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Western New York Sen. Robert Ortt is the New York State Senate's new minority leader. Ortt replaces John Flanagan, who is leaving at the end of the month…

For the first time since Earl Brydges left the job as Republican leader in the State Senate at the end of 1972, a Western New Yorker might step back into…

From Albany comes word that New York State Senate Republican Leader John Flanagan will not be seeking reelection this year.In a prepared statement,…

New York state lawmakers voted in nearly empty chambers Wednesday on bills, including one to give quarantined New Yorkers paid sick leave, as they adopted…

Senate Republicans on Tuesday planned to offer an amendment to repeal New York’s Green Light law, which permits undocumented immigrants to apply for…

The fight over recently enacted bail reform heated up at the Capitol on Tuesday, with dueling events by police and activists that at times centered on…

The backlash to New York’s new law that ends most forms of cash bail continues at the Capitol, but the Senate leader said she does not want to rush to…

State Sen. Rich Funke of the Rochester area is the latest Republican lawmaker to announce he will not seek re-election. Funke joins seven other…

The leader of the state Senate Republicans, who are in the minority in that chamber, said he’s not giving up on winning back seats, even though seven GOP…

Republican leaders in the New York Legislature are speaking out against a commission that is creating a public campaign financing system for state elected…