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The commission tasked with drawing new district lines for New York's Congressional and state legislative seats will hold nine public hearings that they describe as a virtual listening tour to involve the public in how the districts should be structured.
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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…
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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…
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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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Sen. Catharine Young, who has represented the southern tier in the New York Senate since 2005, is resigning her seat for a job promoting the state's…
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It’s been 20 years since the governor and the Legislature in New York received a pay raise. But that might be changing in January. A panel formed to…
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Sen. John Flanagan was re-elected as the leader of the Republicans in the chamber on Friday afternoon, surviving a challenge to his leadership from…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed into law a Senate bill allowing for the sale of beer and hard cider ice cream in New York State. The law (S8830 Chapter 118),…
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State Senator Catharine Young is hoping this is the year the School Bus Camera Safety Act finally passes in Albany.The bipartisan bill would allow…
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Advocates who want the Child Victims Act passed in New York are stepping up pressure on Republicans in the state Senate. Some GOP senators are the final…