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Adirondack Daily Enterprise Dan Stec and 13 other Republican state senators voted against a constitutional amendment known as the “Green Amendment,” which would guarantee New Yorkers the right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment if the Assembly and voters agree. Stec said the language of the bill was too vague and could lead to lawsuits and distrust. The amendment passed the Senate 48 to 14. North Country Sens. Patty Ritchie, R-Watertown, and Joseph Griffo, R-Rome, also vote...

3:46 State and local officials, union leaders and employees are hoping to stop a state decision to close the Clinton Annex prison in Dannemora, New York. WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley was at a rally Saturday as closure by the end of March looms. In late December the Cuomo administration announced that the Watertown and Gowanda Correctional facilities and the Clinton Annex, part of the Clinton Correctional Facility, will be closed by March 30th. On Saturday dozens of local offi...

Monique Weston (Provided photo — Naj Wikoff) Monique Weston (Provided photo — Naj Wikoff) On Wednesday, Jan. 6, hundreds of supporters of President Donald Trump smashed their way into the United States Capitol as the House and Senate began the certification of former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Kamala Harris as this country’s next president and vice president. The horrifying televised and photographic images of barriers torn down, windows shattered, and a violent mob rampaging...

HEADLINES & GLOBAL NEWS By   New York Governor Andrew Cuomo urged Congress to increase federal taxes on wealthy people. NY Governor urged an increase of federal taxes on wealthy people (Photo : Spencer Platt/Getty Images) New York Governor Cuomo Holds A Press Briefing In NYC NEW YORK, NEW YORK - SEPTEMBER 08: New York state Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks at a news conference on September 08, 2020 in New York City. Cuomo, though easing restrictions on casinos and malls throughout the state, has decli...

(Enterprise photos — Aaron Cerbone) On Tuesday Dan Stec and 13 other Republican state senators voted against a constitutional amendment known as the “Green Amendment,” which would guarantee New Yorkers the right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment if the Assembly and voters agree. Stec said the language of the bill was too vague and could lead to lawsuits and distrust. The amendment passed the Senate 48 to 14. North Country Sens. Patty Ritchie, R-Watertown, and Joseph...

Local state legislators’ reactions to Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s State of the State address Monday were uniform across the Senate and Assembly, as well as party l

Governor Andrew Cuomo said in part one of his State of the State address Monday that “we are at war” with the coronavirus. He said what was usually a straightforward question about the state of New York was this year anything but.

Warren County NY Public Health held its first COVID-19 vaccination clinic in early January. Photo: Warren County Facebook page Jan 12, 2021 — More New Yorkers are now eligible to get vaccinated against COVID-19, including everyone 75 and older as well as more frontline workers like teachers and grocery store clerks, but there’s still confusion and frustration about the state’s vaccine rollout. Governor Andrew Cuomo said beating COVID and vaccinating New Yorkers are his top two priorities ...

(Enterprise photos — Aaron Cerbone) On Tuesday Dan Stec and 13 other Republican state senators voted against a constitutional amendment known as the “Green Amendment,” which would guarantee New Yorkers the right to clean air, clean water and a healthy environment if the Assembly and voters agree. Stec said the language of the bill was too vague and could lead to lawsuits and distrust. The amendment passed the Senate 48 to 14. North Country Sens. Patty Ritchie, R-Watertown, and Joseph...

SHARE: Democrats can claim many firsts among the newly elected members of the state Legislature. Jabari Brisport of Brooklyn is the first openly gay Black man elected to the state Senate. Zohran Mamdani and Jenifer Rajkumar, both of Queens, are the first South Asian Americans elected to the Assembly. Fellow freshman Khaleel Anderson of Queens, 24, is the first member of Generation Z to serve in either chamber. Two other Democratic firsts also loom large following the 2020 elections. State Sen. ...