These 6 new bills would benefit New York veterans; Here’s how
The new bills, which aim to provide critical support and resources for veterans, active-duty service members and their ...
New York should lead on grocery affordability
The airwaves and headlines are awash with story after story about inflation’s devastating impact on American families. The ...
Talks to intensify on NYS budget that raises school aid, cuts taxes
Gov. Hochul and legislative leaders are negotiating a $252 billion budget, prioritizing schools, health care, and ...
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Democrats Push State-Level Voting Rights Act Protections
Bills have been introduced in Alabama, Arizona, Colorado, Florida, Illinois, Maryland and New Jersey this session.
NY parents push lawmakers to back Hochul’s smartphone ban over fears Dems watering it down: ‘Must not take the wrong path’
Parent advocates are making an 11th hour push to urge state lawmakers to back Gov. Kathy Hochul’s proposed statewide “bell-to ...
Albany pols push bill honoring families of sanitation workers who died of 9/11-related cancers
The Ignazio Giacalone Act would give children and siblings of sanitation workers who died from 9/11-related illnesses ...
Schumer says he won’t step down as Senate Democratic leader despite government funding uproar
Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer says he won’t resign his post, despite pressure from some in the party after he voted ...
Push renews for New York to be first to have Frontotemporal Dementia registry
FTD (frontotemporal degeneration) is the most common dementia for people under 60, and right now, The Association for Frontotemporal Degeneration estimates ther ...
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Rich Lowry: If AOC is the Democratic future, the party is even worse off than we think
In the fierce backlash against Democrat Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer for saving his party another embarrassment, the ...
AOC tries to broaden her appeal within a Democratic base spoiling for a fight
Ocasio-Cortez confronted head-on the perception that she is a radical by being magnanimous toward other Democratic factions.
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John Grisham: N.Y. discovery rules at issue: Don’t turn back the clock on the reforms
I penned an opinion piece for this very paper expressing my support for the passage of groundbreaking legislation in New York. On the heels of many years of advocacy and ...
Former assemblyman Bobby D’Andrea, known for 'The Bottle Bill', dies at 92
Former New York State Assemblyman Robert “Bobby” D’Andrea died at 92.D’Andrea died on Friday, March 21 after complications from Cardiac Amyloidosis, or “stiff h ...