Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo secured a temporary restraining order on Thursday in his legal battle with the New York State Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government over his memoir that focused on his administration’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cuomo filed a lawsuit with the Albany County Supreme Court this week, seeking to prohibit […]

The second round of December Social Security payments for retirees, now capped at $5,108, will be issued in five days. When will payments arrive? Retirees born between the 11th and 20th of a month will receive this payment on Dec. 17.  The first round of payments went out on Dec. 10 to recipients born on […]

House Democrats are eyeing a bipartisan discharge petition led by Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) over a similar proposal from Rep. Jared Golden (D-ME) to extend the Affordable Care Act’s enhanced tax credits, though leadership has yet to throw its support behind either measure. There are two discharge petitions that look to extend the ACA subsidies, which expire at the end of the […]

January 2026 Supplemental Security Income payments, worth up to $994, will be issued to recipients in 19 days. SSI payments are typically issued on the first day of a month, though January’s payment will go out on Dec. 31. When the first of a month falls on a weekend or holiday, the latter being the […]