Dana Balter is furious. After President Donald Trump announced that he has directed his administration to stop negotiating a COVID-19 relief package until after the election, Balter, D-Syracuse, pulled no punches when describing the president’s actions. “He is holding hostage the relief that certainly central and western New Yorkers need but Americans across this country […]

An independent poll shows Rep. John Katko trailing for the first time in his three-term tenure. The Siena College/Syracuse.com poll has Democrat Dana Balter narrowly leading 45 to 42 percent over Katko among likely voters in New York’s 24th Congressional District election.

A new Siena College-Syracuse.com poll revealed Democrat Dana Balter has a narrow lead over incumbent Republican John Katko for New York’s 24th Congressional District seat. According to the poll, Balter leads 45% to 42%. In Syracuse specifically, Balter has a larger lead. The poll says she’s leading by about 17 percentage points among voters in […]

U.S. Rep. John Katko is battling for his political survival, locked in a dead heat with Dana Balter in the final weeks of their campaign for Congress, according to a Siena College | Syracuse.com poll released today. Balter, a Syracuse Democrat, leads Katko, R-Camillus, 45-42% among likely voters in the 24th Congressional District, the poll […]

There are more than 1,500 food and beverage businesses, such as restaurants and wineries, in the 24th Congressional District. And without help from the federal government, many of them in central New York and across the country could go out of business. During a virtual press conference Thursday, Democratic congressional candidate Dana Balter and U.S. […]

Atop House Democrat will join congressional candidate Dana Balter for a virtual conversation with some of central New York’s Black community leaders. U.S. Rep. Hakeem Jeffries, who serves as chair of the House Democratic Caucus, will participate in the online discussion at 5:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 1. It can be viewed on Balter’s campaign Facebook […]

Dana Balter once again summarizes her health care plan and criticized President Donald Trump’s handling of the COVID-19 pandemic in a new TV ad released by her campaign on Wednesday. The latest ad, which is paid for by Balter’s campaign and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee, opens with a narrator stating that Trump “lied and […]