Mayor Zohran Mamdani urged Albany to help close NYC’s $7B budget gap, proposing higher taxes on the wealthy and more equitable state funding.
A BILL REQUIRING CHILDCARE CENTERS to have epinephrine devices and staff trained to use them has passed both houses of state legislature.
A BILL TO SET A MORATORIUM ON OPENING DATA CENTERS appears close, according to several news sources.
A1994 calls for tickets that are illegible, contain misdescribed information or are missing specific information to be dismissed immediately.
The bill directs the MTA to develop a system to notify the public within 24 hours of discovery, through its website or by sending alerts.
A new bill before the state legislature would bar grocery stores and pharmacies from using technology to adjust pricing on the fly.
DR. MICHAEL LUCCHESI, 67, former chief medical officer at SUNY Downstate Medical Center, has admitted stealing approximately $1.44 million.
A NEW LAW THAT ASSEMBLYMEMBER WILLIAM COLTON (D-47) IS SPONSORING WOULD PROVIDE STRICT GUIDELINES for determining child abuse.
CATHOLIC BISHOPS IN NEW YORK and at least two Jewish organizations are pushing Gov. Kathy Hochul to veto the Medical Aid in Dying Act.
Terminally ill New Yorkers would have the legal ability to end their own lives with pharmaceutical drugs under a bill passed in Albany.
A BILL INTRODUCED IN THE STATE LEGISLATURE WOULD RESCIND THE DIRECT-SALES PERMITS OF Tesla’s five New York showrooms.
A BILL TO ESTABLISH AN INSURANCE LIAISON WITHIN THE DISASTER PREPAREDNESS COMMISSION has passed on the NY state Senate floor.
23 state Senators last week signed a letter to state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli urging him to divest Tesla from the state pension fund.
A bill that would update the reimbursement formula for late school buses to accommodate longer academic days was inconspicuously vetoed.
STATE SENATOR KEVIN PARKER announced a legislative package aimed at modernizing utility regulations and safeguarding ratepayers.
NEARLY $3 BILLION in “questionable, arbitrary and downright absurd” state tax expenditures and exemptions could be better used.
A proposal introduced in the NY Legislature on Thursday could make it a crime for people to wear face masks to harass or threaten someone.
SOCIAL WORKERS RALLIED at the state Capitol on Wednesday to advocate for the Social Work Workforce Act.
The New York State Bar Association has commended Gov. Kathy Hochul and the state Legislature for their decision to expand the number of judges in the Family Court and the
New York can continue to require companies with health insurance plans to cover medically necessary abortions, the state’s highest court ruled Tuesday. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Albany and other
The New York state Legislature’s bill drafting office was hit with an apparent cyberattack early Wednesday, officials said. The scope of the attack was not immediately clear but officials said
The State Legislature has paved the way for out-of-state attorneys to practice in the Empire State without the need to maintain a physical office within its boundaries. A bill to
STATEWIDE — State lawmakers held a press conference on Thursday following an unannounced visit to Rikers Island to assess the unsafe and inhumane conditions at the facility. The legislators arrived
BROOKLYN — The Brooklyn Women’s Bar Association (BWBA) held a Women’s History Month Luncheon on Friday, March 17, where it honored Assemblymember Rodneyse Bichotte Hermelyn. Assemblymember Bichotte Hermelyn represents the
STATEWIDE — In celebration of the 60th Anniversary of the landmark U.S. Supreme Court decision Gideon v. Wainwright, New York State Bar Association President Sherry Levin Wallach used the opportunity
STATEWIDE — A coalition of ten prominent child advocacy organizations expressed their disappointment over the omission of increased funding for Attorneys for Children (AFC) legal services offices in Gov. Kathy
New York’s legislature took a critical step Tuesday toward changing the state’s constitution to bar discrimination based on “pregnancy outcomes” or “gender expression” — provisions intended to protect abortion rights
Just in time for Christmas, New York legislators are set to return to the state capital Thursday to give themselves a nice holiday gift: a pay raise that would make
In an election in which Republicans underperformed nationally, Lester Chang was a success story. He beat a New York City Democrat who’d been in office for almost 36 years, and
A milestone environmental measure designed to tap the brakes on the spread of cryptocurrency mining operations burning fossil fuels in New York has passed the state Legislature. The closely watched
How matters of public health — wearing masks, social distancing, getting a vaccine — morphed into such bitter public fights will likely be the stuff of study for years to
New Yorkers would have their criminal records automatically sealed and avoid jail time for non-violent parole violations under bills that moved through the state Legislature Thursday. The state Senate and
Counties across New York began to count more than 1.5 million absentee ballots Monday, a last push that will determine the outcome of several races that remain undecided nearly a
The fate of Democrats’ bid for a supermajority in New York’s Legislature remained uncertain Thursday as election officials prepared to start counting a mountain of absentee ballots. Democrats, who have
The most polarizing election in a generation wraps Tuesday, and even in a solidly blue state like New York, candidates for Congress and the state Legislature in a handful of
The Kings County Housing Court at 141 Livingston St. is being prepared to host in-person proceedings soon and defaults are on the table for people who repeatedly fail to show,