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Democrats in the state legislature arent taking any chances now that theyve approved new congressional district lines. They also moved to limit whats known as the practice of judge shopping, when challengers file lawsuits against the lines.

The Democrat-controlled state of New York has been quietly handing out cash payments to thousands of migrants under a new rule change.

The Empire State is not expected to recover all the jobs lost from the COVID pandemic until at least late 2026, according to a new analysis.

Some National Guard members and publicly contracted relief workers tasked with caring for people who sought asylum in New York stand accused instead of sexually exploiting migrant women and children, violently assaulting at least one shelter guest and generally placing the newcomers into decrepit conditions, according to a federal lawsuit filed this month.

Issues related to migrants were top of mind at the Capitol with rallies taking place both to support and oppose strategies to assist them.

Robert Kent joins Capital Tonight.

Proposed legislation that has garnered support from a public employees union would provide greater protection to state workers who file complaints of bullying, which is mostly not illegal in the state.

The Public Employees Federation, a union representing 50,000 white-collar state workers, is campaigning to pass Albany legislation defining actions constituting “bullying” and “abusive conduct” in state agencies for the first

In summer 2022, three staffers filed complaints alleging that Gov. Kathy Hochuls Western New York director, Joan Kesner, created a toxic work environment. Kesner denies the allegations. But questions remain

NEW YORK — In a defining image of New York’s migrant crisis, scores of asylum seekers slept on the pavement outside the migrant processing center at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown last summer. When the temperatures plunge this winter, any similar breakdowns could prove much more dire. As the city’s asylum seeker challenge deepens, the mercury dips and new shelter deadlines approach for the ...