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Robert Gavin
@robertgavinbn.bsky.social
Albany Bureau Chief for the @TheBuffaloNews; previously criminal justice, courts and legal affairs for @TimesUnion; previously Staten Island Advance
Here’s @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul pardoning Bandit the turkey at the Executive Mansion on Wednesday.
November 26, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Meet Bandit the turkey. Soon to be the recipient of a gubernatorial pardon from @governor.ny.gov
November 26, 2025 at 4:18 PM
In State Capitol Red Room, @governor.ny.gov Kathy Hochul is holding a news conference on the state’s Energy Assistance Program, which she said can save families up to $500 per year .
November 17, 2025 at 3:07 PM
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
At @Amtrak station outside Albany, @GovKathyHochul stands w/@NYSDOT Commissioner Marie Therese Dominguez at event to announce cap of $99 tix for Amtrak ride between Albany & NYC and daily @MetroNorth between Albany and Grand Central Terminal.
October 20, 2025 at 6:15 PM
From Erie County Republican Committee Chair Michael Kracker:
October 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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October 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
Corinne Carey, senior campaign director for NY & NJ for national nonprofit organization Compassion & Choices, spoke in State Capitol urging ⁦@governor.ny.gov to sign Medical Aid in Dying bill into law. Her group hand-delivered a letter to Hochul signed by 4,200 NYers.
October 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
President Trump is now calling Jan. 6, 2021 a “hoax.”

He’s also saying FBI agents who were there while working there were “probably acting as agitators and insurrectionists but certainly not as ‘law enforcement officials.’”

POTUS pardoned people convicted that day.
September 27, 2025 at 7:36 PM
More from @amromero109.bsky.social and @patriciafahy46.bsky.social outside ABC affiliate in Albany:
September 25, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Two NYS lawmakers - @patriciafahy46.bsky.social & @amromero109.bsky.social -
joined protestors in a driving rain Wednesday to protest outside the Nexstar Media-owned ABC affiliate in Albany.
September 25, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Watching the Jets.

#NYJvsTB
September 21, 2025 at 10:28 PM
5/5
September 12, 2025 at 4:47 PM
4/5
September 12, 2025 at 4:46 PM
3/5
September 12, 2025 at 4:43 PM
2/5
September 12, 2025 at 4:41 PM
In appearance outside Albany, Gov. Kathy Hochul calls for unity following assassination of Charlie Kirk, political violence, cites 5/14 racist massacre in Tops supermarket in Buffalo.

1/5
September 12, 2025 at 4:39 PM
In appearance outside police station in Albany suburb of East Greenbush, Gov. Kathy Hochul cites killing of Charlie Kirk, 2024 assassination attempt of Donald Trump, 5/14 Buffalo massacre in calling to tone down dangerous rhetoric/politically linked violence in America.
September 12, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Seventeen landmarks across NYS will be illuminated in red, white and blue tonight in honor of Labor Day, according to @governor.ny.gov

Here’s the list:
September 1, 2025 at 2:27 PM
I always have been…
August 25, 2025 at 1:16 AM
August 8, 2025 at 9:53 PM
Hochul is joined by Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie, who just said that based on what Republicans are doing in Texas, editorial boards should not ask NYS lawmakers to play fair.
August 4, 2025 at 2:26 PM
In Albany, #GovKathyHochul meets with six Texas legislators amid what Hochul called a “radical redrawing” of five congressional districts.
August 4, 2025 at 2:16 PM
In statement on NYC mass shooting, @seanryanforbuffalo.bsky.social invokes memory of 5/14 in Buffalo, asks for federal ban on assault weapons & high-capacity magazines.
July 29, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Statement from Gov. Kathy Hochul on gunman killing 4 people, including NYPD Officer Didarul Islam, in midtown Manhattan building that holds offices for #NFL.
July 29, 2025 at 4:00 PM