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Republican leaders in New Yorks Senate are calling for Gov. Kathy Hochul to suspend the...

If approved, the amendments would expand absentee voting and enact same-day voter...

Interior, New York State Capitol. Photo: JvL, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Jul 12, 2021 — A New York State Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission had to be postponed Monday. There were concerns that it might have been in violation of New York’s open meetings law, because too many Senators were opting to participate over Zoom, instead of showing up in person. The hearing was to feature Senators grilling the chair of the joint commission on public e...

NY Now A New York State Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission had to be postponed Monday. There were concerns that it might have been in violation of New York’s open meetings law, because too many Senators were opting to participate over Zoom, instead of showing up in person. The hearing was to feature Senators grilling the chair of the joint commission on public ethics, or JCOPE, a panel that critics say is overly influenced by Governor Andrew Cuomo. But, ...

Hans Pennink / Associated Press A New York state Senate hearing scheduled to examine the troubled state ethics commission had to be postponed Monday. There were concerns that it might have been in violation of New York’s Open Meetings Law because too many Senators were opting to participate over Zoom instead of showing up in person. The hearing was to feature Senators grilling the chair of the joint commission on public ethics, or JCOPE, a panel that critics say is overly influenced by G...

Mike Groll / Office of N.Y. Gov. Andrew Cuomo Gov. Andrew Cuomo said he will relinquish the emergency powers he’s held for the past 15 months during the COVID-19 pandemic as infection rates continue to drop and vaccination rates slowly climb. Those powers gave Cuomo the power to close schools and businesses, require masks and social distancing, and regulate how many people could gather at one time, even in private homes. “The emergency is over,” said Cuomo, who added that the state o...

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...

New York State Supreme Court. Photo: Alan Strakey, Creative Commons, some rights reserved Jun 09, 2021 — The New York State Senate’s Judiciary Committee held, what was at times, a contentious confirmation hearing for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s nominees to the state’s highest court.  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...

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New York State is offering a new incentive to get more people vaccinated, free passes to state parks this Memorial Day weekend. Meanwhile, some state