Backers of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed “bell-to-bell” ban on the use of smartphones in schools are flunking Democrats in the ...

Senate and Assembly Democrats released their responses to Gov. Kathy Hochul’s executive budget, proposing more restrictions ...

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer warned that Republicans lack the votes in the upper chamber to pass their plan to avert ...

Senate Democrats gave up their sole point of leverage Thursday, as Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) announced that ...

A new NYS budget is due in just over two weeks, but will it include a $500 "inflation rebate check" for New York ...

Members of the Senate Republican Conference have sent a letter to the Trump admin to federally activate NY National Guard troops deployed to correctional facilities.

The Legislature’s budget proposals differ from the governor’s executive budget proposal when it comes to discovery reform, ...

Some lawmakers in Albany want to give school districts more leeway in letting students use cellphones between classes, ...

As employee layoffs happen at the federal level, New York State Senate Democrats recently passed a package of bills aims at ...

The former transportation secretary, who moved to Michigan from Indiana in 2022, had been seen as the most prominent ...

Democrats are still divided over whether they should attempt to utilize their leverage to extract concessions from Republicans or risk a shutdown.

Academic and athletic scholarships in the amount of $3,000 each are available to eligible residents of the 24th Senate ...