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Gottfried is retiring from the 75th district this year, ending his run as the longest-serving lawmaker in state history. He was elected at age 23 and just marked his 75th birthday.
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A top sticking point for the New York Health Act, which would create a universal, single-payer health care system in New York, is opposition from public…
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Nursing home finances have come under scrutiny during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now the New York State Legislature is considering a measure to limit how much nursing homes can profit, which proponents say will mean better care for residents and opponents say will just harm the industry.
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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…
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A lack of information on how Gov. Andrew Cuomo plans to cut billions out of state-funded health care programs led to some tense moments at a legislative…
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The state Assembly narrowly approved a measure to remove the religious exemption for vaccinations in the wake of a severe measles outbreak that began in…
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The New York State Legislature held a daylong hearing Tuesday on a proposal to enact single-payer health care in New York.A packed room listened as…
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More than 100 sex workers came to the Capitol on Tuesday to lobby for two bills that they say would help keep them safe and end some of the stigma…
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Sponsors of a measure to create a single payer health care system in New York offered a revised bill, but its future is uncertain. Governor Andrew Cuomo…
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo is set to release details of a plan to make recreational marijuana legal in New York state when he outlines his budget proposal later…