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A plan by Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration to require motorists to pay a $25 fee to replace aging license plates is getting some resistance. But the…
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The 2019 legislative session was among the most productive in several years, with the passage of bills that ranged from strengthening abortion rights, to…
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Teachers wouldn’t be evaluated based on their students’ standardized test scores any longer under a measure approved by the New York State Assembly. It’s…
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Things got heated on the New York State Senate floor this week over a debate on bills that majority party Republicans say will improve school safety.…
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New York faces fiscal challenges in 2018, but that has not stopped groups from asking for more money in the new state budget, including agencies that…
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The legislature finally ended its 2017 legislative session, after the Assembly voted overnight on a privately negotiated omnibus bill, and the Senate…
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State Education Commissioner Mary Ellen Elia says she won’t prevent parents who want their children to skip the state’s standardized tests from doing…
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The state education commissioner’s plans to quell the testing opt out movement is getting some backlash from some Republicans in the legislature,…
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More than 10 days after two convicted killers escaped from a state prison near Plattsburgh, some state lawmakers are considering new legislation and…
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Earth Day 2015 is also the first day that the New York State Assembly transitioned to a paperless system. Assemblymembers have been given I Pads to read…