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New York Democrats appeared to veer away Monday from controversial legislation that could have kept Republican U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik’s North Countr...

ALBANY (TNS) — As state lawmakers voted Thursday to boost their own pay during a special legislative session, their staff members — often deemed the b...

SYRACUSE (TNS)— Women are about to dominate politics and government inNew York state. For the first time in history, there are more women than men in ...

ALBANY — The fate of a bill to give people sexually abused as adults a chance to sue the perpetrators was unclear Thursday when it unanimously passed ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo’s appointees to the state ethics commission blocked a subpoena seeking information about the unpaid volunteers pla...

In practice, the standard for when elected officials insist that a governing colleague must resign following accusations of misconduct is reminiscent ...

NEW YORK — The State Legislature is just about ready to pass a bill legalizing adult-use recreational cannabis. State Senate Majority Leader Andrea St...

ALBANY (TNS) — State legislators are nearing a deal to legalize recreational marijuana use for adult New Yorkers, but there’s currently an “impasse” o...

Things are looking worse by the hour for New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Recently, a fourth, fifth and even a sixth, woman came forward to accuse him of i...

ALBANY (TNS) — A handful of Gov. Cuomo’s fellow Democrats have called on him to step down amid mounting sexual harassment allegations. State Senate Ma...

Gov. Cuomo has been politically weakened, whether you like him or hate him, but the business of government must continue. While New York waits for sex...

ALBANY (TNS) — Allegations of sexual harassment and a scandal over New York’s pandemic response in nursing homes have sparked talks from some of impea...

ALBANY — A former member of New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s administration who previously accused him of sexual harassment offere d new details Wednesday...

ALBANY — New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed into law on Friday a sweeping package of police accountability measures that received new backing following...

ALBANY — Senate Democrats are on the hot seat after proposing changes to the state’s recently enacted bail reforms. Opponents of the tweaks are hammer...

ALBANY — The blue wave that swept over the state capital last year is being followed by a red riptide as Senate Republicans head for the exits and Dem...

ALBANY — Adding a warning to false accusers in the state Senate's newly revised anti-sexual harassment policy is an example of "the type of intimidati...

ALBANY (AP) — In New York state government news, unions are celebrating a big win in the recent defeat of a constitutional convention and Democrats in...