Zephyr Teachout

NEW YORK—Ahead of a U.S. Senate vote on the construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, a group of local environmental activists rallied in downtown Manhattan on Tuesday to call for an end to the project.

New Yorkers’ opposition to the natural gas extraction method known as fracking has continued to rise in recent weeks, as the expiration of the state’s fracking moratorium looms closer.

NEW YORK—Zephyr Teachout and Tim Wu, who lost to Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Kathy Hochul in the Democratic primary, endorsed James Kemmerer on Wednesday, in his bid to unseat Republican state senator Martin Golden.

NEW YORK—The mayor, city council speaker Melissa Mark-Viverito, and other council members announced on Wednesday their endorsement of Kathy Hochul for lieutenant governor.

NEW YORK—The Teachout-Wu campaign has launched on all out assault on the governor’s running mate as the prospects of displacing Cuomo himself evaporates.

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s approval ratings have fallen to record lows, according to the first poll conducted after federal investigations of his possible interference with the Moreland Commission became widely known.

The Green Party candidate for governor Howie Hawkins said he will still run in November in the case of a victory for Zephyr Teachout over Andrew Cuomo in the Democratic Gubernatorial Primary in September.

In her meeting with the Downtown Independent Democrats (DID), underdog Democratic candidate for governor Zephyr Teachout stuck to her core theme of anti-corruption.

Tim Wu has a plan to keep the Internet from falling into the hands of a cartel.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo raised $8.5 million in the last six months, bringing his campaign war chest to $35 million.