In January, Republican Poughkeepsie Mayor Rob Rolison will leave his post to assume his new role as State Senator from New York’s 39th District. City administrator Marc Nelson will be sworn in as acting mayor. Nelson joined the Rolison administration in 2016. He was appointed Finance Commissioner at a time when the city was facing tough fiscal hurdles. He was named city administrator in 2017.
We speak with New York Rep. Paul Tonko, a Democrat from the 20th district.
In New York’s 19th Congressional district, second-term Democrat Antonio Delgado just got a high-profile challenger: Dutchess County Executive Marc Molinaro, the 2018 GOP nominee...
We get ready for WAMC's February Fund Drive, the first with a $1.25 million goal after 13 years of raising $1 million per drive.