About The Hudson Line

The Hudson Line is a publication about politics and power, primarily in New York.

I’m Maeve Buckley Andersen, a writer, political analyst, and organizer from the Mid-Hudson Valley, now based in New York City. I grew up between the two, spending much of my childhood riding the MetroNorth line this publication is named after.

This is not a newspaper, a neutral itemization of Things That Happened, or detached punditry from nowhere. I have worked in New York politics as a political consultant and as a co-chair of NYC-DSA’s Electoral Research & Data Committee during the period where that organization helped reshape city politics. I continue to work in politics and do not write about active campaigns I am involved with.

The pieces here are usually long because politics is rarely simple, and I do my best to highlight aspects which are not always recorded. There is no fixed publication schedule, though I try to publish at least once a month.

Nearly all posts are free. A paid subscription is essentially a way to support the project and make it easier for me to continue this work.