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When the legislative session ended on June 21, lawmakers left behind a lot of unfinished business, including a failure to act on ethics reform proposals…
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The New York legislature is approaching its final week of the 2017 session. Several issues remain unresolved. One high profile bill would extend the…
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New York watchdog groups agree that lawmakers should enact more oversight of the state’s economic development contracts. This push follows a scandal…
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The New York State legislature is back at the Capitol for three weeks of meetings before the session ends later in June. A number of advocacy groups say…
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After an embarrassing controversy over stipend payments, the beleaguered group of breakaway Democrats in the State Senate are trying to change the…
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Several senators who are part of a breakaway group of Democrats known as the Independent Democratic Conference were paid extra stipends – ranging from…
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Some lawmakers are pressing the state’s comptroller to divest the state’s pension fund from the fossil fuel industry. But Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says he…
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Democrats in the State Senate remain hopeful that they will regain the numerical majority and control of the chamber after a special election is held…
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Bills to improve voter access advanced in a State Senate committee, but their ultimate passage is uncertain.The measures, which would allow same day voter…
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State lawmakers and lobby groups say Governor Cuomo was in error when he said that there was no political will to enact reforms in 2017.Democratic…