Siena Research Institute
A question about the prosecution of Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, and the sociability of Anthony Weiner
Will Eric Holder seek the death penalty against the surviving Boston bomber suspect, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? [Reid PIllifant]
Chuck Grassley got into a heated exchange with Chuck Schumer, denying he ever linked the Boston bombing to immigration reform. [Reid Pillifant]
Fred Dicker has a revelation about Andrew Cuomo's trustworthiness. [Azi Paybarah]
Why the most popular anti-corruption measure isn't on Albany's radar
Establishing term limits for state legislators is the most popular solution to fighting corruption in the New York State legislature. Term limits also has absolutely zero chance of becoming law. More
Poll: Despite scandals, Grimm is increasing his lead over what's-his-name
Freshman Republican Michael Grimm, who has faced a series of alleged scandals connected to his fund-raising, his work as an F.B.I. agent, and his private sector connections, has widened his lead over his little-known Democratic challenger, Mark Murphy, according to a new Siena poll.
Grimm now leads Murphy by 18 points, 52-34, with 14 percent undecided, among likely voters in the 11th district that includes Staten Island and parts of Brooklyn. More
Tight State Senate races, potentially affected by Obama (and Cuomo)
Newly released Siena polls of two competitive State Senate races show the Democrat leading in one and the Republican leading in the other. More
Grimm unplugs hacker claim after eighth-grader comes forward, says volunteer may be to blame
"He seems to have, every other week, another problem," Doherty said. "It just keeps popping up...If you're reasonable, you have to ask, 'What's the new problem? What's going on here?' "
Bishop, Buerkle and the Obama effect
As some New Yorkers go to the polls for today's legislative primaries, voters' inclinations in two competitive congressional races are revealed by a couple of newly released surveys. More
Poll: Broad support for Cuomo, medical marijuana, minimum wage and Gillibrand
A Siena Research Institute poll released Monday morning finds support for Governor Andrew Cuomo, the legalization of medical marijuana, a minimum wage hike, and the re-election of Kirsten Gillibrand remains strong. More
(2)Poll: Most New Yorkers support medical marijuana
A poll released this morning found that a majority of New Yorkers support the legalization of medical marijuana, and that New Yorkers are still divided on hydrofracking. More
(1)Cuomo's teacher-evaluation stance is popular, as is Cuomo
A Siena poll released today had good news for Governor Andrew Cuomo, whose job-approval rating remains high, as two of his major policy projects picked up steam. More
A Siena poll says that Turner is beating Weprin, and that people find that hard to believe
Democratic congressional candidate David Weprin is trailing his Republican opponent by six percentage points in a new Siena poll of likely voters. But the survey also showed 49 percent of the likely voters in the district predicting that Weprin will win, as opposed to 38 percent who say Turner will.
(I'm not sure what that second part proves, other than that people in the Ninth just find it hard to imagine that a Republican can win there, or maybe that Turner's supporters are, for whatever reason, more fatalistic people than Weprin's.) More
