Legislature closes in on immigration package deal
Lawmakers are optimistic a long-debated legislative package to strengthen immigration protections in the state could be released next…
Hochul says plan to amend climate law won’t lower utility rates
Gov. Kathy Hochul wants to help New Yorkers with high utility rates by delaying the state’s climate law…
Some Republicans critical of NY climate law previously voted for it
Ever since the state’s top energy agency determined that implementing the state’s climate law could bump New Yorkers’…
Gounardes wants moratorium on sale of AI chatbot-enabled kids’ toys
Not in my Barbie. State Sen. Andrew Gounardes is drafting legislation that would ban the sale of artificial…
Hochul and Mamdani are all smiles, despite disagreement on taxes
Everything between the governor and the mayor of New York City is totally copacetic. At least, that’s what…
Hochul says federal Medicaid probe won’t impact health care coverage
As health insurance for over a million New Yorkers lies in the hands of a combative federal administration,…
Activists dispute Hochul’s claims about cost of complying with climate law
Environmental activists are pushing back against claims from Gov. Kathy Hochul’s administration that fully implementing the state’s landmark…
Lawmakers want independent medical examiner’s office to investigate prison deaths
State lawmakers want to create a new state entity to perform independent autopsies of incarcerated people and reduce…
Molinaro launches grand return to New York politics
After 15 years – and a brief foray to Washington – Marc Molinaro plans to return to the…
Socialists take aim at commercial rent
Nearly seven years after state legislators strengthened residential rent stabilization laws in New York City, and two years…
Socialists take aim at commercial rent
Nearly seven years after state legislators strengthened residential rent stabilization laws in New York City, and two years…
Could there be a Winter Olympics bid in New York’s future?
Assembly Member Robert Carroll is spending this winter not just in Albany, but in Italy at the Winter…