Author: David Laska

ALBANY — The NYGOP today submitted a FOIL request to the office of the New York State Attorney General seeking a copy of the email at the center of AG Letitia James’ whistleblower scandal. According to the whistleblower in her office, James directed her staff to dig up dirt on President Trump and his affiliates in…

ALBANY — NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement in response to a report that Attorney General Letitia James directed prosecutors to go after President Trump, and then tried to delete the evidence: “Letitia James weaponized the Attorney General’s office into a political hit squad and then tried to cover up her tracks. She is…

LONG ISLAND — The New York Republican State Committee today mailed a cease-and-desist letter to the New York Democratic State Committee and Gillen for NY regarding their libelous smear of Republican candidate Jeanine Driscoll.  The campaign mailers in question outrageously accuse Jeanine Driscoll, who serves as Hempstead Town Receiver of Taxes, of raising taxes, despite…

ALBANY — NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement: “Michigan Democrats have just nominated for the United States Senate Abdul El-Sayed, a radical extremist who has called to for defunding the police and violence against Republicans, condemned the killing of the Ayatollah, blamed America for Islamic terrorism and campaigns with a radical influencer who…

ALBANY — The NYGOP today released the following statement after the nonpartisan Jewish federations of Ulster and Dutchess Counties wrote an open letter to Rep. Pat Ryan following his vote to block aid to Israel, calling him out for betraying Jewish constituents in favor of appeasing DSA radicals: “Pat Ryan turned his back on his…

NEW YORK CITY — The NYGOP today submitted a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request demanding records relating to the creation of the public list of properties subject to the Mamdani-Hochul Home Tax, including communications between New York City and Governor Kathy Hochul’s office over how the list was developed and whether officials understood the dangers…

ALBANY — NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement in response to Chief Judge Rowan Wilson’s latest partisan scheme, which exploits a technical loophole to stack an important judicial screening committee with partisan Democrats, in violation of the spirit of the New York State Constitution, which requires it to be politically balanced: “Judge Wilson…

ALBANY — The New York State Republican Party today announced a statewide print and digital advertising campaign directly appealing to Jewish New Yorkers who feel increasingly unwelcome in a Democratic Party embracing anti-Semitism. The campaign features an open letter from NYGOP Chair Ed Cox and will run in markets around the state with significant Jewish populations.…

A proposed constitutional amendment would be good for incumbent politicians but bad for democracy. New York voters must reject it. By The Editorial Board The Albany Times Union The nation has been consumed by gerrymandering madness, and New York lawmakers, sadly, are eager to join in. Gerrymandering, the drawing of districts to secure political advantage,…