ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A veteran political journalist for The Daily News was arrested Wednesday for violating a cellphone ban in the lobby of the New York state Senate, only to be quickly released by Gov. Andrew Cuomo. Ken Lovett ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A New York City advertising agency paid $300 for a photograph of South African construction cranes that the Cuomo administration used in a state report to illustrate economic development in New York. A copy of the ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — New York’s governor on Monday ordered the state attorney general to review a 2015 decision by Manhattan prosecutors to not pursue a sex abuse case against Harvey Weinstein. The directive came just hours after Time’s Up, ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — Jurors at the bribery trial of a former top aide to Democratic New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo have finished another day of deliberations after a second deadlock. The jurors wrote in a note Monday that they’d ...

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NEW YORK (AP) — The jury in the bribery trial of a former top aide to New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo seemed back on track Thursday, completing a fifth day of deliberations without signs of the discord revealed in its ...

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A dozen community leaders have been chosen to serve on an advisory panel that will oversee the state’s investment in “ROC The Riverway,” a joint initiative between New York State and the City of Rochester to revitalize the city’s waterfront ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York state’s comptroller says the budget proposal submitted by Gov. Andrew Cuomo gives him “significant flexibility” to adjust spending after the plan is approved by the Legislature. Thomas DiNapoli’s analysis of the fellow Democrat’s $168 ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Both houses of the state Legislature have approved a proposal to make significant changes to New York’s medical malpractice law by allowing patients to sue years after an alleged misdiagnosis or mistreatment for cancer. The Republican-controlled ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s proposal to clear up trial court backlogs by having judges certify they’re working eight-hour days isn’t necessary because the backups are diminishing, the head of New York state’s court system said Tuesday. Lawrence ...

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SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — New York state Sen. John DeFrancisco on Tuesday formally launched his campaign to unseat Democratic Gov. Andrew Cuomo. “New Yorkers deserve a leader they can trust and one who will fight for what is right for ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — Gov. Andrew Cuomo wants New York lawmakers to grant the head of the state police the power to issue administrative subpoenas during investigations into sexual offenses targeting children online. The Democrat unveiled legislation Tuesday as his ...

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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — A senior Republican New York state senator has filed the paperwork to run for governor and is expected to formally launch his campaign on Tuesday. John DeFrancisco, a Syracuse attorney, was first elected to the Senate ...

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