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Evolving attitudes about marijuana are resonating among some elected officials in New York. Democratic state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters…
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The New York legislative session is due to end in three weeks, and some state lawmakers believe they will accomplish so little in that time, that they are…
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A top lawmaker in New York says that if the state legalizes recreational marijuana it should also consider expunging marijuana-related criminal records…
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New York State Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie announced plans for an open interview process for the legislature to appoint a new state Attorney General,…
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The state Legislature's most powerful Democrat is planning to take another tour across New York state. Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie of the Bronx…
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Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie says the New York state Assembly will take up a bill Wednesday to decouple the results of standardized test scores from…
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Advocates for DACA recipients, DREAMers, rallied in Albany today — one day after the state Assembly passed "The DREAM Act" for the eighth year in a row.…
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The national movement to revive the Poor People’s Campaign launched half a century ago by the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. came to the state capitol in…
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Lawmakers in New York and Connecticut are pushing to ban the sale and possession of “bump stocks,” devices that convert semiautomatic weapons into…
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Part two of a new Siena Research Institute poll released this week finds Governor Andrew Cuomo enjoying his best favorability rating in years. The poll…