Bill Mahoney
@mahoneyw
Writing for @POLITICONY
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Heastie, in the end, was a rare high-ranking Democrat who endorsed a winning mayoral candidate in this year's primaries
In a fairly unusual move from Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, he has weighed in on the Albany mayoral race to endorse Chief City Auditor Dorcey Applyrs in the Democratic primary
Will Andrew top the 45.06 percent Mario got in the final round of the '77 primary?
A long way to go, but the Buffalo mayoral race is as close as can be

There are no primaries in Nassau County today, so this will be a rare election day when we're not waiting on the results from Nassau County to start coming in at 11 p.m.
BREAKING: @JohnMannionNY22 launches into a profane tirade apparently towards @RepMikeLawler on the House floor moments ago. @WKTV “F*CKING get over there and get some F*CKING balls!” Mannion can be heard shouting on this @cspan footage. 🚨
The Kosciuszko Bridge lights that Cuomo spent $108 million on are now available for bids starting at $25, @m_jfrench reports politico.com/news/2025/06/0…
Stewart-Cousins on Aid in Dying: “I do believe there are the votes and it is likely it will come to the floor”
We'll have a new pope before a budget
BREAKING: White smoke pours from the Sistine Chapel chimney, signalling a pope has been elected to lead the Catholic Church. apnews.com/live/conclave-…
I'm guessing Skoufis was correct when he said he was unlikely to be Hochul's choice for LG next year
Hochul's plan to place Harriet Tubman in one of the New York spots in Statuary Hall made it into the final budget. More here: politico.com/news/2025/03/2…
New: @NYSA_Majority Speaker Heastie says @GovKathyHochul & legislative leaders have reached a deal on discovery changes in the budget, at long last. Adds members will pass a 6th extender tomorrow through Tuesday, and go home for Easter weekend.
Pretlow on the state of the budget: "“We’re a week closer than we were last week”
The cousin of former Assemblymember Andy Goodell praises Hochul for the new Bills stadium: “It wouldn’t happen without leadership. Our governor, she stood up and made this happen for this community”
🚨SCOOP: Hochul admin gives CDPAP participants month-long grace period to enroll. Participants that enroll between April 1 and April 30 will be eligible to receive retroactive payment for services subscriber.politicopro.com/article/2025/0…
Assemblymember and NYC mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani attempts to approach Border Czar Tom Homan after Homan joins Republicans in Albany