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Gov. Hochul gives lega𝕴l protection to NY doctors who send abortion pills across state lines
The De🐎mocratic governor described the new law as a direct challenge to states that have dramatically limited or outrig🅷ht outlawed abortions over the past year.
𝓰 New Yorkers brace for summer heat – and higher energy♔ bills as ConEd hikes up rates
The Public Service Commission is expected to vote later this year on a ConEd-backed plan to ✃add several bucks to monthly bills each year thr🌠ough 2025.
NY Assembly wraps up 2023 session with a whimper after Dems fail🌳 to hold tough votes 🧸
The Demo🥀cratic supermajority is on track to end the 2023 session this week without votes on some controversial bills.
New Yo🐼rk prison population plummets 26.9% from 2019 to 2022: report
Bail reform and COVID 𝕴appear to play a significant rܫole in the big decrease in incarcerations in New York.
Upstate Republican howls about 'destructive' coyotes on NYS Assembly floor
Assembly debate took a cartoonish turn when an upstate legislator began howling🐈 about 💮"huge predators" threatening everything from livestock to Mother Earth.
Albany passes bill to protect abortion providers who send pills to restricted states 🍷
The bill is the latest example of progressives institutionalizing abortion rights following the controversial 2022 U.S. Supreme Court d🌠ecision overturning Roe v🥃. Wade.
NY prosecutors say 'wrongful convictions act' would upend justice system, demand Hochul veto
The proposed bill, which has already passed the state Senate, would make it much easier for people to challe🐻nge criminal convictions even when th๊ey pleaded guilty.
NY losing out on 'pot' of gold after lackluster legal weed sales -- and too few dispensaries: report
The Empire Stat🐻e is projected to reach roughly $56 milli💃on from the first year of legal weed sales just a fraction of what other states made after legalization.
NY Assembly returning to Albany to deal💙 with unfinished business including Seneca Nation gaming issue
ℱWhile the chamber is expected to only tackle low-profile issues affecting localities across the state, Speaker Carl Heastie faces pressure to broaden the legislative agenda.
Democrats slam Brooklyn GOP as♒semblyman over anti-trans comments 🃏
The comment attracted a fierce reℱbuke from Brooklyn Demꦫocrats, whose denouncement only grew stronger over the weekend after Brook-Krasny doubled down.
Brooklyn Dem running for 'Asian opportunity' seat caught on tape boasting GOP values
Wai Lee Chan, who is running against Zhuang in the Democrat�🃏�ic primary, said the video shows just how "desperate" her opponent is.
NYC Bar Association refuses to ܫapprove several Queens judicial candidates in primary election
Three candidates for Queens Civil Court failed to get approval from the New York 𝄹City Bar Association as early voting begins ahead of the June 27 primary election.
Early voting in NYC begins Saturday for primary election: here's what to know
ꦯ Many prominent races are between Republicans and Democrat🤪s vying to win their respective parties' nominations for the Nov. 7 general election for City Council.
Ex-Gov. Andrew Cuomo to be deposed in 'Trooper 1' sexual harassment suit
The deposition moves the case, which could drag into next year, one step towards completion amid ongoing efforts by Cuomo to clear his name despite the litany of allegations of... ꦐ
Gov. Ka♏thy Hochul pushes Seneca gaming bill, allowing admin to negotiate in secr☂et
A questionable "Message of Necessity" by Hochul appears at odds with her recusal from matters involving pending negotiations with the ℱSeneca Tribe on its expiring gambling compact wi✃th the state.
Gov. Kathy Hochul blasted for NY migrant crisis response: 'There has been zero leadership'
Her ongoing 🐽deference to Adams demonstrates a passive approach to the growing crisis fueling conflict between New York City and local governments about w🤡here to house migrants.
Hillary Clinton cackles with glee over Trump's second indictment
A visibly amused Clinton said Trump entered "dangerous territory" by allegedly storing top secrets near a toile✤t inside his Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida among other questionable locations.
Hochul healthcare boꩵnus bungle could cost NY taxpayers $1.3B
The unexpected $1.3 bil▨lion hole over three years in state finances adds to a darkening fiscal outlook that includes a projected $9.1 billion budg🃏et gap by 2025.
🐷 NY Assembly scrambles to meet before end of month to wrap up 2023 sessionℱ
A return to Albany also represents a second chance for divisive bills that ♚divided the Assembly Demꦐocratic supermajority in the final weeks of the scheduled legislative session.
NY lawmakers pass controversial bill to seal most criminal records🔯
A long-debated controversial bill𝓡 to automatically seal most criminal records has passed both house♎s of the state Legislature.