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Senate Minority Leader Rob Ortt wants to help more Afghans come to the country on special...

U.S. border restrictions extension impacts tourism SHARE BUFFALO, N.Y. — This week, the U.S. government surprised many by choosing to extend border restrictions for Canadian travelers another month even as Canada plans to loosen its own rules on August 9. New York state Sen. Rob Ortt, R-North Tonawanda, who has been pushing to open the border, said he was very disappointed. "Somebody at the federal level has to get their head out of their fifth point of contact, get together with the Canadia...

POLITICO Get the New York Playbook PM newsletter Email Sign Up By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or updates from POLITICO and you agree to our privacy policy and terms of service. You can unsubscribe at any time and you can contact us here. This sign-up form is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply. 06/16/2021 04:10 PM EDT When the Legislature left town last week, it had passed more than 800 bills. But after negotiations broke down in...

Criminal justice, guns and marijuana reforms notable legislation in session book ended by...

When restrictions on movement and personal freedoms were first announced we knew that it would be the devil trying to get the state to give up that power.

The 2021 New York legislative session is in its final hours, with many items yet to be resolved. Criminal justice reforms continue to dominate at the end

WBFO Albany Correspondent Karen Dewitt reports Nominee Madeline Singas, the Nassau County district attorney, faced some tough questions from senators on the left and right. In the end, Singas and the governor’s other judicial appointees, won approval in the Senate.  Cuomo nominated Singas and Anthony Cannataro, the administrative judge in New York City’s Civil Court, to fill vacancies at the state’s Court of Appeals, New York’s highest court. Cannataro, who is openly gay, would repl...

Alden Central School parents and students are demanding their voices be heard and the mask mandates dropped.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state health officials said Friday that mask-wearing will...

Democrats in New York are making a new push for stronger gun control laws in the remaining days of this year’s legislative session, including a provision