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There is a growing movement to defund the police, after the death of George Floyd and incidences of police brutality in the nationwide protests that came…
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The New York Senate and Assembly were scheduled to return to the state Capitol on Monday to finish up the rest of the legislative session. But that…
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Legislative leaders have announced an agreement in principle on nine bills that they say will extend and strengthen New York City’s rent laws. It’s part…
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Unions and many Democrats in the state Legislature are pushing for an expansion of the state’s prevailing wage law. But they are finding that the change…
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Should terminally ill patients in New York be allowed to medically end their own lives? That question was discussed Friday at the University at Buffalo…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has rejected a medical marijuana bill newly amended by lawmakers to address some of the concerns he has raised in negotiations. Cuomo…
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The deadline for the state budget is approaching and education issues are taking center stage. One day before massive rallies for universal pre-K and…
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2013 saw more state lawmakers indicted, jailed, convicted, and even participating in wiretapping some of their colleagues. The continued corruption…
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A new statewide poll shows greater concern among New York voters about political corruption in Albany. According to a Siena Research Institute survey…
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The state budget is on track to be finished on time and before the March 31 deadline now that all of the spending bills were finally printed shortly…