New York State Senator John Flanagan

New York state Senate Minority Leader John Flanagan has announced he will retire early on June 28. The Long Island Republican was not seeking re-election…

The leader of the New York state Senate Republicans, who are in the minority in that chamber, says he’s not giving up on winning back seats, even though…

WAMC's David Guistina speaks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about an initiative by New York Senate Democrats to ban…

With New York state lawmakers set to return to Albany next week, the leader of the Senate Republicans says he will not be on hand for the start of the…

New York state Senator John Flanagan was re-elected as the leader of the Republicans in that chamber on Friday afternoon, surviving a challenge to his…

WAMC's Jim Levulis talks with Ken Lovett, Albany Bureau Chief for The New York Daily News, about New York state Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan's…

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…

Republicans in the New York state Senate say that, despite the more than $4 billion structural deficit, taxes need to be cut further and a property tax…