Christian Livermore: “The day after the Mike Levine Workshop, my assignment was to cover the Orange County Chamber of Commerce luncheon, where Reps. Maurice Hinchey and John Hall were scheduled to speak. No news came from the event, but I noticed things like the fact that everybody’s shoes were pristine in spite of a sudden [...]

Meghan Murphy, Adam Bosch and Christian Livermore are here from the Times Herald-Record here in New York’s always gorgeous mid-Hudson Valley. David Filkins, Scott Waldman and Pete Iorizzo are here from the Times Union in Albany. Tim Bontemps is here from the New York Post. Lee Hill Kavanaugh is here from the Kansas City Star. [...]