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Hochul’s edge holds as Stefanik gains

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By Esther Sun
| Times Union (Albany) Verified
ALBANY — Gov. Kathy Hochul’s numbers slipped modestly in the latest Siena poll released Tuesday, but she still leads her announced Republican challenger, U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik, and maintains a commanding advantage over Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado among Democrats. The Siena Research Institute’s latest poll showed incremental erosion for the governor on favorability and job approval with Stefanik — who announced her campaign earlier this month — gaining ground in a hypothetical general election.
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ICE detentions in county jails have surged. The roots stretch to New York’s North Country

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By Esther Sun
| Times Union (Albany) Verified
ALBANY — When Amy Chin began digging for traces of her family history, the only clue she had was an old ship manifest showing her grandfather’s arrival to the U.S. in 1911 — well into the era of the Chinese Exclusion Act, which barred the immigration of all Chinese laborers for six decades. A lifelong resident of New York City, she didn’t expect the trail to lead north, to the far-flung reaches of New York that border Canada.
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Bruce Blakeman weighs primary challenge to Stefanik in gubernatorial race

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By Esther Sun
| Times Union (Albany) Verified
ALBANY — Fresh off GOP gains on Long Island, Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman visited the Capitol during an upstate tour Thursday as he weighs a gubernatorial primary challenge to U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik. The Long Island Republican will make a final decision within the next few weeks on whether to enter the governor’s race, he said. Blakeman was floated as a potential Republican candidate last spring alongside Stefanik and U.S. Rep. Mike Lawler.
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