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State lawmakers are due back at the Capitol Monday, following a two-week break after they passed a budget that contained numerous other items, like free…
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Brian Kolb is the New York State Assembly minority leader, but he’s not part of the closed door budget negotiations underway in Albany. Kolb, a…
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With lawmakers in Albany preoccupied with getting the budget done by week’s end, groups have to get creative to gain attention. Supporters of spending for…
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New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is warning that the state might not be able to add more money for schools this year because of uncertainties in Washington…
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Another sitting state legislator, Rob Ortt, has been indicted, along with the person who held the western New York Senate seat before him, George Maziarz…
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The smallest faction in the divided State Senate, the Independent Democratic Conference, has been permitted by the ruling party Republicans to issue its…
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The New York Legislature is off this week, but the session so far has featured an unusual amount of protests and arrests, and more actions are expected…
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In Albany, a hearing on the state budget was interrupted on Tuesday by protesters yelling, “Tax the Rich!”Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Denny…
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More than a decade after the state’s highest court ordered New York lawmakers to spend billions of dollars more a year on schools, Governor Cuomo and his…
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The leader of the New York State Senate Republicans says he’s not happy with what he says is over $800 million in new taxes and fees tucked away in…