fend off an emboldened left and an anti-Mamdani right? My latest www.cityandstateny.com/politics/202...
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Hochul's tightrope walk to reelection started at the State of the State
With political winds blowing from the left and the right, New York’s governor is maintaining her balance.
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
State of the State mood
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Rebecca C. Lewis @rebeccaclewis.bsky.social · 13/01/2026
"Protecting New Yorkers also means this: standing up to ICE agents who abuse their power," Hochul says to a standing ovation. Designating sensitive locations ICE can't enter got her another one. She has so far declined to support NY4All and protection expansion bills
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