Dan Clark
Managing editor of New York NOWDan Clark is managing editor of New York NOW.
Dan has been reporting on New York state government and politics for the last six years, during which time he's worked out of the state Capitol in Albany. Clark reported for the national political fact-checking publication PolitiFact, the Buffalo News, the statewide political television show Capital Tonight, and most recently the New York Law Journal.
At the New York Law Journal, Clark focused on state legal challenges to President Donald Trump, as well as litigation concerning laws enacted by the New York State Legislature. Clark covered the Legislature in each role he's held and is a familiar face to state lawmakers and staff.
Clark is a native of Afton, New York, in Chenango County. He's lived in Albany with his husband since 2011.
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Gov. Kathy Hochul has nominated Rowan Wilson to be New York’s next chief judge, a position responsible for leading the state’s highest court and managing the judicial branch of state government. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul has made her choice for New York’s next chief judge: Hector LaSalle, a presiding justice of one of the state’s four appellate courts, who would be the first Latino man to hold the position. -
Pet stores in New York, starting in 2024, will no longer be able to sell dogs, cats, and rabbits under a bill signed into law Thursday by Gov. Kathy Hochul. -
New York’s top money-manager has a few ideas for curbing corruption in New York, including a proposed blackout period for campaign donations from companies who do business with the state. -
Those powers expire at midnight, marking a new phase in the state’s strategy against the ever-evolving virus. -
Farmworkers in New York should earn overtime pay after 40 hours worked in a week, as opposed to the current 60-hour threshold, a state wage board recommended on Tuesday. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul said on Wednesday that she wants New York to raise the age to buy an AR-15 rifle to 21 years old, up from the current floor of 18, in response to the recent mass shootings in Texas and Buffalo. -
Gov. Kathy Hochul said Tuesday that she’s planning to reach a deal on the state budget with leaders from the state Legislature by the time a final spending plan is due at the end of the month. -
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo, in his first public remarks since leaving office, railed on the concept of “cancel culture,” which he blamed for the cascade of calls for his resignation last year after he was accused of sexual misconduct by several women. -
New York is launching a new cybersecurity operations center aimed at connecting the state’s resources with mayors and local officials to respond to future digital threats amid an increasingly unstable international dynamic.
