Robert Gavin
@robertgavinbn.bsky.social
Albany Bureau Chief for the @TheBuffaloNews; previously criminal justice, courts and legal affairs for @TimesUnion; previously Staten Island Advance
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Prisons leader: Nearly half of guards fired for striking have been rehired; thousands of vacancies remain buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Prisons leader: Nearly half of guards fired for striking have been rehired; thousands of vacancies remain buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
NY prisons leader: Nearly half of guards fired for striking have been rehired
A year after correction officers walked off the job at Collins Correctional Facility, igniting an unsanctioned statewide strike that led Gov. Kathy Hochul to fire some 2,000 officers, the prison syste...
buffalonews.com
February 17, 2026 at 5:26 PM
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Prisons leader: Nearly half of guards fired for striking have been rehired; thousands of vacancies remain buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Prisons leader: Nearly half of guards fired for striking have been rehired; thousands of vacancies remain buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Blakeman, GOP choice for governor, pledges to have Trump's back buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Blakeman, GOP choice for governor, pledges to have Trump's back
Nassau County Executive Bruce Blakeman accepted the Republican nomination to run for governor of New York against incumbent Kathy Hochul this fall.
buffalonews.com
February 11, 2026 at 7:08 PM
Blakeman, GOP choice for governor, pledges to have Trump's back buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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Delgado, Walton leave NY gubernatorial race with 'no viable path forward' buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Delgado, Walton leave NY gubernatorial race with 'no viable path forward' buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Delgado, Walton leave NY gubernatorial race with 'no viable path forward'
Antonio Delgado and India Walton are out of the race to unseat New York Gov. Kathy Hochul.
buffalonews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:54 PM
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Delgado, Walton leave NY gubernatorial race with 'no viable path forward' buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Delgado, Walton leave NY gubernatorial race with 'no viable path forward' buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
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Amherst native loses GOP bid for AG nomination, quickly backs party choice buffalonews.com/news/state-r...
Amherst native loses GOP bid for AG nomination, quickly backs party choice buffalonews.com/news/state-r...
Amherst native loses GOP bid for AG nomination, quickly backs party choice
State Republicans overwhelmingly selected Brooklyn attorney Saritha Komatireddy as their nominee for attorney general on Tuesday, choosing the former federal prosecutor over Western New York-raised at...
buffalonews.com
February 11, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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Amherst native loses GOP bid for AG nomination, quickly backs party choice buffalonews.com/news/state-r...
Amherst native loses GOP bid for AG nomination, quickly backs party choice buffalonews.com/news/state-r...
Like Blakeman's county, Hood's office has an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows its officers to be deputized to assist ICEin its work.
@governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul has proposed a law to ban such agreements between #ICE and NY law enforcement agencies.
@governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul has proposed a law to ban such agreements between #ICE and NY law enforcement agencies.
February 10, 2026 at 9:48 AM
Like Blakeman's county, Hood's office has an agreement with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement that allows its officers to be deputized to assist ICEin its work.
@governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul has proposed a law to ban such agreements between #ICE and NY law enforcement agencies.
@governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul has proposed a law to ban such agreements between #ICE and NY law enforcement agencies.
Hochul cruises to Democratic endorsement with 85% of the votes buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
Hochul cruises to Democratic endorsement with 85% of the votes
State Democrats overwhelmingly endorsed Gov. Kathy Hochul for re-election at their state convention Friday, rejecting a challenge from Lt. Gov. Antonio Delgado, her running mate four years ago.
buffalonews.com
February 7, 2026 at 1:43 PM
Hochul cruises to Democratic endorsement with 85% of the votes buffalonews.com/news/local/g...
On Thursday, on eve of state Democratic convention in Syracuse, @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul
responded to question about Brooklyn’s Democratic leader
pulling her committee’s endorsement of Hochul b/c Hochul chose former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
as her running mate.
responded to question about Brooklyn’s Democratic leader
pulling her committee’s endorsement of Hochul b/c Hochul chose former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
as her running mate.
February 6, 2026 at 3:06 PM
On Thursday, on eve of state Democratic convention in Syracuse, @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul
responded to question about Brooklyn’s Democratic leader
pulling her committee’s endorsement of Hochul b/c Hochul chose former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
as her running mate.
responded to question about Brooklyn’s Democratic leader
pulling her committee’s endorsement of Hochul b/c Hochul chose former NYC Council Speaker Adrienne Adams
as her running mate.
With 86% of the vote in:
February 4, 2026 at 2:54 AM
With 86% of the vote in:
With 76% of the vote in:
February 4, 2026 at 2:49 AM
With 76% of the vote in:
This is with 59% of the vote in:
February 4, 2026 at 2:46 AM
This is with 59% of the vote in:
This is with 20% of the vote in:
February 4, 2026 at 2:35 AM
This is with 20% of the vote in: