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The pieces of legislation aims to set up new accountability and standards.

ALBANY — Lawmakers are pushing in their last scheduled days of session for the year to vote on a bill that would expunge the criminal records of millions of New

ALBANY — State senators unanimously voted Thursday to pass the Adult Survivors Act to open a look-back window for survivors of sexual abuse to file litigation against their accusers.

ALBANY — Lawmakers are pushing in their last scheduled days of session for the year to vote on a bill that would expunge the criminal records of millions of New

ALBANY — Senate Republicans on Tuesday pushed against proposed parole reform expected to pass before the session ends next week with eight bills to bolster the rules to release an

ALBANY —New York lawmakers want to make it a crime to threaten someone’s immigration status. A measure slated to pass the Assembly this week would guard immigrants against the threat of deportation from employers, landlords or abusive partners who attempt to coerce or extort them. The bill, sponsored by Assemblywoman Michaelle Solages (D-Nassau County), would add deportation proceedings to a ...

A measure slated to pass the Assembly this week would guard immigrants against the threat of deportation from employers, landlords or abusive partners who attempt to coerce or extort them.

State Superintendent Tony Thurmond, Senator Henry Stern, and partners unite in support of bill that counters hate through education.

The top Senate Republican will appoint a new member to the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission in the coming weeks after one of its 10 commissioners resigned over financial disclosure requirements included in the 2021-22 budget. George Winner, a Republican former senator and assemblyman who represented parts of the Finger Lakes for 30 years, resigned May 5 from the commission tasked with drawing elective lines after language in the 2021-22 state budget delegates commissioners as l...

The New York State Assembly on Tuesday approved two bills that would amend the state constitution to make significant changes to voting laws, and the proposals will now go to voters on this fall’s ballot.