The biggest news of the week in New York's 2026 race for governor was Bruce Blakeman's bid to challenge Elise Stefanik for the Republican nomination.

Besides Zeldin and Duryea, Republicans have backed a number of upstate and Westchester-based candidates for governor, along with an occasional city dweller (Lewis Lehrman in 1982). The reason, again, was math. Up until recently, the party’s strength clearly was upstate.

"If we want the public to trust what they see, we must have guardrails on digital replicas and synthetic creations," said SAG-AFTRA national executive director Duncan Crabtree-Ireland.

Governor Kathy Hochul of New York announces a $40 million funding plan to boost worker training for the state's growing advanced nuclear energy sector, as part of NYPA's commitment to produce one gigawatt of nuclear power.

Bruce Blakeman, the Nassau County executive, will take on Representative Elise Stefanik in the GOP primary for New York governor.