Taking the true/ false test

Okay, students! Time for a test. Get out your blue books and begin. True or False: The legislature ( both houses) is Democratic. ( True)

True or False: Both houses of the legislature have proven themselves basically submissive to Governor Andrew Cuomo. ( True)

True or False: Both houses of the legislature are now headed by persons of color. ( True)

True or False: Governor Cuomo is interested in higher office. ( True)

True or False: New York will lose one seat in Congress. ( True, unless …)

True or False: New Yorkmight lose TWO house seats. ( True)

True or False: Mayor Bill de Blasio is very unpopular but if hewas allowed to run again, he might win. ( True)

True or False: Mayor de Blasio has thought about trying to buy a third term thewaymichael Bloomberg did. ( Probably true)

True or False: Andrew Yang will be a leading contender for Nycmayor. ( True)

True or False: Comptroller Tom Dinapoli has no higher office ambitions. ( True)

True or False: Comptroller Tom Dinapoli: Is as good at his job as Cuomo is at his. ( True)

True or False: Luz Krueger is chair of the New York State Senate Finance Committee. ( True)

True or False: There used to be two senators pronounced Krueger ( but spelled differently) in the New York Senate. ( True)

True or False: One went to jail. ( True)

True or False: Governor Andrew Cuomo has a dog named “Lieutenant.” ( False: “Captain”)

True or False: Governor Mario Cuomo had a dog, too, that once bit someone. ( True)

True or False: The best coverage of the New York State legislature occurs ONWAMC- FM. ( Absolutely true)

True or False: Governor Andrew Cuomo was running a double- triple fake out when he said he was against raising taxes in New York. He is getting the legislature to do the heavy lifting but getting what he wants. ( True)

True or False: It is baloney that Mario Cuomo was asked to accept a nomination to the United States Supreme Court. ( True, it was all a phone transaction. The Clintons got the credit without appointing him and he didn’t get embarrassed.)

True or False: This is the year thatnewyorkwill legalizemarijuana. ( True, maybe, false because some legislative leaders insist that the profits go to those on the lower end of the social scale. You get credit forwhatever you say.)

True or False: My hometown of Great Barrington, Massachusetts is becoming the pot capital of the country. There are a lot of

New York license plates at all our pot shops. ( So the right answer is Maybe.)

True or False: New York State has surpassed one million cases of COVID- 19. ( True)

True or False: Governor Cuomo should have waited a bit longer before writing his very good book on leadership surrounding the pandemic. ( True as can be.)

True or False: New York State Attorney General Letitia James recused herself fromthe Parcare vaccination probe because of a potential conflict of interest. ( True: you have to be careful about who your friends are.)

True or False: Soon to be expresident Donald Trump will be indicted by District Attorney Cyrus Vance. ( I certainly hope so).

True or False: New York State is facing a $ 15 billion shortfall. ( Maybe. Maybe $ 18 billion. Maybe $ 20 billion. Maybe much less. Who really knows?)

True or False: The state’s proposed budget is $ 179 billiondollars. ( True but that surely will change.)

True or False: The State University of New York takes advantage of its adjunct professors. ( True)

True or False: Tattoos are illegal when they show the image of a past president. ( False)

True or False: Republican Representative Elise Stefanik called out the governor for placing residents in drug rehab high on the vaccine priority list. ( Unfortunately, true)

True or False: The two best television programs in history are Gunsmoke and Law andorder. ( True)

True or False: Assembly Majority Leader Crystal Peoples- Stokes watches Gunsmoke and Law and Order. ( True)

True or False: New York State sets aside $ 100 million for public campaign financing. ( True and essential)