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Lawyers assigned to represent children and low-income litigants in matters such as child neglect and domestic violence are quitting due to low pay. Gov. Kathy Hochul is being urged to increase their hourly rate in the pending April 1 budget.

ALBANY — Legislative leaders will discuss COVID-19 vaccine protocols for the upcoming 2022 legislative session and the test-out option for members in both chambers, officials said.

The New York legislature plans to strip Governor Andrew Cuomo of coronavirus emergency powers, lawmakers said on Tuesday, following admissions the governor's office withheld data about the COVID-19 death toll among nursing home residents.

PUBLISHED 5:57 AM ET Feb. 22, 2021 PUBLISHED 5:57 AM EST Feb. 22, 2021 SHARE Longtime state Senate communications aide Gary Ginsburg is taking a new role as the Democratic conference on Monday is set to announce a series of staff changes.  Ginsburg, who has worked as the Democratic conferences deputy press secretary, press secretary, and deputy communications director for the last nine years will become the new director of Senate Services...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — Calling the Ulster County Law Enforcement Center "the gift that keeps on giving," Ulster County lawmakers approved in a 17-4 vote spending $54,000 for engineering and design work necessary to replace the failing oil burners at the county Law Enforcement Center with natural gas burners. The spending is the next step in what will ultimately be a multimillion-dollar project to replace the prematurely failing heating system at the jail. The bonds approved by lawmakers Tuesd...